Aw, I love Of Human Feelings. It's funky!
And yeah, I'm happy for Phil for doing Stranded, although I'm disappointed (but not surprised) at how metal-heavy his writers' selections were.
My whole life just flashed before my eyes! I gotta get me a life!
Xander ,'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.
Hayden - Jul 24, 2007 7:37:45 pm PDT #6042 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
DavidS - Jul 24, 2007 8:59:25 pm PDT #6043 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Phil contributed to LiTG as well. He also got me Tom Waits' publicist's email.
Lots of names I like on that list: Raggett, Reynolds, Tate, Darnielle.
The original Stranded had a big impact on my record collection - mostly Greil's selections at the end. Though I did probably own every album in the original book at one point or another.
Ellen Willis' piece on the VU is still the best thing written about them.
evil jimi - Jul 24, 2007 10:12:50 pm PDT #6044 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Speaking of covers, Emma Thompson shows off her pipes with this '82 medley of Beatles songs (done as a fatuous American TV star). (Plus Stephen Fry and unscruffy Hugh Laurie.)
Don't forget Ben Elton.
Nicklas - Jul 25, 2007 2:50:28 am PDT #6045 of 10003
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
The Mekons reminded you of Journey? Oh wait, that's not what you said.
Well to be fair, now that you say it, Retreat From Memphis does kind of provoke the same "Oh no! Ew!"-feelings as Journey the Band.
Hayden - Jul 25, 2007 6:28:10 am PDT #6046 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Retreat From Memphis does kind of provoke the same "Oh no! Ew!"-feelings as Journey the Band.
ITA. Least-played album in my collection, even less than Pussy, King of Pirates.
joe boucher - Jul 25, 2007 7:17:44 am PDT #6047 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
provoke the same "Oh no! Ew!"-feelings as Journey the Band
Talk about provoking "Oh no! Ew!"-feelings, uppercasing that B spawned the image of a reunion tour from hell with Steve Perry and Neal Schon filling in for Richard Manuel and Rick Danko. I'm still shuddering. And not from the out of control AC. Yuck.
Jon B. - Jul 25, 2007 7:51:47 am PDT #6048 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The Guardian published a really nice overview of the early Australian punk scene: [link]
Tom Scola - Jul 25, 2007 10:09:05 am PDT #6049 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Archie Comics has the first Archies album on their web site: [link]
bon bon - Jul 25, 2007 1:37:23 pm PDT #6050 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I am the whitest person alive: Kid Creole has been on staff at my firm for a year. I just found out.
Scrappy - Jul 25, 2007 1:51:19 pm PDT #6051 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Kid Creole is a paralegal or something?? What?!?