You got it, bunk.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
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.
erikaj - Nov 10, 2007 9:00:31 am PST #6759 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
Dana - Nov 12, 2007 4:58:21 am PST #6760 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Who wants to tell me about Laura Nyro?
sumi - Nov 12, 2007 5:20:43 am PST #6761 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
She's a singer/songwriter from the 60s and 70s (mostly). She wrote "Wedding Bell Blues" and "Stoned Soul Picnic" which were hits for other people. She died of cancer. There was a fun tribute album of her songs out called "Time and Love" after one of her songs.
I think that I first heard the Fifth Dimension's cover of "Stoned Soul Picnic" as a child because my parents had that album. And I'm pretty sure I heard Wedding Bell Blues somewhere on the way. My local library used to have some Laura Nyro and I'd look at it but didn't try listening 'til Time and Love came out. Anyway, she's got a great warm voice and sometimes Laura Nyro is exactly the only thing you want to listen to.
DXMachina - Nov 12, 2007 5:34:16 am PST #6762 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
There was a fun tribute album of her songs out called "Time and Love"
I have this. It's terrific.
Jon B. - Nov 12, 2007 6:10:24 am PST #6763 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Her wikipedia article is pretty good: [link]
My favorite bit:
Bob Dylan reportedly startled a young Laura Nyro when he approached her at a party and declared "I love your chords!"
tommyrot - Nov 12, 2007 6:11:41 am PST #6764 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.
Ooh baby!
Jon B. - Nov 12, 2007 10:36:34 am PST #6765 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Not sure whether to post this here, in Technology, or in Premium cable. From PopBitch:
How music promotion works - part 2
Wire have received a nice paycheck thanks to "I Don't Understand" being used on a recent Victoria's Secret advert. And how did that come about? Someone at the lingerie company's advertising agency was trying to download an episode of The Wire TV series from a file-sharing site, but accidentally ended up with Wire's "Read & Burn 01" album.
sumi - Nov 12, 2007 10:37:49 am PST #6766 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Bwahahahaha.
Kate P. - Nov 12, 2007 1:51:34 pm PST #6767 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Who wants to tell me about Laura Nyro?
Ooh, Dana, I think you'd really like her. She had this rich, soulful voice and was one of those singer/songwriters who approached lyrics like poetry. One of my favorite songs of hers is "And When I Die" -- I've just put it up at buffistarawk2 (m4a format). If you like it, check out her albums The First Songs and Eli and the Thirteenth Confession first.
Dana - Nov 12, 2007 1:57:40 pm PST #6768 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Thanks, Kate! (Can someone send me the login info for buffistarawk2?)