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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.

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flea - Dec 16, 2009 7:41:32 am PST #2138 of 6436
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Oh God, last weekend at my house might as well have been titled, "Hark, the Fuckin' Kids Are Crying'." Three and a half is a difficult age.

I was reading about Brian May the other day, and started counting rock musicians with PhDs. I remember hearing that one of the members of The Offspring was a PhD (looked him up, Dexter Holland, and it appears that he never finished, but was a molecular biologist) and I know Corey Brennan, who wrote his Harvard dissertation in Classics, on the praetorship in the Roman republic, while touring Europe with The Lemonheads. Any others?

P.M. Marc - Dec 16, 2009 7:49:46 am PST #2139 of 6436
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Greg Graffin [link] and Sterling Morrison [link] per the land of the Internets.

Jon B. - Dec 16, 2009 7:50:38 am PST #2140 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

My favorite messed up xmas song is "Scratches on the Door" performed by Freakwater. It's a true story about a guy who locked his kids in the house on Xmas eve so he could go out drinking. While he was gone the house burned down. Yes, the title means what you think it means.

On a lighter note, this is my favorite new xmas song of the year. A duet between Meatwad & Nico Case: [link]

DavidS - Dec 16, 2009 7:50:51 am PST #2141 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Any others?

Warren Zane (brother of Dan Zane), used to be in the Del Fuegos and is now a Professor. (I think of English.) He wrote the 33 1/3 book on Dusty Springfield.

Franklin Bruno, indie rocker/professor.

Phil Alvin, lead singer of the Blasters, got his Ph.D. in mathematics.

All of the members of Queen, except Freddy, had advanced degrees in science, so add Roger Taylor and John Deacon.

Didn't Milo from the Descendents not only go to college but also get an advanced degree? (They had an album titled Milo Goes to College.)

Jon B. - Dec 16, 2009 7:55:06 am PST #2142 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Other Indie rock PhD's that immediately come to mind: Franklin Bruno [link] t edit: damn you Smay! , Amelia Fletcher [link]

Jon B. - Dec 16, 2009 7:56:33 am PST #2143 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Yeah, Milo is a Doc: [link]

DavidS - Dec 16, 2009 7:57:53 am PST #2144 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

damn you Smay!

Bwuah hahaha!

I love that sweaty ol' Phil Alvin got a math Ph.D.

tommyrot - Dec 16, 2009 7:58:49 am PST #2145 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.
flea - Dec 16, 2009 7:59:00 am PST #2146 of 6436
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Yes, Milo is apparently a biochemist: [link]

I find it fascinating, having lived through two PhDs (one successful, mr. flea's, one not, mine) that anyone could combine such a thing with a rock band career. I mean, talk about varying talents!

Jon B. - Dec 16, 2009 8:03:48 am PST #2147 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I mean, talk about varying talents!

I know!

Graeme Downes of the New Zealand band The Verlaines has a PhD in Musicology, which is a little bit more understandable.

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