Book ,'Serenity'
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.
I'm not into VU bootlegs really, but apparently this is a big deal. It's the ONLY available live stuff from 1967 and has only become available in literally the last two days. Recorded just after the release of The Velvet Underground And Nico and featuring the debut performance of Sister Ray (19 mins long) and the *previously unheard* song I'm Not A Young Man Any More. That's right, A NEW VELVET UNDERGROUND SONG. And it's fucking good too
I can barely believe it. For one thing, why did it take me more than two years to write 30,000 words?
Sir, this question ran around my brain for at least a good five months after I turned in my manuscript.
As it turns out, having babies, making a living, doing fun stuff and family responsibilities gets in the way.
Also: Congratulations! Holy shit, you must feel so relieved right now. As for myself, I didn't start feeling happy about it until I had some distance from it and judge the book as a finished project instead of something that was still mutable in my head.
Awesome YouTube video of every song to be in the Billboard number 1 spot on February 29th: [link]
Also, congratulations, Corwood!
Thanks, y'all!
Yeah, David, I hear you. I may not be ready to feel that relief until I'm holding a copy in my hands. But considering how much better the first chapter reads now, I'm glad I took another swing at it.
Terry Pratchett's comment on how "Everyone wants to have written" seems apropo here. Which is why it always strikes me as very important to congratulate those who have ACTUALLY done it!
Belated congrats, Cor!
Thanks, y'all!
I've been amusing myself over the last couple of nights by putting Geneva to sleep by singing Magnetic Fields songs in the style of Tom Waits. It works pretty well! I think we need a side project called Stephin's Wild Years.
The Scarlett Johannson Tom Waits covers album has taken on some interesting collaborators: [link]
Honestly, the TV ON THE RADIO part is as interesting to me as the Bowie one.
The new (and last they claim) Bauhaus album comes out tomorrow. I must admit - I'm kinda psyched (well not so much that this is probably the last, but you know what I mean).
I was listening to that yesterday. It sounds like Bauhaus.
t edit Which is to say, if you like Bauhaus, you'll like this one.