Nebber mind. I see "Mathter and Fervant" on the grid now and it has been scheduled!
I'll nurse you back to health. I'll wear the nurse outfit!
"BuffyBot" ,'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.
Jon B. - Jun 14, 2007 9:38:37 am PDT #5847 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
tommyrot - Jun 14, 2007 9:58:18 am PDT #5848 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.
I've finally gotten around to listening to Glenn Mercer's Wheels in Motion for a second time. Love it. Essential for any Feelies fan, I think.
The album reminded me - I'm just a sucker for some of the chord progressions The Feelies use, as Glenn uses some of the same ones....
Hayden - Jun 14, 2007 11:33:25 am PDT #5849 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Excerpts from the Intro to the upcoming 33 1/3 book about Tom Wait's Swordfishtrombones by a certain Mr. David Smay: [link]
DavidS - Jun 14, 2007 11:39:17 am PDT #5850 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Excerpts from the Intro to the upcoming 33 1/3 book about Tom Wait's Swordfishtrombones by a certain Mr. David Smay: [link].
Holy shit! People are already expressing opinions.
Thankfully I've already been defended on the charge of pretension. (Thank you, Marc Woodworth Bee Thousand book writer!) Dude, I didn't want to write a straight book about Tom Waits, okay? Go read something else.
tommyrot - Jun 14, 2007 11:41:49 am PDT #5851 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.
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awesome said...
if i were to write a 33 1/3, i'd keep it as unpretentious as possible. something along the lines of "you know that album by tom waits? it was awesome. the first song on that album: awesome. which is not surprising because tom waits is awesome. second song? awesome..."
that said, this excerpt looks pretty awesome. i bet the book is going to be pretty damn awesome too. can't wait.
JZ - Jun 14, 2007 11:46:52 am PDT #5852 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.
Bah! tommyrot beat me to it!
Atropa - Jun 14, 2007 11:48:38 am PDT #5853 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I am going to see what seems like a very Buffista band, the Horrors
I keep meaning to check them out, and forgetting. They sound like something I'd be vastly entertained by.
juliana - Jun 14, 2007 11:56:13 am PDT #5854 of 10003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
They sound like something I'd be vastly entertained by.
I 'listened' (read: gave half an ear to them as I worked) to the songs they have up on their MySpace page, and the overwhelming impression I got was of a gothed-up, punked-out B-52's. That kind of sound.
juliana - Jun 14, 2007 12:00:40 pm PDT #5855 of 10003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Also?
It's easy to hear Swordfishtrombones as a fistfight between Kurt Weill and Nino Rota with xylophone keys flying out of the orchestra pit while Howlin' Wolf announces the bout.
LOVE.
Hayden - Jun 14, 2007 12:42:09 pm PDT #5856 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Jeez, David, don't you know that you're supposed to write dull and lifeless prose? That's how you write about music you love!
I kid, natch. It's fantastic, and I'm very excited to read the rest.