Dawn: You're not fleeing. You're... moving at a brisk pace. Buffy: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.

'Touched'


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.


Michele T. - Aug 29, 2005 9:42:20 am PDT #9914 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi

Bitter Melon Farm! It has that cover of "The Sign" too, which he credits as "channeled through Ace of Base by God." Definite [heart]age.

Corwood, I am in awe of your Jandekosity. I like the idea of him as the indie Batman, too -- it seems to fit.

I just downloaded the Decemberists's "Five Songs" EP from eMusic, and in classic Decemberist form it is a six-song CD. I'm enjoying it, and it's a nice change of pace from Twin Cinema, which I have listened to like three times in the last two days, straight through.


Hayden - Aug 29, 2005 11:22:50 am PDT #9915 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

I've never heard him but it sounds like it was quite an experience.

It was extraordinarily, thrillingly, wonderfully odd.

Corwood, I am in awe of your Jandekosity. I like the idea of him as the indie Batman, too -- it seems to fit.

Thanks! I just wish I'd thought of it. But no, it was my friend Joe (his review is here: [link]


Atropa - Aug 29, 2005 11:46:32 am PDT #9916 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I can't stop listening to "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" by Morrissey today. I'm not sure if this is a bad thing, but I am very thankful that my officemate is not in today, because the fervent lip-synching at my desk might be a little embarrassing. Not much, but a little.


Kate P. - Aug 29, 2005 11:56:26 am PDT #9917 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

My earworm of the day: "Can't Hardly Wait" by the Replacements. Good stuff.


Gandalfe - Aug 29, 2005 11:57:13 am PDT #9918 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

I'm listening to Queen's Greatest Hits, Vol 1, 2 AND 3. I'm doomed for earworming, I tell you.


dw - Aug 29, 2005 12:23:44 pm PDT #9919 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval

I can't stop listening to "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" by Morrissey today.

Coincidentally, "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" is stuck in MY head today.


Hayden - Aug 29, 2005 12:42:42 pm PDT #9920 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

My earworm of the day: "Can't Hardly Wait" by the Replacements. Good stuff.

I love that song.

Been listening to the Mekons all day, though.


evil jimi - Aug 30, 2005 5:30:25 am PDT #9921 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.

If it ever went to a vote, mine would be "Talent is an Asset" by Sparks. The #1 earworm song.


Hayden - Aug 30, 2005 11:04:26 am PDT #9922 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

I can't say this better than the brilliant Leonard Pierce on his LiveJournal:

Hey, writer-types, professional and otherwise!

We’re getting the band back together. That is, the editorial staff of the High Hat (of which I am privileged to be a part) is putting out a new issue. Issue #6, this will be, and if I have anything to say about it, it’ll be the boss jock issue of all time.

The High Hat, and if you don’t know ya betta ax somebody, is the best goddamn cultural studies/criticism ‘zine on the whole fuckin’ world wide web. It’s put out five issues since its inception in 2003, and they’ve been so good that if they were in paper format, you’d pay a hundred bucks for each one of them and be happy to do it please sir may I have another. Well, yes! You may! And at the low low cost of free.

What we need to make the next one even better is your help. If you’re interested in writing for the next issue of the High Hat, drop me a line (leonard at ludic kid dot com [or highhatmagazine at hotmail dot com works, too]) or post in comments – but only if you’re serious. We won’t take everything submitted, and even though we can’t pay you, we demand quality pieces, turned in on time, from people who really care about what they’re writing. From us you’ll get effusive praise, a deft editorial hand, and a well-read, swanky credit for your port-folio; from you we want sharp, insightful, funny (or dead serious) criticism, great prose, the best you got. This is for the love of the game, kids. If you haven’t read the Hat before, take a look, and if the excellent articles we’ve done in the past don’t convince you this is something you wanna be a part of, nothing will.

Deadline for application is Sept. 9th. Deadline for your completed piece is Sept. 30. Projected publication date is mid-October. Here’s what we need:

DETRITUS – the junk drawer. This is where the uncategorizable stuff goes: politics, general culture studies, games, technology, rants and raves.

MARGINALIA – our books section. Book reviews, literary criticism or theory, retrospectives on authors or genres, comics writing, state-of-fiction, whatever you got about the world on the page.

NITRATE -- film and video. Movie criticism, interviews with filmmakers, trends in cinema, video, stage and screen. If it moves, write about it.

POPS & CLICKS – our music section and general raison d’etre. Classical, rock, hip-hop, experimental, jazz, and everything before and after. Criticism, essays, laments, obituaries.

POTLATCH – every issue, we have a special themed section where we talk about one general subject or idea; in the past we’ve done potlatch pieces on Sam Peckinpah, our yearly Top Tens, democracy in popular culture, labor issues, and people who died. This time around, it’s “The Academy of the Underrated” – cultural artifacts, phenomena and trends that our writers think are criminally underappreciated by the critical consensus. Got an idea along these lines? Wanna write a piece about it? Hit us up.

STATIC – television, the drug of the nation, all hail grand pixelator. If it’s on the small screen, we wanna cover it: TV series, minis, foreign television, DVDs, anything. Smart writing wanted.

That’s it! Length is negotiable; should be at least a thousand words, though, and probably fewer than 50,000. Pay is non-negotiable: it will be zero. If you’re interested, send me your pitches in comments or via e-mail and I’ll run them past the other editors and let you know ASAP if you’re in. Thanks to everyone who wants to be part of this, and especially to everyone who already has.

(ETA: We're not just looking for writing! If you've got art, photographs, recordings, or anything else that seems relevant to the High Hat's outlook, by all means, we'd love to consider it. Note that we aren't looking for fiction or poetry, but we do occasionally run comics, games, and the like, as well as our usual essays, criticism, cult-stud and memoirish stuff.)


Frankenbuddha - Aug 30, 2005 11:19:56 am PDT #9923 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I just noticed - only 88 posts to go in the music thread. That could take a week, or an afternoon.

Any thoughts on titles?

X-posted in bureaublahblah.