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
Buffy! If I wanted to fight, you could tell by the being dead already.
Glory ,'Potential'
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.
Daisy Jane - Aug 21, 2005 2:20:12 am PDT #9810 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Atropa - Aug 21, 2005 9:37:00 am PDT #9811 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
Jim - Aug 21, 2005 10:43:37 pm PDT #9812 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
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?
Jim - Aug 21, 2005 10:44:26 pm PDT #9813 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Songs about artists, BTW: the whole of Songs For Drella (Warhol)
erikaj - Aug 22, 2005 4:48:39 am PDT #9814 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
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.
Jim - Aug 22, 2005 5:02:18 am PDT #9815 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
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.
DXMachina - Aug 22, 2005 5:32:15 am PDT #9816 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
R.I.P., Robert Moog
Dr Moog built his first electronic instrument - a theremin - aged 14 and made the MiniMoog, "the first compact, easy-to-use synthesiser", in 1964.
Jon B. - Aug 22, 2005 5:43:42 am PDT #9817 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
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]
Jon B. - Aug 22, 2005 5:49:08 am PDT #9818 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
And a more thorough article via the AP is here: [link]
Kate P. - Aug 22, 2005 6:15:59 am PDT #9819 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
U2's "The Ground Beneath Her Feet"
God, Kate put that on her Buffistamix CD, and I just LOVE it.
Yay! It's such a great song. I agree that the Rushdie book isn't all that great--I enjoyed it well enough at the time, but I barely remember anything about it now--but Midnight's Children is in another category altogether. It's one of my most favoritest books.
In other news, my brother played me some Sufjan Stevens and some Iron & Wine last night, and I liked them both quite a bit. Will have to put them on the list of to-buy-if-I-ever-have-money-again. (Although in the category of most-sought-after literate-indie-rock, the Decemberists are still ahead of both of them.)
Also, Lyra Jane is spot on with her suggestion of the Sugarcubes' "Birthday" as the quintessential birthday party song, though it's gotta be the version with that awesome bass line. You know, the something-something 7" mix. Or something. I dismember.