Buffy ,'Potential'
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.
A) Does anyone know of a good way to find, like, band practice studios for rent? Is there a national network of these things? I've tried looking locally, and can't seem to find anything.
A good way is to ask other bands where they practice and if they know if there are any spots available.
Also, a dress song
Shopping For Dresses--Merle Haggard
The Reader has ads for space too in their classifieds. Both apartments and other sorts of space.
"Best Black Dress" -- The Nields
Richard Thompson interview & performance on Soundcheck today at 2. Should be archived by late afternoon if you can't listen live. He's also doing a free show at the World Financial Center tonight at 7. New Yorkers who haven't seen him definitely should not miss the opportunity. If I had to choose I'd prefer to see him with a band, but he's one of the few solo performers I enjoy hearing. Besides having thirty-five years of great material of his own the man is a human jukebox (long before he started doing his 1000 years of popular songs shows) and he has almost no constraints when performing solo so you could end up hearing just about anything.
I love Flyboy In the Buttermilk, and bought half a dozen when it got remaindered and gave them away to friends.
I love it, too, but it's a very idiosyncratic mix of high and pop cultures, and those not fluent in George Clinton-speak may have trouble finding their bearings. (Hint: Mothership Connection and or Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome is the Rosetta Stone for cracking the Tate code.)
One of my fondest NYC memories is when, many years ago, I was visiting my best friend there and we ordered waffles and cigarettes to be delivered at midnight.
If it helps, we miss that too. All the good delivery services have gone out of business -- though freshdirect.com is da BOMB. You gotta get their cookie dough on your next visit.
OMG, thank you all so much for the dress song pointers! I see a kickass mix collection, very soon.
is it my turn for the buffistarawk mix? I've lost track.
Here's the list. I'm confused about who has gone, but I THINK it's Steph L.'s turn.
Oh, really? Crap. Gotcha. Will post fucked-up love song to buffistarawk tomorrow.
I know this is way late for discussion, but we just got "American Idiot" and it is amazing. It actually manages to deserve most of the hype, which is nice.
I had ripped it off a friend a while ago, Robin, but am just listening to it a lot recently. It's thrown me back into a rock phase and I love it to tiny pieces.