Host ,'Conviction (1)'
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.
My DH, who is on his last night of a very wet and cold solo motorcycle trip across Texas, is very excited because tonight he gets to hang out with Corwood! There will be much intense talking about guitars and movies, is my guess.
A very nice visit we had, too! Ate lots of bbq, attempted to drink beer afterwards (which was tough because we each ate some 14 lbs of barbequed meats), talking shit about movies, books, music, and guitars. Awesome!
Samples of the soundtrack to Alice are here.
My organization has put a bunch of remixes up for downloading here: [link]
They're remixes of Youssou N'Dour's "Africa Calling". If you like world beat you might want to check it out.
You know what? For what they have up right now? I don't hate it. Don't particularly like the first song, but I think the rest could easily grow on me. Robert Smith's and Franz Ferdinand had me at the first little bit.
Amanda Palmer has a new musical/theatrical project involving conjoined twins: [link]
Amanda Palmer has a new musical/theatrical project involving conjoined twins: [link]
Eeeyah. Not involving conjoined twins, it's her and her collaborator impersonating conjoined twins who used to be in a circus. Which feels... icky... to me.
eta: Or, as one person on my flist called it, "revolting ablist bullshit". Which, I haven't articulated why my gut-response to the project is one of WTFSRSLY?, but given the long history of circuses and other attractions using conjoined twins/little people/whomever else that doesn't fit a body "norm" as sideshow freaks (and hell, the WWE uses a little person now as sort of a sideshow freak), I have a hard time liking the idea of this project. Maybe it'll be sensitive and awareness-raising and all of that fuzzy liberal shit that I like, but I fear it's more a case of "here's a cool idea, let's put it on stage". Which is maybe not giving AP and her all-star collaborators credit where credit's due, but that's what it feels like to me.
Random thought - could a song like "Don't Fear the Reaper" become a big hit today without controversy?
Random thought - could a song like "Don't Fear the Reaper" become a big hit today without controversy?
Probably. There have always been variations on the suicide song that hit the top 40.
"Walk on the Wild Side" probably couldn't though.
"Walk on the Wild Side" probably couldn't though.
Why not?
"But she never lost her head/ even when she was giving head."
"Shaved her legs then he was a she..."
I don't know. Maybe those kind of lyrics are pretty tame compared to the average rap hit.