"This Picture" and "Hemoglobin". I have to confess that, try as I might, I couldn't get into them. But they were our "Band of the Week" last week so I had to play something. Your suggestions were really helpful.
Oh, I'm gonna go to the special hell.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Jon B. - Feb 24, 2005 4:04:52 pm PST #7488 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Frankenbuddha - Feb 25, 2005 3:31:33 am PST #7489 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I have the record with "Hemobglobin", and that's really the one song of theirs that grabbed me. It did grab me enough to end on my end-of-the-year mix last year (haven't done one this year due to moving, but must rectify that soon).
I'm not sure I've given the rest of the record a good enough chance, however.
Fred Pete - Feb 25, 2005 4:23:00 am PST #7490 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
I've started taking my portable XM to the office. Currently listening to the '60s station.
They're playing "Will You Be Staying After Sunday" by the Peppermint Rainbow.
Delightful.
DavidS - Feb 25, 2005 7:17:46 am PST #7491 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
They're playing "Will You Be Staying After Sunday" by the Peppermint Rainbow.
A band we actually covered in the Bubblegum Book. We were very nearly comprehensive.
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2005 7:28:56 am PST #7492 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.
They're playing "Will You Be Staying After Sunday" by the Peppermint Rainbow.
Sounds like it could be a sequel to "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"
eta: followed by, "What Time Does Your Train Get Into Town Two Weeks From Next Tuesday?"
Fred Pete - Feb 25, 2005 7:32:13 am PST #7493 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
A band we actually covered in the Bubblegum Book. We were very nearly comprehensive.
That's why I mentioned it, Hec. I had the song from an old tape-from-radio I'd made and hadn't ever even heard of the song elsewhere until I read your book.
tommy, it's a long-distance relationship song. They're only able to get together on weekends, and the singer laments that her boyfriend has to go home on Monday.
All to a bouncy, uptempo sound.
sumi - Feb 28, 2005 7:00:44 am PST #7494 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Have you guys heard the new Tori Amos? Know what the difference is between the regular and the special edition?
Alicia K - Feb 28, 2005 8:55:20 am PST #7495 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I think the special edition comes with a DVD. Upon first listen, I like it more than "Scarlet's Walk," which did nothing for me. I haven't really liked anything as much as I liked her first three CDs. "Strange Little Girls" grew on me after a year or so, though.
Alicia K - Feb 28, 2005 10:01:00 am PST #7496 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
Edit: Never mind. Fixed it!
DavidS - Feb 28, 2005 12:24:06 pm PST #7497 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey there, Austinians. Just got this email:
I'm a programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin and we have this ongoing musical education program on Monday nights where we play a different music-related film for $1 admission.Often because we have no budget for these nights we edit together programs on our own (using proper editing equipment), with credits, narration, intertitles etc. I'd like to do one based on your Bubblegum book and wanted to know if you'd be interested in curating it, helping source some of the more rare stuff, and we could adapt the text from the book (I can contact individual writers for permission). This would only be a compilation for use in-house - although I can give you copies to do whatever you like with. We're putting together our April/May calendar right now, so ideally I'd like it to be in that program. We can edit in a matter of days if we have the source material a week or two out.
What can you tell me about the Alamao Drafthouse Cinema before I send them my rare Lancelot Link and Bay City Roller vids.