Corwood, I got your package yesterday. Many thanks!!
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.
DXMachina - Jun 17, 2005 2:33:11 pm PDT #9070 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
DavidS - Jun 17, 2005 3:23:42 pm PDT #9071 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Cool musical blog about Stephin Merrit's musical inspirations. From Irving Berlin to Laurie Anderson to Kate Bush to Dr. Who to Doris Day to Gary Numan to Tom Waits.
Merritt on Waits:
Tom Waits as usual sounds like an erudite wino, who finds it so easy to write classic songs that he rarely bothers to do so, pounding on trash cans and singing/shouting short stories like Raymond Carver with repeated choruses. Heard one album, you've heard 'em all, but they're all good. [...] Also he remains one of the best lyricists in this increasingly difficult language...
Also ganked, Stephin Merritt's curious and fascinating list of the best recording for each year of the 1900s.
Did we know about this?
April 30, 2005 >
Work on Coraline Begins
Stephin Merritt has started work on a musical adaptation of the children's book Coraline by Neil Gaiman. The projected finish date for this is fall 2006. It will be presented at St. Ann's Warehouse, in Brooklyn, New York, as well as several other theaters around the country.
Jon B. - Jun 17, 2005 7:33:34 pm PDT #9072 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Rio - Jun 17, 2005 8:55:55 pm PDT #9073 of 10003
Are you ready to be strong?
I like the songs on The Woods but I hate the production. Why send everything into the red like that when you have like the most powerful rock band in the USA? They're plenty fierce on their own; they're the last band who needs that kind of forcing the issue.
Glamcookie - Jun 18, 2005 8:16:08 am PDT #9074 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I feel you, Rio. They don't need the dirty - they're plenty dirty all on their own.
Kate P. - Jun 19, 2005 1:50:23 pm PDT #9075 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Stephin Merritt has started work on a musical adaptation of the children's book Coraline by Neil Gaiman.
Hey, cool. He also provides the music for the audiobooks of all of the Lemony Snicket books, which my friend and I have been listening to on our commute. Really fun.
DXMachina - Jun 19, 2005 4:42:33 pm PDT #9076 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Fair is fair. Lemony Snicket played on 69 Love Songs.
Gandalfe - Jun 19, 2005 5:15:45 pm PDT #9077 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
It is a well documented fact that Frenzal Rhomb are the punkest band in the world. What you might be surprised to know is that they are also the second punkest band in the world!
Jon B. - Jun 20, 2005 4:31:42 am PDT #9078 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jon B. - Jun 20, 2005 5:17:51 am PDT #9079 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!