Hola, Chicagoistas, Lynda Barry immortalizes the band and bar that Knut and I saw when I visited: The Wooden Leg playing at The Hideout.
That's Kelly Hogan singing up front.
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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.
DavidS - Apr 29, 2005 1:19:42 pm PDT #8405 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
DavidS - Apr 29, 2005 2:15:37 pm PDT #8406 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I forgot to mention one of the bizarre highlights of the book reading at Moe's on Monday.
Alec Palao brought along some rarities from his collection (including Wayne Newton doing a perfect mid-sixties Beach Boys style song, and a hard rocking psych fuzz guitar Randy Newman single). He played a Pat Boone album for us where Pat covered "Song To the Siren."
It opens with seafaring sound effects and then Pat yelps, "Yo ho ho!" to get the song started.
Most misguided, misunderstood cover version ever.
Atropa - Apr 29, 2005 2:19:09 pm PDT #8407 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
He played a Pat Boone album for us where Pat covered "Song To the Siren."
It opens with seafaring sound effects and then Pat yelps, "Yo ho ho!" to get the song started.
Wha ...
No. No words. Other than deeply, deeply wrong.
DavidS - Apr 29, 2005 2:45:45 pm PDT #8408 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Other than deeply, deeply wrong.
It was jaw-dropping really. Like...like...Britney Spears covering "Strange Fruit" and opening it with a giggle.
tina f. - Apr 29, 2005 5:20:43 pm PDT #8409 of 10003
t not really about music sorry
So. I finished reading my first Jonathon Lethem novel, Fortress of Solitude, on my train ride home from work tonight and started googling madly when I got home cause I was all obsessed with him and stuff. Then I thought - I'll use that handy new search function at the bottom of the screen and search Literary to see what the buffistas have to say...and a post by mr. joe boucher leads me to this Essay on Lethem by Hayden in Vol.I of Hight Hat that sums up exactly how I feel at the moment. Nice!
t /not about music sorry
Music? That book def. made me want to invest in a decent selection of 70s R&B and funk. And possibly start a graffiti habit.
DavidS - Apr 29, 2005 5:24:55 pm PDT #8410 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That book def. made me want to invest in a decent selection of 70s R&B and funk.
I'm making a set of this for erika right now. I'll keep you in mind for a set.
tina f. - Apr 29, 2005 5:34:05 pm PDT #8411 of 10003
I'm making a set of this for erika right now.
Interesting - when I did my search she was the other person who posted about being a big fan of FoS.
I'll keep you in mind for a set.I'll never say no to a Hec-u-mix.
You would like the book, I think, Hec, if you have not read it. Lethem is all about the musical minutia and overlooked pop gems. (In fact the bio of the main character as an adult had a job/hobby that made me go "Hec!" I am being super vague in case you haven't read it.)
Must go - roommate impatient to go to bar!!
Jesse - Apr 29, 2005 5:36:17 pm PDT #8412 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Somewhat relatedly, in an old school R&B/book connection kind of way, I made my mom a mix for her birthday, and I took a couple of songs off Pelecanos's soundtrack to Hard Revolution. Except she didn't know one of them. Whoops. Ah well, I know she'll like it.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 29, 2005 7:51:10 pm PDT #8413 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
No. No words. Other than deeply, deeply wrong.
Now just imagine Pat singing it in tight black leather, like the pictures from his "metal" album.
Mooohahahahhahahahaha!
Hayden - Apr 29, 2005 7:59:21 pm PDT #8414 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
that sums up exactly how I feel at the moment. Nice!
Thanks! I recently got hold of a compilation of super-obscure guitarlicious early 70s funk that you may like, too, Tina.