'The Message'
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.
I've given up on "Sister Ray" (yep, no more trannies for me), but if someone else manages to download it I'm anxious to hear an assessment.
Maud's blog pretty much overloaded my "6 Degrees of Cultural Referents to Me" fuse. Yes, my name is spelled J-o-e but it's pronounced Narcissus.
Must leave my office before hypothermia sets in. I fear I'm already too late. Au revoir, mes amis!
Tenor sax legend, Illinois Jacquet died.
Didn't he play on "Flying Home," Joe?
btw, I've got the proofs. They look good.
What do you mean by "democracy in popular culture," hayden?
RIP Illinois Jacquet, easily one of the top five cool names in a genre with cool names to spare.
Hayden, that Andy Wilson tape piece is a thing of beauty.
What do you mean by "democracy in popular culture," hayden?
I mean that it's an Election Day issue, but, as always, instead of talking about the thing-in-itself, we prefer essays about books, movies, music, tv shows, or whatnot reflecting the concept, that's all. And that's only for the Potlatch section. Misha, I'd love to get some of your writing in the Hat, on any ol' subject.
Hayden, that Andy Wilson tape piece is a thing of beauty.
Isn't it? Andy's a clever fellow. Jim, what I said to Misha is true for you, too -- I'd love to get some of your writing in the Hat.
btw, I've got the proofs. They look good.
Woo-freakin'-hoo! (And David, re: what I'd like to get in the Hat, msg: your writing.)
P.S. I did my first gig with The Soft Set tonight &, as I'd feared, couldn't read my crib notes at all. For some songs where I wasn't sure of the chord progression, my strategy was: "hit a D chord & hold it until the song is in D."
(And David, re: what I'd like to get in the Hat, msg: your writing.)
Excellent! First up "Charlton Heston is People: An Exegesis of Heston's Last Man trilogy of dystopian science fiction."
Then: "Krazy Kat the novel vs. Krazy Kat the Ballet - why did they both suck, and where's the Pogo Opera Anyway?"
Then: "From Square Pegs to Freaks and Geeks: The shortest distance between any two eras is a punk rock reference."
Then: "Antonioni: Sinking Like a Canon Ball."
Maybe you're kidding, but we'd run any and all of those in a heartbeat.
I kinda acting as my sister's boyfriend's band's agent up here in Dallas. I know a guy who books bands at a cool place up here called The Doublewide that I think would be good for them to play. They're really good, so I don't want to just say "Hey, book my sister's boyfriend's band" so what kind of stuff should I give the guy at the Doublewide to get him to book them?
what kind of stuff should I give the guy at the Doublewide to get him to book them?
A CD and press kit?