thanks
Zoe: So you two were kissin'? Book: Well. Isn't that... special?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
beth b - Jul 17, 2005 9:40:13 am PDT #9387 of 10003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
joe boucher - Jul 17, 2005 9:57:21 am PDT #9388 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
The annotated Mr. Jaws, and more about Dickie Goodman than you probably want to know. I had the album when I was a kid; maybe it's still at Mom & Dad's. Could hear Melissa Manchester clearly but couldn't remember her/the song w/o looking it up. I'm certain "Midnight Blue" was on one of the K-Tel or Ronco year end compilations we had, but it's not listed on this one from 1975, which has a bunch of the Mr. Jaws clips & which I definitely owned. (I really want to hear "Black Superman": "sing Muhammad, Muhammad Ali, He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee".)
In other news, I can't believe I recommended Nilsson Sings Newman the other day but didn't recommend Newman's 12 Songs, which is not only great but the album on which his New Orleans influence is strongest. Clips available at AMG & Amazon. Christgau loved it, giving it an A+ & putting it at no. 6 on his personal best of the seventies list. Greil Marcus discusses it at length in Mystery Train. Beyond the NOLA-influenced rock Betsy was looking for, I think the lyrics will really appeal to her. Pick hit (from "Suzanne"): "I saw your name, babe/In a telephone book/It told all about you, mama/Oh, I hope it was the truth!"
DavidS - Jul 17, 2005 1:32:47 pm PDT #9389 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey Tina, I found my Illinoise and it's gorgeous. Reminds me in places of Elliot Smith and Yoshimi, but also Elephant 6 stuff.
But I like it quite a bit more than Michigan, I think.
Fred Pete - Jul 17, 2005 4:54:24 pm PDT #9390 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
I really want to hear "Black Superman": "sing Muhammad, Muhammad Ali, He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee".
Some years ago (mid-90s?), Rhino put out a series called Have a Nice Day -- roughly 25 CDs of pop hits of the '70s. "Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)" is on Vol. -- 15 or 16, I think.
Tom Scola - Jul 18, 2005 3:57:16 am PDT #9391 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
What do The Smiths have in common with Abba, Billy Joel, Queen, The Beach Boys and John Lennon?
Jon B. - Jul 18, 2005 8:32:06 am PDT #9392 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
This is a really horrible story. Three Chicago musicians dead in car crash [link]
Lyra Jane - Jul 18, 2005 8:33:42 am PDT #9393 of 10003
Up with the sun
That's an awful story, Jon. How sad for the families.
I can understand the urge to kill yourself. I can't understand taking other people, strangers, along with you.
Jon B. - Jul 18, 2005 8:36:50 am PDT #9394 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Rumour is, this is the murderess: [link]
(at least one Chicago TV station showed a cropped version of this photo)
sumi - Jul 18, 2005 8:39:43 am PDT #9395 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Okay, so why drive into another car? WHy not park on the train tracks? Or drive into the lake?
DXMachina - Jul 18, 2005 8:53:11 am PDT #9396 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
That happened just a couple miles down the road from where the first F2F was held.