Spike ,'Sleeper'
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.
Ha! Nora just linked to an entry in my friend Carol's blog about cooking her way through the French Laundry Cookbook. And I laughed and laughed because there's a song list to accompany your cooking!
Carol is such a Buffista and she doesn't even know it.
Man, loving the new Nouvelle Vague album.
They've changed the style up a little - this one sounds more cabaret/chamber pop (with a few rootsy touches thrown in - though that would be exotica for the French).
Huh. Amanda Palmer is currently appearing on Good News Week.
Have not read this yet, but sounds interesting:
Till There Was Rock You Only Had God: How I Lost One Leper Messiah, and Gained Another, Part 1
In this opening episode of Mark Dery's original, autobiographical essay (a “nonfiction novella”) about a suburban teen’s transcendent encounter with Ziggy Stardust, we’re introduced to David Bowie’s astro-hippie alter ego from the early 1970s, a glam-rock deity of Frankensteinian spookiness and ladyboy vulnerability.
Next Week: At 14, the author, stranded in 1974 suburbia, has his born-again Christian brain short-circuited by the gender-bent but heart-stoppingly beautiful Ziggy.
Pretty much the plot-line for Velvet Goldmine.
Really enjoying this feature from AV Club, reviewing old "That's What I Call Music!" compilations. [link] This one is from 1999.
I was just coming in here to post this. I cannot believe that Bob and the band have parted ways.
I am deeply deeply bummed.