Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.

Xander ,'Lessons'


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.


msbelle - Jan 27, 2006 5:32:51 am PST #2057 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

You know what is great way to start off the day? Sir Duke.

I've followed it up with a little Jackson 5 - I Want You Back and now some Marvin Gaye - You're All I Need To Get By.


DXMachina - Jan 27, 2006 5:36:47 am PST #2058 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Record label defends teenager in RIAA lawsuit.


Kate P. - Jan 27, 2006 6:54:26 am PST #2059 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Jon, I'm so sorry to hear about your father. You and your family are in my thoughts.


DavidS - Jan 27, 2006 10:34:03 am PST #2060 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hec, if you haven't in a while, you might give Heartattack and Vine a spin. He's still working a lot of his 70's shtick, with many of the same characters, but the lurching, guitar-driven numbers on the album (the title track, "Mr. Seigel", "Downtown") sound like a direct pre-cursor to the howling, Beefheartian stuff he seemed to pull out of nowhere on i Swordfish. It's also got "Jersey Girl" which was probably his most stunningly gorgeous song to date.

You're absolutely right. I've come late to my appreciation of Heartattack and Vine as a transitional album into the Swordfish era, but I think that's exactly where Tom was straining at his leash. One From The Heart represents the other half of that transition, I think, where he explored a much broader range of instrumentation and composition.


Frankenbuddha - Jan 27, 2006 10:49:06 am PST #2061 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

One From The Heart represents the other half of that transition, I think, where he explored a much broader range of instrumentation and composition.

Also, although he's never really worked with another vocalist the same way, I think working with Crystal Gale really recharged his batteries a bit.

It's funny, a friend in high school introduced me to Small Change and Nighthawks at the Diner which I absolutely loved (the second more as a comedy album than anything, though there are some strong songs). So I was already a fan when Swordfishtrombones came out. I didn't even have to get to side two of that before a) I knew a big change was in works, and b) that I loved that album more than anything I'd heard by him up until that point. In fact, I think I might have ONLY heard Small Change and Nighthawks at that point. I didn't find Heart Attack until I was filling in the back catalog, but it struck me immediately that the seeds were there.


Jon B. - Jan 27, 2006 5:39:31 pm PST #2062 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

FAQWife just noticed something funny in Kim's NMH book (which is WONDERFUL, by the way). On page four of the photo section there is a picture of the horn chart for one of the songs. The picture is upside-down.


DavidS - Jan 27, 2006 5:41:10 pm PST #2063 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

On page four of the photo section there is a picture of the horn chart for one of the songs. The picture is upside-down.

Damned rassenfrassen music majors!

I'll inform the responsible parties.

(Though it's entirely possible Scott Spillane played his horn parts upside down.)


Fiona - Jan 27, 2006 11:49:05 pm PST #2064 of 10003

My condolences, Jon.


Fiona - Jan 27, 2006 11:51:46 pm PST #2065 of 10003

Also, congratulations to Hec and Corwood! Looking forward to reading those books. I'd be super-psyched to be interviewing some of those folks too.

Corwood, the BBC did an hour-long RT documentary a year or two ago. Did you see it? I can have a look, I may have still it on tape somewhere - a PAL VHS, but still. They looked at the SOTL tour in some detail, IIRC.


BridgetS - Jan 28, 2006 9:14:36 am PST #2066 of 10003
Mercy is the mark of a great man. [beat] Guess I'm just a good man. [beat] I'm alright.

Poking my head in late to pass my condolences along to Jon B.

And a big old w00t to Corwood and Hecubus for the book deal. Ah... I have no Tom Waits in my collection, unless you count Holly Cole's Temptation. Can anyone recommend a release to start with?