I just finished reading Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock. I really enjoyed it, especially when he describes what the scene was like in the late 70s and early 80s, when Ira was writing for New York Rocker, and he started hanging out at Maxwell’s.
Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.
'Hell Bound'
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 - Aug 23, 2012 7:03:21 am PDT #5246 of 6436
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
tommyrot - Aug 23, 2012 7:30:27 am PDT #5247 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.
Thanks. That's being delivered to my iPad right now.
tommyrot - Aug 23, 2012 7:31:50 am PDT #5248 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.
Speaking of eBooks, anyone read Talking Heads' Fear of Music (33 1/3)?
Frankenbuddha - Aug 23, 2012 8:17:37 am PDT #5249 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Speaking of eBooks, anyone read Talking Heads' Fear of Music (33 1/3)?
I'm about halfway through it and loving it. Should have finished it a while ago, but I got sidetracked by something else.
I will add that Fear of Music is my favorite T Heads album, though it's not necessarily their best (More Songs... or Remain in Light, I think).
tommyrot - Aug 23, 2012 8:39:49 am PDT #5250 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.
Thanks, Frank. That's now on my iPad as well.
Buying eBooks is just so damn easy since I bought my iPad that I just can't stop buying more. Sorta' how you can't just eat one Lay's potato chip.
I will add that Fear of Music is my favorite T Heads album, though it's not necessarily their best (More Songs... or Remain in Light, I think).
I'd have a hard time picking between Fear of Music and More Songs About Buildings and Food for my favorite Talking Heads album. Remain in Light would be my third fave.
I love all their albums up to (but not including) Naked. That one's just OK, although I do love "(Nothing But) Flowers." Even their live albums are great.
le nubian - Aug 23, 2012 10:33:41 am PDT #5251 of 6436
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Yeah, I'm a huge TH and David Byrne fan. I think I would buy an album of him singing the phonebook.
tommyrot - Aug 23, 2012 12:04:41 pm PDT #5252 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.
David Byrne sends me emails.
OK, I'm just on his mailing list.
DavidS - Aug 23, 2012 12:46:33 pm PDT #5253 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Remain in Light is their masterpiece, I think. But it might be just that I love Adrian Belew's guitar on that record so much.
"The Big Curve"!
Scrappy - Aug 23, 2012 1:13:01 pm PDT #5254 of 6436
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Already have tix to Byrne's concert tour in October, supporting this: [link] We bought them the minute they went on sale. CAN"T WAIT.
Jon B. - Aug 23, 2012 4:47:54 pm PDT #5255 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
David Byrne sends me emails.
He writes very well! He has a way of making you feel like you're his friend.