I am just the Best Fan Evah.
My friends The Mood [link] had a song on Real World this week and now I am watching it. Brutal. Bru. Tal.
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
Gunn ,'Power Play'
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.
Trudy Booth - Jun 01, 2008 3:33:28 pm PDT #8554 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Trudy Booth - Jun 01, 2008 3:38:04 pm PDT #8555 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Holy cow! This is SO COOL.
Alright, it wasn't the whole song. But I could hear Marco singing and everyone else playing. I've seen them play that song live three times now (Knitting Factory, Delancey, Bitter End).
So. Cool.
Aims - Jun 02, 2008 7:37:43 am PDT #8556 of 10003
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Bo Diddley has passed away!!! [link]
Frankenbuddha - Jun 02, 2008 7:57:36 am PDT #8557 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Damn. I saw him over a decade ago (closer to two) at a club in Allston, MA, and he was older than God (but not John McCain) then. Still sad, though.
DavidS - Jun 02, 2008 12:07:56 pm PDT #8558 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Bo Diddley has passed away!!!
Sucks. I wrote about him in LiTG. I think he's unfairly remembered only for the "Bo Diddley Beat" when he was such a funny, smart songwriter and a fantastic guitarist. Great bands with weird lineups (Jerome on lead maracas!).
You only have to look at the British Invasion bands who covered him to understand how important he was. He was really the only first generation rocker still in top form through the early sixties. Huge influence on the Stones, Animals, Yardbirds.
And he was just so fuckin' cool.
Theodosia - Jun 02, 2008 1:06:57 pm PDT #8559 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Not to mention George Thoroughgood and the Destroyers, either.
Tom Scola - Jun 02, 2008 2:51:11 pm PDT #8560 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Guitarist George Thorogood, a Diddley disciple, put it more bluntly.
" 'Maybellene' is a country song sped up," Thorogood told Rolling Stone in 2005. " 'Johnny B. Goode' is blues sped up. But you listen to 'Bo Diddley,' and you say, 'What in the Jesus is that?' "
(I also like how Ed Sullivan has to use mnemonics to remember the term "Rhythm and Blues")
Theodosia - Jun 03, 2008 8:44:57 am PDT #8561 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Great quote, Tom!
Frankenbuddha - Jun 03, 2008 8:51:14 am PDT #8562 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I was surprised Bo Diddley was only 79. I swear he already looked that old 10+ years ago.
juliana - Jun 05, 2008 7:25:46 am PDT #8563 of 10003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Music peeps!
I need songs that deal with death and/or crows/ravens. Hec, which Tom Waits song should I use?
I'm definitely using Corb Lund's "Apocalyptic Modified Blues" - it's got that creepy ironic tone I like so much.