Quimby's, right?
Ooh. I've been there! Make sure to give the red devil woman a foot massage.
We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero!
Wash ,'Jaynestown'
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.
Polter-Cow - Oct 02, 2004 9:14:51 am PDT #5207 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Steph L. - Oct 02, 2004 9:59:54 am PDT #5208 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
David, do you know the actual date of the Chicago reading?
DavidS - Oct 02, 2004 10:21:45 am PDT #5209 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
David, do you know the actual date of the Chicago reading?
It's not set yet. I think first or second weekend, though.
DavidS - Oct 02, 2004 10:26:46 am PDT #5210 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Okay, the Cosmic Cowboy mix has changed a bit.
Silver Raven Gene Clark Weightless Again The Handsome Family St. John The Gambler Townes Van Zandt Ed's Song Richard Buckner Montgomery In The Rain Steve Young How Much I've Lied Gram Parsons You Ain't Going Nowhere The Byrds Picasso's Mandolin Guy Clark Evangelina Hoyt Axton Tonight I'm Gonna Go Downtown The Flatlanders Old Five And Dimers Like Me Billy Joe Shaver Pretend I Never Happened Willie Nelson Undone Robert Earl Keen Loneliness in Ruby's Eyes David Allan Coe I Feel Alright Steve Earle Me And Billy The Kid (Live) Joe Ely Claudine 5 Chinese Brothers Earthbound Rodney Crowell Jean Arthur Robbie Fulks Looking Forward To Seeing You Golden Smog Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness John Prine Gravity Of The Situation Vic Chestnutt Let The Train Blow The Whistle Johnny Cash Seven Bridges Road Steve Young
DXMachina - Oct 02, 2004 5:19:02 pm PDT #5211 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
You know how PBS stations always trot out rock reunion specials around fund raising time? Rhody's PBS station seems to have finally hit the bottom of that barrel. I'm watching a Yes concert on my TV right now.
DavidS - Oct 02, 2004 6:17:24 pm PDT #5212 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm watching a Yes concert on my TV right now.
This seems linked in my mind with PBS playing Lawrence Welk out here in the 90s.
DXMachina - Oct 02, 2004 6:35:30 pm PDT #5213 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
This seems linked in my mind with PBS playing Lawrence Welk out here in the 90s.
The same station still shows Lawrence Welk every Sunday night. To be honest, I prefer Yes. They did do a nice bluesy version of "Roundabout" in the show, but that's about the only song of theirs that I ever really liked anyway.
Michele T. - Oct 03, 2004 2:08:11 pm PDT #5214 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
I have an Old 97's cover of that Cash tune. Fun song.
As to the BNL -- I loved Gordon back when it came out, in the early 90s, and haven't liked a single one of their albums since. A couple of tracks here and there were good, but mostly the others I've heard (and I bought a couple before I wised up!) were just boring to me.
DavidS - Oct 04, 2004 7:51:33 am PDT #5215 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thanks to Hayden's excellent review I was prompted to go buy Smile this weekend. I was quite enjoying it this morning. For knowing all the pieces in a variety of takes and versions, it makes a huge difference having it all flow together seamlessly. The Wondermints do a fantastic job filling in for the Beach Boys.
ION, I saw the New York Dolls last night at the Fillmore. What a fucking blast! It was one of those true believer concerts where every single person within eye and earshot of me sang along to every lyric. People were just so grateful to hear them live - grinning ear to ear.
They sounded fantastic and thoroughly Dollsy. David Jo was in fine voice, and tarted up with long hair, and painted nails and the whole trashy diva aesthetic. Syl Sylvain was the only other surviving Doll. He and David were both really enjoying each other, cracking jokes and grinning. At one point, David pointed at Syl and said, "I have never had sexual intercourse with that woman." Then he cackled and said, "For an old queen, he's learned a lot of new tricks."
When I first got to the Fillmore I went upstairs to the poster room and got a drink.
The bartender saw the foofy scarf tied into a loose bow at my neck and said, "You excited? How long you been waiting for this show?"
I said, "Nineteen years - since I was sixteen years old."
They did most everything from both albums and threw in three new covers which were absolutely splendid and perfect in the way that a Dolls cover often is. In honor of the Fillmore they did Janis' "Piece of My Heart" - it was perfectly attuned with Big Brother and the Holding Company's garage band vibe and turned Janis' big dramatic singing into big diva drama, without disrespecting the original. David announced, "It wouldn't be a Dolls show without a song from our inspirations, The Shangri Las" - and they covered the supremely sad, trashy and melodramatic "Out In The Streets." The Dolls always were huge girl group fans.
And they did a fantastic and perfectly appropriate version of Memphis Minnie's "In My Girlish Days."
So fun.
Fred Pete - Oct 04, 2004 8:42:11 am PDT #5216 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
The Dolls always were huge girl group fans.
Girl groups -- teen angst before teen angst was cool.