James M. Cain was one of the people who said it, but he was not the first. I forget who he stole it from.
Walking I get. But power walking? Why not just run for a shorter time?
Angel ,'Time Bomb'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
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.
Typo Boy - Aug 14, 2009 8:51:28 pm PDT #1461 of 6436
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Typo Boy - Aug 14, 2009 8:58:21 pm PDT #1462 of 6436
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
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.
Shir - Aug 15, 2009 12:59:27 am PDT #1463 of 6436
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Soulsavers, the new album: [link]
evil jimi - Aug 15, 2009 5:29:14 am PDT #1464 of 6436
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
That Rolling Stones one was great, Jon but did you check out the Kiss one? Oh lordy. [link]
Jon B. - Aug 15, 2009 9:20:31 pm PDT #1465 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
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.
Hayden - Aug 16, 2009 7:12:35 am PDT #1466 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I just read that this morning. Not just a great producer, but the greatest producer. RIP.
DavidS - Aug 16, 2009 10:46:48 am PDT #1467 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
tommyrot - Aug 16, 2009 4:50:23 pm PDT #1468 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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?
Lee - Aug 16, 2009 4:53:27 pm PDT #1469 of 6436
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Where is the fun in that (for us, I mean)?
tommyrot - Aug 16, 2009 5:00:56 pm PDT #1470 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Anyway, I highly recommend the new album by Zola Jesus: [link]
Up until now I've only heard two tracks of theirs, from when they were on WFMU.
I'm gonna be lazy and copy a post at emusic:
Totally out of nowhere home-recorded debut album by one Nika Roza Danilova. I commented on the 17dots blog post wherein I found out about it: "So far, this is reminding me strongly of the Cocteau Twins' first album 'Garlands' -- the general feeling of dread, the sense of a singer possessed by some larger-than-human thing she can't articulate, the sound horribly mangled by trying to fit within the confines allotted to it." To be precise, it's a sound made of mechanical clanking, absurd amounts of reverb, severe clipping, very powerful female vocals, pop melodies with their backs broken. // Recommended if you like: Early Cocteau Twins, Danielle Dax, the Jesus & Mary Chain, early Siouxsie & The Banshees, Jarboe, Suicide, Cortney Tidwell...
eta: She's 18 years old, from Madison, and recorded this in her bedroom IIRC....