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Friday, July 13, 2007
Now we are (thirty-) five...
A group of friends and I got together at a restaurant on a Thursday night to celebrate the Lizard's birthday.
Due to circumstances that are beyond my ability to explain, the party was highlighted by:
A group of friends and I got together at a restaurant on a Thursday night to celebrate the Lizard's birthday.
Due to circumstances that are beyond my ability to explain, the party was highlighted by:
- Me quote singing unquote "When I Fall in Love", a song which I know and can sing decently a cappella, but cannot sing decently when accompanied by the world's slowest karaoke machine.
- Other members of the party quote singing unquote "I Will Survive", "What's Up?", "Pretty Woman", "Desperado", and another song that no one had ever heard of and that also lasted 20 minutes, I swear.
- A lengthy bout of group sexual harassment perpetrated by an old man singing a song that had only the lyrics "Stay and let me love you..." (He was going home with one of us, be it male or female, or die trying).
- A man, and I am NOT MAKING THIS UP, wearing chartreuse velvet pleated pants, a coordinating chartreuse velvet bedazzled vest, a black shirt, and a black leather beanie who started off quote singing unquote "Word Up!" but then made all of us sing so he could pop, spin, and breakdance in the middle of the restaurant, with the server stepping over him to deliver food and drinks.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Zach Braff and I should just get married, already...
In recent days, Hollywood has churned out limp partially-formed sequels to decades-old blockbuster hits that weren't that good to begin with.
I am jumping on the bandwagon...
My first list copied from Tiny-Dog: Debi H and the New Black Video iPod
1) Fiona Apple, "A Mistake"
2) Feist, "Honey Honey"
3) Colin Hay, "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin"
4) The Presidents of the United States, "Lump"
(...the live acoustic hippy-dippy version)
5) Spin Doctors, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"
6) Sinead O'Connor, "Mandinka"
7) Simon & Garfunkel, "The Only Living Boy in New York"
8) Popstar Assassins, "Why I'm Holding Out"
9) Underworld, "Thrash"
10) The Beatles, "Get Back"
11) Culture Club, "Church of the Poison Mind"
12) Stevie Nicks, "Nightbird"
13) Burl Ives, "A Holly, Jolly Christmas"
My second list: iPodding 2: Electric Boogaloo
1) 10,000 Maniacs, "The Lion's Share"
2) The White Stripes, "We are Going to be Friends"
3) The Beatles, "Lady Madonna"
4) The Police, "I Burn For You"
5) Pearl Jam, "Why Go?"
6) Frankie Goes To Hollywood, "Relax"
7) Bob Marley, "Waiting In Vain"
8) Scissor Sisters, "Filthy Gorgeous"
9) Maria McKee, "Breathe"
10) Tears For Fears, "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
11) Violent Femmes, "Gimme the Car"
12) Big Boi, "Knowing" ¶ 6:00 PM 2 Comments
I am jumping on the bandwagon...
My first list copied from Tiny-Dog: Debi H and the New Black Video iPod
1) Fiona Apple, "A Mistake"
2) Feist, "Honey Honey"
3) Colin Hay, "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin"
4) The Presidents of the United States, "Lump"
(...the live acoustic hippy-dippy version)
5) Spin Doctors, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"
6) Sinead O'Connor, "Mandinka"
7) Simon & Garfunkel, "The Only Living Boy in New York"
8) Popstar Assassins, "Why I'm Holding Out"
9) Underworld, "Thrash"
10) The Beatles, "Get Back"
11) Culture Club, "Church of the Poison Mind"
12) Stevie Nicks, "Nightbird"
13) Burl Ives, "A Holly, Jolly Christmas"
My second list: iPodding 2: Electric Boogaloo
1) 10,000 Maniacs, "The Lion's Share"
2) The White Stripes, "We are Going to be Friends"
3) The Beatles, "Lady Madonna"
4) The Police, "I Burn For You"
5) Pearl Jam, "Why Go?"
6) Frankie Goes To Hollywood, "Relax"
7) Bob Marley, "Waiting In Vain"
8) Scissor Sisters, "Filthy Gorgeous"
9) Maria McKee, "Breathe"
10) Tears For Fears, "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
11) Violent Femmes, "Gimme the Car"
12) Big Boi, "Knowing" ¶ 6:00 PM 2 Comments
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Best song lyrics ever
I've decided after thinking it over for a few minutes that "Don't Let's Start," by They Might Be Giants, in fact boasts the best song lyrics in the history of recorded music.
Check the link if you think I am just jerking you around here. --waiting-- OK. Are we not in agreement? Let's break it down.
First-- most profound lines ever written:
No one in the world ever gets what they want
And that is beautiful
Everybody dies frustrated and sad
And that is beautiful
Good god, so true. And so succinct. And still, this is paired with:
When you are alone you are the cat, you are the phone
You are an animal
The words I'm singing now mean nothing more than meow
To an animal
You laugh, and yet-- when cats listen to us, what do they hear? Right. Meow. Think about it. This is deep, people.
I am quite sure no song you come up with could possibly match this one.
I've decided after thinking it over for a few minutes that "Don't Let's Start," by They Might Be Giants, in fact boasts the best song lyrics in the history of recorded music. Check the link if you think I am just jerking you around here. --waiting-- OK. Are we not in agreement? Let's break it down.
First-- most profound lines ever written:
No one in the world ever gets what they want
And that is beautiful
Everybody dies frustrated and sad
And that is beautiful
Good god, so true. And so succinct. And still, this is paired with:
When you are alone you are the cat, you are the phone
You are an animal
The words I'm singing now mean nothing more than meow
To an animal
You laugh, and yet-- when cats listen to us, what do they hear? Right. Meow. Think about it. This is deep, people.
I am quite sure no song you come up with could possibly match this one.
Labels: music
¶ 10:35 AM 2 Comments
Monday, June 25, 2007
children's song conspiracy?!
I never made the connection before I had my son, but after hearing the endless repeat of famous children's songs blaring out of toys over and over, I heard it. Why does Ba Ba Black Sheep, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and the ABC Alphabet Song have the SAME friggin melody??!! Could it be a government cover-up, or maybe the aliens from Roswell have been sending underlying messages to young people for years? Is it a conspiracy to install insanity into the minds of the innocent parents so we can never get the melody out of our heads? Or, the worst possibility of all, copyright infringement?
You decide. The truth is out there...
You decide. The truth is out there...
Labels: music
¶ 9:25 PM 3 Comments
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Indie rawk bands I hate for vague reasons
Spoon
That band name just seems really mediocre and icky. I am not sure why, but I don't like it.
Arctic Monkeys
Overhyped, bait shack rockers who will end up on a KTEL MILLENNIUM NOW! compilation in 15 years.
Death Cab for Cutie, or the Postal Service, or whatever he is calling himself
Literal Bait Shack rockers, who performed the most hideous cover song in the history of 80's irony.
Art Brut
Wake me when there are no more broad-accented Clash cover bands who the whole indie rockosphere treats like the second coming of Christ. I will probably be sleeping for awhile.
I am sure there are more. I can't think of them though, because I am too mad at Blogger. BLOGGER IS FROM HELL.
Spoon
That band name just seems really mediocre and icky. I am not sure why, but I don't like it.
Arctic Monkeys
Overhyped, bait shack rockers who will end up on a KTEL MILLENNIUM NOW! compilation in 15 years.
Death Cab for Cutie, or the Postal Service, or whatever he is calling himself
Literal Bait Shack rockers, who performed the most hideous cover song in the history of 80's irony.
Art Brut
Wake me when there are no more broad-accented Clash cover bands who the whole indie rockosphere treats like the second coming of Christ. I will probably be sleeping for awhile.
I am sure there are more. I can't think of them though, because I am too mad at Blogger. BLOGGER IS FROM HELL.
Labels: music
¶ 2:52 PM 0 Comments
