Joan Wasser is rawther hot
I dunno - she looks really tired in that picture.
Or maybe it's just that I'm really tired.
And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
tommyrot - Mar 25, 2005 12:29:27 pm PST #7791 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.
Lyra Jane - Mar 25, 2005 12:30:36 pm PST #7792 of 10003
Up with the sun
Jon, that's so much more exhaustive than I had expected. Thank you. (If I wasn't married and there wasn't an FAQ Girl, I would totally throw myself at you right about now. )
I think "Shrine" may be the perfect song in terms of my preferred balances of pretty vs. noisy vs. melodic.
DavidS - Mar 25, 2005 1:10:41 pm PST #7793 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I dunno - she looks really tired in that picture.
"No woman is truly beautiful until she has circles under her eyes. " - Helmut Newton.
Jon B. - Mar 25, 2005 4:13:25 pm PST #7794 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Joan's a bit of a chameleon; she can look very different from month to month. She's definitely had looks that I thought were HAWT, but I wouldn't count the look in that photo as one of them (sorry, David).
LJ - I blushed and FAQ Girl giggled.
Rio - Mar 25, 2005 4:52:05 pm PST #7795 of 10003
Are you ready to be strong?
"No woman is truly beautiful until she has circles under her eyes. " - Helmut Newton.
OMG I just be the hottest woman alive! t /eyebaggage handler
DXMachina - Mar 25, 2005 4:53:09 pm PST #7796 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Well, you were already the prettiest...
DavidS - Mar 25, 2005 5:00:54 pm PST #7797 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
OMG I just be the hottest woman alive!
I cannot dispute this.
Jon B. - Mar 27, 2005 9:10:24 am PST #7798 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The Decemberists are bittorrenting a hi-res (73MB) version of their new video for "16 Military Wives": [link]
Smaller, lower-res versions are also available.
Gandalfe - Mar 27, 2005 9:42:30 am PST #7799 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
DavidS - Mar 27, 2005 1:49:25 pm PST #7800 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"Wonderful Radio London..."
Listening to Petra Haden Sings The Who Sell Out. As is well advertised around these parts, I hold this Who record the most exemplary of rock and roll records. Reading Mike Watt's liner notes it's heartening to know that he and d. boon had the same opinion of Sell Out. (Though God, it just breaks your heart knowing that Mike still lives in daily conversation with d. boon, though boon's been dead 19 years now. That's a wound that'll never really heal for him.)
So, Watt loved Petra's musicality and voice. He gave her an eight track and put The Who Sell Out on one track, and told her to sing along to the various parts filling out the other seven tracks. High Concept!
Still curious how she'll handle Keith Moon's drumming on "I Can See For Miles" (an orchestrated avalanche of percussion). "Tattoo" is pretty, and I love the radio ads.
eta: ...and she handles "I Can See For Miles" by staying away from the drums, lowering her register to catch the menace of the lyrics, and building a lot of drone into it. Which works very well.
...and also, the songs that seem to work best are the ones built around the Who's own harmonies. So songs which are sort of tossed off originally, like "Silas Stingy" and "Relax" really benefit from her close attention. Her lead vocal on "Sunrise" (aside from all the instrumental bits she's singing) is really gorgeous and felt.
Brian Wilson is going to fucking flip out when he hears this.