Faux-Huuby’s favorite band is The Smashing Pumpkins. I’m not so in love with them. It’s Billy Corgan. His voice annoys me. It reminds me of the summer I worked at a camp for whiny brats. But I can tolerate this song.
Last Sunday, I was feeling a little sentimental and missing my Grandfather, who died about 10 years ago. It was the combination of it being Father’s Day and a Sunday that had me feeling reminiscent. My Grandpa was the only man who resembled a father figure in my life. Sundays were a day we spent together every weekend. In the morning, he’s read the Sunday paper and drink a cup of coffee from his “I <3 Grandpa” mug I bought for him, while country music played on the radio. He loved country music. When he died, I Freecycled his album collection of over 3,000 LPs to a very grateful music collector. I think I credit my love of music ,undefined by genre to the exposure to the wide range of country and bluegrass music in his collection, while my aunt’s and uncles in the house were listening to everything else .
New Garbage.
Shirley Manson is cooler than ever. “…I haven’t seen much effort into trying to redefine the way women have historically been viewed as solely visual treats and playthings. Make no mistake, there is still an incredible struggle for women to be treated as equal around the world and in the music industry. I’ve always felt a responsibility to conduct myself a certain way. “
Whole interview here: http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4145091-women-have-forgotten-what-a-struggle-it-was-dis-meets-shirley-manson-from-garbage
So, last week I mentioned how in love I am with Fiona Apple’s new album. I still do ,even after watching the new video of her wearing an octopus as a hat. Actually,I love the video. The absurd surrealism amuses me.
“Anything We Want” feels like a poetic and seductive conversation set to music. That’s the only way I can think to describe it. Little By Listen has a great review of ‘The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do’ here , which you should read if you actually want to know what the album sounds like instead of my lame attempts at describing it.
Wow, I wish Poe would come out with something new. I heart her hard.
I had this song playing in my head after seeing this great e-card by Conscious Parenting. “it’s just another one of his Jedi mind tricks…”
In my new lit-hop music video for “Flow Like Poe”, I dress up like the him and use a raven puppet to explain how poetry and rap are similar. This is why I’m so gangster.
Lit-hop. Lordy, the geekgasms I had.
I love Jimmy Fallon and love to make fun of 50 Shades of Grey.
Sir Snugglemuffin gets really pissed off when people dance. Toddlers are funny people. Whenever someone dances in our house, he yells at them and shakes his head no. I don’t know what the dance aversion is because we do not live in that town Footloose is set in. Nope, we don’t. So, this song seems very appropriate to lay these days in La Casa de la Crazy.
This end of week wrap up has no discernible order to it. Much like my life at the moment.
Of course, the saddest thing this week was the death of Adam Yauch. This was a rough passing .My heart…it broke when I saw this:
RIP Adam.
I’ve been listening to Jack White’s solo album Blunderbuss. A lot. While listening to the song “16 Saltines” one day this past week, I had the weirdest thought, one I’ve never had before : “I want to lick this song.” What is that about? I want to lick this song? I’m developing an aural-oral fixation. That’s a thing,right? There’s such a thing as auditory fetishes, where a person gets turned on my certain sounds.Which could inspire oral things. So, yeah..I’m gonna claim it’s a thing. Maybe it’s a thing only music junkies get. Have. Do. Think about. Whatever.
Say Anything’s newest Anarchy ,My Dear has gotten a lot of play here,too. Max Beemis has plenty to say about stuff I can nod along in agreement to. He’s sober but not tamed, more self-aware and less self-hating. Plus, love has been treating him right so gone is that angst. It’s a good vibe.
Hey, The Avengers is out! I love this cover of “Ironman”.
I’ll file this under music, purely for my association of music from my youth to Henry Rollin.
Henry Rollins’ ”Letter to a Young American”,advice on discipline, self-reliance, and overcoming obstacles. I found it inspirational, words I want my young offspring to hear. I’m a bit flabberghasted by some of the reactions to this. Conservatives yelling about him pushing socialism down the throats of our youth. Liberals whining about how he’s promoting and feeding into the desire for the Capitalist American dream. I see neither things here. Why does it always have to be like this,haters?
Speaking of inspirational : Laura Burhenn has this incredible new photo project called New Revolutionists that celebrates women who are “women warriors”…women who live to affect change in the world and in their lives of others. Beautiful stuff.
A new song from the Mynabyrds sort of ties into the theme.Plus, the song kicks ass.
