Other than deeply, deeply wrong.
It was jaw-dropping really. Like...like...Britney Spears covering "Strange Fruit" and opening it with a giggle.
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
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 2:45:45 pm PDT #8408 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
DavidS - Apr 29, 2005 8:01:56 pm PDT #8415 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I recently got hold of a compilation of super-obscure guitarlicious early 70s funk that you may like, too, Tina.
Is that the one we had in Matthew's sidebar in the book?
Hayden - Apr 29, 2005 8:05:00 pm PDT #8416 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I don't think so, or at least I don't remember if it is. It's called Chains and Black Exhaust. Lemme look up the line-up.
Also, Kathy McCarty has the cover of the Austin Chronicle this week. I found a copy of Dead Dog's Eyeball based on the LITG review, and apparently she has a new album out.
Hayden - Apr 29, 2005 8:09:50 pm PDT #8417 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
1. Curly Davis and The Uniques - Black Cobra Pt. 2
2. LA Carnival - Blind Man
3. Creations Unlimited - Crystal Illusion
4. Black Merda - Cynthy Ruth
5. Jakobs Kelly - Funk Key
6. Gran Am - Get High
7. Hot Chocolate - Good for the Gander
8. Doug Anderson - Here Comes the Preacher
9. Sir Stanley - I Believe I Found Myself
10. Preacher - Life Is A Gamble
11. Jade - Paper Man
12. The Young Senators - Ringing Bells Pt. 2
13. Iron Knowledge - Showstopper
14. Skit I (don't know who by)
15. Skit II
16. Curtis Knight - The Devil Made Me Do It
17. Black Rock - Yeah Yeah
18. Stone Coal White - You Know
It's all seriously Hendricized guitar work over superfunky riffing, kind of like Shuggie Otis.
edit - and here's a review by Dominique Leone: [link]