"The Perfect Drug" was the very last video on the collection. I now have to show it to the other half of the GothFashion Hivemind, as (somehow) she has never seen it. I threatened to revoke her GothCard.
Curiously I had a long conversation recently with a guy who was an expert on absinthe. Did you know that traditionally absinthe came in both the green version that we are familiar with, and also an amber version (heavier on the wormwood, lighter on the anise)? I did not know this.
This guy was cool! I wanted to hook him up with a single Buffista immediately. He's a co-owner of Green Apple books.
Can't believe it wasn't mentioned in the art songs convo-
Virginia Wolf
Also- Be My Yoko Ono- Barenaked Ladies and I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono- Dar Williams
Did you know that traditionally absinthe came in both the green version that we are familiar with, and also an amber version (heavier on the wormwood, lighter on the anise)? I did not know this.
I knew this, but that shouldn't come as a surprise. There's also a white version of absinthe, that is fairly heavy on the wormwood, but with a much lighter taste.
I went off Suede pretty soon, but their first 3 singles (which is more or less disc 1 of Sci-Fi Lullabies) are
astonishing.
Just brilliant. I saw them just before the first album, and they were electric, too. Once Bernard Butler left they plunged downhill, though.
Hec, any chance of trading, oh, a kidney, for a copy of that Soul box?
Songs about artists, BTW: the whole of
Songs For Drella
(Warhol)
Wow, I'm gonna have something somebody would give up vital organs for? In a non- "If I had tits, I'd never leave the house," context.
This is new.
THere was a minor fuss when the first Suede album came out, BTW, at the fact that they left so many of their best tracks (The Birds, Where The Pigs Don't Fly and My Insatiable One which was always rated as their best song of all) off in favour of some mildly lame tracks.
Was just coming here to post that.
I had the honor of meeting him on several occasions and even had Friday night Sabbath dinner at his house once. He was not only an innovator but a kind and generous man.
There's lots more information, and many tributes, here: [link]
And a more thorough article via the AP is here: [link]
