It was really interesting (and very sad) to hear that the weight of the singer and MTV pretty much killed a cool band. I wondered why I know their songs so well and yet knew nothing of the band, and I figure that their very un-MTV image must've been why.

I remember when "Never Say Never" first came out and what a great song it was to dance to a club.

Romeo Void's "Girl in Trouble" is one of the songs on random play in my brain...it just comes up at odd times. I didn't know the stuff about the singer's weight and MTV, but I'm not surprised.

I believed they toured with U2 when they were both fledging bands.

Romeo Void's singer (sorry, don't have the name at hand) was quite a compelling performer, too.

Now the episode of Bands Reunited with Klymaxx is on! This show is so much more entertaining than I thought it would be.

I got a meetin' in the ladies' room...

Now the episode of Bands Reunited with Klymaxx is on! This show is so much more entertaining than I thought it would be.

I got a meetin' in the ladies' room...

Just so you know I did write about Klymaxx in the book and included this line alluding to you, Shawn: "The chorus spawned an earworm so potent that women still mutter it as they exit for a bathroom break twenty years later."

WHEEEEEE!

I am so fucking chuffed.

eta: that line makes me laugh, too.

Speaking of splits, has anybody noted this week how freaking impressive it is that Prince can do a James Brown split in high heeled boots?

Dude, I've always said that Prince is a better dancer than Michael Jackson, ever since I saw him on, um, Solid Gold or somesuch. He accidentally knocked over his mic stand in mid lyric, and instantly dropped into the splits, caught it before it hit the ground, and came back up, all while still "singing."

And, BTW, the Bowie show I was supposed to go to in New Orleans? Sold out in about 20 minutes, before my buddy was able to get them. So, um, AARRGGHH!!!!!!!!

Dude, I've always said that Prince is a better dancer than Michael Jackson, ever since I saw him on, um, Solid Gold or somesuch.

JZ's comment after watching "Thieves in the Temple": "I wonder when this came out because it's almost like a 'Fuck you, Michael Jackson. I can do those moves anytime I want.'"

eta: that line makes me laugh, too.

Here's the opening:

I admit it; I have fantasized about Eminem covering Klymaxx. It's just..."I had my Kenneth Cole Shoes on/ My Gianni Versace blue leather suit / My nails were done and my hair looked fierce/ The men all pause when I walk in to the room / The men all pause and the brides hold their grooms"...there's a pleasing rightness to it, don't you think? I don't know, maybe Greg Dulli.

I have killed the thread with my own writing.

Tina, I haven't yet mailed you Jon's mix because...I was listening to it in the car this morning. Still, there is a high likelihood it will go out within days, and I'll send it Priority.

I had to explain who Syd Barrett was to JZ this morning, and why the Banana Splits sound so psychedelic on "I Enjoy Being A Boy."

I'm mentally lumping all the John Mayer/Jack Johnson/Dave Mathews guys together. Is that an official sub-genre yet? Does it have a name?

Let's name that genre, okay? I'll start: Strum Dudes.

Acoustic Rock...? Do Elliot Smith and Jeff Buckley count?