Dear Internet,
I hate you. Especially when you don't work.
Sincerely,
-s
One of these is motivational. The other is sort of the opposite.
Everyone has a little Devo in them. Do you?
What are your
top(some)five(like maybe 4) break-up songs?
Submitted by gt.
It's all perspective.
If you're the one getting dumped, then obviously it's going to be something real miserable.
And if you are the one doing the dumping, then you get songs that are a little more fun.
1. From "Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label" comes this charming little tune from a Mr. Edd Henry. Recorded in 1961 in fabulous Detroit, MI. It's such a lushly produced, soul, kiss-off song.
2. From one of the Pebbles comps, it's the Grains of Sand doing "Going Away Baby". It's your standard '66 garage, "I'm such a bad ass and I don't need you or this crummy place anymore" type of song. Wish that I knew more about these guys.
3. In a similar vein is "Your Gonna Miss Me" by the 13th Floor Elevators. This one is part of the teen angst cannon, thanks especially to the opening scene in High Fidelity. Hell, I think it's even been used in a television ad for low fat cream cheese or Pentium computer chips or something.
4. And for the coup de grace, a sleazy number from 80's pop sensations Dead or Alive. This has got to be the danciest, most hedonistic... uh... did I mention sleazy? because it is... and sleazy way to break up with somebody. But it's hard to fault a guy for knowing what he wants... I suppose.
From an acquaintance with whom I spoke late this evening:
"I'm good. I've got Fritos and Xanax. They go together like peas and carrots."
From the former drummer of the Juvinals whom I ran into randomly in Boise, ID a few weekends ago:
"You guys are from Reno, right? Yeah... I could totally tell. I could smell you. When you're from Reno, you smell like smoke... smoke and NICKELS."
Calling all food voyeurs: Show us what's in your fridge or cupboard.
Submitted by Kadeeae.
This is grim.
1. The "Produce" section: 2 cans of cranberry sauce and a jar of grape jelly.
2. Half a bottle of rum and a 5 year old bottle of Jaegermeister (mint in bottle!!)
3. The obligatory box of baking soda.
4. Box o' cheese! A long time ago, I used to joke that having cheese in one's fridge meant that you were rich. Well look out Mr. Rockefeller! There's obviously a new tycoon in town!
5. Thawing chicken. Hopefully this will be dinner.
6. The beer shelf: half a box of PBR, a bottle of homemade cider, a Trois Pistoles, and 4 random bottles that somehow found their way to my fridge.
7. Film!
8. Take-out packets, mostly hot mustard, soy sauce, and crushed red peppers.
9. The condiment and miscellaneous shelves. I think there's some rice and milk in there too.
and for the freezer compartment...
10. Empty ice tray
11. Ice pack. Good for injury or for unbearably hot days.
12. Bag o' corn. Probably no longer fit for consumption, but makes for a great make-shift, back-up ice pack.
13. Bottle of cheap vodka. I won this in a pinball tournament a few years ago. Some prize, eh?
We're already three months, and many, many albums, into 2008. What's your favorite album (thus far) that was released this year?
I haven't purchased too many new releases this year, but I just bought Party Fever!!! by the Okmoniks from Tuscon, Arizona and it is a whole lot of fun. The LP is a single-sided, nine song gem in clear blue vinyl. Organ-driven new wave sounds with lots of sass and spunk.
Was asked tonight if I'd like to do a short dj set at the sticker guy party on Saturday night. What'd I say? You bet!!!! But now I've got to come up with like a super-rad 12-15 song playlist. What to do? What to do?
Possibilities thus far include (just off the top of my head): Bar Kays (Soulfinger), Supremes (I Want to Hold Your Hand), Marvin Gaye (Can I Get a Witness), Rolling Stones (Everybody Needs Somebody), The Five Du-Tones (Shake a Tailfeather), LuLu (I'll Come Running), Dee Clark (Hey Little Girl), The Ohio Express (Beg, Borrow, and Steal), Bobby Fuller (Let Her Dance), Ape City R&B (Oh, Little Girl), The Fireflies (Stella's Got a Fella), Elvis Presley (Do the Clam)
I think that would make a fun set. It's funny that I'm nervous about doing this and that I'm worry about it so far in advance. Any suggestions?
Show us who you would want as a guest if you were a talk show host.
You can't just have one guest, so to fill out the program I'd include:
3. Brian Eno
Ran into my friend dB down at the bar the other night and we got to talking about recent record purchases.
"Did you pick up any of the Twistin Rumbles yet?" he asked.
"Yeah, last time I was at Amoeba I picked up volumes one and four. They're so good!!" (aside: they are truly a fun set of records full of jumping R&B, novelty dance, and fun rock and roll tunes and are worth picking up if you ever want to host your very own dance party.)
"Do you have the one with that song by the Primitives called 'the Ostrich'?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"THAT'S LOU REED."
Yep. Lou Reed was in a short-lived band called the Primitives and they churned out a song about a dance where you move like a large, flightless bird. You can read more about it here (courtesy of Mr. dB and WFMU). Here's the song.
There are two things that I thought were pretty interesting about this goofball little number:
1. John Cale also performs on the song. A year or so after this, they'd form the Velvet Underground.
2. It sort of sounds like a Velvet Underground song. Just replace all references of "ostriches" with "speed" and the song would fit nicely on White Light / White Heat. It turns out that good old Lou first used a special tuning of his guitar on "the Ostrich", a really odd tuning where all the strings are tuned to D. He'd go on to use this tuning later on in VU. And it gives LOTS of droning, ringing notes. This afternoon I tried the ostrich tuning out on my guitar. Whoa. An open strum is simply a monster. It's just freaking big sounding. You can "chord" simply with a single finger, but it's just E's or A's or whatever... Haven't figured out if it's possible to really do things like minor chords just yet. But you can strum like a madman and do runs up down the neck and sound like two guitars playing at once.
What have you tried in life that you just weren't very good at?
Sports and Indian food.
Neighborhood
Explore friends, family, friends & family, or entire neighborhood.
Recent Comments
-
Tammie said:
I can go for the cheese and chicken!!!! The rest, looks about like what's in mine LOL!!! read more
on Vox Hunt: Spice Things Up -
sc said:
Hmmmm... Maybe it's time to switch to the "shrimp cocktail and bourbon" body spray. read more
on Odd quotations that Bartlets will never include. -
K said:
hah, yikes. time to rethink the Slotmachine Granny pomade? read more
on Odd quotations that Bartlets will never include. -
sc said:
Unfortunately, I didn't get to play records. Around 3:20 in the morning I decided that I didn't want to hang... read more
on 30 minutes or so.
LOL!!! Fritos and Xanax!!!!-- That's a new one for me, heehee!!! read more
on Odd quotations that Bartlets will never include.