Rebecca Black's "Friday" as radical text: [link]
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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. - Mar 24, 2011 12:59:27 pm PDT #4304 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jon B. - Mar 24, 2011 1:01:04 pm PDT #4305 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
"Gotta make my mind up," she sings, overjoyed to finally exert some control over her fate; "Which seat can I take?"
Yet here the discerning viewer notes that something is wrong. Because it is a simple matter of fact that in this car all the good seats have already been taken. For Rebecca Black (her name here would seem to evoke Rosa Parks, a mirroring that will only gain in significance) there is no actual choice, only the illusion of choice.
tommyrot - Mar 24, 2011 1:04:27 pm PDT #4306 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.
Communism, Hypnotism and the Beatles
Sadly, just an image of the cover of this (I assume) fascinating book.
Daisy Jane - Mar 24, 2011 1:57:15 pm PDT #4307 of 6436
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My sister just bought Friday from iTunes. I have created a monster.
Jon B. - Mar 25, 2011 12:15:21 pm PDT #4308 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Attention Bubblegum Aficionados (yes, I'm looking in a Hecubot direction): Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) and Euros Childs (Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci) have a new project called "Jonny" that is bubbletastic! You can stream the whole album for free here: [link]
DavidS - Mar 25, 2011 3:07:05 pm PDT #4309 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thanks, Jon, that looks fantastic!
I've always loved Norman's gummier projects.
Jon B. - Mar 25, 2011 5:35:45 pm PDT #4310 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
My job here is done.
Laga - Mar 26, 2011 8:04:15 am PDT #4311 of 6436
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Rebecca Black's "Friday" as radical text
Brilliant.
Her cultural debt is less to Molly Ringwald in Sixteen Candles than Vicki the robot girl from Small Wonder
Holy crap, that's who she reminds me of.
And why, after speaking her name, does he talk not of the front seat, but the front side, known slang for female genitalia?
wait, what?
Jon B. - Mar 27, 2011 7:24:56 am PDT #4312 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
From radical text to death metal parody: [link]
le nubian - Mar 28, 2011 12:11:01 pm PDT #4313 of 6436
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I love this article from the Village Voice.
How many of the number 1 hits of Boyz II Men can you name? They have had 5. VV asked 15 music critics and none could name all 5.
Guess before you click: