Alex Chilton didn't seek medical attention because he had no health insurance.
Well, fuck.
You're like my fairy godmother, and Santa Claus, and Q all wrapped up into one! Q from Bond, not Star Trek.
Buffy ,'Help'
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.
Tom Scola - Apr 09, 2010 9:26:04 am PDT #2855 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
javachik - Apr 09, 2010 9:37:11 am PDT #2856 of 6436
Our wings are not tired.
As sad as it is, I don't think he's a successful poster child for health care reform. A better candidate is one who is following all of society's "rules" about the way we're supposed to work (full time job, not quoted saying "why work when I don't have to?", etc) and still can't get affordable health care. There are millions of candidates who fit *that* bill.
Tom Scola - Apr 09, 2010 9:45:03 am PDT #2857 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm not saying that he should be a poster child, I'm just saying that it sucks.
javachik - Apr 09, 2010 9:52:01 am PDT #2858 of 6436
Our wings are not tired.
Oh no, I totally get that. My comments were more along the line of "I would totally link to this on Facebook and anywhere else I can get an audience of well-meaning but ignorant people I know, but I know they'd dismiss it." That's all.
It makes me sick that we don't have universal healthcare and I'd like to get rid of insurance companies, period.
javachik - Apr 11, 2010 10:51:42 am PDT #2859 of 6436
Our wings are not tired.
Does anyone happen to have a copy of "The Moderns" soundtrack? For years it was my Sunday morning music, and evidently I gave away or sold or lost the cd. I'd love to hear it again, and it's out of print.
tommyrot - Apr 12, 2010 6:14:48 am PDT #2860 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.
This is a cool song and video: Florence and the Machine: “Dog Days Are Over”
Damn, is Florence Welch one seriously glorious culture vulture in this video, or what?
From the production team’s official press statement: “Florence is the shamanic leader of a surreal orchestra where spiritual elation explodes into smokey psychedelic anarchy. Each musical element of the song is personified by a group of colorful characters that combine 60’s girl groups, Hinduism, gospel choirs, drum circles, paganism and pyrotechnics. Florence is a painted primal force of nature that whips a religious experience into a riot.” Yep. And those blue and gold Andorian Motown beehive girls definitely take it to the next level.
Have downloaded the EP but have not listened to it yet.
Vonnie K - Apr 12, 2010 6:25:33 am PDT #2861 of 6436
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Lungs was one of my fave albums of last year. I love "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" the most but the entire album is excellent through and through.
Jon B. - Apr 12, 2010 12:01:05 pm PDT #2862 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Hank Williams got a Pulitzer. Sort of. [link]
A posthumous special citation to Hank Williams for his craftsmanship as a songwriter who expressed universal feelings with poignant simplicity and played a pivotal role in transforming country music into a major musical and cultural force in American life.
tommyrot - Apr 13, 2010 10:39:25 am PDT #2863 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.
Random Paul McCartney & Wings question: In the song "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", is Admiral Halsey the Admiral Halsey of the US Navy (of WW-II fame)?
eta: The Admiral Halsey of the US Navy was quite famous in the US during WW-II, but I don't now how well known he was in Great Britain....
DavidS - Apr 14, 2010 2:40:22 pm PDT #2864 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My next liner notes gig:
Julie Brown's Trapped in the Body of a White Girl featuring "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun."
I didn't realize her sketch TV show featured pre-Friends Jennifer Aniston, pre-Spongebob Tom Kenney and pre-Seinfeild Wayne Knight.
She had an eye for talent. (see also: Earth Girls Are Easy)