Must get some Bud Powell.
erinaceous I got this in my email yesterday:
Have you ever heard of a magazine called "Verbatim"? It's a quarterly on language and I just started getting it. I likes it!
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
'Bushwhacked'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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.
DavidS - Mar 25, 2004 12:08:32 pm PST #1818 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hayden - Mar 25, 2004 12:57:37 pm PST #1819 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hayden, your best route to Jonathan is Eliot. I think he shares the Melville love (that didn't sound right...) so you three could bond over that. Give me a little warning next time you're coming to NY & I'll try to convince Eliot to come up & we can all get together. His mother lives here, I live here, Jonathan lives here, his wife's best friend lives around the corner from my girlfriend -- it's not a tough sell. Did I tell you I got the xword software? Dying to try it out
Eliot & I have bonded over the love of the Great Whale Book. I'll definitely let you know next time I'm headed to NYC, but got no idea when that might be.
Oh, yeah - USE that xword software, my man. Can you have something done by April 1?
joe boucher - Mar 25, 2004 1:10:07 pm PST #1820 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
I can try. Next few days are busy, but GF's going out of town after that so I'll have some time. Is there a theme for the next issue or should I use the default "hayden's obsessions"? Oh, and this is a longshot, but prospective FIL loves crosswords & me, & I'm working on a puzzle for his birthday, so maybe I can get a customized graphic for it.
Hayden - Mar 25, 2004 1:28:56 pm PST #1821 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Wow, that would be extraordinary.
The theme we're tossing about for the next issue is "labor issues, as related to various aspects of pop culture." Problem is that the number of related articles we have right now is 2. Writers! We need writers!
Michele T. - Mar 25, 2004 3:41:11 pm PST #1822 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Labor issues? There seems to be a bunch of stuff going on in the UK in terms of 20-years-after-the-miner's-strike navel-gazing, but I can't point you to anything in particular.
erinaceous - Mar 26, 2004 3:26:58 am PST #1823 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Hec! OMG! The mag's been getting more and more SF subscribers lately. Obviously, they evangelize.
Lyra Jane - Mar 26, 2004 3:37:54 am PST #1824 of 10003
Up with the sun
The theme we're tossing about for the next issue is "labor issues, as related to various aspects of pop culture."
I'm sure someone has thought of this, but would something on Buffy's money/job problems in S6, centring on "Doublemeat Palace," fit the bill?
cathy - Mar 26, 2004 5:26:39 am PST #1825 of 10003
"Why do the facts hate America?" - Jon Stewart
Galaxie 500 Captures 'Youth' On DVD
Seminal alternative rock trio Galaxie 500 will be celebrated with the double-DVD set "Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste (1987-1991)," due June 29 via Plexifilm. The collection sports more than three hours of live performances culled from eight different shows, including two full concerts from London and Atlanta. Also features are music videos for "Tugboat," "When Will You Come Home, "Blue Thunder" and "Fourth of July."
tommyrot - Mar 26, 2004 5:42:25 am PST #1826 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Cool!
Coincedentally, my iTunes is playing a Galaxie 500 song ("Sorry") it selected at random.
Also coincedentally, on my way to the train this morning I stopped to look at a '59 Galaxie 500 parked on the street. '59 was the first year for the Galaxie 500, and it's IMHO one of the most beautiful cars of the era.
Jon B. - Mar 26, 2004 6:12:57 am PST #1827 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Seminal alternative rock trio Galaxie 500
I loved Galaxie 500's music, and I'm even friends with all of them, but I never understood how a band who's entire oevre was borrowed from the Velvet Underground's third album could be called "seminal."
Of course, I'm the guy who didn't think the Pixies were seminal either, so feel free to ignore me.