I was pretty sketchy on who The Smiths were until a few years ago (I can almost hear the horrified gasps).
Only if you take the gasps to mean "I'm not alone! I thought I was the only one! Sister!"
(it is sister, right?)
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
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.
erinaceous - Nov 29, 2004 5:22:40 pm PST #6210 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Polter-Cow - Nov 29, 2004 5:38:17 pm PST #6211 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Wait, there are three of us?
Whew.
Nara - Nov 29, 2004 6:12:41 pm PST #6212 of 10003
"It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself." - Saki
Sister it is.
And Whew! indeed. It's nice not be alone in ignorance. Although I suppose it's also nice not to be alone in wisdom.
Glamcookie - Nov 29, 2004 10:15:34 pm PST #6213 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I'm not entirely sure what that is. There are huge gaps in even my passing familiarity with pop culture
Naw, Dead @ 17 is a comic book on a teensy little press so not too many peeps probably know it. I took a stab in the dark as Nara is a character in the comic :)
Frankenbuddha - Nov 30, 2004 3:25:46 am PST #6214 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Naw, Dead @ 17 is a comic book on a teensy little press so not too many peeps probably know it. I took a stab in the dark as Nara is a character in the comic :)
Is that at all related to the very short-lived MTV show (I think it was called Dead @ 17), that, among other things, was Reese Witherspoon's first gig?
Frankenbuddha - Nov 30, 2004 3:27:24 am PST #6215 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, Hec, two copies of LOST IN THE GROOVES arrived on my doorstep. Unfortunately, their to be gifts, so I can only browse a little.
I haven't been able to find the damn thing in a meatspace bookstore yet. I hope that just means it's selling out.
DXMachina - Nov 30, 2004 3:29:12 am PST #6216 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
My copy showed up yesterday, as well. Woot!
DavidS - Nov 30, 2004 4:50:07 am PST #6217 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Right on!
Where are my copies?
I haven't been able to find the damn thing in a meatspace bookstore yet. I hope that just means it's selling out.
Hmmm. Yeah, Routledge has some distribution problems, so it is helpful to mention the book at your local bookstore just to get it on their radar. Routledge mostly does academic press, so bookstores are not prone to flipping through their catalog for a book like this.
Glamcookie - Nov 30, 2004 7:49:27 am PST #6218 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Is that at all related to the very short-lived MTV show (I think it was called Dead @ 17), that, among other things, was Reese Witherspoon's first gig?
Nope. It's very Buffy-esque. Girls that rise from the dead to fight evil. I like the art in it a lot.
Michele T. - Nov 30, 2004 7:16:37 pm PST #6219 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
there are huge gaps in even my passing familiarity with pop culture (unusual upbringing, long story),
Was it, perchance, an unusual Brooklyn-based upbringing? Or does the name just tend to correlate with u.u.s?
On a different topic, I love the blurb for the new Mekons compilation at the Bloodshot Records site:
If you are a Mekons fan you know that your desire to have everything in their catalog inevitably draws you to this release. It will also free you up from carrying all that vinyl from filthy squatters camp to filthy squatters camp.Like the man said, it's funny because it's true.
The blurb goes on to say
If you are not a fan of the Mekons, this is a good place to start. It's got something from every era of their long and storied career: from smart mouthed, ground zero punks to latter day flag bearers of career suicide and integrity.which I am less certain about -- it's a little heavier on the difficult side of their ooovrah than I'd've gone, but it may yet replace my standard introductory mix tape, if only because the Mekons would see a few centavos from the purchase.
And, on the topic of "Hallelujah" and its covers, one of my coworkers said that Wainwright's cover made him "happy-sad," which is also exactly right. (And, if you like R. Wainwright, you must rush out and get Want Two, which is better than Want One was, and more varied, AND comes with a live concert DVD!)