Man, you just get darker and darker, and the weird thing is, your aura? Beige.

Host ,'Why We Fight'


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.


Kate P. - Jan 11, 2005 7:22:04 am PST #6863 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Any Tori Amos fans- I stumbled on a pre-release from her next album that got added to the iTunes store today. Is good.

Hey, cool, I didn't know she had a new one coming out.

I made a fun mix last night of South African music, for the dual purpose of sending to Angus and giving to a friend for a belated Christmas present. Angus, it should go out tomorrow along with my Buffista mix CD. If anyone else wants a copy, let me know. (I don't have it with me or I'd post the setlist: some Miriam Makeba, a few tracks from the Indestructible Beat of Soweto album and the Radio Freedom album, Hugh Masekela, Brenda Fassie, a couple of big-chorus gospel songs, etc.)


JohnSweden - Jan 11, 2005 7:26:38 am PST #6864 of 10003
I can't even.

Any Juluka/Savuka, Kate? Or Ladysmith Black Mambazo?


Lilty Cash - Jan 11, 2005 7:30:14 am PST #6865 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

Hey, cool, I didn't know she had a new one coming out.

I didn't either, so I toddled over to Amazon to check. The album is The Beekeeper , due Feb. 22nd, and the track is called Sleeps with Butterflies.


Kate P. - Jan 11, 2005 7:50:57 am PST #6866 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Any Juluka/Savuka, Kate? Or Ladysmith Black Mambazo?

Nope and nope. I don't have any Juluka/Savuka, and I do have LBM, but I figure that's usually the first thing people know about South African music, and I wanted this mix to skew a little more towards the relatively-unknown (er, you know, apart from the Hugh Masekela and the Miriam Makeba...).


JohnSweden - Jan 11, 2005 8:19:35 am PST #6867 of 10003
I can't even.

Hee. I learned about LBM, Hugh and Miriam all from the same place, Paul Simon's Graceland tour. People will say what they will about him, but that tour/album did make people much more aware of South African music at the time. Johnny Clegg and crew(s) I knew previously from my sister's year in RSA.


Alicia K - Jan 11, 2005 8:28:25 am PST #6868 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.

Thanks for the Tori Amos heads-up! I'll have to check that out. "Scarlet's Walk" didn't thrill me, but I always look forward to something new from her.

Also heard this morning that the new Garbage CD is coming out in April. Huzzah!


Frankenbuddha - Jan 11, 2005 8:31:04 am PST #6869 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Also heard this morning that the new Garbage CD is coming out in April. Huzzah!

Indeed. I'll raise your "huzzah!" and give you a "woot!"


Lilty Cash - Jan 11, 2005 7:09:04 pm PST #6870 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

New Garbage? Whee!


tina f. - Jan 11, 2005 7:13:35 pm PST #6871 of 10003

late to the drinking songs listing but kinda tipsy to make up for it

"Say it Ain't So" - Weezer - Fun, singalongable but not so funny, about not wanting to realize you inherited alcoholism from your father and step-father.

"Slow Decent Into Alcoholism" - New Pornagraphers - Just catchy and great.

"The Good Times are Killing Me" - Modest Mouse. Starts with the line "Is there an ashtray in here?"

For the uber depressing drinking mix: "The Bar is a Beautiful Place" - Ryan Adams, "You. Will?" - Bright Eyes, "Whiskey Bottle" "Moonshiner" - Uncle Tupelo, "Between the Bars" "Last Call" - Elliot Smith

These are all from a recent mix I made called Alcamahol. Purpose for mix: going away party. For myself. I am moving to Chi-town. I will be at my new residence in the Edgewater area 'round Feb. 1. I can't believe I am leaving my beloved Lawrence, but I love Chicago and couldn't be more excited.

Also, loved your mix msbelle. I was so happy to get buffista mail!!

eta: more drinking songs, both kinda sad: "Still Be Around" Uncle Tupelo - that contains some of my favorite lines "When the bible is a bottle and the hardwood floor is home/When morning comes twice a day or not at all" and "True to Life" which contains the lines from my current and long-standing tag "True to life is another hangover/True to life is more and more politics" also the lovely "Dancing with the Women at the Bar" Whiskeytown


tommyrot - Jan 11, 2005 7:27:34 pm PST #6872 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I will be at my new residence in the Edgewater area 'round Feb. 1.

Huh. Cool. You might possibly be within walking distance of me. Maybe even closer to aurelia....