"That's a different sort of whiny. It doesn't make me want to hit people."
British whiny is cooler than American whiny. Especially when the British whiny is somewhat Wilde-esque. (In my head, anyway.)
Willow: Yikes. Imagine the things...Buffy: No! Stop imagining! All of you! Xander: Already got the visual.
'Dirty Girls'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
tommyrot - Dec 18, 2005 9:13:49 pm PST #1606 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Atropa - Dec 18, 2005 9:16:12 pm PST #1607 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
British whiny is cooler than American whiny. Especially when the British whiny is somewhat Wilde-esque.
Exactly!
... and now I'm tempted to change my tag to "British whiny is cooler than American whiny."
DavidS - Dec 18, 2005 9:19:56 pm PST #1608 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Morrissey isn't just whiny, though. He's the Maestro of Miserablism. Nobody suffers as he suffers. He knows how Joan of Arc felt, when the flames rose to her Roman nose and her Walkman started to melt. (A line worthy of Cole Porter or Lorenz Hart, I've always thought.)
Atropa - Dec 18, 2005 9:21:37 pm PST #1609 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Nobody suffers as he suffers.
Which is why he is the best person EVER to listen to when you're feeling down. Because you can't be as depressed as him, so just start laughing. And singing along. Possibly with sweeping, dramatic hand gestures.
DavidS - Dec 18, 2005 9:29:22 pm PST #1610 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Possibly with sweeping, dramatic hand gestures.
Well, heaven knows you're miserable now. Yes, you must make the swoopy hand gestures. You should see the Morrissey live DVD in Manchester that came out this year. Kind of sweet watching this stadium half filled with midlands soccer hooligans singing their hearts out to "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out."
Other key videos of the evening: "Big Sky" - Kate Bush (they never show that one) and "Love's Easy Tears" - Cocteau Twins (with Liz sporting one of her more distinctive hairstyles. But pretty still.)
Nicklas - Dec 19, 2005 12:58:33 am PST #1611 of 10003
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
"That's a different sort of whiny. It doesn't make me want to hit people."
Whioch is true, because while Morrissey might whine, but he doesn't sound like a spoiled five-year-old when he does it.
Jon B. - Dec 19, 2005 3:06:58 am PST #1612 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I definitely remember how tricky it was eyeballing where the 45 was supposed to be placed in absence of a spider.
The trick is to start the 45 spinning and use your finger along the edge of the hole to adjust it. Most people try to adjust from the outside of the record and that rarely works well.
Spidra Webster - Dec 19, 2005 5:23:47 am PST #1613 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I actually get a bird's eye view of the top and align it visually. I'm usually right on it.
erinaceous - Dec 19, 2005 8:22:34 am PST #1614 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Even though I know I will never need this information (my remaining 45s are for entertainment purposes only) I am gratified to know it! Thanks Jon!
I have decided that I am going to add one more CD to my Xmas list: The Best of Roger Miller. Don't laugh! I mean, you can laugh, 'cause Roger Miller is funny, but don't laugh in the Nelson way.
bon bon - Dec 19, 2005 8:37:51 am PST #1615 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
He knows how Joan of Arc felt, when the flames rose to her Roman nose and her Walkman started to melt.
Hearing aid started to melt, right? Morrissey is so miserable he wears a hearing aid as an affectation.