Something I will definitely miss about Austin: I left work yesterday, walked three blocks to a nearby pub, and caught the Meat Puppets (currently the Kirkwood bros + Shandon "Son Of Doug" Sahm) play a white-hot set for the low price of nothing at all. Unfortunately, there were work guys at my house or I would have stuck around for Grant Hart afterwards.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
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.
Hayden - Mar 19, 2010 6:51:18 am PDT #2716 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Trudy Booth - Mar 19, 2010 7:00:48 am PDT #2717 of 6436
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
You'll have to start a Mid Atlantic by the South festival, Corwood.
Hayden - Mar 19, 2010 7:39:57 am PDT #2718 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Ha! I guess I will have some time on my hands when I leave my job. Why not?
Jon B. - Mar 19, 2010 7:46:04 am PDT #2719 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
For those who missed it, my tribute to Chilton lasted over thirty minutes. The podcast is here.
DavidS - Mar 19, 2010 8:35:57 am PDT #2720 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Wow, Alex Chilton was memorialized in Congress by Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee.
tommyrot - Mar 19, 2010 8:38:16 am PDT #2721 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.
Plutocrats by the millions wait for Alex Chilton to come around....
ION, "Stagger Lee" by Nick Cave is awesome! What are some other good songs based on that story?
Jon B. - Mar 19, 2010 8:54:34 am PDT #2722 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Wow, Alex Chilton was memorialized in Congress by Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee.
Nice to see that I'm not the only one who skims.
Also, I started off my show with that!
Jon B. - Mar 19, 2010 8:55:34 am PDT #2723 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
ION, "Stagger Lee" by Nick Cave is awesome! What are some other good songs based on that story?
Oh, man, a couple of years ago, I found a blog post that listed dozens and dozens of versions of that. Lemme see if I can dig that up.
JZ - Mar 19, 2010 8:55:44 am PDT #2724 of 6436
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
tommy, Wikipedia has a pretty good starting list here, with more info on the real Stagger Lee here.
The actual crime was in 1895, the first published song was in 1910. And approximately ninety billion versions since.
Fred Pete - Mar 19, 2010 9:30:00 am PDT #2725 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
Pat Boone recorded "Stagger Lee"? Pat Boone????
(So says JZ's link. Which doesn't mention Tommy Roe's version -- not that Tommy Roe's version is all that memorable.)