I have no idea why Leona is so excited about going to Coachella — most of the acts make it sound like my musical idea of purgatory…
What, no Nickelback?
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Was It THAT Long Ago?
While listening to iTunes at work in “shuffle” mode, the Propellerheads’ cover of the theme from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (from their album Decksanddrumsandrockandroll) came on. Like many of you, hearing a particular tune can take me back to a particular time, and that’s what this tune did.
Then it hit me — I was listening to this album during the less-than-fun summer of 1998 (chronicled partially in this blog entry) — almost nine years ago.
Damn, how time flies.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (author and illustrator of Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), came up with the maxim that all designers regardless of craft should take to heart:
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
In this spirit, here’s a “nothing left to take away” computer keyboard:
Here’s an accordion moment: it’s Julie Feeney at BBC 6 Music radio studio. She’s promoting her new album, 13 Songs and performed some numbers from the album earlier today on my friend Tom Robinson’s show:
One of the top items on Reddit today is a link to a “Best of Craigslist” posting titled Underwear Goes Inside the Pants, a funny rant about some of the problems in modern American society (it’s applicable to us here in Canada too).
This part always cracks me up:
I walked behind this guy the other day. A homeless guy asked him for money.
He looks right at the homeless guy and says “Why don’t you go get a job, you bum?”
People always say that to homeless guys like it is so easy.
This homeless guy was wearing his underwear outside his pants. Outside his pants.
I’m guessing his resume isn’t all up to date. I’m predicting some problems during the interview process.
The person who posted Underwear Goes Inside the Pants to Craigslist didn’t write it. It’s a stand-up comic routine by Greg Giraldo; it was then set to music by “Lazy B” (formerly “Lazyboy”, but a certain manufacturer of reclining chairs took issue with the name), a project started by a former member of Aqua (yes, the Aqua behind that annoying bubble-gum number, Barbie Girl). If you’ve never heard the rant or tune before, here’s the music video. Enjoy!
In response to the response to James Brown’s death over the holidays, David Malki drew this comic strip for his often-hilarious webcomic, Wondermark:
“James Brown” comic from David Malki’s Wondermark. Click it to see the full comic on its original page.
Only the first three panels appear here; you’ll have to see the full comic to get the punchline. Go and read the back issues; I think you’ll like it.
As Christmas grows closer, I get busier with all sorts of gatherings with friends and family, so expect posting to be light for the next couple of days.
However, that means that you’re not going to leave empty-handed: I’m still providing offbeat Christmas tunes for you to enjoy. The first is a parody of the Bachman-Turner Overdrive classic Takin’ Care of Business titled Takin’ Care of Jesus:
Unknown artist – Takin’ Care of Jesus (1.2 MB MP3)
Today’s other audio treat is by Mojo Nixon, who took the tune Louie, Louie and turned it into a Christmas song:
Mojo Nixon – Louie, Louie Christmas (1992) (4.4 MB MP3)