tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11014608645936715752024-02-07T00:36:38.817-05:00HYPERchristophreshTEXTchristophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-3900063255402277252013-03-02T17:20:00.000-05:002013-03-02T17:25:14.971-05:00Praise God, It's Spring BreakSpring Break ! <br>
Not sure what <b>springbreak</b> means to <a href='http://noisey.vice.com/blog/heres-the-spring-breakers-trailer'>Harmony Korine</a>, but to me, it means watching movies and going thrift-store searching and drinking coffee. <br>It will also involve grading, but patience- grading will happen at some later date. As of now, I am enjoying myself. I'm feeling <i>satisfied</i>, you might say....<br><br>
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Got an(other) album by Andraé Crouch and the Disciples today. That's right! Today! You are getting fresh-old tracks.
<br>Above track is not wholly representative of their sound- most of it is a more standard gospel sound, and so not nearly so dance-ready as that song. <br><br>
But hey, it's my <strike>goddamn</strike> goshdarn blog, and that is the song I most want to play. You know, I'm more a "The Disco is My Church", a <a href='http://youtu.be/GtfZbj4J71A'>"Last Night a DJ Saved My Life"</a> kind of guy. All their songs are quite good, a lotta power coming out of these disciples, but I'd most like to share this standout, if 'black-sheep', song.<br><br>
Here are some of the liner notes, in case you are curious.
<blockquote>It is interesting that this, the first "Best of Andraé Crouch & the Disciples" album, should be released at this time. For this is an age in which wee are experiencing a nostalgic fervor across our country-- a yearning to recall some of the good-times from years past.<br><br>
Needless to say, there is a nostalgic touch to this recording, too. The songs on this album are the songs that over the past years you have told us were your favorites. Most of these favorites bring back memories-- memories of difficulties and struggles-- but mostly times of great blessing and joy.<br><br>
Our thoughts now are centered on the many people and friends around the world who have told us of the impact our songs have had on their lives-- praise God!
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Isn't it present today as well, the thirst for nostalgia? <br>I think so; it would explain why all of America is flocking to my blog.
christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-2390849378811529182013-01-11T14:53:00.000-05:002013-01-11T15:06:00.083-05:00Mary J. Blige, "Going Down" to the "Car Wash" (soundtrack)Today is Mary J. Blige’s birthday. Let’s celebrate!
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I was already thinking just yesterday about posting this song, so now my hand has been forced by fate. <br />
Like a dog tied to a rolling cart: “fate leads the willing, and drags the unwilling”. So let’s roll to the Car Wash together (you don't really have a choice).<br />
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Above is the original of “I’m Going Down”, covered to great effect (to say the least) by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XmwiwQjU8E%E2%80%99">Queen Mary</a>. <br /> <br />
It is on the soundtrack to “Car Wash”, which is excellent, all the way through.
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Not only does it have those mood-setting 2:00 long bits, for playing in the background of movie scenes, it has more standard songs with lyrics too. Pointer Sisters on “You Gotta to Believe” (“in something/ why don’t you believe in me?”)<br /><br />
The songs are all credited to Rose Royce and Norman Whitfield; ‘Rose Royce’ sounds like Rolls Royce, a funny little pun, which I just realized. “RR” is actually a group, not a stage name for a single person; this helps explain the wide variety of songs here, because it is not just a single writer plus one female singer, but a whole group plus the guy who wrote “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”.<br />
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--I just realized, there is way too much good stuff on this album, and way too many songs that I am thinking of to pair with each song... I gotta split this into more than one post!--
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So just one little bit more, of related news…
I own the movie “<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%98http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290332/%E2%80%99">The Wash</a>”, starring Dr. Dre and Snoop Lion. <br />
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It even has Eminem in it, as a crazy person… really flexing his acting chops there…
I think I bought this when TLA closed up its Center City shop. Still haven’t watched it yet. I’m pretty sure it is a rubbish movie, but, some things, you just have to own. <br /><br />
"After Sex" is actually on the soundtrack of another movie I own/haven't seen yet... music on that film done by none other than Curtis Mayfield.
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christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-75153209465103625872012-12-19T14:20:00.000-05:002012-12-19T14:20:34.009-05:00Elvis Presley is Not That InterestingOh! There is a yuletide star in the sky...<br />
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follow it, and you'll find, not a manger....<br />
but Youtube videos! Of Charlie Rich and Elvis Presley!<br />
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"Well, I make it alright/ <br />
Monday morning to Friday night/<br />
but oh...<br />
Those Lonely Weekends".<br />
Don't be 'so sorry Charlie'! Christmas is around the corner; then you have a few days off... so it's like Every Day is the Weekend! (...oh, ah, ... nevermind) <br />
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"you said you'd be good to me, said our love would never die/<br />
said you'd be good to me, but baby-- you didn't even try".<br />
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I pulled this Charlie Rich sound out of my vinyl stacks for you, because I heard the following song on the ol' radio :<br />
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Well, of course I heard this on the radio, 'tis the season, right?<br />
Now I like this song, even though I have heard it <i>a time or two</i>. I once sang the most Elvis-y part ("bluuuuuuuuhuhuhuhuhuhuuue") to my cousins, some far ago Xmas, and it cracked them up. At least that is how I remember it!<br />
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<br />Anyhow, Charlie Rich's singing and playing covers a vast swath of styles: country-gospel; rockabilly-y;<br />
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early RocknRoll or RnB (you know, with the "Blues" still in RnB).<br />
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But on "Lonely Weekends", as you can clearly see/hear, he is doing a little Elvis impression. And he's so good at it, and just flat out so good, as one YouTube comment said, "Who needs Elvis?"<br />
Me, I couldn't be bothered to give Elvis coal for Christmas: I just don't care about him. But Charlie Rich? If you see a Rich-Record, for Christ's sake (it's his b-day after all), get me the damn thing!<br />
What do you all think: please tell me someone else out there prefers Charlie Rich to Elvis.<br />
Any takers?<br />
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<br />christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-91802946850602546832012-10-25T19:03:00.000-04:002012-10-25T19:03:13.396-04:00Halloween: Rockabill-o-ween edition (twang!)With Halloween coming, c'mon, you gotta listen to The Cramps.<br />
(listen to darn <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCYnTK9GvZc&feature=list_other&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9Ckscsk-OdwNVUx_JQU6Sln">near all of it</a>, if you wanna)<br />
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Grab <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/zf3li14cq1tc2ft/3_Domino.mp3">that DL</a> on the DL<br />
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It might hurt, burn, sting, a little-- yet "when the devil drives, you <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/needs-must.html">needs must</a> go".<br />
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If that song brings you to a dark place, friend, try this version instead: Roy Orbison's more upbeat and swinging version. This is closer to Casper the Friendly Ghost (in the best possible way).<br />
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And to finish, an earlier Roy Orbison version, that sort of splits the difference between Casper and Lux:<br />
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christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-24900936381341741362012-10-24T20:01:00.002-04:002012-10-24T20:01:16.962-04:00Halloween- HalloNew Order Edition<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/39yfl9a1lp1gkva/New_Order-_Skullcrusher.mp3">Download "SkullCrusher"</a> <b>(BOO!)</b> by New Order<br />
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New Order created the theme to a movie, called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation!">Salvation!</a> (the exclamation mark is not mine), and the songs are all real gems.<br />
The movie, is "maybe not" a real gem.<br />
(although it does have <a href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcdfi9Fl0H1qfbtuio1_1280.jpg">Viggo</a>
and Exene Cervenka in it... wait, now I am thinking "maybe so" )<br />
It seems to involve blackmailing a sham preacher... pretty Halloweenesque.<br />
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"Sputnik" is airy, atmospheric, like fog drifting around a car, coasting through a deserted back stretch of highway... <i>with no driver</i>!!! <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(scary)</span><br />
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<span id="goog_818182182"></span><span id="goog_818182183"></span>It's movie music, you know, so most of these songs have zero words. Only "Touched by the Hand of God" has any.<br />
"Sputnik" is the most clearly from a movie- it's 'filmic';<br />
the other ones are that subset of New Order style which reminds you forcefully of Joy Division.<br />
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"Skullcrusher" is the one that sounds the very most like Joy Division; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVjYN-S1-XI">"Let's Go"</a> is a close second.<br />
Now, I like New Order when they don't sound like Joy Division, absolutely (we all do, <u>right?!?!</u> ),<br />
but when developing a Halloween theme, by God, it had better sound like Joy Division.christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-83622209315636009242012-10-23T17:59:00.003-04:002013-01-03T22:35:47.306-05:00Halloween!: Soft Cell-oween EditionOkay, so you gotta play these back to back, okay? They run directly into each other on the album, so let's try to mimick that magick.<br />
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Fair warning: there are <b>totally nipples</b> in the sexdwarf video- actually, there is all manner of batshit shit going on- so don't try watching it at work. Ain't nobody need to get fired in "this economy".<br />
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If you've already been fired, fantastic! Because not only musically and lyrically, but also *visually*, these videos are a match for the current Halloween theme.<br />
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(love that line: "luring disco dollies to a life of vice") <br />
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These songs come off the <i>Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret </i>album. This album has "Tainted Love" on it, but it is no exaggeration to say that every song on this album is good. So if you see it in a record bin, <u>don't be scared</u> to buy it.<br />
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By the way, it <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/christianmontone/4784680088/">looks like this</a>:<br />
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Also, it doesn't fit at all with the Halloween theme, but Kyle might recognize <a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ePnXYklBBh8?rel=0%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20allowfullscreen%3E%3C/iframe%3E">this Soft Cell song</a> too. But nobody else click on it! Promise? </div>
<br />christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-51816677986493132682012-10-22T20:30:00.000-04:002012-10-22T20:30:36.839-04:00Halloween- HalloWoman EditionHalloween- <i>yes!</i> The best international holiday ever, easy.<br />
(except for maybe Thanksgiving, which I just learned <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_%28Canada%29">Canadians</a> also celebrate)<br />
(and except my birthday)<br />
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So to help you celebrate- because I'm a giver, see?- I will put up a slew of unholy holiday-related songs.<br />
Now, this song musically is not so dark or spooky-ooky. But, it is by the great (late- that's sorta Halloween-ish) Marty Robbins.<br />
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(download <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/krwt3m6m4og1abb/The_very_best_of_country_-_devil_woman_-_marty_robbins.mp3"> Devil Woman- Marty Robbins</a> as you watch below)
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Now, you kids these days, with your John E. Cash, or what have you... Sure, he's who all those kids- who are demanding candy already- would post for their Halloween songs. Sure, sure, "Ring of Fire"- but you already know about that song. Lord, you probably already have that song! So I give you this instead.<br />
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Or rather, these instead:<br />
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And this one, you just gotta hear.<br />
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Listen to it- it's <b>nuts</b>! It has killing, stampedes, lightning, Mexico, lightning which performs a miracle, and the face of Jesus Christ- the OG Zombie- Respek!<br />
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<br />christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-35314936339283892582012-10-14T23:13:00.000-04:002012-10-14T23:29:01.383-04:00"Get [a post] On Down!", quick!Just going to quickly put a few things "down" on "paper".
The Dells are a really solid band.
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They have a "The Sound Of Philadelphia"-type sound. In fact, one of their two lead singers has a gruff, take-charge voice, somewhat reminiscent of Teddy Pendergrass.
(...that would <i>not</i> be their falsetto singer...)
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See what Eddie Murphy has to say about TP's singing style here- you can see what kind of voice you will be treated to if you snag <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/sr0b8n0wqhz8qcz/Get_on_down.mp3">this track</a> by The Dells.
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That's <b>raw</b>, nawImean? </br>
(I mean, the video is from <i>Delirious</i>- the joke, the voice, are raw. Sorry for the confusion: it has been a while.)
christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-43345986680711540402012-02-28T17:37:00.008-05:002012-02-28T18:18:38.203-05:00Un-Covered MelodySo I did pull off the masterstroke, the (bloodless) coup that I promised last post. And it's pretty grand. Pretty epic, like the better-known version of this song:<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tz0ze0lcaF8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />-- Please download this fresh-from-vinyl version, of <a href='http://www.mediafire.com/?tdoxt7bcbr595ux'>Belafonte's version of "Unchained Melody"</a> --<br />( I also have, all ripped from vinyl, Charlie Rich, Al Green, Ricky Nelson, and Sonny & Cher covers. I can post those, of you'd please. )<br /><br />Of course, the better-/best-known version of this song is by the very righteous Righteous Brothers. And I post Harry Belafonte's version, not because their version lacks anything-<br />No, quite the contrary-<br />but just to show what changes Belafonte has wrought. <br /><br />Margeaux and I were talking at her house (that's the coup, FYI), and she posited her general rule about covers:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Don't cover a song that you cannot improve. </span><br />I like this rule; it makes sense. If you just want to <span style="font-style:italic;">play</span> the damn song, sure: play it. But to record it and send it out there, why?, unless you have done it one better.<br /><br />Now, we could, with all good reason, say that nobody can improve on the Righteous Brothers' version. <br />However, in Belafonte's slowed-down version, there is a delicacy that is not present in the Righteous Brothers' version.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Oh And Also</span>, I failed to mention this little historical tidbit:<br />Belafonte covered this song in <span style="font-weight:bold;">1956</span>, on the album pictured above.<br /><br />The Righteous Brothers covered it on this album, in <span style="font-weight:bold;">1965</span>:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-U_Di5VztwPY1SxfU_yUGFkTcv6_ROWiKqtH11JhP_tWBiMHBzNGSrbSXtueXl-8NyR8rxr0ZBMhHLKN7e_BN56323gHSKiQhtuVVuKE8cVS-vm8tQ4_zrkIPziLppAXI2PLH95S_Sx4/s1600/The-Righteous-Brothers-Unchained-Melody.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-U_Di5VztwPY1SxfU_yUGFkTcv6_ROWiKqtH11JhP_tWBiMHBzNGSrbSXtueXl-8NyR8rxr0ZBMhHLKN7e_BN56323gHSKiQhtuVVuKE8cVS-vm8tQ4_zrkIPziLppAXI2PLH95S_Sx4/s400/The-Righteous-Brothers-Unchained-Melody.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714326429736912850" /></a><br /><br />So Belafonte did not violate Margeaux's good rule about covers.<br /><br />The original? It's from a <span style="font-weight:bold;">movie about prison!</span>, which is where the 'Unchained'-name comes from.<br />Oh, and somehow, Belafonte was Oscar-nominated for <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unchained_Melody#Early_versions'>Best Original Song</a> for this, even though he did not write it, and it had already been covered a few times by then.<br /><br />Anyhow, his is not the original, but it is <span style="font-style:italic;">less </span> a cover or less un- an original (if that makes sense), than the Righteous Brothers version.christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-85261132317909213662012-01-28T15:06:00.006-05:002012-02-03T19:54:40.487-05:00"Brevity: soul of wit": here we go.<br />Trying to give a little taste of some recent musical acquisitions. Haven't even <span style="font-style:italic;">told </span>you yet what I got in Portland, let alone given you a taste!<br />For Shame.<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Jh-boFHu008" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Okay, so Teddy Pendergrass again, a solo joint this time. <br />(Not <a href='http://christophresh.blogspot.com/2010/12/together-soon-teddy-sharon-harold.html'>HMBftTP</a>)<br /><br />Got this after Portland, in Philly, mais oui, at Molly's Outlet in South Philly- 1117. E. Passyunk Ave. You can still <a href='https://www.facebook.com/events/314494865260204/'>check out</a> their special outlet sale this weekend. All records a buck, and a much sharper selection than a thrift store.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTjTQpO73UfiJwmt1i4GH3dNHIPMlqRtLRoUmUHI7FqjPWaFicHMRWuNRJxWUUdyEYms59H4t_XM5I_rHHldeuMTclAh_PkwQ6CW27Kq7l1T63dK5SIyQwSOp87DykbMdPPfylGMO5uo/s1600/teddy-pendergrass-its-time-for-love-02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTjTQpO73UfiJwmt1i4GH3dNHIPMlqRtLRoUmUHI7FqjPWaFicHMRWuNRJxWUUdyEYms59H4t_XM5I_rHHldeuMTclAh_PkwQ6CW27Kq7l1T63dK5SIyQwSOp87DykbMdPPfylGMO5uo/s400/teddy-pendergrass-its-time-for-love-02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702781716047366962" /></a><br /><br />Haven't copied <span style="font-style:italic;">It's Time For Love</span> yet to hard drive, because 1) très cray busy and 2) got a new laptop to replace my worn-out "CRAPtop" and haven't loaded the requisite software yet.<br />Busy for the normal reasons,....<br />plus...<br />I am plotting something big right now. I'm about to pull off a real coup, wait and see. A masterstroke, to cap all things good.christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-33624328610013345482012-01-21T12:44:00.006-05:002012-01-21T13:09:26.128-05:00Literally Quite ShittyMy new place is shitty. Quite shitty. For instance, just seconds ago, the front door is open, as it sometimes is. There is of course snow on the ground right now, but sure, let’s get a little fresh air in here.<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/diVuTJlCae0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /> Dowload J Mascis, <a href='http://www.mediafire.com/file/ym19wqsa29ow3do/If That's How It's Gotta Be.mp3'>"If That's How It's Gotta Be"</a> (ripped from vinyl, FYI)<br /><br /><br />The place is literally so shitty, that when we were unloading the moving truck, <br /><br />There was <span style="font-weight:bold;">feces </span>in the toilet.<br /><br />And there was no handle on the toilet. <br />There was, generously, a coat hanger attached to a string for flushing…<br />but the water was off.<br /><br />That is sort of the low- highlight. But there’s more. <br />One day, someone let the air out of both my bike tires in the hallway. <br />The door is left open randomly, and is almost never locked until sometime after dark. <br />Actually, maybe it’s best that they let air out of my tires- since the door is wide open, flats would make my bike more difficult to walk away with!<br /><br />There is a full size window in the shower. I have since painted over the window (to keep the children at the school across the street from learning too much); the previous solution, which was left for me to remove, was car window tinting.<br />I doth not jest! The car tinting had a wonderful dual nature: I could see out, and, right, we have to trust, still be unseen as I looked out on the neighborhood! <br />So the trashy local kids who <span style="font-weight:bold;">drink and shout and cuss</span> and spit and cough and yell and laugh (the demons) directly under this window, could perhaps be spied on while I take care of my hygienic needs.<br /><br />Right after I moved in, someone left a couch (too big for the stairs) in the hallway. <br />For ten days. <br />Eventually, we all stopped being polite (like the Real World!) and shoeprints and bike tires began to leave their marks.<br /><br />When I moved in, no cleaning or anything resembling cleaning had been done. Compounding this, I have a Chinese-style oven, which means two fans, high gas flames, and… covered with wok grease. The fans and hood had so much ‘ambient grease’ covering them, that there were little stalagtites of (somebody else’s!) fat hanging down. (still can’t remember difference between ‘tites and ‘mites)<br /><br />On the food tip, it’s South Philly, so there are plenty of bugs. And the fridge, until I divined the Goldilocks temp, alternated between freezing my lettuce solid and melting my just-bought ice cream. It also runs all the time.<br />Ah yes, the fridge also is in front of one of two electric outlets in the entire house. None in bathroom (how am I to curl my hair?), one in bedroom, just one plug left in kitchen, so my <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sous-vide'>sous-vide</a> process must be done in the bedroom (not really).<br />But there are two cable outlets in the bedroom, so we have the essentials covered.<br /><br />The cabinets were perhaps put in by a sadistic child with a learning disability, since one door opens into the side of another cabinet (i.e. opens 2 inches), and all of them have an inaccessible top shelf, unless you have a step ladder. They were not so kind as to supply a step ladder, although they did leave other furniture.<br /><br />There also was no working smoke detector (took them a month to replace it), which became an even more pressing issue when my brand-new flouro bulbs kept burning out, just weeks after I put them in. I looked at the lighting (as if I’m some fucking electrician) and the copper wiring was so old, it was green.<br /><br />There is a lot of great stuff about my neighborhood (not so much ‘a lot’ about my house though), and maybe I will share that with you all later. But right now, I feel like complaining, because I am like that wiring: <br />old and fussy and smoldering. <br /><br />Which is why I played you <a href='http://stereogum.com/929611/j-mascis-gets-a-bobblehead/news/'>J Mascis</a>: he’s like that too.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWFaFltEs_csd02JkPMKPlXr9hBlfG3z90ySeJihvZeNQOtz4SkPa7VJvKikX8sQ2_EuhEFveXcEnGIBrrKHuWHSJ5n5qD0Q4BGEhEr3hsBDup9Vk7qDMyEsNmLcaLoQNlht7dxeClKs/s1600/JM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWFaFltEs_csd02JkPMKPlXr9hBlfG3z90ySeJihvZeNQOtz4SkPa7VJvKikX8sQ2_EuhEFveXcEnGIBrrKHuWHSJ5n5qD0Q4BGEhEr3hsBDup9Vk7qDMyEsNmLcaLoQNlht7dxeClKs/s400/JM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700144700513385778" /></a>christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-86807950561246745842012-01-07T14:22:00.005-05:002012-01-07T14:56:21.671-05:00Epictetian Preachin'Here we go, here's a little uplift, to match our weather today:<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YI9RGK9iyNo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Oooooh, if only "everyday" felt this good! <br />Going to go eat goose with friends tonight (my idea), <br />doing research on Stoic philosophy in combination with Foucault's <a href='http://www.comm.umn.edu/Foucault/histsex2.html'>use</a> of their ethical <a href='http://www.amazon.com/History-Sexuality-Vol-Care-Self/dp/0394741552'>care</a> of the self,<br />sat in a park where they were mulching Xmas trees, which smelled better than you could possibly imagine.<br /><br />Well, I won't bore you with all the rest of my "day, people"-- for it is not your duty to mark down and be concerned with my joys and ills, nor mine to fret and tut-tut over yours. As Epictetus tells us:<br /><br /><blockquote>But the judge condemns you on the charge of impiety. And did not the judges similarly condemn Socrates? Surely it is no concern of yours... <br />Your father has a certain function, and if he does not perform it, he has destroyed the father in him, the man who loves his offspring, the man of gentleness within him. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Do not seek to make him lose anything else on this account</span>... <br />Again, it is your function to defend yourself firmly, respectfully, without passion. Otherwise, you have destroyed within you the son, the respectful man, the man of honour. What then? Is the judge secure? No; but he too runs just as great a risk. Why, then, are you afraid of what decision he is going to render? <span style="font-weight:bold;">What have you to do with another man's evil?</span> (<span style="font-style:italic;">Discourses</span>, Book III, xviii)</blockquote><br /><br />So, if I be condemned, I will not let that affect the respect which I hold for myself, nor will it affect my judgment on what a nice fucking day it is.christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-45003819935990034832011-12-18T12:43:00.006-05:002011-12-19T22:53:22.596-05:00A Colonoscopy For Chris - tmas?!?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUqwBRR-Fow-4DYOWkV_fGWdoKCu_1jSP2MRJ8pxxWJdGoMKNBopBN261o9XPt-u9XhZzNDJ7AA2oHOrva59yt5n4_SqwnEdHtmfGpXgq1k0G8YLCsbz4vD6mbZl_uBLPGqtPTSmtFCA/s320/XMAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 315px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUqwBRR-Fow-4DYOWkV_fGWdoKCu_1jSP2MRJ8pxxWJdGoMKNBopBN261o9XPt-u9XhZzNDJ7AA2oHOrva59yt5n4_SqwnEdHtmfGpXgq1k0G8YLCsbz4vD6mbZl_uBLPGqtPTSmtFCA/s320/XMAS.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I am pretty sure I have mentioned before: Lou Rawls is so good, he even makes Christmas music good. Great, really. It's like he's the <span style="font-weight:bold;">King of Kings</span> or something!!<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UsJgiJG-ic4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Download Lou Rawls, <a href='http://www.mediafire.com/?45s956w7wkp8mn4'>"Little Drummer Boy"</a> <br />If your heart is not putrid and upside-down and evil and filled with snuff, you should continue listening to <span style="font-style:italic;">all Rawls' </span>Xmas goodness on YouTube . There is nary a cheeseball in there. Maybe a snowball or two...<br /><br />...also, Operation SnowDump begins tomorrow! Ask Kyle, if you're intrigued: "Op S" is the secret title for all our big secret Portland plans...<br /><br />Speaking of intrigued, when I began search-typing "Lou Rawls Christmas" <br />(because I mean it, his whole Christmas album is good, so I didn't know just which song I wanted to play)<br />well shucks, I got to the "C" of "Xmas", and what popped up?!?!<br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qZtKkDmpxPA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />It's in English, as the clip title helpfully states, but let's remember:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Chris</span>tmas is not just for Chris, nor just for English-speakers.<br />Christmas is for <span style="font-style:italic;">everybody</span>.<br /><br /><br />Oh, by the way, I meant it when I put an enema on my Christmas list. Nuh Be Afeared: go ahead and buy me one. In fact, be really not scared: <br /><br />Go for a BOGO!christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-58824748348630573562011-12-07T18:47:00.008-05:002011-12-07T19:18:37.238-05:00Infamous AnniversarySince today's is an anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, I am throwing this at you. Put it on blast-<br />Team America!; Team Isley!<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aTPFL2qgYB8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Download Isley Brothers, "Ballad of the Fallen Soldier" <a href='http://www.mediafire.com/?10801q8d96y5hv4'>here</a><br /><br />I didn't say "blast" to be funny. It was an accident; yet, since it is a little bit funny, I will leave it.<br />Another happy accident: I googled 'peral harbor' first (to check if today was the day or not ... shameful not to know, isn't it?). What if it were called "Feral Harbor"? <br />Wouldn't that be <span style="font-style:italic;">wild</span>?!?!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3svQBUmHWAyktVXvEGW9Jky7JBnOLbzgJ5ho836wkhJGvg6WlZN7-yC2yrmtTVwe9xKFvR6kQkMcTDvps1xrrRXoc4Phudo3dBJoN2sAOAsFFLYIEbimazZX6piwUqXEdT7ujc_mS5kA/s1600/swimming-pig-2_1444701i.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3svQBUmHWAyktVXvEGW9Jky7JBnOLbzgJ5ho836wkhJGvg6WlZN7-yC2yrmtTVwe9xKFvR6kQkMcTDvps1xrrRXoc4Phudo3dBJoN2sAOAsFFLYIEbimazZX6piwUqXEdT7ujc_mS5kA/s320/swimming-pig-2_1444701i.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683539481631792978" /></a><br />That's a feral pig, dummy.<br /><br />Jay-Z sampled the Isley Brothers' "Ballad of the Fallen Soldier": the keyboard hook and some guitar...<br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RESncBXYGBs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />And you know what? <span style="font-weight:bold;">The hell with Jay-Z.</span> That's right, I said it. Why is that fool <a href='http://www.hiphopearly.com/Young-Jeezy-ft-Andre-3000-Jay-Z-I-Do-Shout-t9673.html'>rapping about marriage</a>? <br />Just because he <span style="font-style:italic;">is</span> married is not a good excuse!<br />I <span style="font-style:italic;">do not</span> want to hear songs about marriage right now- that is why I am listening to the hip-hop radio station. <br />Only NPR stations give you less about marriage than hip-hop radio. Well, NPR talks all the time about GayMarriage (...liberals...) fair enough. But I thought I could count on rappers to uphold their fine tradition of pretending like love and ruinous heartbreak <span style="font-weight:bold;">simply never happen</span>.<br /><br />What the fuck rap?! <br />You blew it.christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-45489322641423844022011-11-30T16:43:00.012-05:002011-12-05T21:04:02.356-05:00"Happy" Music? Really Though?The Blackbyrds' Happy Music<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VOm4aT-eU58" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />(Download <a href='http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ban57vvs15r3xt1'>Happy Music</a> by The Blackbyrds at Mediafire)<br /><br />The Internet doesn't have the full lyrics anywhere- so I will supply the missing lyrics which are relevant for our purposes:<br /><br />" when you get up/and you gotta / <span style="font-weight:bold;">start your day</span><br />feelin' <span style="font-style:italic;">lazy</span>/<span style="font-style:italic;">and confused</span> / <span style="font-weight:bold;">you can find your way</span><br />Happy music/is the music / <span style="font-weight:bold;">you need to play</span><br />if you want to/it will help you / <span style="font-weight:bold;">save your day </span>"<br /><br />Good thing I am not writing my dissertation right now, because today, and the days that are like, have been and will be like, today, even preparing for class seems a chore. <br />Confused and Lazy.<br /><br />Happy Music, sure, but also pretty dark for this band. Sort of the inverse of a point I've made before: The Stooges' "No Fun" is actually probably their <span style="font-style:italic;">most</span> fun song.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwP86_UucxBOW9j8-GwclFRkiaf8QghUsN3nwZiouJEZEX7Q_3n_MQKOKSKQd_ocshHqJivcbjeQ848_f5z5SCPPeahveC2CVq8H0ZPRO9L2cjIBlTWWq7X5CZm2KqKJ10CNnAn-k8g8/s1600/happy+curly.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwP86_UucxBOW9j8-GwclFRkiaf8QghUsN3nwZiouJEZEX7Q_3n_MQKOKSKQd_ocshHqJivcbjeQ848_f5z5SCPPeahveC2CVq8H0ZPRO9L2cjIBlTWWq7X5CZm2KqKJ10CNnAn-k8g8/s400/happy+curly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680915480568781634" /></a><br /><br />For the Blackbyrds (most of their songs are fun, and light 'n' mellow), <br />this actually has a pretty dark edge. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5mj2K6W6-1mb9j0RnMAxtgHMD2qLyQNuexgliuPdo0lHDdZCuS2dV5ju7YdTSX2rzCJjiGNH7pU26-aP67A-PBaG5N55KGrA62uAXpbVnfJvSfWSibnHdCLklsMcDnX8eGLetRDxwLE/s1600/dark+n+stormy+angry-bird.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5mj2K6W6-1mb9j0RnMAxtgHMD2qLyQNuexgliuPdo0lHDdZCuS2dV5ju7YdTSX2rzCJjiGNH7pU26-aP67A-PBaG5N55KGrA62uAXpbVnfJvSfWSibnHdCLklsMcDnX8eGLetRDxwLE/s320/dark+n+stormy+angry-bird.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680915274482456818" /></a><br /><br />Now, dark and happy are not strictly opposed- but neither do they have any necessary connection.<br />You <span style="font-style:italic;">could </span>be both dark and happy at one moment, but that would be a bit of the old "cake and eat it too," wouldn't it?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4-iS_WRrS4An3izdh8eoTBke5fayObpe1wtE4XfbhzaVGG3ZC-164iFyL3sg4l1IeKBNcBcC2-upTqAHKG3H_ah_pVrDPQ8UinjQKrq5IFlhUIZC4qamLkO8tD9to4CtasSEU8kpVJ8/s1600/blackbyrds+cartoon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4-iS_WRrS4An3izdh8eoTBke5fayObpe1wtE4XfbhzaVGG3ZC-164iFyL3sg4l1IeKBNcBcC2-upTqAHKG3H_ah_pVrDPQ8UinjQKrq5IFlhUIZC4qamLkO8tD9to4CtasSEU8kpVJ8/s400/blackbyrds+cartoon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680915956814450066" /></a><br /><br />So certainly these days (late-year, ... etc. ...) are dark, but ideally, they would be happy, for you, as well.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFqJ1AMKTMHFf6Ne610aL7XfI8lu42LgXYzysYPS3AH7Cx3gmWxUkTB0716Yx7oLC9mz0Fj-q5dwBOt_tct5p2oCGtnKX0tXaFnZPzdXNPd39zmrDGCBE1SA3_M_PNFOexPG2TAY8I-k/s1600/happy+angry+bird+dance.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFqJ1AMKTMHFf6Ne610aL7XfI8lu42LgXYzysYPS3AH7Cx3gmWxUkTB0716Yx7oLC9mz0Fj-q5dwBOt_tct5p2oCGtnKX0tXaFnZPzdXNPd39zmrDGCBE1SA3_M_PNFOexPG2TAY8I-k/s200/happy+angry+bird+dance.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680916089978863522" /></a>christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-55211207786757749482011-11-23T14:31:00.005-05:002011-11-23T15:10:30.497-05:00Bad LuckI found $5 on the sidewalk the other day: good luck.<br />Other than that, I've had only Bad Luck these days (not to be self-indulgent). I mean, even the $5 had been sitting out in the rain. Got all wet.<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AHtyJF8pgdw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /> {jump to 3:00 if you don't want to see Richard Pryor chat with them}<br /><br />This Bad Luck started months ago. Of course, I know someone else who had the very same run of bad luck. Very sad and very true.<br />But I won't go on about it here- blogs aren't the place for showing your face.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrHT80nzuEREhQ_i9DEt5e13rGSEt-F2SMjpqPpLYrsUZ9sj5ZlDMCO7wvNInp4eDeOyXbN_dBGjcG01j9iFypT4CbCjf_NzsCqZZExp8kb8t6arArRzOm2rtVUSnf7PAy_QOesHGcCQ/s1600/sad_hoodie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrHT80nzuEREhQ_i9DEt5e13rGSEt-F2SMjpqPpLYrsUZ9sj5ZlDMCO7wvNInp4eDeOyXbN_dBGjcG01j9iFypT4CbCjf_NzsCqZZExp8kb8t6arArRzOm2rtVUSnf7PAy_QOesHGcCQ/s400/sad_hoodie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678281735334170306" /></a><br /><br />"Blue Notes" indeed. <br /><br />Anyhow: this is a good dance song about bad luck.<br />[as Teddy states: "Ain't it a groove!"]<br />Bad Luck as a danceable theme may seem strange- but then, think of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition." Stevie's song came out in <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition_(song)'>1972</a>, and the above song (with Teddy Pendergrass and the rest of Harold Melvin's Blue Notes) came out in <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Luck_(Harold_Melvin_%26_the_Blue_Notes_song)'>1975</a>.<br />Was Bad Luck in the air, in the <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aether_(classical_element)'>æther</a>, those days,<br />as it seems to be today?christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-57437335618509983772011-10-03T16:13:00.005-04:002011-10-03T16:46:31.994-04:00Amanda Knox: JailBait, or JailBreak??<span style="font-weight:bold;">(jail)BREAKING NEWS</span><br />Amanda Knox's prior conviction just overturned!<br />(--> USA wins again! <--)<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ciqGS1PJiDY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Live </span>Motörhead: "Jailbait"<br />You can download the studio version <a href='http://www.mediafire.com/file/wg2pmo7a5avta85/08%20jailbait.mp3'>here</a><br /><br />Here are the headlines that I've come up with so far:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"Foxy Knoxy Bounced From Box"<br />"Foxy Knox Walks Free From Cell Blocks"</span><br /><br />Note that at about 4:15 in above video, Motörhead also plays their song "America." It's about how you can't get good meth in Canada; you have to bring it up from the USA for any proper Canadian tour.<br />As I said: AMERICA wins again!<br /><br />OR, you can celebrate her freedom with the Irish rather than the British. <br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QgU-bygBlvM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Live</span> Thin Lizzy- "Jailbreak"<br />And you can download (a non-live version of) the above <a href='http://www.mediafire.com/file/ax8hxcwer2kwxoc/Jailbreak.mp3'>track here</a><br /><br />This song title is a bit more accurate as a descriptor of Knox, yeah?, since jailbait causes, rather than suffers, jailtime. Of course, her boyfriend also went to jail... well, he's her <span style="font-style:italic;">ex-</span>boyfriend now... and he's been freed too.<br /><br />So I'm not sure if she can qualify for "jailbait" status-<br />What do you think?christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-79778016830051437222011-09-28T19:54:00.010-04:002011-09-28T20:32:21.249-04:00Na Woo Woo, Nuh Ow Ow: Pro Baseball, Pro EditionDid you know that currently, only 4 Major League baseball teams lack a mascot? (MGX indicated this to me.) The Cubs, of Chicago, Illinois, are one of these four teams. However, they do have a sort of unofficial mascot. Well, really, he's a superfan: one <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Woo_Woo'> Ronnie "Woo-Woo"</a>. So called because he's prone to shouting "woo". <br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BWoQ_pZtXCY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Download Wilson Pickett's <a href='http://www.mediafire.com/?nzxcx282yro9iw2'>"Land of 1,000 Dances"</a><br /><br />So, this Wilson Pickett song may have a "woo or two" in it. It definitely has some "huh", "ow", "uh" action. And it has the famous <br />"<span style="font-weight:bold;">na, na na na, na nuh na na nuh na nana</span>"<br /> starting about :35. You know, what they play at baseball games all the time. <br /><br />(Do they play music at pro football games? Could you even hear it outside? If not, how do the players get pumped up- <span style="font-style:italic;">other than steroids</span>?)<br /><br />Ronnie "Woo Woo"'s been attending games from about 1959, which is before my mother was born (hey Ma!). <br />While his demeanor and devotion to attendance have gained him fame in the Greater ChicagoLands area, his life has not been all sun and roses: no, far from it. He's been homeless (but still attended games, thanks to generous other parties), and later, a fundraiser was held for him so he could get a new pair of dentures. <br /><br />Poor guy was born prematurely, which shows you: he's a fighter, he's always been a fighter.<br /><br />He was even struck by a car outside the game once, and had to go to a Masonic hospital, which would frighten me. <br />What if they make you join up? <br />Or, <span style="font-style:italic;">worse</span>, what if you ask to join, but they become cryptic all of the sudden, and then your pain meds start getting reduced, and you know, it gets pretty painful. All this, simply because you wanted a sweet ring like these:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflwSKCKEh_2uyEu6KidwCjeX2gTfIZXP4IrtSx49IHz_RNp1A58c6ZRX6Hm48csr6RzSre-eHDS6aW9VioTF8_PingWHWQJJQ7vKeR_dqiipgzbbdd7agyxvx0jo8xQS6FRf_h5kttJQ/s1600/mm+3big.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflwSKCKEh_2uyEu6KidwCjeX2gTfIZXP4IrtSx49IHz_RNp1A58c6ZRX6Hm48csr6RzSre-eHDS6aW9VioTF8_PingWHWQJJQ7vKeR_dqiipgzbbdd7agyxvx0jo8xQS6FRf_h5kttJQ/s320/mm+3big.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657569755579658274" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuVwEB1AXXfXMtGVPqpAki0MPJYgY_vJeVw2mCCwT7pbWL0JVfWZlgwZjbEB5OTB8Y3RY3Q2xGmAozlKZin7Xp9d76sKvthTpLamfExqOiZ1aAdfyYb5IA2PBGv5hlcR6huOYQ3tykd4/s1600/mm+2big.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuVwEB1AXXfXMtGVPqpAki0MPJYgY_vJeVw2mCCwT7pbWL0JVfWZlgwZjbEB5OTB8Y3RY3Q2xGmAozlKZin7Xp9d76sKvthTpLamfExqOiZ1aAdfyYb5IA2PBGv5hlcR6huOYQ3tykd4/s200/mm+2big.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657569264137388386" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvrpXtvs8JG_uYAP_ky-t2gjP6NLwFVWnbfStqi4LB1vodnNEgf1AOIfPVMZNYhesnjA_9OzY0HIK7Piu_NLQLRG7xEShIphqYXIhHsZhiIF0TIXGJHMqiH9-5Hani8Ado7badqIfHxE/s1600/mm_063.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvrpXtvs8JG_uYAP_ky-t2gjP6NLwFVWnbfStqi4LB1vodnNEgf1AOIfPVMZNYhesnjA_9OzY0HIK7Piu_NLQLRG7xEShIphqYXIhHsZhiIF0TIXGJHMqiH9-5Hani8Ado7badqIfHxE/s400/mm_063.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657569124378216450" /></a><br /><br />Or, mayhaps, this is the ring you always wanted :<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7sTZoHSL_j9cvmuJQhaWNDs8AgzWyHsXnGF3fyC7RaffsNHue8gH_bH-8wKVSJP2PLiyAjKwPoX-C38fUlJrH9mX9fKKD4sNPDO-ObUgPzwXRaUOKFw4RGoRhGhAMoCrI1wev_4BCFw/s1600/phillies+ring.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7sTZoHSL_j9cvmuJQhaWNDs8AgzWyHsXnGF3fyC7RaffsNHue8gH_bH-8wKVSJP2PLiyAjKwPoX-C38fUlJrH9mX9fKKD4sNPDO-ObUgPzwXRaUOKFw4RGoRhGhAMoCrI1wev_4BCFw/s400/phillies+ring.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657570116710517986" /></a>christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-80134323301388414792011-08-31T09:50:00.014-04:002011-11-02T17:56:06.626-04:00Tell the World I Feel Proud About 'ChaTo force a smile onto your face, a handful of reasons for minor celebration in Philadelphia this week:<br /><br />1) You can now stream (at <a href='http://www.tsopsoulradio.com/'>www.tsopsoulradio.com</a>), all hours and all days, the famed "Sound of Philadelphia". <br /><br />The Sound of Philadelphia (aka TSOP) is associated almost entirely with <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamble_and_Huff'>Gamble and Huff</a> and their label Philadelphia International Records (aka PIR).<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Xm98R5gTRX0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, "Tell the World How I Feel About 'Cha Baby"<br /><br />Philadelphia International Records, of which I have spoken to you before, is proudly displaying their archives, like a musical peacock. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuwE5K0jTlFcjmv0YSVefAmDVoEs0ZrG4s_oUtCUX3O8d7rn7AzsPWf46Zk0Yz27X7pNXwLNlEcgmij4CrCdZftDG6X-axiOouUUbmSfRUt9p1CaCKuRob-o12nkaUUEUJnx45Te4fCg/s1600/canvas_print_proud_peacock-p228697982095579984ygcp_400.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuwE5K0jTlFcjmv0YSVefAmDVoEs0ZrG4s_oUtCUX3O8d7rn7AzsPWf46Zk0Yz27X7pNXwLNlEcgmij4CrCdZftDG6X-axiOouUUbmSfRUt9p1CaCKuRob-o12nkaUUEUJnx45Te4fCg/s400/canvas_print_proud_peacock-p228697982095579984ygcp_400.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647033164576954514" /></a><br />Some of this stuff, I imagine, is otherwise only available on vinyl or even 8-track.<br />I have already streamed it on my IPhone; it was easy. I had to download an app called Shoutcast, which lets you stream podcasts on a smartphone, more or less.<br /><br />This is all part of a big push to re-release and promote the great catalog of Philadelphia International Records. This is a back catalog that rivals Motown, no question. <br />(Do you demand Proof? Scroll my <a href='http://www.blogger.com/posts.g?blogID=1101460864593671575&searchType=ALL&txtKeywords=international&label=Philadelphia+International+Records'>PIR-related archives</a>, or listen to the Shoutcast player embedded above.)<br /><br /><br />2) The scaffolding is off Philadelphia's city hall, <a href='http://articles.philly.com/2011-08-22/news/29914778_1_scaffolding-facades-restoration'>finally</a>. The word "finally" is called for, since this eyesore has been clouding my view of Philly's literal centerpiece for years. As soon as you thought it was down, you realized that it had merely rotated to another side! Scaffolding, of some form or another and on some side or another, has been up <span style="font-weight:bold;">since the 80's</span>.<br />Like the cleaning, the construction of the building dragged on for decades (more info <a href='http://www.shorpy.com/node/9461'>here</a>).<br />But now both are complete, so tip your hat to Penna and Phila.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqDSDtSlKUhkVcWSkZ9gk5rA_FIdD-nWCHNq1AhL3PZCuTE6G1mqr2Qh1BtLJJyTaex-MIZoNhXXvUQEspaGovKEV11ClSlvojdF68Djw3QerxovK_NNnZWiahxuJ5IB19Zb0PHXR7LE/s1600/WilliamPennHead-798755.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqDSDtSlKUhkVcWSkZ9gk5rA_FIdD-nWCHNq1AhL3PZCuTE6G1mqr2Qh1BtLJJyTaex-MIZoNhXXvUQEspaGovKEV11ClSlvojdF68Djw3QerxovK_NNnZWiahxuJ5IB19Zb0PHXR7LE/s400/WilliamPennHead-798755.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647025767350932834" /></a><br /><br />3) The hurricane passed without much incident. Sort of a funny thing to note, that an absence, a non-entity, is worth celebrating. But that's how people think, isn't it? People compare purely imaginative "events" (what could have been [= what <span style="font-style:italic;">did not</span> occur] ) and judge which would be really better.<br /><br />Which of these "never happened" events is better?: if I would have had one samurai sword in 1997,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14m-CTW0UV3Sx-gGrZBQWtulovl-i4ZkeF9Qrx5zuZQhMM5GQ40e4a5BRBGOTrz57DMA47ZXLthGb9jd11U7byV89LXfINmXL7tx1SSKtg82akSyMs5bYx2f372aChmPhvmRyya8gI7c/s1600/samurai_sword.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14m-CTW0UV3Sx-gGrZBQWtulovl-i4ZkeF9Qrx5zuZQhMM5GQ40e4a5BRBGOTrz57DMA47ZXLthGb9jd11U7byV89LXfINmXL7tx1SSKtg82akSyMs5bYx2f372aChmPhvmRyya8gI7c/s400/samurai_sword.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647027577314193474" /></a><br />or two smaller blades in 1999?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuAj9kUdeJAS8J1rhYu8cyLfDGUn7m_qRcBhVVwBsrHUm6cW2LuxhYfrlIAo1RUKg_NxpP8jLMh9-N160dk0luhF_zKn-8-2GLfoYRF3ujLuwVQWF-wC2y-EEo_0u2sXk7UbI82HPVhs/s1600/smaller-blades.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuAj9kUdeJAS8J1rhYu8cyLfDGUn7m_qRcBhVVwBsrHUm6cW2LuxhYfrlIAo1RUKg_NxpP8jLMh9-N160dk0luhF_zKn-8-2GLfoYRF3ujLuwVQWF-wC2y-EEo_0u2sXk7UbI82HPVhs/s400/smaller-blades.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647027679744153074" /></a><br />Well, it's sort of stupid to even ask. And all such comparisons of purely fictitious entities are just as ridiculous. <br />You can't respond, "well, the hurricane really might have been worse," <br />because in fact, the hurricane really (REAL-ly) Was Not. <br />There might be degrees of being, but there are not degrees of non-being; that is, there is no meaning in describing things that are not real, as "<span style="font-style:italic;">almost</span> real." And it is yet more foolish to then judge the goodness of these non things, to pick one nothing as "more" something-good than another nothing.christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-17589302023967265272011-08-11T13:07:00.006-04:002011-08-11T13:36:48.646-04:00Allergic to People? Then "Be Your Own Pet"I was just wondering, can <span style="font-style:italic;">cats </span>be allergic to <span style="font-weight:bold;">people</span>? Why not, right?
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<br /><a href='<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ix9OS2aE6E'>"Wildcat!" by Be Your Own Pet</a>
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<br />Think about it:
<br />when my allergies are really bad, I rub my face a lot. Putting pressure on my nasal passages feels good.
<br />(Ironically, putting pressure on them relieves pressure.)
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<br />Now think about THIS: cats rub their faces on things all the time. Margeaux's cat, which is now our cat (because we moved in together, which is great), not only demands that I rub her face, but if I am remiss in my face-rubbing-duty, she will rub her own face on anything: a table leg, say.
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<br />That darn cat seems to have a lot of pressure to relieve. Either she is highly stressed (...hiiighly doooubtful...) or allergic to humans.
<br />These are the only two options.
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<br />Speaking of two options, here is another video of the same song.
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<br />(another <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IemxAZze_VE&feature=related'>Be Your Own Pet</a> clip)
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<br />Now, this one is more fun, but distinctly more odd. As video background, it has what I'm guessing is Eraserhead (ne'er seen it). This plays for 30 seconds before the music starts, and then, hey wow, more clips!
<br />Crazy clips! from the movie <a href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022913/'>Freaks</a>, more from Eraserhead, something with Brigitte Bardot in it (she's <ahref='http://videogum.com/10167/the_top_10_racist_faces_of_bri/news/'>racist</a>), and something which has to be a <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Meyer'>Russ Meyer</a> film.
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXQZ9Fs-z0LaUSoQJvvb_fMUblbF6OCgnCi4TIA4aP0jxLvAwn4gHt84uikYnoRv1uvPiQdFt-9-diWz4DKtgQ7Ipz53-W8Wx1mk9swh8GE7PziOPAwbzEdht5lfo2LbA6Ll3FOEwGqM/s1600/pussycat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXQZ9Fs-z0LaUSoQJvvb_fMUblbF6OCgnCi4TIA4aP0jxLvAwn4gHt84uikYnoRv1uvPiQdFt-9-diWz4DKtgQ7Ipz53-W8Wx1mk9swh8GE7PziOPAwbzEdht5lfo2LbA6Ll3FOEwGqM/s320/pussycat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639650345768647970" /></a>christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-10796493216608986112011-05-19T15:04:00.007-04:002011-05-19T15:49:34.183-04:00Sprang Thang: The Blackbyrds' "Thankful 'Bout Yourself"It's pouring down rain again -- Spring has Sprung, I guess -- but let's bracket that, and listen to and download some summer something.<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/owB1CaDuDlk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><a href='http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=blackbyrd+thankful+bout+yourself&aq=f'>The Blackbyrds</a> on YouTube<br /><br />Download the Blackbyrds' <a href='http://www.mediafire.com/?hdkcty93iflaoh7'>Thankful 'Bout Yourself.mp3</a> <br />This song is the kind that will go on the Cosby Show mix, "Hello Jello".<br /><br />Speaking of BlackByrds, what is going on with all the bird deaths lately? Could it be....<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">a sign of the impending apocalypse</span>?!<span style="font-style:italic;">?!</span>?!<br />Clearly a rhetorical question.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdvutzDtiqV0L91o8AbqtHg5FP8W6hHvdwfFmJo8YamJJzj6cKZw5mh-qGULXvd91qjF8iyNMAPXj-VjpGHphVDqgCNrrk-xaBWcPlvc7-XkFlXGbIQ7niRloeQMlNhSbTPQmUTblSmY/s1600/BIRDZ.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdvutzDtiqV0L91o8AbqtHg5FP8W6hHvdwfFmJo8YamJJzj6cKZw5mh-qGULXvd91qjF8iyNMAPXj-VjpGHphVDqgCNrrk-xaBWcPlvc7-XkFlXGbIQ7niRloeQMlNhSbTPQmUTblSmY/s400/BIRDZ.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608515226346570210" /></a><br /><br />Margeaux and I saw a dead bird by my house; I saw two more by Villanova's main chapel; the three ladies-who-lunch next to me are talking about seeing some too. I think it is fair to hazard that they saw different birds than the ones I saw. Which means that there is a minimum of four dead birds, seen by 5 different people -- <span style="font-weight:bold;">clearly</span> we have an epidemic on our hands.<br /><br />But what kind of epidemic? Avian Bird Flu? Maybe the birds <span style="font-style:italic;">flew</span> too much and died of exhaustion?: but what were they flying away from? The planet's impending doom, perhaps? <br />Or something <a href='http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/05/18/cdc-warns-public-prepare-zombie-apocalypse/?test=latestnews'>more sinister</a>?...?<br /><br />Aren't birds supposed to get born, not die, in the spring?<br />Well. Anyhow.christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-78724952041795394142011-05-09T11:52:00.013-04:002011-05-09T12:43:44.060-04:00Fire Dance With Me- Ohio PlayersWell, as of noon, I am done with the semester.<br />In full. <span style="font-style:italic;">In toto</span>. In-joying myself.<br /><br />Margeaux will be done tonight too. Which requires that I present another helping of the mix I am preparing: <span style="font-style:italic;">Hello Jello!</span>, the <span style="font-style:italic;">The Cosby Show</span>-inspired mix I mentioned last time.<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MM4uadWfDSM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />on YouTube - <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM4uadWfDSM&NR=1'>Ohio Players: Together</a>, from their album <span style="font-weight:bold;">FIRE</span>.<br /><br />Ayo! Si muy caliente, y fuego mas fina!<br />Please note the almost NSFW cover art. Scandalous.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiML7IuPozsihnuyYqYMB2PcWXdSqQ0MGkFEySUeEGJeZsNTSrEbnx_xMgoILLAiPNxT3Cvuro91t__AwYKMTFmoPwUsLluqVXks9LVla-OZZNovUOiMhyphenhyphen5_jPQVh49qGQszU2Z6-WrM/s1600/fire-walk-with-me-poster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiML7IuPozsihnuyYqYMB2PcWXdSqQ0MGkFEySUeEGJeZsNTSrEbnx_xMgoILLAiPNxT3Cvuro91t__AwYKMTFmoPwUsLluqVXks9LVla-OZZNovUOiMhyphenhyphen5_jPQVh49qGQszU2Z6-WrM/s200/fire-walk-with-me-poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604756003958051442" /></a><br /><br />I am not sure if I will put this very song on the mix yet, but certainly some Ohio Players song will go on there. The YouTube clip doesn't have to be the exact song yet, since I am just trying to let you know what <span style="font-style:italic;">type </span>of sounds to expect.<br /><br />The clips are just a taste,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhik71ArCflefM8Wy9ZWd5uQQoE930pE0_RX74g_1t04eKM1O9SNuOdqfTXLKuOfqY3VZy8-07Yi1fn4n-gbXAkqg6U3BYRm4SmZ_Jcv4nNxrY1IuuTbyFo5BPQ-gSPoh4aC95HWcG5tTA/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhik71ArCflefM8Wy9ZWd5uQQoE930pE0_RX74g_1t04eKM1O9SNuOdqfTXLKuOfqY3VZy8-07Yi1fn4n-gbXAkqg6U3BYRm4SmZ_Jcv4nNxrY1IuuTbyFo5BPQ-gSPoh4aC95HWcG5tTA/s400/3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604754598812464434" /></a><br /><br />just a teaser, <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-cTsQ99j6YyXpfKQChdoFveBOhOcWPLgaH18i7dOn5IApV0e7wWFRyw3oqahpAzrd_JFPk4A3q8jaIcII5g4vXieFBRgb0eqdE3QLO1ry-pGZiT9B4lDtjJRHNM_E6_LR5wd82aQ-2c/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-cTsQ99j6YyXpfKQChdoFveBOhOcWPLgaH18i7dOn5IApV0e7wWFRyw3oqahpAzrd_JFPk4A3q8jaIcII5g4vXieFBRgb0eqdE3QLO1ry-pGZiT9B4lDtjJRHNM_E6_LR5wd82aQ-2c/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604754542311617330" /></a><br /><br />of what greatness and grandness is to come.<br /><br />Maybe <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y47G-Wa4qfs'>"Fire"</a> will go on the mix, that is a big one; maybe <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xemoXrtvc-0'>"Ecstasy"</a> would be better for this mix than "Together." "Ecstasy" got a li'l more bounce to it; but then, "Together" has those horns. Brass instruments will be big on this mix,<br />because it is going to be deeply funky.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS13aHIAFZM5pjKfjyVOzOJiXVidhsDOBttPdOI9PGkt8pUkVFmzXkLkNh788ol5rG6W4xH06agmDdcua-qiEQmqqE0rgiHTNQr5TRngMvvwafyMT61jj1AAfHF1IOy7i0yo2NwEj298c/s1600/brass+construction+-+5+%2528resized%2529gdmac.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS13aHIAFZM5pjKfjyVOzOJiXVidhsDOBttPdOI9PGkt8pUkVFmzXkLkNh788ol5rG6W4xH06agmDdcua-qiEQmqqE0rgiHTNQr5TRngMvvwafyMT61jj1AAfHF1IOy7i0yo2NwEj298c/s320/brass+construction+-+5+%2528resized%2529gdmac.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604755540394737010" /></a>christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-27457013801240244952011-04-26T12:47:00.012-04:002011-04-28T14:03:41.424-04:00High On JelloFor a mix I'm putting together, inspired by <span style="font-style:italic;">The Cosby Show</span>, called <span style="font-weight:bold;">Hello Jello</span>! <br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cqcDwNc7KTk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />My lady friend Margeaux loves <span style="font-style:italic;">The Cosby Show</span>, so I am making this mix for her. Still crafting it though: I will post songs that have the right sound here first, until I shove the full, fully finished mix on you.<br /><br />And what is that "Right Sound?" It will be dentist-office funk: smooth (or even shmoove) jazzy things. Describable as slinky maybe. "Easy, not Cheesy." (that should be trademarked, yeah?)<br />The songs are having fun, without being outright silly. Loose-limbed, they will make a nice background as we shift into early summer.<br />Sade could go on there, although maybe she won't. Why?: because I want it to sound Cosby-era, so 70's and 80's gems. <blockquote>( Although technically Sade's 1st US single came out at the end of 1984*, to me, Sade <span style="font-style:italic;">feels</span> like 90's music. And although technically Cosby show started just a few months before that**, since I don't remember watching it much [although I did watch it plenty- when I watch it now, I can recall the plots as they are unfolding], it <span style="font-style:italic;">feels</span> 70's-80's to me. )</blockquote><br /><br />* had to look it up<br />** also had to look that up, believe it<br /><br /><br />Enough about the mix; how about the song and band? <br /><br />The Commodores do "Brick House": you know that song. It would totally play at a wonderful summer wedding reception:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZ3gaJ5s5p1khpMwsKnm4Vffqy_qnVIN-VWX03Yke8zsrAvFRz6hZPTLK8o7TldvykQSnoB2V2Q3om0UvjXQuYsSzSkb1b6giX2XBHjsjLypkzMupWXj4K7Iq23sXXdhRpwVnocxuscA/s1600/ring-round-black-diamond-white-gold-ring.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZ3gaJ5s5p1khpMwsKnm4Vffqy_qnVIN-VWX03Yke8zsrAvFRz6hZPTLK8o7TldvykQSnoB2V2Q3om0UvjXQuYsSzSkb1b6giX2XBHjsjLypkzMupWXj4K7Iq23sXXdhRpwVnocxuscA/s400/ring-round-black-diamond-white-gold-ring.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599938653302348482" /><br /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBC7B4jO90fQaQw6s8vmpg3rFz2lXYQdpEC_sWRKnk_0928ydDF2dPuNRiUYEAWeW6IJCL2cEnuXbkEK9PXjPhJib3dRa9monwaMHHrlfwbN88h06cOe7czLeKQlAmEj4vDj_6MX70CQ/s1600/wedding-dj-sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBC7B4jO90fQaQw6s8vmpg3rFz2lXYQdpEC_sWRKnk_0928ydDF2dPuNRiUYEAWeW6IJCL2cEnuXbkEK9PXjPhJib3dRa9monwaMHHrlfwbN88h06cOe7czLeKQlAmEj4vDj_6MX70CQ/s320/wedding-dj-sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600689597279373186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_URT3b6MzRm3mtr2gxX3j5xqQjK5fbbjKWILQYxXboB985-ecfJtn4misSs81ahkpJZjtn7QYk5LLy4GzB5Vy3mfdYxvvWTtWKMZciWKowIz2YMGJNoVI6nviJEssBM1IhU6O-TiHUnE/s1600/drunk-wedding-pictures-bride-wont-give-up-the-bott1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_URT3b6MzRm3mtr2gxX3j5xqQjK5fbbjKWILQYxXboB985-ecfJtn4misSs81ahkpJZjtn7QYk5LLy4GzB5Vy3mfdYxvvWTtWKMZciWKowIz2YMGJNoVI6nviJEssBM1IhU6O-TiHUnE/s400/drunk-wedding-pictures-bride-wont-give-up-the-bott1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600690090868101410" /></a><br /><br />The Commodores also had Lionel Richie in their band for a minute. Weirdly, <span style="font-style:italic;">after</span> he left, they got more mellow. Once he was gone, they started to sound, well, like Lionel Richie. Before that, they were this hard-driving 'fonk' machine.<br /><br />De La Soul sampled this song, on the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Stakes Is High</span> album. That is a feloniously undervalued record, like all of their records (except for <span style="font-weight:bold;">3 Feet High... And Rising</span>: that gets about the right amount of praise).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDWZVX-LiZyujFABLj4mAkrZ9QnW59Ips_Src5bI3zUZoSfI8u4dW-y1muVEoY9VA4vIkp_TnlKXQwK8YO9OA39LFR4IlPGULVrUn80KhYck50k4SllKKV4N84VfiYR0Z0yHPFRlgNxc/s1600/De+La+Soul+-+Art+Official+Intelligence+Mosaic+Thump.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDWZVX-LiZyujFABLj4mAkrZ9QnW59Ips_Src5bI3zUZoSfI8u4dW-y1muVEoY9VA4vIkp_TnlKXQwK8YO9OA39LFR4IlPGULVrUn80KhYck50k4SllKKV4N84VfiYR0Z0yHPFRlgNxc/s400/De+La+Soul+-+Art+Official+Intelligence+Mosaic+Thump.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600694022498828434" /></a><br /> <blockquote>( First De La album I ever bought- a little late to these fellows... 2000? also, I have it on vinyl, AND, after the above Commodores song, De La Soul came next on my iTunes random. F'serious! )</blockquote><br /><br />What I was initially leaning toward putting on Margeaux's mix was the Commodores song, "Girl, I Think the World About You" (obv), which I will:<br /><blockquote>1) maybe still put on the mix<br />and<br />2) maybe put up on to Youtube, where it cannot yet be found. Can it really be all that tough to post to YouTube?</blockquote><br /><br />De La also sampled"Girl, I...", for "Hey Buddy;" so you can see where their heads are at, right?<br />Tricky sampled The Commodores too!: info for the samples got drawn from this detailed site, <a href="http://www.xampled.com/blog/sampled-from/the-commodores/">Sample Spotters</a>. 19 songs- <span style="font-style:italic;">nineteen</span>- are listed for sampling (just the drums) from a single Commodores track. <br />Wow.christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-36691057949921085692010-12-23T16:26:00.007-05:002010-12-28T13:54:35.576-05:00Together Soon: Teddy & Sharon ( & Harold ?! )This one's a duet. <br />From the random selection on my IPhone which I brought to Portland- and will shortly bring to <strong>Houston</strong>.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KmOdP8rqSZQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KmOdP8rqSZQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmOdP8rqSZQ&feature=player_embedded'>Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes: Hope That We Can Be Together Soon</a><br />AKA "Teddy Pendergrass Feat. Sharon Paige: "Hope That...."<br />Teddy and Harold had a little spat, see- Harold founded the group, but by the time they were successful, well see, Teddy was doing all the lead singing.<br />(And How!)<br />Teddy wanted his name added to the existing group-name, which would have produced the titular monstrosity of <br />"Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Featuring Teddy Pendergrass".<br /><br />"No dice", says Harold; Teddy says "I quit". <br />But not before recording this song with Sharon Paige (and the rest of the Blue Notes); she too was a Blue Note at the time, so this track really only needs the title "HM & BN: 'HWCBTS'", <br />not "TP FT SP (AKA HM & BN FT TP & FT SP): 'HTWCBTS'".<br /><br />Clarifying, I'm sure. <br />I think we all learned a lot today.christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101460864593671575.post-22285304211388424582010-12-22T07:15:00.000-05:002010-12-22T07:15:00.879-05:00I Like to Boogie; I Like the Bee GeesAnother song off my IPod: Jive Talkin', by Los Bee Gees.<br />Oh sure, you want to knock the Bee Gees. Yeah yeah, you think you are too slick for all that. "Pfff", is what you say.<br />Well, I say, "Pffffff" back to you, sucker. Listen here:<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" <br />value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xVjITlgqlHo?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xVjITlgqlHo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVjITlgqlHo'>Bee Gees' " Jive Talkin' "</a>christophreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364181767772103345noreply@blogger.com0