Neat video from the NY Times on twelve tone music and its origins: [link]
(Bonus: some nice Sonic Youth and New Pornographers footage on the same page!)
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
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. - Oct 13, 2007 9:25:36 am PDT #6617 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Liese S. - Oct 13, 2007 1:29:41 pm PDT #6618 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I enjoyed that video very much, Jon.
JZ - Oct 15, 2007 12:41:28 pm PDT #6619 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.
Since Hec is blocked from visiting b.org at work, I'm popping in to brag on him and how much his editor likes his book:
Daisy Jane - Oct 15, 2007 1:07:31 pm PDT #6620 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Yay! I think Imma need a few copies!
Frankenbuddha - Oct 16, 2007 3:23:19 am PDT #6621 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Cool. BTW, Amazon lies (they've been saying it would be out end of October/early November). I went ahead and ordered it anyway.
DavidS - Oct 16, 2007 5:41:50 am PDT #6622 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
BTW, Amazon lies (they've been saying it would be out end of October/early November). I went ahead and ordered it anyway.
Good man! Yeah, they had me pegged for Oct. 15, and now it reads Dec. 15. But it might not come out until Jan. (Not to discourage your xmas shopping but there it is.)
Hayden - Oct 16, 2007 6:22:28 am PDT #6623 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Excellent! I just saw that on Barker's blog this morning and was coming here to post it, but, of course, everyone knows by now.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 16, 2007 6:47:21 am PDT #6624 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Good man! Yeah, they had me pegged for Oct. 15, and now it reads Dec. 15. But it might not come out until Jan.
I'm expecting my "your order has been delayed" email any day now (since the other book I ordered to bring it up to free shipping total has already arrived).
Hayden - Oct 16, 2007 6:49:14 am PDT #6625 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
My wife pre-ordered both David's book and mine, along with a handful of things that she wanted right away, and got no message about the delay. Nor did she get the in-stock items she wanted right away. Instead, her Amazon invoice says that she'll get everything sometime in late December/early January. She is not pleased with Amazon at the moment.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 16, 2007 6:53:59 am PDT #6626 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
They are remarkably inconsistent with when they break up shipments. Sometimes they've done it; sometimes they haven't; sometimes
it rains they said they would send it all at once and then sent what they could at a random time. It may be related to what they actually have on hand at the moment.