You can have them all, Heather.
OTOH, he was pretty funny on Chappelle's show, in a sketch about white people music.
Hey, if it means I don't have to read any more, woo and, might I add, a big hoo.
Xander ,'Sleeper'
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.
bon bon - Apr 06, 2004 3:50:56 am PDT #2014 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
tina f. - Apr 06, 2004 5:31:47 am PDT #2015 of 10003
Not enough MEEEP in the world.
I woke up this morning to a package containing the new Modest Mouse CD, a MM bootleg, concert poster from their last tour (w/The Shins) and three shiny buttons on my doorstep. (This was all a special deal for people on their mailing list.)
And am listening to their first new CD in two years right now AIFG!!!
t /ridiculously excited fangirl
Michele T. - Apr 06, 2004 5:47:21 am PDT #2016 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Isn't he wearing cotton drawstring pants on one of his album covers?
"You know why I wanted to become a doctor?" "The flattering drawstring pants?"
On an entirely different topic -- does anyone know if it's possible to copy music from a shared central server onto an iPod on a Mac?
esse - Apr 06, 2004 6:05:27 am PDT #2017 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
You can have them all, Heather.
She has to share.
OTOH, he was pretty funny on Chappelle's show, in a sketch about white people music.
Yeah, that was amusing. I wish I could get my hands on a copy of it.
erinaceous - Apr 06, 2004 8:13:02 am PDT #2018 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
On an entirely different topic -- does anyone know if it's possible to copy music from a shared central server onto an iPod on a Mac?
If you're running iTunes on the Mac, you can add songs to the library from anywhere, and then manually update the iPod then ... does that make sense?
Fred Pete - Apr 06, 2004 10:00:25 am PDT #2019 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
A question for Hec and any other fans of the '60s. Is there a short name for teen-oriented, up-tempo pop-rock of the mid to late '60s? I'm thinking of groups like the Happenings, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, the Buckinghams. If you're from Chicago, add the Cryan' Shames. Maybe the Mamas and the Papas and the Association, though they might be a little too psychedelic for this sort of thing.
They're not psychedelic. Not surf. Not Motown. Definitely not British Invasion (though that's more a geographic label than a description of a sound, and the Dave Clark 5 might pass for what I have in mind). Too early for bubblegum.
Any thoughts?
DavidS - Apr 06, 2004 10:20:36 am PDT #2020 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
A question for Hec and any other fans of the '60s. Is there a short name for teen-oriented, up-tempo pop-rock of the mid to late '60s? I'm thinking of groups like the Happenings, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, the Buckinghams. If you're from Chicago, add the Cryan' Shames. Maybe the Mamas and the Papas and the Association, though they might be a little too psychedelic for this sort of thing.
This covers a number of sub-genres. Chicago, as you note, was famed in the mid-sixties for the poppiness of its garage bands. The closest catchall for most of these groups (Happenings, Association in particular) is Sunshine Pop. Heavy emphasis on vocal harmonies. There are a number of recent (within the last few years) compilations covering this genre, as hardcore Beach Boy fans branched out into music which (heretofore) had been considered way too wimpy.
Varese Sarabande did one of the first series on this titled Sunshine Days. There are three volumes.
My favorite group in this genre is The Yellow Balloon - which sounds like Vivaldi as done by late Beach Boys. (In a good way!.)
Another huge cult group from this genre is The Free Design - a family group with extremely intricate harmonies.
I'd also recommend The Millenium - by Curt Boettcher, a major figure in this scene. (Curt produced the early Association hits.)
The Chicago label Dunwich was probably most famous for the garage-pop sound associated with that city.
Fred Pete - Apr 06, 2004 11:01:51 am PDT #2021 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
That sounds like it, Hec. During summers in college, I listened quite a bit to a Chicago AM station (WCFL) that relied heavily on the '60s local garage bands (and also played songs like "Double Dutch Bus" -- how's that for format-bending?). And just before WLS went all-talk, they had a Sunday morning oldies program that had some of the same slant.
Sunshine Days looks like a delight -- I'm familiar with about half of the tracks. And Cub Koda wrote the review (yes, I bought the 45 of Brownsville Station's "Smokin' in the Boys' Room" way back when)....
DavidS - Apr 06, 2004 11:07:22 am PDT #2022 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And Cub Koda wrote the review
He wrote a lot for AMG and Goldmine and record collectors mags like that.
joe boucher - Apr 06, 2004 11:26:11 am PDT #2023 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
"Double Dutch Bus"
How can a bus jump rope? (Or maybe it's like the 800 lb. gorilla. "How does a bus jump rope?" "Any way it wants to.")