Jeez, Joe, you make her sound like Anya! (note to self: ask FAQ Wife her opinion on bunnies)
Wash: Little River just gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up. Wash: I hope she does the soup thing. It's always a hoot, and we don't all die from it.
'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.
Jon B. - Jul 19, 2005 10:34:18 am PDT #9410 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Scrappy - Jul 19, 2005 11:01:03 am PDT #9411 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Great article, Jon. You done good, wifewise!
tina f. - Jul 19, 2005 11:44:43 am PDT #9412 of 10003
NY Times has an article on the Inntonation Festival that I went to this weekend. I had no idea 15,000 people went (over two days) or that some Pitchfork reviewers make $17 per review!
Be sure to go down to the slide show feature to see a lovely pic of Petra Haden.
DavidS - Jul 19, 2005 11:49:12 am PDT #9413 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
a lovely pic of Petra Haden
Cute dress.
Polter-Cow - Jul 19, 2005 3:18:19 pm PDT #9414 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I could not be more proud.
Go FAQWife!
DavidS - Jul 19, 2005 6:39:48 pm PDT #9415 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sweet! I found a download of Back in Denim by Denim, a very OOP early 90s album by the guy from Felt. It's very neo-Glam.
DavidS - Jul 19, 2005 6:51:49 pm PDT #9416 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Pssst! OOP Okeh Records Box set
DavidS - Jul 19, 2005 8:40:36 pm PDT #9417 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You know, Tina, the more I listen to Illinois the more I think this might be a five star record. It is so beautiful and human. Soft Bulletin, Aeroplane, XO, Illinois... Maybe could be.
Jim - Jul 19, 2005 10:06:35 pm PDT #9418 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Sweet! I found a download of Back in Denim by Denim, a very OOP early 90s album by the guy from Felt. It's very neo-Glam.
Where? I fucking loved Denim. His new band Go-Cart Mozart are pretty bloody cool, too.
tina f. - Jul 20, 2005 4:39:15 am PDT #9419 of 10003
You know, Tina, the more I listen to Illinois the more I think this might be a five star record. It is so beautiful and human.
I'm right there with you. My lastest fixation is with the song "Casimir Pulaski Day." I love the young forbidden love story aspect of it ("I remember at Michael's house/when you kissed my mouth/and I almost touched your blouse/in the morning at the top of the stairs/when your father found out what we did that night/and you told me you were scared"). And the trying to heal someone with prayer and it not working aspect of it ("Tuesday night at the bible study/we lift our hands and pray over your body/but nothing ever happens").
On top of that the title is so intriguing. I googled and it's a real holiday - March 1st ("On the first of March/on the holiday/I thought I saw your breathing"). Turns out Pulaski was a hero of the American Revolution:
After surviving numerous bloody campaigns against Russia, Count Casimir Pulaski retired to France in 1777, bitterly disappointed and deeply depressed at Poland's failure to defeat her foes. In Paris Pulaski met Benjamin Franklin, who was recruiting volunteers to fight in America's War of Independence...In 1779, Pulaski was ordered to join General Lincoln in the South...After French General D'Estaing, leader in the attack on the southern capital, fell wounded, Pulaski is reported to have rushed forward to assume command and raise the soldiers' spirits by his example and courage, only to be mortally wounded himself. Pulaski was named the "Father of American Cavalry", and remains one of the well known figures of the American Revolutionary War. There is hardly a state in America without a county or town, street or square, monument or tablet, school or highway named in grateful memory of General Casimir Pulaski.
I had no idea. Chicago, I found out, is especially known for celebrating Pulaski Day because of the large Polish-American population here.
Of course that isn't what the song is about at all - there is only the tiniest reference to it. Still cool though.