May 2010
1 post
25 from the last 25
Here, in no particular order, are 25 great records from the last 25 years.
If it’s great and it’s from the last 25 years and it’s not on this list and nothing else by the artist/band/group is on the list then maybe I haven’t heard it and you should tell me about it. Or maybe it’s one of the ten or twelve records that just missed the cut. Or maybe I think it...
March 2010
2 posts
Soon to be a minor motion picture
Host: Hey. Hi. Thanks for being here. Hi. You look fabulous.
Guest: Hi. Thanks for having me.
Host: Hi.
Guest: Hi.
Guest: So.
Host: Hey. Hi. How are you? You look fabulous. Like an orchid turning toward the dappled sun of morning, preparing to spread its delicate petals and to reveal its intimate interior, pistal and stamen standing erect, waiting for the soft caress of a honey bee.
Guest: Excuse me?
Host: Just a figure of speech. I used to do porn.
Guest: Ok.
Host: So. Hey. Hi. Great to have you here. You look fabulous.
Guest: Thank you.
Host: So. Hey. Hi. Great to have you here. You look fabulous. Your eyes are porcelain platters and when you turn your attention to me it is as if I am basking in the rays of the rising sun and I know that this is a new day and all of my yesterdays have been left behind. I used to do porn.
Guest: Excuse me?
Host: So. Hey. Hi. Great to have you here. You look fabulous. Were your hair made of wire, surely it would be the finest tungsten filament that money could buy. I understand you have a movie coming out soon.
Guest: What? No, I've never been in a movie.
Host: Really? You should try it. Great fun. I used to do porn. It's as if a freight train were hurling headlong into a tunnel with the engineer yelling "all aboard". Don't get me started.
Guest: I'll try not to.
Host: So. Hey. Hi. Great to have you here. You look fabulous.
Guest: Thank you.
Host: I used to do porn.
Guest: I don't know how to respond to that.
Host: Hey, don't worry. I try not to make a big deal out of it. You look fabulous. Under these studio lights your alabaster skin shines forth like a beacon, its high albedo transforming you into such a super nova of beauty that I must wear sun glasses to guard against your radiance.
Guest: Thank you.
Host: Hey. Hi. Great to have you here. So. You've written a book. That's fabulous.
Guest: What? No. I haven't written a book.
Host: Hey, don't worry about it. I used to do porn.
February 2010
11 posts
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Helter Skelter
The Bobs
The Bobs
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You Can’t Sit Down
Hound Dog Taylor and...
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Ella Fitzgerald
...
Motorist: (sound of honking and squealing brakes)
Girl 1: ...and so, uh, Abby was, is that her name? Yeh, Abby was there and that made me really mad...
Motorist: Are you girls blind?
Girl 2: What's her problem?
Girl 1: Abby, she's just stuck up.
Girl 2: No, I mean hers. Geez.
Motorist: Get out of the road!
Girl 3: Wait, which Abby? The blonde? I hate those scarves she wears.
Motorist: (honks)
Girl 1: Really, what is her problem?
Me: You're crossing against the light!
Girl 3: What?
Me: You're walking in the middle of traffic.
Girl 1: What?
Girl 2: Omigod! Who is that guy? What is his problem?
one two three
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Taj Mahal - Blind Boy Rag
Track 2, Side B
De Ole...
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May 2009
35 posts
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