Yeah. I'm sure they MEANT the Old West. I just thought that lynchings and justice aren't really two things I want to equate. No matter the time period.
River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.
'Serenity'
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.
meara - Feb 10, 2004 3:18:22 pm PST #919 of 10003
bicyclops - Feb 10, 2004 3:28:05 pm PST #920 of 10003
And CURSE YOU MEARA! Because of you, I've been earwormed with "I believe in a Thing Called Love" all morning
I'm now earwormed with:
You don't believe that this whole universe
Could be inside your little sister's purse
You don't believe you're just a living glob
Like Lucy, Freddie, Ricky. Frank and Bob
Thanks, Hec.
DavidS - Feb 10, 2004 6:01:13 pm PST #921 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah. I'm sure they MEANT the Old West. I just thought that lynchings and justice aren't really two things I want to equate. No matter the time period.
Since I looked up lynching statistics not too long ago, I remember being surprised seeing that more whites than blacks had been lynched in Texas. Kind of a horse thief deal out thataway.
Alicia K - Feb 11, 2004 5:56:49 am PST #922 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
One more time for the lame-o that is me. May I please have the link for the bookmarked liner notes? I promise to mark it for myself this time. Thank you!
Kate P. - Feb 11, 2004 6:18:39 am PST #923 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Alicia, it's here.
erinaceous - Feb 11, 2004 6:27:47 am PST #924 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
I am a swoony fangirl right now because the Famous Musician that I recruited to write word notes for a project has just turned them in, and they are BRILLIANT. And funny. And poignant. And acerbic. And wide-ranging.
Yay!
tina f. - Feb 11, 2004 6:30:45 am PST #925 of 10003
Jon - can you add mine?
They're here.
Thanks.
Lyra Jane - Man do I love your local artist song. Mmm. Angry.
Speaking of Ian - he was interviewed on Morning Edition today for a story about Jenny Toomey. Read and listen here.
Hayden - Feb 11, 2004 7:17:34 am PST #926 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Pretty simple equations, though. Vigilante justice = never a good thing outside of fiction. Lynching in the South = usually associated with race murder, although perhaps Willie & Toby were lamenting their inability to string horse thieves up. Either way, given the timing of the song, I took it as unadulterated support of our Bozo-in-Chief's decision to invade Iraq. Personally, I just hate to hear Austin's own longhaired, pot-smoking elder statesman of cosmic cowboyhood espouse a pro-war/anti-social justice philosophy.
My liner notes and a downloadable jpg of my inserts are available on my new, upgraded website: [link]
Lyra Jane - Feb 11, 2004 9:13:04 am PST #927 of 10003
Up with the sun
Speaking of Ian - he was interviewed on Morning Edition today for a story about Jenny Toomey. Read and listen here.
Cool, I'll have to download that.
Jon B. - Feb 11, 2004 9:22:29 am PST #928 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!