Didn't Hoyt also play Zach Galligan's dad in GREMLINS?
Yep. He was on Bonanza way back when, too.
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.
Didn't Hoyt also play Zach Galligan's dad in GREMLINS?
Yep. He was on Bonanza way back when, too.
Bjork may have gone too far into the ether for me to follow with this latest effort
yeah, I kind of got that impression from the New Yorker article.I loved "Debut" and "Post," but it sounds like she's gone even more experimental than she was on "Vespertine," which I didn't like.
I'm with you, Lyra. Vespertine didn't do it for me, either, and I love all of the Bjork releases prior to that one. I read an article in Vanity Fair on the newest record and it sounds very iffy to me.
Crazily enough, I chose to listen to it before I passed judgment on it. (And it's out there on the interweb thingy, yes.) It's quite lovely: both spare and lush at once. Definitely not "easy listening" music, since there is so much going on -- but worth a concerted listen.
Oh, Michele, I plan on giving it a listen but I don't see anything wrong with discussion based on reviews (from listeners as well as from Bjork herself). I haven't seen anyone dismiss it out of hand.
Did anyone else find it weird that Bjork was singing at the opening Olympics ceremonies?
I mean, on the one hand, yay for having someone other than the Whitneys and Glorias, but on the other hand ... the only memorable thing about the song was the line "your sweat is salty." And really, that just made me giggle.
I might have enjoyed Bjork's performance at the Olympics more if Bob & Katie had SHUT THE FUCK UP FOR MORE THAN 5 SECONDS.
ahem.
In other news...
I'm listening to the new GBV Right Now! AI.....OK. But then, most of the last bunch of albums haven't blown me away. There's a few good songs and a pile that go right past me.
if Bob & Katie had SHUT THE FUCK UP FOR MORE THAN 5 SECONDS.
Why am I now thinking of Faye Dunaway and William Holden's sex scene in Network?
I am going to no shows; having missed Dar Williams at the Birchmere I must observe a period of sulking for a month.
Booooo! If you want, you can read my detailed account of seeing her last year and pretend you were there.
The new GBV is sounding a bit better to me now. Not their best work, but given how prolific they are, that's hardly a dis. I'll probably air a couple of songs from it this a.m.