Do I need to tell the story again about how Christgau dissed the Lothars at a CMJ music panel without ever even having heard us?
Apparently so! I have no memory of hearing or reading this story.
Lorne: Take care of yourself and ah, make sure fluffy is getting enough love. Gunn: Did he have anything? Fred: No. And who's fluffy? Are you fluffy? Gunn: He called me fluffy? Fred: He said make sure…wait. You don't think he was referring to anything of mine that's fluffy, do you? Because that would just be inappropriate.
'Conviction (1)'
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.
Hayden - Jan 25, 2007 4:51:27 pm PST #5070 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
tommyrot - Jan 25, 2007 4:52:39 pm PST #5071 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.
My indie rock song of the day appears to be (and I say this despite the inevitable mocking I will receive from Hec) Mission of Burma's "2wice". I was listening to my filled-to-the-brim 60GB iPod for about an hour during my train ride home today, and that song came up .... wait for it... 2wice!
::cues creepy Theremin music::
You realize I'll probably do that every time you post something like that, right?
Jon B. - Jan 25, 2007 4:59:16 pm PST #5072 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Apparently so! I have no memory of hearing or reading this story.
One of the panelists, a writer from Spin, held up the first Lothars CD as an example of the sort of thing that he really enjoyed, but that would probably be ignored by the larger media because it didn't have a large promotional budget behind it. Christgau interrupted to say that he'd never heard the Lothars but could tell just by looking at it that it sucked.
You realize I'll probably do that every time you post something like that, right?
And you realize that I will roll my eyes?
Hayden - Jan 25, 2007 5:07:42 pm PST #5073 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Christgau interrupted to say that he'd never heard the Lothars but could tell just by looking at it that it sucked.
Yeah, that's a douchebag move. If it were in isolation, I might cut him some slack because everyone's capable of being a douchebag. Over on Gigposters dot com, Frank Kozik himself took the time to weigh in on a poster that I made that it was the ugliest thing he'd ever seen. He later added that it looked like a giant asshole. The poster was the one taken from the cover of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society and the umbrage he took was from the original design, which Kozik, who is not, it seems, a very knowledgeable guy about music, didn't know. I emailed him a snotty word of no thanks and suggested that he take a minute to try to understand what he was criticizing in the future, but never heard back. Was he a douchebag that day? Yes. Is he forever a douchebag? Maybe, but it's complicated, because he's certainly helped a bunch of graphic designer types I know to find work.
esse - Jan 26, 2007 6:07:57 am PST #5074 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I want to send this clause back to 1973 and have it compared to Linear B.
I have a special way with words, you know. (By the by, nice to see you back around, Spring. Did you get your net working at home again?)
Repeat of yesterday's query! My indie rock song of the day is "All I Need" -- Air.
Fred Pete - Jan 26, 2007 9:13:46 am PST #5075 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
For your "strange but true" files -- "On the Road Again," Rosemary Clooney.
Yes, the Willie Nelson song.
It works surprisingly well.
DavidS - Jan 26, 2007 10:00:08 am PST #5076 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
On that note, I think we need a country song for today.
I'm going with Tennesee Ernie Ford & Ella Mae Morse's "Hog Tied Over You" with blistering guitar by Jimmy Bryant and steel by Speedy West, and goofy lyrics right out of a Bugs Bunny vs. the hillbillies cartoon.
What's your country song of the day?
Theodosia - Jan 26, 2007 10:02:11 am PST #5077 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Does "Muleskinner Blues" by The Fendermen count?
bon bon - Jan 26, 2007 10:03:44 am PST #5078 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
What's your country song of the day?
My country song of every day, pretty much all day since the Kennedy Center Awards, including the moment I read your post: Jolene, by Dolly Parton.
Hayden - Jan 26, 2007 10:04:23 am PST #5079 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
According to the all-knowing orb of iPod, my country song for the day is "What Do I Care" by Johnny Cash.