Philip Glass is the music that calms me.
eta: Especially the album Solo Piano - or Einstein on the Beach.
You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2011 4:13:04 am PST #15151 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ginger - Feb 08, 2011 4:28:47 am PST #15152 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I maintain America The Beautiful would be a better national anthem than a co-opted drinking song.
Better a drinking song than a hymn, which is where the tune of America the Beautiful comes from.
How could we give up The Star-Spangled Banner considering the story behind it? It was written by a man trapped on a British ship during the bombardment of Fort McHenry in a war that was the first great test of whether the new nation would survive. He spent the night desperately trying to determine whether the fort had fallen. He started the poem on a piece of paper in his pocket, before he was released by the British. It turned out to fit the music of a popular song about wine, women and song and sung in the streets within weeks.
Also, it's not that hard to sing, if you're in the right key for your voice. Hell, I can sing it and I barely have an octave and a half range.
Trudy Booth - Feb 08, 2011 4:29:06 am PST #15153 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
New discovery: when my brain is all jittery and won't let me sleep, listening to Eminem make it calm down. I don't understand this.
One day a few weeks ago, driving home from work, I couldn't find any music that would soothe my nerves. Turned on NPR, where they were having a segment on the Wu Tang Clan, and bam - instant calm.
When I'm in a crap mood and on the verge of losing my temper at the next asshole who crosses me and the subway is mad crowded I listen to LeATHERMOUTH and pretend its a mosh pit. It's incredibly soothing.
javachik - Feb 08, 2011 7:12:09 am PST #15154 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Totally agree, Ginger.
DCJensen - Feb 08, 2011 7:57:46 am PST #15155 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
I maintain America The Beautiful would be a better national anthem than a co-opted drinking song.
Better a drinking song than a hymn, which is where the tune of America the Beautiful comes from.
Yeah, but in my mind, Fozzie Bear is singing it.
Laga - Feb 08, 2011 8:49:12 am PST #15156 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Mine too, now.
smonster - Feb 08, 2011 8:50:57 am PST #15157 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Today's mantra, one of my favorites: I want things to be other than they are. Brought to you by the letters W,O,R, and K; B; and P, M, S.
By which I mean I'm doing all right, and just trying to plod through the day.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 08, 2011 9:03:21 am PST #15158 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, but in my mind, Fozzie Bear is singing it.
Well, in that case we should make "Movin' right along" the national anthem.
Atropa - Feb 08, 2011 9:15:40 am PST #15159 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yeah, but in my mind, Fozzie Bear is singing it.
"A bear in his natural habitat. A Studebaker."
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2011 9:16:21 am PST #15160 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"A bear in his natural habitat. A Studebaker."
Yeah, I was thinking of that. Why don't zoos ever show bears in their natural habitat?