Well, it seems that while my friend was buying DC tickets (got 'em! woot!) a second Starland show went on sale... and she got them...
So now it looks like five shows in six days (with two other shows before that) and while that might SEEM excessive its really
not
when you consider that I'm in the process of assembling an elaborate killjoy costume (still need that thigh holster!) and I really should wear it as much as possible, right? And by that third or fourth show it'll actually look like I've been living rough in a post-apocalyptic desert hellscape. By the fifth, I'll smell like Gerard...
I'm going to chicken out on the big thinking it would require for me to make a deep list of how I rank Bowie albums and just put up my personal top 3 (as of now). There were periods in college when Station to Station and Low would have made it up top.
1. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
2. Scary Monsters
3. Aladdin Sane
For those who remember those ads where they offered to turn your lyrics into completed songs or for folks who are fans of "The Beat of the Traps" compilations, PBS aired a doc on them called:
Off the Charts: The Poem-Song Industry
It's a Hulu link so I apologize to non-United Statesians.
I found it pretty interesting.
I am praying for a NOLA MCR date after the New Year.
Patrick is a naughty l'il bitch.
Anyone watching the MTV webcast tonight?
Spidra, that Song-Poem Anthology from a few years back (Do You Know The Difference Between Big Wood And Brush?) was pretty amazing.
I just read some of the Amazon reviews for that, Hayden. The guy who wrote "Jimmy Carter Says Yes" is in that documentary. So was the guy who wrote "Blind Man's Penis".
So was the guy who wrote "Blind Man's Penis".
Who was at the group book reading for
Lost in the Grooves
at Moe's in Berkeley.
Anyone watching the MTV webcast tonight?
Mikey's bass is so SPARKLY! And the drummer is wearing a Genesis shirt. Heh.