'Objects In Space'
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.
Can't remember the author or the precise quote, but when asked if the movie would ruin his book he said the book is on the shelf right there -- nothing can ruin it. I love that quote and wish I could remember it.
Stephen King has quoted that quote, more than once, but I'm damned if I can remember who originally said it (he gave the name, I'm just spacing).
James M. Cain was one of the people who said it, but he was not the first. I forget who he stole it from.
Oh and Miscellanous. You were talking upthread on criminal songs and so on. I think Michael Jackson singing "Pretty Young Thing" is a really creepy example. Also in near misses, Bob Dylan was nearly arrested for being homeless. [link]
Actually, when the person who called the police described Dylan as an "eccentric-looking old man", the caller was not wrong. But it says something that if the eccentric looking old man had NOT turned out to be Bob Dylan, and had really been homeless, this would have been a criminal offense - "being too far from skid row while poor" perhaps. Someone should write a folk song about that.
Soulsavers, the new album: [link]
That Rolling Stones one was great, Jon but did you check out the Kiss one? Oh lordy. [link]
Not a good week. Jim Dickenson R.I.P.
He produced tons of bands from Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Big Star to the Replacements to Scruffy the Cat to Mudhoney. He also played keyboards on records by Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones and others.
I just read that this morning. Not just a great producer, but the greatest producer. RIP.
My friend Judith Beeman used to do a Big Star zine and a fan sent her a bunch of clips from in and around Memphis, including a long interview with Jim Dickinson. Just him and some good ol' boys drinking scotch and smoking cigars and talking about everything Memphis and musical, from playing with Aretha to Alex Chilton.
His work with the Dixie Flyers backing Aretha is fan-fucking-tastic. A great pianist.
If one is under the influence and is blown away by an album is hearing for the first time, should one wait until one is sober before raving about it here?
Where is the fun in that (for us, I mean)?