I sat at the bar. It was a long wood bar, and I always enjoyed drinking there. I lit a smoke, and enjoyed the Captain Morgan’s. It was warm in the bar. I took off my jacket and hung it on a hook below the bar. I glanced at the [...]
7. Pixies, “Cactus”
Though Black Francis doesn’t let loose his usual yowling scream in “Cactus”—a song about a prisoner’s wish that his probably deceased girl send him something with her scent on it—there are still plenty of desperate emotions on display. “A letter in your writing doesn’t mean you’re not dead,” the inmate reasons, so he [...]
Here is a new meme, though I have not been on the internet for several hours so it could be seventy-two hours old; Find the song ‘Good Vibrations’ by the Beach Boys in your library and create a twenty five song genius playlist, and post the results.
So, I downloaded the new iTunes today. There is a feature called Genius which will analyze the songs in your library, and you can build a playlist from these songs. So, you right click on a song, scroll down to ‘Start Genius’ and Bob’s yer uncle, you got a group of 25, 50, [...]
Now you’ll sing a song of liberty for blacks and paks and jocks
And they’ll take you from this dump you’re in and stick you in a box
Then they’ll take you to cloughprior and shove you in the ground
But you’ll stick your head back out and shout we’ll have another round
At the graveside of Cúchulainn we’ll [...]
‘What you want Natalie?’
‘To drink and fight!’
we don’t care whose ass we kick, and if we’re ever all alone, we’ll just stand in front of the mirror and try to kick our own.
Watched this documentary on the Sundance Channel the other day. I never knew Black Francis‘(*) name was Charles.
Bloody your hands on a cactus tree
Wipe it on your dress and send it to me
Sitting here wishing on a cement floor
Just wishing that I had just something you wore
Men want to be him, women love him. Fox, Fox Mulder. You’re a damned good looking man.
Two Minutes and 42 Seconds in Heaven
How many horn solos does it take to kill a perfect pop song? JOSHUA ALLEN applies science and taste to determine the exact best length—down to the second—for the platonic song, including a full mix tape of samples.
So, here are the songs in my collection that are 2:42
Czar 2:42 Frank Black [...]