Elizabeth Gilbert's TED talk on genius is freaking amazing...and there's a wonderful Tom Waits anecdote around minute 12. [link]
No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?
Xander ,'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.
Volans - Feb 17, 2009 3:05:58 pm PST #727 of 6436
move out and draw fire
DavidS - Feb 17, 2009 4:50:30 pm PST #728 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Elizabeth Gilbert's TED talk on genius is freaking amazing...and there's a wonderful Tom Waits anecdote around minute 12.
When she got to the Tom anecdote, I realized she was the reporter from GQ who interviewed him.
And she's the only reporter that ever got invited to his house to meet Kathleen Brennan, but then she couldn't.
But it was a great interview - they obviously had a strong connection, and it's a very moving piece.
Jon B. - Feb 18, 2009 8:44:12 am PST #729 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Touch & Go is getting out of the distribution biz. This is a big deal for a bunch of small record labels.
quester - Feb 18, 2009 6:58:04 pm PST #730 of 6436
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
sticks head in thread...Hello?
Never been in here, I think. I need help with a list of songs for a CD I want to make for my sister's birthday. It's an odd sort of song I'm looking for.
It all started with Lee Hazelwood's collaboration with Nancy Sinatra. My sister had this CD she had made of music for the road for a road trip and after we listened to "These boots are made for walkin" I was trying to describe more of the songs they had done together and the hardest to convey was "Pheadra" at least I think that's the name.
So from that song I went (in my mind) to Mike Nesmith's "Joanne", "Rhiannon", "Venus" by Shocking Blue and now I'm trying to find more songs about women with mysterious powers. I'm kinda thinking The Eagles' "Witchy woman" and "Spooky" are kind of on the border of what I want.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Cheesey is a plus, but not necessary. I've even considered "Wildfire" but that might be more appropriate for the supernatural songs I'm also compiling a list of.
billytea - Feb 18, 2009 7:00:20 pm PST #731 of 6436
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The first one that comes to my mind is "She's Actual Size" by TMBG.
Laga - Feb 18, 2009 7:09:32 pm PST #732 of 6436
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
"Love Street" by The Doors
Ailleann - Feb 18, 2009 7:10:20 pm PST #733 of 6436
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
"Dark Lady" by Cher?
megan walker - Feb 18, 2009 7:14:10 pm PST #734 of 6436
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
For a literal interpretation, may I submit "Witchcraft" by Nancy's father?
Atropa - Feb 18, 2009 7:20:37 pm PST #735 of 6436
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
"Witchcraft" by Book of Love
megan walker - Feb 18, 2009 7:43:46 pm PST #736 of 6436
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Cheesy: "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes