Back on the rap covers by non-rappers, I think I have a new champion. Jonathan Coulton covers "Baby Got Back."
Weird. I'm, this very moment, listening to a tongue-in-cheek power pop song of his.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'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.
IAmNotReallyASpring - Oct 21, 2005 12:13:20 pm PDT #905 of 10003
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
Michele T. - Oct 21, 2005 12:19:58 pm PDT #906 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
In the rest of the world, they sell in the high dozens.
In the words of one of their contemporaries' recent album titles, fifty thousand Mekons fans can't be wrong!
Corwood, you are so wrong about [Heart], we will just have to pass over it in silence. And "Orpheus" is not their best song - "Sympathy for the Mekons," "Memphis, Egypt," "Fletcher Christian" and possibly "Take His Name In Vain" are at least as good.
Hayden - Oct 21, 2005 1:09:39 pm PDT #907 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Corwood, you are so wrong about [Heart], we will just have to pass over it in silence.
Hey, I know it's controversial, but (Heart) nearly put me off the Meeks for good. I appreciate the album more with time, but, well, this is the point where silence and peace are the best options.
And "Orpheus" is not their best song - "Sympathy for the Mekons," "Memphis, Egypt," "Fletcher Christian" and possibly "Take His Name In Vain" are at least as good.
Those are all wonderful, brilliant, stunning, perfect songs, as are a few dozen other Mekons songs. "Orpheus," to my mind, is so great that even the guy who came over after my band played "Memphis, Egypt" a few years back to ask if we knew a second chord, even that philistine of a jackass would have to scrape his jaw off the floor afterwards.
Atropa - Oct 21, 2005 9:47:06 pm PDT #908 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The very last song Bauhaus performed at the concert tonight?
Bela Lugosi's Dead.
All is right with the world.
DavidS - Oct 21, 2005 11:00:18 pm PDT #909 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Did Peter Murphy do his little chest-wiggle move? Were there fishnet shirts to be seen?
Atropa - Oct 22, 2005 2:42:40 pm PDT #910 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Did Peter Murphy do his little chest-wiggle move?
Ohmyyes.
Were there fishnet shirts to be seen?
Not on the band, but in the audience? You betcha. Including two *darling* deathrocker boys complete w/ big spiky hair, skin-tight black jeans, pointy boots, leather jackets, and smudgey eyeliner. I wanted to keep them as pets.
Michele T. - Oct 24, 2005 2:54:52 pm PDT #911 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
John Darnielle on the eternal question "who can indie boys crush on, now that Scarlett Johanssen has gone mainstream?" [link]
(ETA: link is to Nerve.com, which some companies do block. Forewarned, etc.)
joe boucher - Oct 24, 2005 3:35:09 pm PDT #912 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
My indie cred is non-existent, and I don't know what a "nu-emo boy" is, but I'll nominate Eleanor Friedberger.
David, do you know about this?. (I would say what "this" is, but I hope it's a surprise and I don't want to ruin it.)
That link reminds me: how can I set my default so that websites with music or other sounds don't play unless I tell them to? Drives me absolutely buggy, esp. at work. IE 6.0 at work, Firefox at home. Home is less of a problem since I have headphones, but I listen to streaming radio all day at work & I hate hate hate opening a website that starts blaring past the radio. Thanks in advance for the help.
DavidS - Oct 24, 2005 4:44:50 pm PDT #913 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
David, do you know about this?. (I would say what "this" is, but I hope it's a surprise and I don't want to ruin it.)
Right the fuck on! I'd heard they were shooting it before he died, but I didn't know it was going to be finished. Looks like have a lot of old Dolls footage which makes me reach for my drool bib.
Michele T. - Oct 24, 2005 6:39:42 pm PDT #914 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Hey, good news from New Orleans!
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I am delighted to be writing to you to let you know that WWOZ is now back on the air at 90.7 FM in New Orleans. We are broadcasting from a temporary facility in Baton Rouge. We are not yet able to broadcast 24-7 so we are still broadcasting past programs via WFMU's generous help over night. You'll find our current schedule for live broadcasts on our website. [link]
Thursday's USA Today contained an article about WWOZ's return to the airwaves. If you didn't get a chance to see it, you can read it online at the USA Today website. [link]
If you haven't visited our website recently, we've added a few items you may find of interest:
- *Visit our photo gallery of New Orleans Photos
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