godthedog

side b of disc one, or disc two? it's got 4 sides. if the latter, then i totally agree. "sanctuary" is my absolute favorite miles moment ever.

my girlfriend has made me 3 mix cd's so far, over a period of about as many weeks. she's pretty good at it.

This song has some sort of weird hypnotic hold over me. Seriously, it's so outrageously over the top melodramatic and bombastic that it almost ceases to be ridiculous and veers into some kind of absurd artistic statement. Almost. oh, i think it totally veers into that territory. bonnie tyler is the douglas sirk of 80s pop, and someday she will be recognized as such. after she dies, they're going to find all kinds of erudite journal entries about brecht and whatnot.

was it exciting?

i think i might be in love.

I started singing this today for no reason. Creepy. softly to yourself, or trying to imitate bonnie tyler's throaty screams of agony?

i had fond childhood memories bonnie tyler's "holding out for a hero", since it was in 'short circuit 2' and all, so i downloaded it & listened to it for the first time in probably ten years. this has got to be the most bombastic, overly dramatic production OF ANY SONG EVER. i know pop music in general is notorious for being superficial and overdone, but holy SHIT is that thing overdone. the backup vocals, the stabbing horns, the reverbing drum machine beats, tyler's aural weeping and gnashing of teeth...all of it.

"total eclipse of the heart." that song rocks my nuts six ways from sunday.

i think 'los olvidados' and 'city of god' would fall into this category as well.

top 5 90s summer weather songs: 1. sublime - doin' time 2. dr dre - let me ride 3. tom petty - you don't know how it feels 4. beastie boys - bobo on the corner 5. liz phair - supernova for daytime only. i'd have to make a separate list for nighttime summer music, cause it's a completely different atmosphere.

when were you in new york? we could've hooked up. god dammit.

the avalanches - since i left you blur - s/t jeff buckley - mystery white boy tom waits - rain dogs big sale at tower records. should take me at least a week to digest all this.

something about me really hates the transition from "nausicaa" to "oxen of the sun." it's 30+ straight pages of the freest and easiest reading in the whole fucking book, and it's beautiful, then suddenly you run into a wall of impenetrable prose.

jeff buckley and john fogerty had more soul than he.

you write for this site to be READ? silly rabbit. i don't think it's been that long. my "2046" thingy, which was up until today, was done less than 2 weeks ago i'm pretty sure.

when i visited chicago, i saw a place in wicker park called Cafe Absinthe. didn't get to go in, i guess it was too early in the day for them to be open.

'murray street' is starting to surpass 'daydream nation' the more i listen to it.

my friend carrie wrote me a couple poems last week: Sometimes I watch you when you're not looking. Your ears are asymmetrical and hairy. Should I ford the river or attempt to cross? How many days of rations should I buy? Oh shit, I died of dysentery. this inspired me to write her one of my own. I once saw a delicate smiling girl on 14th street. She asked, "Perchance, where is the L line?" My mouth went dry as I responded, "I have a really big penis!" She turned confusedly and walked away. i think hers are better. they have a brevity that mine lacks.

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0090/0090_01.asp

top five songs i heard at a karaoke bar last night: 1. alana miles - "black velvet" 2. elton john - "i guess that's why they call it the blues" 3. roxette - "listen to your heart" 4. the pointer sisters - "i'm so excited" 5. rolling stones - "sympathy for the devil"

so who else makes up the IWC exactly?

"arguing with the mother of one of his children" i love the way they phrased that. and the fact that this took place in west virginia.

yeah, you sure showed them. your unspoken influence is frightening. they're sure clamoring to get your vote now, aren't they.

they're not obligated to pander to you. they can say whatever they want, and you're free to like them or not like them.

i'll say it right now, i'd take elvis's sheer charisma over anything morrison had any day.