Now you tell us!

Well slap my ass and call me Barbara! New Bjork! YAY!

Help! A whole new thread and I’m falling asleep. (And on pacific time!) Night, all.

Fini!!

A biscuit? Honey, she deserves at least a roll.

Gawd, she’s so cute I could just sop her up with a biscuit.

Ha! Yes indeed! Heh! I love the LOOORD!

I remember that video where Bjork smacked that Asian reporter.

“It’s so quiet…”

My lieutenant used to swear, after meeting her in NYC one night, that she’s a Pixie. I’m inclined to agree.

Not much on Bjork, though…

These days, if it’s not classical, then I’m more into stuff like this. But that’s probably because I’ve been watching the anime it comes from (Nana), based on the manga that I’m reading as well.

TRex @ 3

Fini!!

TRex!!! When is this new Bjork coming out, and have you heard the new NIN Year Zero? Album of the year, man. It’s Trent Reznor’s best yet.

Angelo @
7

I remember that video where Bjork smacked that Asian reporter.

“It’s so quiet…”

It’s oh..so still….

You’re on a roll, T! How you can do this each night is amazing.

Have a good night. Must. Get. Sleep!

Ugh. Youtube is doing site maintenance. Videos are gonna be iffy for a while.

Hi Fini!

L.S./M.F.T. @ 7

My lieutenant used to swear, after meeting her in NYC one night, that she’s a Pixie. I’m inclined to agree.

No, Bjork wasn’t in The Pixies she was in The Sugarcubes.

OK, must sleep. West coast lightweight here.

TRex - found a cool page of quotes on writing that may have gotten EPU’d in the last thread…linky here.

kirk murphy @ 13

Hi Fini!

Hey Kirk, long time no bump into! How’s the coast?

Oooh, NIN? Now we’re talking! I don’t listen to the radio at all, don’t have TV, so I never know when new stuff comes out…

hey fini

LJ/Aquaria @ 17

Oooh, NIN? Now we’re talking! I don’t listen to the radio at all, don’t have TV, so I never know when new stuff comes out…

It’s worth paying $9.95 a month for Napster for any serious music fan. Once it learns your musical taste it keeps you up to date according to your favorite artists and new artists the system thinks you might get into based on your favorites. It makes even the most clueless music fan cutting edge once it learns more about your taste in music.

Suzanne @ 18

hey fini

Hiya! Waassappening?

Napster, huh? Can it load into my iPod?

Dang. Need to be careful with playing that Broken Rose video. My son always comes running to drool over the singer…

LJ/Aquaria @ 21

Napster, huh? Can it load into my iPod?

Nope, which is why I won’t buy an iPod. You can buy Windows Media compatible players for cheaper that are compatible with the subscription services like Napster, Rhapsody, Yahoo Unlimited and others. If iTunes ever offered a subscription service they would truly make a killing. If you pay for 3 months up front of Napster To Go they will give you a compatible portable player free.

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 24

LJ/Aquaria @ 21

Napster, huh? Can it load into my iPod?

Nope, which is why I won’t buy an iPod. You can buy Windows Media compatible players for cheaper that are compatible with the subscription services like Napster, Rhapsody, Yahoo Unlimited and others. If iTunes ever offered a subscription service they would truly make a killing. If you pay for 3 months up front of Napster To Go they will give you a compatible portable player free.

I don’t do Windows, so it’s not for me. But thanks for the info.

Have no fear, in a few more years you’ll be able to have a brain implant with every song ever recorded recallable by mere thought. No more compatibility issues in a wet wired world.

That, I could go for. :)

Although it does seem like Ghost in the Shell stuff…

I saw video on CNET once that showed a music technology researcher who developed a way to turn brain wave telemetry into MIDI music information. This will enable non musicians to think up their own compositions and have them transcoded into MIDI format for playback using modern MIDI enabled instruments. Imagine the mediocrity we will wallow in when that day arrives!

I like most kinds of music, but I just don’t get Bjork. Bjork and zydeco. Both leave me cold.

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 29

I saw video on CNET once that showed a music technology researcher who developed a way to turn brain wave telemetry into MIDI music information. This will enable non musicians to think up their own compositions and have them transcoded into MIDI format for playback using modern MIDI enabled instruments. Imagine the mediocrity we will wallow in when that day arrives!

707

That alone would probably doom the project forever!

Taking my headache and going to bed folks. G’nite all.

Zee @ 29

I like most kinds of music, but I just don’t get Bjork. Bjork and zydeco. Both leave me cold.

Well, what gets you amped up and dancing like a silly person? What makes you get jiggy with it?

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 33

Zee @ 29

I like most kinds of music, but I just don’t get Bjork. Bjork and zydeco. Both leave me cold.

Well, what gets you amped up and dancing like a silly person? What makes you get jiggy with it?

Don’t laugh, OK?

I promise I will not laugh. Unless of course you make it funny on purpose. Or you say Dschinghis Khan in which case all bets are off.

Well, things seem slow tonight at the Lake. I’m heading out to scribble for a while in my Epic That Will Never Be Published.

A new favorite writer’s quote (Eco): “I’m a sterile genius, you used to say; in this world you either read or write, and writers write out of contempt for their colleagues, out of a desire to have something good to read once in a while.”

That’s pretty much what got me to writing.

LJ/Aquaria @ 35

Well, things seem slow tonight at the Lake. I’m heading out to scribble for a while in my Epic That Will Never Be Published.

A new favorite writer’s quote (Eco): “I’m a sterile genius, you used to say; in this world you either read or write, and writers write out of contempt for their colleagues, out of a desire to have something good to read once in a while.”

That’s pretty much what got me to writing.

A fine philosophy from which to approach The Task.

LJ/Aquaria @ 28

Although it does seem like Ghost in the Shell stuff…

Gods. GITS. Uber geek fangirl’s dream. And one of my favorite TV shows AND both films. *sighs happily and drools at the thought of all the scores between all of them*

g’evening firedogs - been lurking this evening and just got a chance to holla atcha - still tired from yesterday anf had to catch up onwork at home - still cleaning up from awful flooding here in jersey but its coming along if pach is still here - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

aliasofwestgate @ 37

LJ/Aquaria @ 28

Although it does seem like Ghost in the Shell stuff…

Gods. GITS. Uber geek fangirl’s dream. And one of my favorite TV shows AND both films. *sighs happily and drools at the thought of all the scores between all of them*

Wow, I have, like, no clue what any of that means and I feel old now. Pass me some Metamucil and a fresh Depends for grandad, wouldja?

OK, what moves me now - either dance-y or emotional-y are:

Etta James
Flatboy Slim
Some Eminimen
U2
Bonnie Rait
John Legend
Van Morrison
Sinatra from the late 50s/early 60s
Stones
En Vogue
Really bad cheesy 70s crap
Buena Vista Social Club
I like newer stuff but lately I’ve been listening to more podcasts than music so I’m outta the loop.

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 37

LJ/Aquaria @ 35

Well, things seem slow tonight at the Lake. I’m heading out to scribble for a while in my Epic That Will Never Be Published.

A new favorite writer’s quote (Eco): “I’m a sterile genius, you used to say; in this world you either read or write, and writers write out of contempt for their colleagues, out of a desire to have something good to read once in a while.”

That’s pretty much what got me to writing.

A fine philosophy from which to approach The Task.

Dunno about that. I think most writers explicate their own obsessions, and hope that readers of like obsessions find them. It’s more about readership than scorn for other writers.

Unless you’re hopelessly fucked up and think Bret Easton Ellis is typical. :)

Sweet Dreams Suzanne!

Fini. Let me find the wiki for you. *grins* Basically? Futuristic cop drama with cyborgs, intrigue, and philosophy all stuffed into one one cast of characters and the various cases they go through. Section 9.

Here ya go, Fini! Both films and both seasons of the Tv show boast incredible scores. Usually a mixture of western rock and traditional japanese instrumentals and some vocals. For me? who has no qualms about language and music? It’s a dream. Much less that i worship at hte feet of Yoko Kanno. The composer of the score for both tv show seasons. (she’s also done Cowboy Bebop, Wolf’s Rain, Macross Plus OSTs) A veritable goddess of music incarnate.

zee@41
i like some of your music choices - you got some of my faves there - bonnie raitt etta james van morrison - i like doo-wop and prog rock even still ;o)

Zee @ 40

OK, what moves me now - either dance-y or emotional-y are:

Etta James
Flatboy Slim
Some Eminimen
U2
Bonnie Rait
John Legend
Van Morrison
Sinatra from the late 50s/early 60s
Stones
En Vogue
Really bad cheesy 70s crap
Buena Vista Social Club
I like newer stuff but lately I’ve been listening to more podcasts than music so I’m outta the loop.

I have zero problems with any of the artists on that list. Its eclectic taste not all that dissimilar to my own.

Now when you say cheesy 70s, we got to talk. Are we talking BeeGees/ABBA/KC & the SUnshine Band cheesy or are we talking Sun Ra/Sly & the Family Stone/Isaac Hayes cheesy? Or BOC/BTO/Guess Who cheesy? Or something like this?

Zee? That playlist is excellent.

I’m kinda schitzophrenic between standards (Natalie Cole’s jazz work) and then I need something totally different (maybe Aerosmith?) Then off to YoYo Ma. Just never zydeco.

Zee @ 48

I’m kinda schitzophrenic between standards (Natalie Cole’s jazz work) and then I need something totally different (maybe Aerosmith?) Then off to YoYo Ma. Just never zydeco.

Sounds like an extreme aversion to accordians. Bet you don’t get off on polkas, either. :)

I’m not entirely certain I would personally refer to Aerosmith as something different when an atypical work from John Zorn fits that term so nicely.

OK, that just scares me. Why does that remind me of Doug Henning?

My cheeseball 70s music is BAAADDD music. Like Afternoon Delight (my colleage and I sing that at least one a week or so just to keep things in perspective). Build me up Buttercup by the Foundations is a good one. Go all the way by the Raspberries.

All good cheese-factor songs.

montag @ 49

Zee @ 48

I’m kinda schitzophrenic between standards (Natalie Cole’s jazz work) and then I need something totally different (maybe Aerosmith?) Then off to YoYo Ma. Just never zydeco.

Sounds like an extreme aversion to accordians. Bet you don’t get off on polkas, either. :)

In the right environment I could probably enjoy a few polkas. Then I’d need my iPod. I can dance a polka to SexyBack

Zee @ 50

OK, that just scares me. Why does that remind me of Doug Henning?

My cheeseball 70s music is BAAADDD music. Like Afternoon Delight (my colleage and I sing that at least one a week or so just to keep things in perspective). Build me up Buttercup by the Foundations is a good one. Go all the way by the Raspberries.

All good cheese-factor songs.

Ahhhhh that cheesy. Like “Baby Come Back” by Player or “Baker Street” by that guy whose name I can never remember. I like some of those too. Does Kenny Loggins count in this category?

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 50

I’m not entirely certain I would personally refer to Aerosmith as something different when an atypical work from John Zorn fits that term so nicely.

Perhaps, but Aerosmith is definitely different than Lush Life by Natalie Cole.

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 53

Zee @ 50

OK, that just scares me. Why does that remind me of Doug Henning?

My cheeseball 70s music is BAAADDD music. Like Afternoon Delight (my colleage and I sing that at least one a week or so just to keep things in perspective). Build me up Buttercup by the Foundations is a good one. Go all the way by the Raspberries.

All good cheese-factor songs.

Ahhhhh that cheesy. Like “Baby Come Back” by Player or “Baker Street” by that guy whose name I can never remember. I like some of those too. Does Kenny Loggins count in this category?

Absolutely. I have to hear Celebrate Me Home around the holidays.

still my fav

hmmm - cheesy music…..i know lots but i cant recall now oh yeah kenny loggins and messina - good cheesy music lol

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 26

Have no fear, in a few more years you’ll be able to have a brain implant with every song ever recorded recallable by mere thought. No more compatibility issues in a wet wired world.

I almost have that ability already. I have a non-stop music track going through my mind that goes 24/7 -sometimes someone else’s music, often just a stream of conciousness parade of original stuff. I cannot turn it off. I used to think everyone was like this. I found out that it’s not the case. I can’t decide if it’s a gift or the gateway to madness. Without it I wouldn’t be who I am, so I accept it. What else can I do? I hear music everywhere, even in the most mundane settings. It’s distracting to say the least.

tw3k @ 56

still my fav

That rocks! I love it!

Rushton @ 59

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 26

Have no fear, in a few more years you’ll be able to have a brain implant with every song ever recorded recallable by mere thought. No more compatibility issues in a wet wired world.

I almost have that ability already. I have a non-stop music track going through my mind that goes 24/7 -sometimes someone else’s music, often just a stream of conciousness parade of original stuff. I cannot turn it off. I used to think everyone was like this. I found out that it’s not the case. I can’t decide if it’s a gift or the gateway to madness. Without it I wouldn’t be who I am, so I accept it. What else can I do? I hear music everywhere, even in the most mundane settings. It’s distracting to say the least.

WHOHA WHOHA

Rushton @ 58

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 26

Have no fear, in a few more years you’ll be able to have a brain implant with every song ever recorded recallable by mere thought. No more compatibility issues in a wet wired world.

I almost have that ability already. I have a non-stop music track going through my mind that goes 24/7 -sometimes someone else’s music, often just a stream of conciousness parade of original stuff. I cannot turn it off. I used to think everyone was like this. I found out that it’s not the case. I can’t decide if it’s a gift or the gateway to madness. Without it I wouldn’t be who I am, so I accept it. What else can I do? I hear music everywhere, even in the most mundane settings. It’s distracting to say the least.

You might be what I call a spiritual musician. In working with a large number of musicians over the years I’ve learned there are several different musician types. There are the classically trained of course, then there are musicians who have zero training but the same skill level as a classically trained musician. Then there are great songwriters who have glorious music within their heads who are crap technically and need help honing their music.

Then there are spiritual musicians who dont create music in their mind, they simply “hear” it like you say you do. This is a method of songwriting not entirely unlike sculpting where you take a mess of musical notes and simply turn off frequencies and rhythms until what you have left is the song you heard in your head.

I’m off to bed kids, back in the am.

I think I’m off to bed myself too. Gnight all.

aliasofwestgate @ 44

Fini. Let me find the wiki for you. *grins* Basically? Futuristic cop drama with cyborgs, intrigue, and philosophy all stuffed into one one cast of characters and the various cases they go through. Section 9.

Here ya go, Fini! Both films and both seasons of the Tv show boast incredible scores. Usually a mixture of western rock and traditional japanese instrumentals and some vocals. For me? who has no qualms about language and music? It’s a dream. Much less that i worship at hte feet of Yoko Kanno. The composer of the score for both tv show seasons. (she’s also done Cowboy Bebop, Wolf’s Rain, Macross Plus OSTs) A veritable goddess of music incarnate.

You like Yoko Kanno too?! Isn’t she incredible?
Green Bird is one of my favorites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....mp;search=

its bedtime for me pups i want to try and be here for the salons later today - nite all

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 62

Rushton @ 58

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 26

I almost have that ability already. I have a non-stop music track going through my mind that goes 24/7 -sometimes someone else’s music, often just a stream of conciousness parade of original stuff. I cannot turn it off. I used to think everyone was like this. I found out that it’s not the case. I can’t decide if it’s a gift or the gateway to madness. Without it I wouldn’t be who I am, so I accept it. What else can I do? I hear music everywhere, even in the most mundane settings. It’s distracting to say the least.

You might be what I call a spiritual musician. In working with a large number of musicians over the years I’ve learned there are several different musician types. There are the classically trained of course, then there are musicians who have zero training but the same skill level as a classically trained musician. Then there are great songwriters who have glorious music within their heads who are crap technically and need help honing their music.

Then there are spiritual musicians who dont create music in their mind, they simply “hear” it like you say you do. This is a method of songwriting not entirely unlike sculpting where you take a mess of musical notes and simply turn off frequencies and rhythms until what you have left is the song you heard in your head.

It’s just there all the time, ever changing and blending into something new without any effort or control on my part. I do not read music (too undisciplined and lazy), but I can pick up virtually any musical instrument and within a minute or two produce something worthwhile from it. Interestingly, I work in a field where creativity is taboo and will get you fired if you deviate from written policy even a little bit. My father is a physicist, but I never took to math. I hear that the math part of the brain and the music part of the brain are closely associated. I think my math brain just wants to party all the time. Anyway, enough about me. I only mention this stuff because I think I know what makes people like Bjork tick. She’s just following a thread that proceeds endlessly before her and leads her into some very strange neighborhoods, but follow it she must because that is her lot in life.

Zee @
48

I’m kinda schitzophrenic between standards (Natalie Cole’s jazz work) and then I need something totally different (maybe Aerosmith?) Then off to YoYo Ma. Just never zydeco.

Zee, everything you list is good. I like the stuff that you like, and not much eles, but I’m very fond of Zydeco.

Hiya fini…

i’ll light the fire
you place the flowers in the vase
that you bought today

Rushton, i think we’re birds of a feather. i’m vocally trained myself. But i’ve never really had any skill with the music theory and writing. It just does not stick. Then again, i’m lazy about it. Why bother when you can pick up a tune within the first hearing? (math is also my bane in life!)

But i hear a score in my head all day long, even as i work in pharmacy. Thankfully it totally drowns out the bad satellite radio sets on a great day.

Green Bird was what caught my ear from her, Margot! It’s a spectacular little piece. After that i started seeking her out deliberately.

sings like a song ove the trak :)

@ 65

srry for the non-quote

aliasofwestgate @ 71

Rushton, i think we’re birds of a feather. i’m vocally trained myself. But i’ve never really had any skill with the music theory and writing. It just does not stick. Then again, i’m lazy about it. Why bother when you can pick up a tune within the first hearing? (math is also my bane in life!)

But i hear a score in my head all day long, even as i work in pharmacy. Thankfully it totally drowns out the bad satellite radio sets on a great day.

Green Bird was what caught my ear from her, Margot! It’s a spectacular little piece. After that i started seeking her out deliberately.

It’s nice to know that there are others like that out there. As I said, I assumed for years that everyone was like this. I happened to mention this to a very capable guitarist I enjoyed playing with and he looked at me like I said I was from Mars. He gently broke it to me that it is definately not commonplace for people to be constantly composing music 24/7 without even trying. Hell, I can’t even call the cops after 10 P.M. to shut it down so I can get some peace!!! A lot of times the most interesting stuff comes to me in my sleep and when I wake up I rush to my guitar to get it down before it slips away like all dream related stuff does. What strange creatures we humans are, eh?!!?

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 53

Ahhhhh that cheesy. Like “Baby Come Back” by Player or “Baker Street” by that guy whose name I can never remember.

Gerry Rafferty. I loved that song when I was like 12.

It’s nice to know that there are others like that out there. As I said, I assumed for years that everyone was like this. I happened to mention this to a very capable guitarist I enjoyed playing with and he looked at me like I said I was from Mars. He gently broke it to me that it is definately not commonplace for people to be constantly composing music 24/7 without even trying. Hell, I can’t even call the cops after 10 P.M. to shut it down so I can get some peace!!! A lot of times the most interesting stuff comes to me in my sleep and when I wake up I rush to my guitar to get it down before it slips away like all dream related stuff does. What strange creatures we humans are, eh?!!?

It’s living life as an audiophile, Rushton. *grins* I think of it as living life in technicolor with the stereo on full blast. I dream in full sound and color too, oddly. But i’ve had an audio obsession since i can remember. Which is roughly about 3 years old. Drove my parents NUTS with tunes i focused on, and wore out a long succession of audio players. (2 turntables, at least 3 casette decks, 2 CD players so far, and i’m working on my first mp3 player)

Jerry Rafferty. “Baker Street” was me and my first husband’s SONG.

g’nite, ‘pups!

It’s living life as an audiophile, Rushton. *grins* I think of it as living life in technicolor with the stereo on full blast. I dream in full sound and color too

gud quote :)

aliasofwestgate @ 75

It’s nice to know that there are others like that out there. As I said, I assumed for years that everyone was like this. I happened to mention this to a very capable guitarist I enjoyed playing with and he looked at me like I said I was from Mars. He gently broke it to me that it is definately not commonplace for people to be constantly composing music 24/7 without even trying. Hell, I can’t even call the cops after 10 P.M. to shut it down so I can get some peace!!! A lot of times the most interesting stuff comes to me in my sleep and when I wake up I rush to my guitar to get it down before it slips away like all dream related stuff does. What strange creatures we humans are, eh?!!?

It’s living life as an audiophile, Rushton. *grins* I think of it as living life in technicolor with the stereo on full blast. I dream in full sound and color too, oddly. But i’ve had an audio obsession since i can remember. Which is roughly about 3 years old. Drove my parents NUTS with tunes i focused on, and wore out a long succession of audio players. (2 turntables, at least 3 casette decks, 2 CD players so far, and i’m working on my first mp3 player)

I never wanted to play with other kids when I was little. I would play classical music on my little turntable and tell my parents what was in my mind: Balero-”There’s a little boy who’s lost and he’s stuck on a train track and no one can hear him. We have to help him, mom!!!” My dad mumbling something like “Christ, why can’t he go out and play catch with the other kids!!!”

I used to record stories on a tape deck with my friends. For some reason i thought it was neat to do. Forget writing them down, i wanted to TELL them. I’d do that when i wasn’t wearing down casettes on the whimsy of a kid under 10. If a story comes into my head? I hear the voices of the characters before any other visual. It’s funny to literally hear a line and take off running on the keyboard with it. Usually with some type of mp3 spinning to keep the mood hot.

It’s fun when you remember movies by the sounds of hte actors voices and the scores more than visuals. XD I still did my share of tearing around and getting dirty though. My parents and a few friends made sure i had my share of that. It didn’t stop the budding music geekery at all .

I still have a SugarCubes LP, the one with ‘Birthday’ on it…blows my kids’ minds when I pull out stuff like this…

The Veils are coming in June. Track them down.

tw3k @
57

still my fav

it’s the middle of the night (over there, noon in dresden). i stopped to listen to this and just as it was finishing (about an hour later) the phone rang and i talked for another twenty minutes. now everyone’s (?) asleep. the mp3 is great. wish i had Rushton’s contact with the muse. i have about one tenth of one percent of that. after a late nite and short morning sleep i’m in the fog of the after effects ……

schoenes wochenende, alles.

(fully realizing that the thread is asleep)
Back when I watched Star Trek Deep Space Nine, I thought they should have had a Bjorkan race.
Whoulda fit in perfect.

As note, A Tribute to Joni Mitchell is released Tuesday next and it is AMAZING.

Track Listings
1. FREE MAN IN PARIS - Sufjan Stevens
2. THE BOHO DANCE - Bjork
3. DREAMLAND - Caetano Veloso
4. DON’T INTERRUPT THE SORROW - Brad Mehldau
5. FOR THE ROSES - Cassandra Wilson
6. A CASE OF YOU - Prince
7. BLUE - Sarah McLachlan
8. LADIES OF THE CANYON - Annie Lennox
9. MAGDALENA LAUNDRIES - Emmylou Harris
10. EDITH AND THE KINGPIN - Elvis Costello
11. HELP ME - k.d. lang
12. RIVER - James Taylor

Mornin’.

Breakfast anyone? I’ve got yer bird-safe organic Costa Rican coffee with skim milk, local bakery multigrain bread for toast with butter and McCutcheon’s cherry preserves.

Yes they are on the internet, no I have no financial or family interest, and please do save some preserves for us locals.

Mornin’ all!

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 26

Have no fear, in a few more years you’ll be able to have a brain implant with every song ever recorded recallable by mere thought. No more compatibility issues in a wet wired world.

Yes. In a totally realistic ’skin’ you wear over your current head allowing you to look like what/whoever you wish.

Regarding Bjork: Intellectual and musical. I dont know much about her but the way she speaks is fascinating contrasted with the music she makes.

Good morning, pups. Today in the NYT Robin Wright says Darwinism isn’t depressing, and MoDo does a hatchet job on John Edwards.

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

Coffee and tea are ready, and some apple spice muffins are hot out of the oven. Have a wonderful day. I’m planning on garden chores. I’ve got to put up supports for my beans and peas, and get cages up for my last 2 tomato plants.

I’ve really enjoyed reading these posts.
Musical disappointment: You can buy a ‘plush’ teddy bear as we speak on BobDylan.com….

In terms of ‘voice’ I am interested in poetry which does the following. No wait. Let me backtrack. Most poetry comes shin-high. There is poetry that comes nose-high. I don’t know who is making that poetry or where. But I’m sure it’s out there. Is my poetry nose-high? I’m not saying it is. Of course you can’t have high-water without a bottom of the lake or river or ocean. That’s where it begins.

Zee @
51

OK, that just scares me. Why does that remind me of Doug Henning?

My cheeseball 70s music is BAAADDD music. Like Afternoon Delight (my colleage and I sing that at least one a week or so just to keep things in perspective). Build me up Buttercup by the Foundations is a good one. Go all the way by the Raspberries.

All good cheese-factor songs.

I was with you until that last one. “Go all the way” is not cheesy — it’s one of the all-time great pop confections. You want cheesy love songs, go for something like “I Can’t Fight This Feeling.” Of course, I am biased, as “Go All the Way” was on the radio every 15 minutes the summer that I fell in love for the first time. It’s part of the soundtrack of my life.

burnspbesq
Go All The Way is an amazing popsong structurally
I once spent a week trying to work out a good cover version
We failed

MWS
Aa friend once remarked that Bjork is ‘the acceptable face of the avant garde’
I concur.
Her work is mostly difficult, but dressed up cute.
For me, that works.
I get the sense that the difficult and the pixie are both genuine.

mornin’ dogs,

mack

if you’re still around -

carey - cyndi lauper

black crow - richard thompson

This is OT but I gave this explanation over at Eschaton, thought maybe it might help here: This is regarding the Reading First article two posts down.

This is what they are talking about: With the passage of the NCLB law schools such as mine were enticed (nay, ordered) into a program called READING FIRST. Reading First dictated not only how reading would be taught but more importantly, WHAT materials would be used to teach reading. The materials were to be purchased by vendors out of the State of Texas. Their first requirement (the one that has really and truly pissed me off) was that all other materials by other publishers be removed from the classrooms. The districts were then given money by the Feds to buy ONLY this material. (Whether it was any good or not.) There was no choice as to whether we would participate in the program or what materials we would use or not.

They actually provided money to hire administrators to make certain that the districts (that did not have a choice) were adhering to the dictates of the grant.

So, here it is: the government allocated money to pay for a CERTAIN reading program that was manufactured by their friends. They prohibited the schools from choosing anything other than this material (They made certain that this would be a continuing expense by dictating that the consumable portions were actually used ensuring an income stream for years to come) They used Federal monies to enforce their scheme.

I thought it stunk. In the upper elementary we had a choice to particpate or not, I gave a passionate speech and we opted out.

DWD @
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So, here it is: the government allocated money to pay for a CERTAIN reading program that was manufactured by their friends. They prohibited the schools from choosing anything other than this material (They made certain that this would be a continuing expense by dictating that the consumable portions were actually used ensuring an income stream for years to come) They used Federal monies to enforce their scheme.

I remember reading something about a bush family publisher in conjunction with the reading first program. I’m googling to see if i can find it. If it’s true, these people are too blatant for words.

Morning. Anyone there? Anyone know what time a new thread usually goes up on Sat. morning?

OT, but if any of you come across a t-shirt with a picture of Gonzales and the quote (from Dana Perino) “He s our #1 crime fighter,” please let me know. They ll sell out quickly, I m sure.

On a side note, every time I try to type an apostrophe, the screen jumps around and ends up at “Find Next” or to the top of the page with the lovely picture.

Mae @
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Morning. Anyone there? Anyone know what time a new thread usually goes up on Sat. morning?

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Marion in Savannah @ 87

Good morning, pups. Today in the NYT Robin Wright says Darwinism isn’t depressing, and MoDo does a hatchet job on John Edwards.

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

Looks like Modo can’t get past her turn-of-the-millenium glory days of mocking how democratic candidates eat and groom:

John Kerry sank himself by windsurfing in spandex and ordering a cheese steak in Philly with Swiss instead of Cheez Whiz.

We haven’t reached the point where we can handle a green-tea-soy-latte-drinking, self-tanning-sea-salt-mango-body-wrapping, Norah-Jones-listening, yoga-toning chief executive.

Bill Clinton sometimes flirted with metrosexuality, with Zegna ties, Christophe haircuts, Donna Karan suits and keen anima, but the heterosexual beat out the metrosexual.

Americans have revered such homely leaders as Abe Lincoln. They seem open to balding pates like Rudy’s and flattops like Jon Tester’s. They don’t want self-confidence to look like self-love.

John Edwards has reminded us that even — or especially — in the age of appearances, you must not appear to care too much about appearances.

When you spend more on a couple of haircuts than Burundi’s per capita G.D.P. , it looks so vain it makes Paul Wolfowitz’s ablutions spitting on his comb look like rugged individualism.

A. The education pork program should be called ‘No Crony Left Behind.’

B. Maureen Dowd is an expert on superficiality. She really knows her subject.

Marion in Savannah @
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Good morning, pups. Today in the NYT Robin Wright says Darwinism isn’t depressing, and MoDo does a hatchet job on John Edwards.

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

Coffee and tea are ready, and some apple spice muffins are hot out of the oven. Have a wonderful day. I’m planning on garden chores. I’ve got to put up supports for my beans and peas, and get cages up for my last 2 tomato plants.

oops, Marion, that’s Robert Wright, not Robin Wright. Robin is a pretty cool, incisive writer…..

linky at 16 and way EPU’d but, hey! chimney rock, I was born at the base of chimney rock according to Mom! how nice to see this picture in my blog travels today!