This seems to be the source of the Turds of Misery bio. A thousand other blogs and websites have already quoted from it as though it's gospel, but I can't help reading it as a joke the writer made up. I mean, I'm sure the photo is legitimate, but I'm suspicious of the bio.
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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.
Jon B. - Jun 21, 2010 3:51:49 am PDT #3143 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Kate P. - Jun 21, 2010 10:36:33 am PDT #3144 of 6436
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Last night I had a dream that Jonathan Richman and I were interviewing Joanna Newsom and M. Ward, but we had forgotten to bring a tape recorder. I didn't know much about their music, so I think mostly I talked to Joanna Newsom about fairy tales.
Strega - Jun 21, 2010 7:34:37 pm PDT #3145 of 6436
So I really like Joshua Ellis, because he did this album, and covers & remixes like these, and has written for Coilhouse and basically, he is one hoopy frood. He's now working on a project called Dbasr:
Dbasr is a free, open-source content management system for musicians and other rich media artists. Like Wordpress for bands, but better.
He just started putting info up today, but there's a list of features & a dev blog here: [link]
He is of course looking for cash, because that is always helpful, but he is also looking for feedback/input, and help spreading the word. And since you are clever people who like music and tech and having opinions (heh), I thought some of you might be interested.
So... there? (I probably need to work on my pimpage skillz.)
tommyrot - Jun 22, 2010 11:12:53 am PDT #3146 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.
Back in early 1975, when I was in 4th grade, I had to stay after school. My mom came to pick me up, and on the way home our '67 Ford wagon slide on some ice on our driveway and nailed a tree. So my parents bought a '73 Mercury Marquis Brougham with all sorts of power accessories, including a 5-speaker 8-track stereo. My aunt then gave us some 8-track tapes, one of which was Jim Croce's Greatest Hits. Which I just downloaded from eMusic.
Weird how listening to this album brings back all sorts of memories of riding around in the '73 Merc....
eta: "Working at the Car Wash Blues" is playing. I really like this song, even if it's a product of its time, what with the "sexual harassment is funny" bit in there....
Kathy A - Jun 22, 2010 11:23:53 am PDT #3147 of 6436
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I've got that album at home--love it!
My favorite 8-track car-listening memory was my dad playing John Denver's "Back Home Again" over and over, as well as Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits.
Kathy A - Jun 22, 2010 11:24:52 am PDT #3148 of 6436
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I've got them totally depressing
Low down, mind messing
Workin' at the car wash blues
tommyrot - Jun 22, 2010 11:27:41 am PDT #3149 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.
Back then, my uncle had a Galaxie 500. I have fond memories of hm playing Johny Cash's Greatest Hits on the 8-track wile driving down the highway at 100 mph in the Galaxie.
Ooh, Elton John's Greatest Hits was another 8-track we got from my Aunt. Always meant to reacquire that album.
beekaytee - Jun 22, 2010 11:28:33 am PDT #3150 of 6436
Compassionately intolerant
My favorite 8 track was ELO.
tommyrot - Jun 22, 2010 11:28:43 am PDT #3151 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.
Poor Croce - he died before he achieved national prominence, right?
DavidS - Jun 22, 2010 11:31:08 am PDT #3152 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I drove across the country with my best friend Alex (Boston to California) in '85 with an 8-track player in the car. We picked up Dick Clark's 25 Years of Rock and Roll in a thrift shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming and listened to "Tequila" all the way across the Rockies.
My biggest association with that 8-track player, though, would be Aerosmith. Toys in the Attic, bay-bee!
Also, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, a band that only makes sense on an 8-Track.