We covered Crimson's Lizard in the book.
Oh, wicked cool. A totally underrated record of theirs, even by hardcore Crim heads. Who did the essay? In a lot of odd ways, it was Fripp's Beatles' tribute album.
Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone. You're acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now? Zoe: Jayne slits my throat, and takes over. Wash: That's right. Zoe: And we can't stop it.
'Shindig'
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.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 07, 2004 4:23:14 pm PDT #3858 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
DavidS - Jul 07, 2004 4:45:22 pm PDT #3859 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
A totally underrated record of theirs, even by hardcore Crim heads.
Pretty much exactly the point of the whole book. Though not limited to Crim heads.
Crim heads, crim heads. I just like saying that.
Who did the essay?
Bruce Duff. Alphabetically the King Crimson is preceded by Andy Kim (bubblegum pop), and Junior Kimbrough (blues) and followed by the Kinks (Muswell), Klaatu (faux space Beatles) and Klymaxx (80s electro funk).
I love our alphabetical format. Another good stretch:
Housemartins
Howlin' Wolf
Idle Race (Jeff Lynn of ELO's 60s band)
Individuals (80s indie arty rock)
Jacksons (Triumph)
James Gang (Yer Album)
Steph L. - Jul 07, 2004 5:14:04 pm PDT #3860 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Housemartins
My broomball team in college was named the Housemartins. Since we were the honors dorm, I wanted Smart People on Ice.
t /totally irrelevant
Jen - Jul 07, 2004 5:14:14 pm PDT #3861 of 10003
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Which Lambchop?
Nixon. It was the one you recommended, so I figured I'd give it a go. And it rawks.
Michele T. - Jul 07, 2004 5:31:33 pm PDT #3862 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Joe: Milos! "I try hard to be good workerman, but refigemator so messy. So, so messy."
The sorrowful, weight-of-the-world way in which Dave reads that comment from the complaint box still cracks me up.
(Also, we had our VP of digital media on speakerphone the other day, and since we have broken all the conference phones, we had a regular phone with a speaker on it that didn't reach the conference table and had to go on a chair. Then they started making jokes about him pulling his chair up to the table. It took everything I had not to say "I'm not actually *in* the box, Dave.")
Gandalfe - Jul 07, 2004 9:57:40 pm PDT #3863 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Not work safe, and really, really odd.
Jon B. - Jul 08, 2004 3:37:48 am PDT #3864 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Lyra Jane - Jul 08, 2004 4:50:12 am PDT #3865 of 10003
Up with the sun
That *is* tempting, Jon. Do you know who's playing?
I got Oasis' What's the Story Morning Glory last night, because I've had "Don't Look Back in Anger" going through my head for weeks. It is ... very Oasis-y.
(And it is most unfair that the Oasis songs I like are split between two albums, so I had to pick. I'm gonna pout about that for a while.)
Jon B. - Jul 08, 2004 5:31:52 am PDT #3866 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
joe boucher - Jul 08, 2004 5:44:02 am PDT #3867 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Milos! "I try hard to be good workerman, but refigemator so messy. So, so messy."
D'oh! I really wanted to include "Complaint Box" in the list but I couldn't think of any musical references, but now it dawns on me (which is to say smacks me upside the head)... Shaft! "I thought we'd all enjoy that." D'oh! -- there's also, "'I have doobie in my funk,' which I assume is some sort of reference to the Parliament Funkadelic song, 'Chocolate City.'" My mind is mush.
Not work safe, and really, really odd.
For those of you who can't check it out, two people whose organization, or maybe their motto (I don't feel like checking), is "Fuck for Trees," did just that onstage at a concert. Apparently they've done it, and not just in a manner of speaking, in other public venues. Doing it in public is in fact their m.o. The story Gandalfe linked to has pics from the show. The, ahem, moneyquote: "'The goal is to take over the entire commercial porn industry and transfer all the money to protection of the environment,' Ellingsen explained."