There's a fantastic set of compilations of world psychedelic music, called "Love, Peace & Poetry." Their volume of Mexican psychedelic music is excellent.
To me, the fascinating thing is that Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer, the most popular travelogue-ist of her generation, barely ever set foot out of her hometown.
The beginning of Pruzan's book ran about one month ago in the New Yorker and it was a fascinating read. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a link to an online copy. Luckily, this NPR link reproduces most of the content.
And for those really brave souls who want to know more (and I admit, I'm not yet one of them), Project Gutenberg has a copy of one of Mrs. Mortimer's books, the *ahem* classic Far Off.
these ones are kind of on the nose:
The Sea & Cake - Shoulder Length
Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra - Summer Wine
Koop - Summer Sun
Smokey & Miho - Summer Rain
here's some that do it for me:
Rosemary Clooney - Mangos
Tortoise - I Set My Face To The Hillside
Blackalicious - Make You Feel That Way
Minutemen - Corona
While reading this, was anyone else reminded of Woody Allen's "Why is life worth living?" speech from Manhattan?
"Why is life worth living? It's a very good question. Um...Well, There are certain things I guess that make it worthwhile. uh...Like what... okay...um...For me, uh... ooh... I would say ... what, Groucho Marx, to name one thing... uh...um... and Wilie Mays... and um ... the 2nd movement of the Jupiter Symphony ... and um... Louis Armstrong, recording of Potato Head Blues ... um ... Swedish movies, naturally ... Sentimental Education by Flaubert ... uh... Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra ... um ... those incredible Apples and Pears by Cezanne... uh...the crabs at Sam Wo's... uh... Tracy's face ... "
...It's been a long time since I subjected myself to Derrida
And judging from your understanding of his work, it is clear that you didn't do it for very long, or very effectively, at the time.
Here's your homework, Skrik: go back and show me where Derrida argues that there is no meaning in language. In the meantime, you might wish to lay off both the insults and the memorializations. What you've done is one of the worst examples of trolling I've yet seen on here on Mofi.
I can't believe no one's posted it yet, here or in The Blue!
No one's posted it here yet. But it has been posted on the blue, back in May. No matter, it's still amusing. Though I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Arlington, MA is nice. Having travelled far far from the metro Boston area, I have to say that those who live there can't complain. And I've said this before too: I wish my town had a safety iguana.
The Backpedaling: Well, er, yes, what Wolof said. So never mind the bit about "chances are it don't make noise," because that's not true at all, though it's fair to say that I can't hear them from here. Chirp, chirp.
I was just talking yesterday about this film, and that "I need this!!!" scene in particular, to describe what I want to do every time I set foot in an IKEA -- "Disposable lamps! Bathmats! And Batteries! And that's ALL I need!!!" Oh, and one of my goals for 2004 was to make one of those 70's-style "Bull-Sh*t" T-Shirts that the kid on the train was wearing. All of which is a long way of saying thanks for the link -- it made my morning.
And the metafilter thread posts it as via monkeyfilter, which was confusing until I found the monkeyfilter posting, and noticed that that, too, was from Wolof. So, thanks, Wolof. It's a great site, and I'm glad to see it at both MeFi and MoFi. But my head is spinning right now at the recursive-ness of all that.
...people need to have the piss taken out of their unexamined musical choices...NEED?! I laughed so hard when I read this, soda came out of my nose. Seriously, in the spirit of listmaking, go ahead and make a list of what people need: you'll probably find this one coming in at #10,000 or so, right between #9,999 Alien Death Ray Insurance, and #10,001 A good swift kick in the nuts. And if that's what music writers think -- that they're providing something people need -- well, that goes a long way to explain why so many of them are just unreadable these days.
So get over yourself. Really. Allowing for a plurality of musical enjoyment, even of things you don't like, is less a "let them eat cake" position than it is admitting that "prejudice apart, the game of push-pin is of equal value with the arts and sciences of music and poetry."
And the new tab format is just awful, if you ask me. If they wanted to do something useful, they could have worked on re-enabling right click for opening in a new browser window. Lots of compatability problems with everything but IE too, it seems. Lately I've been just using MSN's music site, which is driven by AllMusic's engine, but isn't timing out like AllMusic is lately. Hopefully they get the bugs worked out soon.
I love Louis Menand's criticism in the New Yorker but in terms of sheer bravado, this essay comes in a pale second to the one he wrote about the new edition of The Chicago Manual of Style.I'm always a little concerned, though, when I find myself having such a good time reading reviews of books about grammar and usage. I'm not a grammarian -- certainly not in practice -- but I find this stuff to be completely captivating.
Once I got to the flash bit which scrolled past an animation of 3 of these on a single roof, and then again during the discussion of wind resistance, it occured to me: The dominant vision of social organization here is a trailer park, but for hipsters...
There's a fantastic set of compilations of world psychedelic music, called "Love, Peace & Poetry." Their volume of Mexican psychedelic music is excellent.
posted by .kobayashi. 18 years ago
In "Mrs Mortimer hated everywhere she went."
To me, the fascinating thing is that Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer, the most popular travelogue-ist of her generation, barely ever set foot out of her hometown. The beginning of Pruzan's book ran about one month ago in the New Yorker and it was a fascinating read. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a link to an online copy. Luckily, this NPR link reproduces most of the content. And for those really brave souls who want to know more (and I admit, I'm not yet one of them), Project Gutenberg has a copy of one of Mrs. Mortimer's books, the *ahem* classic Far Off.
posted by .kobayashi. 19 years ago
In "<b>Delerious George</b>...songs that make it summer "
these ones are kind of on the nose: The Sea & Cake - Shoulder Length Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra - Summer Wine Koop - Summer Sun Smokey & Miho - Summer Rain here's some that do it for me: Rosemary Clooney - Mangos Tortoise - I Set My Face To The Hillside Blackalicious - Make You Feel That Way Minutemen - Corona
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "Curious George: What do you love about America?"
While reading this, was anyone else reminded of Woody Allen's "Why is life worth living?" speech from Manhattan? "Why is life worth living? It's a very good question. Um...Well, There are certain things I guess that make it worthwhile. uh...Like what... okay...um...For me, uh... ooh... I would say ... what, Groucho Marx, to name one thing... uh...um... and Wilie Mays... and um ... the 2nd movement of the Jupiter Symphony ... and um... Louis Armstrong, recording of Potato Head Blues ... um ... Swedish movies, naturally ... Sentimental Education by Flaubert ... uh... Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra ... um ... those incredible Apples and Pears by Cezanne... uh...the crabs at Sam Wo's... uh... Tracy's face ... "
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "Jacques Derrida, RIP"
...It's been a long time since I subjected myself to Derrida And judging from your understanding of his work, it is clear that you didn't do it for very long, or very effectively, at the time. Here's your homework, Skrik: go back and show me where Derrida argues that there is no meaning in language. In the meantime, you might wish to lay off both the insults and the memorializations. What you've done is one of the worst examples of trolling I've yet seen on here on Mofi.
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "The Virtual Suck Tour Of Arlington, Massachusetts"
I can't believe no one's posted it yet, here or in The Blue! No one's posted it here yet. But it has been posted on the blue, back in May. No matter, it's still amusing. Though I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Arlington, MA is nice. Having travelled far far from the metro Boston area, I have to say that those who live there can't complain. And I've said this before too: I wish my town had a safety iguana.
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing...."
The Backpedaling: Well, er, yes, what Wolof said. So never mind the bit about "chances are it don't make noise," because that's not true at all, though it's fair to say that I can't hear them from here. Chirp, chirp.
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "I don't need anything except this"
You're not carnival personnel! Hey! He's not carnival personnel!
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
I was just talking yesterday about this film, and that "I need this!!!" scene in particular, to describe what I want to do every time I set foot in an IKEA -- "Disposable lamps! Bathmats! And Batteries! And that's ALL I need!!!" Oh, and one of my goals for 2004 was to make one of those 70's-style "Bull-Sh*t" T-Shirts that the kid on the train was wearing. All of which is a long way of saying thanks for the link -- it made my morning.
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "mew! mew! tiddles!"
And the metafilter thread posts it as via monkeyfilter, which was confusing until I found the monkeyfilter posting, and noticed that that, too, was from Wolof. So, thanks, Wolof. It's a great site, and I'm glad to see it at both MeFi and MoFi. But my head is spinning right now at the recursive-ness of all that.
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "Ever wondered if they know?"
...people need to have the piss taken out of their unexamined musical choices... NEED?! I laughed so hard when I read this, soda came out of my nose. Seriously, in the spirit of listmaking, go ahead and make a list of what people need: you'll probably find this one coming in at #10,000 or so, right between #9,999 Alien Death Ray Insurance, and #10,001 A good swift kick in the nuts. And if that's what music writers think -- that they're providing something people need -- well, that goes a long way to explain why so many of them are just unreadable these days. So get over yourself. Really. Allowing for a plurality of musical enjoyment, even of things you don't like, is less a "let them eat cake" position than it is admitting that "prejudice apart, the game of push-pin is of equal value with the arts and sciences of music and poetry."
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "I want a short wave radio please."
The Conet Project.
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "The All Music Guide gets reworked."
And the new tab format is just awful, if you ask me. If they wanted to do something useful, they could have worked on re-enabling right click for opening in a new browser window. Lots of compatability problems with everything but IE too, it seems. Lately I've been just using MSN's music site, which is driven by AllMusic's engine, but isn't timing out like AllMusic is lately. Hopefully they get the bugs worked out soon.
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "I presume it is your intention to start upon a Vaudeville career."
I just love the illustration of the trick pianist so much (page 9). Soooooo much. I'm thinking a career change is in order, actually.
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "Eats, Shoots and Leaves"
I love Louis Menand's criticism in the New Yorker but in terms of sheer bravado, this essay comes in a pale second to the one he wrote about the new edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. I'm always a little concerned, though, when I find myself having such a good time reading reviews of books about grammar and usage. I'm not a grammarian -- certainly not in practice -- but I find this stuff to be completely captivating.
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "Dressed to the nines: a history of the baseball uniform."
This is actually really really good. Thanks!
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "Thai Elephant Orchestra:"
best. post. ever.
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "The Loftcube Project."
Once I got to the flash bit which scrolled past an animation of 3 of these on a single roof, and then again during the discussion of wind resistance, it occured to me: The dominant vision of social organization here is a trailer park, but for hipsters...
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
In "Le singe est curieux."
For modern-age French music, David Byrne's Luaka Bop released a great compilation called "Cuisine Non-Stop" that's well worth checking out.
posted by .kobayashi. 20 years ago
(limited to the most recent 20 comments)