Really disappointed in this year's Best of Bootie. No one track really stands out for me, and I get the impression that they're more interested in showing off their deejay mixing skillz than crafting songs.
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
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 - Dec 27, 2011 1:53:45 pm PST #4821 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
sumi - Dec 29, 2011 12:35:40 pm PST #4822 of 6436
Art Crawl!!!
Interesting musical Kickstarter project.
DavidS - Dec 30, 2011 4:45:53 pm PST #4823 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have something very unexpectedly in common with Rachael Ray. From her AVClub interview (my italics):
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AVC: What’s your favorite recent memory from one of those parties?
RR: You know, everybody that plays is just so different that it’s really hard to... it’s too hard. Because I mean, I love G-Love, and if G-Love’s just with his guitar and he makes up a song with my name in it at the little house that we have for singers and songwriters, that’s a moment. On the other hand, if you have like, Fitz And The Tantrums and everybody gets down in the mud and does the turtle, that’s another moment. And that’s what I love about having really eclectic lineups. And you know, seeing the New York Dolls a couple years back, huge. Huge! Like one of my favorite bands of all time, you know?
Jesse - Jan 01, 2012 5:02:48 am PST #4824 of 6436
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Random musical thing I learned recently: Apparently Adele's Someone Like You is the only song to hit #1 in the US with just vocals and piano. Huh.
Liese S. - Jan 01, 2012 11:43:07 am PST #4825 of 6436
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I started working on that song for that reason, although I didn't know that stat. It's a great song, but I feel so sad when I hear her stuff already. Hopefully she'll come to a full recovery, but she sure is a cautionary tale for my vocal students who tend to ignore my advice.
DavidS - Jan 05, 2012 9:10:23 am PST #4826 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jon B. - Jan 05, 2012 2:24:48 pm PST #4827 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Album covers minus the dead guys. I actually find this more depressing than funny (esp. the Ramones one): [link]
DavidS - Jan 05, 2012 3:58:13 pm PST #4828 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I actually find this more depressing than funny (esp. the Ramones one): [link]
And my beloved Dolls!
DavidS - Jan 06, 2012 9:41:55 am PST #4829 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jon B. - Jan 06, 2012 10:14:37 am PST #4830 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Oh, David, that is sooo Season 1!
(season 2 starts this weekend)