August 13, 2008
Lyrics of the Afternoon.
Got stopped by a lady cop
She got me thinking I can date a cop
Cause her uniform pants are so tight
She read me my rights
She put me in a car, she cut off all the lights
She said I had the right to remain silent
Now I got her hollering, sounding like a siren
...
I make her wear nothing but handcuffs & heels
And I beat it* like a cop
Rodney King, baby. Yeah, I beat it* like a cop.
-"Mrs. Officer" Lil Wayne.
This is actually sung as a kinda tender make-out song, or as tender as you get on a rap album, I guess, with a sing-songy sweet chorus. It really kinda cracks me up.
*"it"? or "her"? Hard to say...
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July 23, 2008
Song Obsession of the Evening
"Word Up" Willis
Which is what's playing in the background when Hodges is doing his wacky dance in the 2006 "Post Mortem" episode of CSI which I have oddly seen a ton of times in recent weeks. (Greg-centric episodes are the best, don't you agree?)
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Complete Brain Breakdown of the Morning
Ah, ah ah ah, Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm*... "warm hand"...hmmm hmm... "into mine"... hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm....
Over and over and over in my head this morning. Could not remember a) more lyrics, b) song name, c) artist (so I could have just pulled the damn thing up on the Pod) for the life of me. Grrrrr.
Sea Wolf "Neutral Ground": Ah ah ah ah, But here in the sky, lights flash before our eyes, and I feel your warm hand slipping into mine.
Good grief.
*hmmm = (humming the melody)
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July 18, 2008
Favorite Song of the Bus Ride Home:
"Coast of Carolina" - Telekinesis
Favorite Song of the Waiting 'Round the Apartment for the Nipper to Arrive:
"U and Me" - Trina
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Angry Girl Music of the Morning
Raise your hand if your lipstick doesn't make you a dumbshit
Raise your hand if the shape of your hips don't [sic] compare to the shape of your mind
You don't even stand a chance
I'm not taking off my pants
I’m not a barbie doll, shopping mall, silicone substitution
I’m not a perfect ten, paper thin, Hollywood illusion
-Saving Jane "One Girl Revolution"
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June 28, 2008
Favorite Singalong Songs of the Weekend
Alright, Okay - Ryan Auffenberg
The Ground that We Stand On - Hawksley Workman
Swoon.
Both via Fuel/Friends, my fave music blog.
Get 'em while the gettin' is good.
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June 25, 2008
Favorite Song of the Morning
You always look the same now
Always out in the rain somehow
"Radio Euphoria" Joseph Arthur
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June 19, 2008
Song of the Drive Home Last Night that Drove Us Nuts Not Being Able to Remember What the Fuck Song It Was
I had to text myself lyrics to look up when I got home. Stupid moron.
Picture yourself in a living room
your pipe and slippers set out for you
I know you think that it ain't too far
But I...
I hear the call of a lifetime ring
felt the need to get up for it
oh you cut out the middleman
get free from the middleman
You got no time for the messenger,
got no regard for the thing that you don't understand,
you got no fear of the underdog,
that's why you will not survive!
I wanna forget how convention fits
but can I get out from under it?
Can I cut it out of me?
Ah...
It can't all be wedding cake
It can't all be boiled away
I try but I can't let go of it
Can't let go of it
Uh huh
Cause you don't talk to the water boy
and there's so much you could learn but you don't want to know,
You will not back up an inch ever,
that's why you will not survive,
...
The thing that I tell you now
It may not go over well
And it may not be photo-op
the way that I spell it out
But you won't hear from the messenger,
don't wanna know bout something that you don't understand,
You got no fear of the underdog,
that's why you will not survive! (Hey!)
-"The Underdog" Spoon
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June 18, 2008
Favorite "Single White Female" Song of the Morning
She started dyeing her hair and wearing the same perfume as me
She started reading my books and stealing my looks and lingerie
"She's Not Me" - Madonna Hard Candy
She started dressing like me and talking like me - It freaked me out / She started calling you up in the middle of the night - What's that about?
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June 17, 2008
Quote of the day
Spies hide guns like squirrels hide acorns.
-Burn Notice 1:12
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June 13, 2008
Favorite Song of the El Commute This Morning
Hey hey little fighter girl
It's you and me up against this whole wide world
Sleeping together in the lion's den
Got your earrings in my pocket till I see you again
"Fighter Girl" - Mason Jennings
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June 11, 2008
RS #1054 (guitar heroes)
Check out: Tokyo Police Club "Elephant Shell" (current album) and "A Lesson in Crime" (06 EP).
Quote of the day: But Monks feels he's constantly improving as a singer. "I just started doing this technique called 'warming up,' " he says dryly. "It really helps." -from Gavin Edwards 1/2 pager.
The new (and latest self-titled) Weezer gets 3 stars. I'm not sure. Fleet Foxes gets 4 (I bought it and I LOVE it). And latest Solomon Burke and new Fratellis also get 3. (They played a great set at Lollapalooza last year.)
My Morning Jacket gets the lengthy (and very positive) review. I'm not sure I'm convinced. I did NOT like listening to "Z" AT ALL. But I did enjoy them at Lollapalooza when I wasn't expecting to. And this album sounds much more upbeat. Hmmmm.....
Also considering the Ting Tings who get 3.5 stars and a very positive review of their poppy album
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June 09, 2008
Patheticness of the Day
This really pretty, beautifully melodic, lovely song off Joe Purdy's latest album is TOTALLY MAKING ME CRY. And the worst part is, it's called "Ode to Sad Clown."
COME ON NOW PEOPLE. It is an ode to a sad clown and the lyrics are totally making me cry. Can you get more pathetic and stereotypic than that? I think I better go to bed.
(Nonetheless, I assure you it is a good song. Regardless of the pathetic person listening to it.)
I used to hear the children play
used to hear the birds sing
one day they just stopped
and I don't hear them anymore...
I got caught in this whistling wind
doin my best to regret these sins
Lord would you forgive me
if you know I'm gonna do it again
it's not that I'm not sorry Lord,
it's just that I'm not strong
Oh 'cause when that woman looks at me
I cant remember right from wrong...
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May 28, 2008
Quote of the Night and perhaps THE CENTURY!
Said by my Dad, to my Mom, in the midst of reporting to her about how AWESOME Battlestar Galactica is (he's halfway through season 1, disc 1 (the mini-series), he had to hang up to get back to it but called me midway through to rave), which he just started as I sent him all the discs as an early Birthday present:
Carolyn is the one kid in a million who actually paid off.
Hello, I WIN. ;) And yay, Dad is loving BSG too. Someone else to share the obsession. Yay!
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May 22, 2008
Quote of the Day
There is a fine line between a coffee break and a crack house.
-Harlan Coben "One False Move"
In somewhat related news, if you normally order a "tall" but then one day by accident you order a "grand" because you can't remember what the stupid word they substitute for "small" is, well you may have a problem the next however many days later it is when you without realizing it order a "tall" again and then it comes and it's gone in two sips and you think what the hell happened to my drink, why was it so SMALL. You know what they say: once you go [...in this case "grand"]...
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May 14, 2008
Lyrics of the Afternoon
Well, go ahead and call the cops,
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops.
-from "Hold On" written by Tom Waits, but I'm listening to the Redbird (Peter Mulvey) cover...
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May 12, 2008
Quote of the Night
"You had me worried there for a moment. I thought maybe the Cylons had beaten the bullshit attitude out of you."
-Commander Adama
BSG, 3.8
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May 02, 2008
Hilarity of the Afternoon.
I just found a half-eaten cookie wrapped in plastic remnants in one of the outside pockets of my purse. That I bought (and then ate half of) in Japan. In March. Sweet. Dessert's on me tonight, ladies. Mwah ha ha ha ha.
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Lyrics of the Afternoon
Not only does it have an awesome beeboppy '60s feelin' to it, but also there are a LOT of good lines in The Magnetic Fields "Too Drunk to Dream" (from Distortion, a pretty kickin' album that sonically certainly lives up to its name) but here are three of my faves:
I've got to get too drunk to dream because I only dream of you.
I've got to get too pissed to miss you or I'll never get to sleep.
I've got to get too fried to cry or I'll be crying all night long.
Mmmm, making me thirsty.
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Cover of the Day...and Some Other Recommendations
"I Should Have Known Better" - She & Him (Zoey Deschanel & M. Ward)
Beatles done alt-country style. Sweet. Zoey D = the next June Carter Cash?
Other singles (but not covers) I'm diggin':
- "She Loves Everybody" Chester French
- "Tick of Time" The Kooks
- "Roadway Hymn" La Rocca
- "Heart of Mine" Peter Salett*
*So I've been rewatching Keeping the Faith lately. So what. You SHOULD be too.
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May 01, 2008
Favorite Album of the Day:
The Submarines "Honeysuckle Weeks"
You know I'm a sucker for boy/girl trade-off/combined vocals.
And awesome lyrics: Love is a swimming pool with no bottom / We've got to hold on, the water is risin'...
And boppy silly rhythms. La la la la la.
Yay!
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April 29, 2008
Word of the Night
Substantialiscious.
Found on the back of the Snickers I am having for dinner. I'm glad to see someone else rocking the "aliscious" suffix, it's one I'm quite fond of myself and often use.
That's right, I'm having a Snickers for dinner. As the Eggplant might say "Fuck you, weight gain!"
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April 24, 2008
Lyric of the Day
...you slammed through my life like a screendoor in a hurricane wind...
-Girlyman "Postcards from Mexico"
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April 14, 2008
Lyrics of the Day
I don't need the whole bird, just a feather will do...
From you...
-Meg Hutchinson "Whole Bird" (from Come Up Full)
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April 13, 2008
Lyrics of the Day
There's only four seasons but these feelings are always here...
-Joe Purdy "Only Four Seasons" (from You Can Tell Georgia)
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April 09, 2008
Awesome of the Day
Tell me this Naomi Campbell/Lizard "Thriller" Sobe Life ad is not totally fucking awesome. Because I love it.
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April 04, 2008
Song of the Day
"Mr. Pitiful" Matt Costa
This song is so bouncy and fun, I DARE you not to at least WANT to dance when you hear it...
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April 03, 2008
Rhetorical Question of the Day
Why would a girl with a bum foot, bum knee, and sore back decide to walk home? (45 minutes)
Retorical Question of the Night
Does (uncooked) rice go bad? If it's been at least 10 years since you bought it, will it kill you if you cook it now?
(Rhetorical because I'm eating it anyway so we'll find out.)
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March 26, 2008
Japan Newsflash of the Day
Saw Julie Louis-Dreyfus shopping on the side streets of downtown Kyoto yesterday afternoon.
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March 17, 2008
Quote of the Weekend.
Uh oh! I think we're about to see some totally illegal shit! -Me
In response to some happenins in the midnight traffic around us.
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Quote of Last Week
Thank god I had my yellow fever shot so I could go to your apartment. -Silvia
Regarding the tropical levels of heat.
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February 28, 2008
Quote of the Day
On my cab ride in this morning, I had the horror of listening to an interview with some completely nuts evangelical who I believe was named Richard Lamb (?? not that I really care if I am accurate on the dude's name) all about the sanctity of marriage and how evangelicals will never vote for a Demoractic (i.e., pro choice) candidate and blah blah blah. Despite the horror (I seriously got the gag reflex at one point, his comments were so ridiculous), and again wondering what it is about the SEPARATION of church and state that people such as he refuse to understand...
he did provide a moment of humor when he commented on the current battle for the Democratic nomination:
I feel sorry for Senator Clinton. She's trying to conduct a job interview and Obama's on a date.
Hilarious and very accurate of how the campaigns are being run / experienced by the public, I'd say.
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February 26, 2008
Song of the Day
"Gravedigger" - Willie Nelson (from Paste sampler #40, off his album "Moment of Truth")
Dude, he works "Ring Around the Rosie" into it; come on now. His voice is such a perfect combination of melodiousness and gravel. I neverrarely* buy his albums but every once in awhile I come across a tune of his I love. He's a better lyricist than I've heard him given credit for. You should never have to bury your own babies. And have you seen Songwriter? Because I love EVERYTHING about that movie, including him, his acting, his singing, and his humor. But it's one of those movies that I'm not sure anyone other than me and my Dad ever watched (Dad is a big Alan Rudolph fan).
*I did buy one a few years ago, I think it was this one.
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February 21, 2008
Quote of the Day
(I'd vote for a ham sandwich if it was the democratic candidate)
-Jessica Lee Jernigan.
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January 22, 2008
Quote of the Day
Understanding, compassion, kindness and love are the only true revolutionary ideas. When we compromise these, we become what we despise and lose our humanity.
-Bones 3:2
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January 08, 2008
Lyrics of the Day
If you were a wink, I'd be a nod...
If you were the floor, I'd wanna be the rug...
And if you were an ocean, I'd learn to float...
-"All I Want Is You" Barry Louis Pollsar from the Juno Sdtrk.
Great movie, great tunes. It's a win-win.
If you haven't seen this yet, or are letting some crap-ass review taint your willingness to go, go read this review. And then go, for pete's sake. Pete would want you to.
When both me AND my dad are as equally gung-ho about a film (yes, sometimes we disagree), I don't think there's anything else you need to know. It's THAT good.
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December 13, 2007
Words to Live By / Lyrics of the Day
You are not your job,
And you are not the clothes you wear:
You are the words that leave your mouth
So speak up, speak up...
-"Call Me Ishmael" Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
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December 09, 2007
Lyric of the Day: Tellin' it like it is.
I don't want to be your friend.
I just want to be your lover.
-Radiohead "House of Cards"
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November 07, 2007
Song of the Day.
"The Guy that Says Goodbye to You Is Out of His Mind"
Griffin House
You don't need to change
A thing about you, Babe
I'm telling you, from where I sit,
You're one of a kind
Relationships, I don't know why,
They never work out and they make you cry
But the guy that says goodbye to you is out of his mind
Well I've been down and I need your help
I've been feeling sorry for myself
Don't hesitate to boost my confidence
Well I've been lost and I need direction
I could use a little love protection
What do you say, Honey, come to my defense
I'd stand up for you if it's what you need
And I can take a punch, I don't mind the bleed
As long as afterwards you feel bad for me
You give me all of your attention
I've got deep desire and it needs quenching
And I think that's pretty plain for you to see
Well enough about me and more about you
Because that'd be the gentlemanly thing to do
I hope you like your men sweet and polite
I thought I was done with telling you
But I ain't nearly halfway through
I've got a few more things I'd like to say to you tonight
Get Ready
You don't need to change
A thing about you, Babe
I'm telling you, from where I sit,
You're one of a kind
Relationships, I don't know why,
They never work out and they make you cry
But the guy that says goodbye to you is out of his mind
You always did kind of drive me crazy
And it pissed me off because I let it faze me
But I never wanted my time with you to end
Now I'm back in town for a day or two
But mostly I came back just to see you
I'm leaving now but I don't want to go
You don't need to change
A thing about you, Babe
I'm telling you, from where I sit,
You're one of a kind
Relationships, I don't know why,
They never work out and they make you cry
But the guy that says goodbye to you is out of his mind.
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November 05, 2007
Quote of the Day.
“I’ve always been a sucker for sad songs. I can listen to nothing but Slowdive records and be a pig in shit, so I naturally gravitate to writing those kinds of songs,” Bridwell says. [click quote to go to full Harp Magazine interview; link via DJBV.]
I've got nothing but good things to say about the new Band of Horses "Everything All the Time.""Cease to Begin" [doh]. I find the album totally entrancing and it's one of my favorites of the year. But admittedly their songs are not super upbeat. Like their lead singer, I'm more than happy to listen to sad songs and wallow.
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November 02, 2007
Best Sign-Off of the Day [or Ever].
Call me if you are doing anything illegal and need some help.
-from DJ Bill.
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October 30, 2007
Lyrics of the Day.
I didn't grow these wings to hang around...
- "Silver Dreams" Blackie & The Rodeo Kings
You're the cocaine in my veins...
- "You're the Cocaine" Joshua James
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October 09, 2007
Lyric of the Day.
I'd like to think I'm a mess you'd wear with pride...
-Band of Horses "I Go to the Barn Because I Like the"
Listening to their old album all day long in preparation for buying the new one from iTunes tonight!!
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September 27, 2007
Lyric of the Day.
Let my heart be the part by which you judge me.
Like the sun in everyone, it is pure.
--Jeremy Fisher "Lay Down (Ballad of Rigoberto Alpizar)"
Goodbye Blue Monday
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August 30, 2007
Cover of the Day (and Possibly the Best Cover Ever)
Rhymefest and O.D.B. doing "Build Me Up, Buttercup." With, of course, some rappin' thrown in between choruses (some in the form of "letters" from Rhymefest to O.D.B.). I'm just sittin here giggling and giggling as I listen. This ranks right up there with Jonathan Coulton's "Baby Got Back" cover.
(It's on Rhymefest's album "Blue Collar" purchased immediately after seeing his superfun set at Lollapalooza.)
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August 06, 2007
Lyric of the Night
Give me the mumps and I'll give you the plague...
-Kyle Andrews "Moon Tea"
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July 13, 2007
Quote of the Day.
"I'm going to start blogging. I'm going to go for it!
As soon as I learn how to turn the computer on..."
--My Dad.
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July 10, 2007
Quote of the Day.
God strike me with a urine-soaked newspaper if I ever do this drug again...
--from an article in July issue of The Sun. Let me flip back and see... "Methamphetamine for Dummies" by Poe Ballantine. I haven't actually read any of this yet, the page just flipped open to this as I was picking up my mail the other day (like two weeks ago! doh!).
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April 04, 2007
Oops of the Day.
Gomez was singing "I love this island, but this island's killing me"
But I heard "I love this silence, but this silence's killing me."
Too funny.
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March 16, 2007
Advice of the Day
(In a car driven by his (drunk) father, with police cars approaching:)
"On these occasions, my father always kept packets of peanuts scattered about the front seat. He once told me conspiratorially that peanuts mask booze breath better than peppermint gum. That there is knowledge, if you ask me."
--Hollis Gillespie "Meteor City, Population 2" Paste 28.
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March 14, 2007
EW #925 (ugly betty) / Quote of the Day
Not that much I care about in this issue. I do want to see 300 (Dominic West, yum) but this article is more about the $$ than the movie. (Later, the review gives it a B+.)
Quote of the Day: "You're thinking your kids are gonna grow up quicker because they heard the word fuck than from thinking they should be shoving their tits in people's faces?" - Lily Allen on why her (much criticized) swearing in her tunes is actually less offensive than the behavior of Paris Hilton and others. I have to agree.
New episode of Bones tonight: yea!
CDs: "Costello" by The Fratellis (singles: "Flathead" and "Chelsea Dagger"). "As Cruel as Schoolchildren" by Gym Class Heroes (youtube of "cupid's chokehold")
Book: "The Post-Birthday World" by Lionel Shriver. Sounds so awesome, I bought it on the way home last night! Sounds kind of like Sliding Doors, but on paper. And you know, wait maybe you don't!, how I feel about Sliding Doors... (Despite my dislike of the Gwyneth.)
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March 06, 2007
Quote of the Day
Agreed. If you believe "everything happens for a reason" I think you're reaching for straws. And if your version is "it's God's will" well, then I just have to laugh. There's this little philosophical concept called "free will" you may want to acquaint yourself with.
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March 05, 2007
Lyric of the Night
Some give me shit for my name,
But I don’t give a shit about you, shit for brains...
-"The Blue Blooded" Hilltop Hoods.
And later: Whatever happened to a good old fashioned broken nose?
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February 28, 2007
Quote of the Day
Off the record, I like to get kissed before I get fucked.
--said by Danny Archer in "Blood Diamond"
And no it's actually not about sex, although it appears so when taken out of context. It's something you may want to use in your work life, really.
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February 27, 2007
Lyric of the Day
I was living in the past, but somehow you brought me back,
And I haven't felt like this since before Frankie said "Relax"...
This is, bien sur, from "Don't Write Me Off" on the "Music & Lyrics" soundtrack. A movie I quite liked; a soundtrack I quite LOVE.
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January 14, 2007
Lyrics of the Day.
And some have said that true love is something we are sure of.
But my only hope lies in your being confused.
-"Vote" from the Submarines "Declare a New State"
Jen recommended this album to me ages ago; I bought it, liked it, but (for who knows what reason) didn't wind up listening to it that much at the time. I am really digging it these days.
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January 04, 2007
Quotes of the Fourth Day of the First Week of the New Year.
As useless as tits on a boar.
-from a Mel Bochner "piece of art"
Destruction is easier than harmony, but not more powerful.
-source unknown? This is what happens when I watch TV sometimes...
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November 16, 2006
Album: Damien Rice "9"
Beautiful. Really heartbreakingly mindblowingly beautiful. Quiet, and loud, and whispers, and shouts, and loves, and hates, and fears, and dreams. Beautiful.
Lyric of the Day: Waking up without you is like drinking from an empty cup...
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October 27, 2006
Lyric of the Day.
There's nothing left to eat in this house / but your heart.
--from "Rich Wife" by The Long Winters
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October 26, 2006
Thought of the day: Damn you, Gomez, get out of my head.
All weekend Kysa had "Cruel to Be Kind" running through her head. Each morning when she'd wake up, she'd say "You know what I hear?" and start humming it again. I kept asking "Oh is that 'Kind to Be Cruel' again?"
Today I have Gomez "See the World" ringing out over and over again. The lyrics keep leaping to mind. STOP IT ALREADY.
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September 26, 2006
Ego of the Day.
...nobody knows what they want out of players except me, nobody can tell a player what he's doing wrong, nobody can find a player who can play but he's not playing, like I can. I can do that in my sleep.
--Bob Dylan (interviewed in Rolling Stone).
You can argue about whether he's earned it/whether it's deserved, but agree or not, he does have a huge ego. (You should hear my dad on Dylan in the 60s. He still can't listen to him, despite his sometimes amazing lyrics, because of things he said & did then.)
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September 24, 2006
Quote of the Day.
Ah, the wisdom of the random web surf.
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September 22, 2006
Song of the Day.
I hate everyone
All the people on the street
I hate you all
And the people that I meet
I hate you all
And the people that I know
I hate you all
And the people that I don't
I hate you all
Oh I hate you all.
I hate most everybody
But most of all
I hate...
I hate...
I hate YOU.
--"I Hate Everyone" Get Set Go, Grey's Anatomy Vol. 2
How often do you hear "big stupid jerk" in the lyrics to a song? Priceless.
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September 13, 2006
Priceless Lyrics of the Day.
I say shotgun, you say wedding...
--Panic! at the Disco
Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti.
--Ben Kweller
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July 31, 2006
"Reminder" of the Day.
Revolution gives ordinary people the false belief that they can remake not just themselves, their country, and the whole wide world but human nature itself. That such grand designs always fail, that human nature is immutable, that everyone's idea of perfection is different -- these truths are all for a time forgotten.
--Mark Bowden "Guests of the Ayatollah"
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July 29, 2006
"Chorus line" of the day:
So your boyfriend has no clue / of how much I've been touching you...
--Her Space Holiday "Something to Do with My Hands"
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May 15, 2006
A quote for this dreary Monday.
Some measure of generality must be present in any high-class theorem, but too much tends inevitably to inspidity. 'Everything is what it is, and not another thing', and the differences between things are quite as interesting as their resemblances. We do not choose our friends because they embody all the pleasant qualities of humanity, but because they are the people they are. And so in mathematics; a property common to too many objects can hardly be very exciting, and mathematical ideas also become dim unless they have lenty of individuality.
--GH Hardy "A Mathematician's Apology"
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