I'm fairly certain I said no interruptions.

Buffy ,'Potential'


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.


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.


Spidra Webster - Dec 19, 2005 8:42:00 am PST #1616 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

Dude, all the real miserable middle-aged hipsters use hearing horns.

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JZ - Dec 19, 2005 8:44:50 am PST #1617 of 10003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

First the Walkman, then the hearing aid. He's terribly sensitive.

IIRC from one of Hec's Remedial Pop Literacy lessons, the hearing aid is a callback to an early rockabilly performer who wore a hearing aid as an affectation.

Jilli, the SP videos are gorgeous, and they'd probably be just as ravishing if you looked at them with the sound turned down or the winsome/mournful/tormented/glamourously swooning musician of your choice blasting instead. Oh, so pretty. I wanted to jump into them and roll around and snuffle them up like an eager (but gracefully tormented) puppy -- possibly a brindle greyhound puppy.


DavidS - Dec 19, 2005 9:21:08 am PST #1618 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

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.

I own that. Should I toss a little Roger Miller onto Buffistarawk to whet your appetite? I also have Roger performing live at The Big TNT Show. R.E.M. covered "King of the Road" - one of the better earworms out there.

IIRC from one of Hec's Remedial Pop Literacy lessons, the hearing aid is a callback to an early rockabilly performer who wore a hearing aid as an affectation.

Johnny Ray. Not a rockabilly singer, but a pop singer with a highly emotional style that was considered kind of controversial. Which is 50s coded language for Gay Gay Gay Gay Gay. He used to break down sobbing on stage while he sang. Morrissey wore the hearing aid as an affectation/tribute; Johnny Ray actually needed it.


JZ - Dec 19, 2005 9:25:52 am PST #1619 of 10003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Johnny Ray. Not a rockabilly singer, but a pop singer...Morrissey wore the hearing aid as an affectation/tribute; Johnny Ray actually needed it.

I'm embarrassed at my terrible retention rate. Thank God I never have to go back to real school again.


Spidra Webster - Dec 19, 2005 9:43:47 am PST #1620 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

IIRC from one of Hec's Remedial Pop Literacy lessons, the hearing aid is a callback to an early rockabilly performer who wore a hearing aid as an affectation

HAR! In the Danny Kaye movie "Wonder Man", there's a running joke of a thug who uses a hearing aid. The hearing aid actually occludes his hearing and he keeps having to ask his co-thug to repeat things. When co-thug finally flips out, he retorts "I think it makes me look very distingué".

Wow, I didn't know that about Johnny Ray (not that I knew a lot about Johnny Ray). That Hecubus is a treasure trove.


Michele T. - Dec 19, 2005 1:21:22 pm PST #1621 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi

The Great Pop Things cartoons about Morrissey and his gigantic sad chin are treasures of rock criticism.

And while I'm referencing Morrissey references, in the back of my head I'm hearing "I saw you on TV/Doing a bad imitation of a second-rate songwriter from the 80s named Moh-riss-ey/I never liked Moh-riss-ey/And I don't like you" from "Anti Music Song," which always makes me laugh.

Are we talking about the potential Smiths reunion yet, by the way?


Michele T. - Dec 19, 2005 1:22:29 pm PST #1622 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi

Oh, and I'll add that the Pet Shop Boys' "I Didn't Get Where I Am Today" rocks as hard as it does because of the great Johnny Marr. And I actually recognized his sound, which I am never music-smart enough to do before I know who's actually playing.


Fred Pete - Dec 19, 2005 4:30:50 pm PST #1623 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.

I too didn't know that about Johnny Ray. Though I'd recommend his music to anyone exploring the roots of rock 'n' roll. "Cry" may be the very first great blue-eyed soul song.