"That reminds me of a shirt I saw for sale online with a drawing of Santa, his eyes closed, or half closed, and his mouth open, and the caption was 'Santa Claus is coming.' I laughed." . . . "Ho,Ho,Ho ... Ho ... Ho ... oh ... oh ... OH ...OH ...OHHHHHHHHHHHH" The jokes almost write themselves here. However, tact and the spirit of the season prohibit anything moreby HollowbodyKay
I know. Old thread. But one that I could NOT pass without commenting. "Love In A Car" might be my favorite track off that initial HOL LP. Ever notice that in the explosive, noisy 2nd half of "Touch Me," the blueprint for Bicker's next band is basically sketched out complete? HOL. Really good band. Love the way Guy Chadwick says "It should happen to you" inby HollowbodyKay
Two words: Stephen. Pastel.by HollowbodyKay
"I've been to Florida twice and I still can't figure the place out." Ouyez-ouyez! . . . "CauseallthesausagesthatdancelikeRayBolgeronthehoodofacarinatrafficjamknowjustexactlywhattodo!"by HollowbodyKay
1. I think of The Big Bopper every time someone cuts in front of me in line, or cuts me off in traffic. I don't fuss. I smile my little smile and think of Waylon Jennings. 2. It's high time someone made a film about Syd Barrett! Who would you cast as Syd? Oooh! Fun, fun fun! You have "Young Syd," and you have "Old Syd" (unless the project is budgeted for allby HollowbodyKay
"... You know, I think you finally solved something that has been nagging me for decades." . . . Glad that I could be of service. That’ll be a nickel, please. The Doctor is IN OUT.by HollowbodyKay
(((ahem))) As far as being collectible, those Wonder Stuff singles are basically trash, as they’re radio promos with magic marker all over them. The actual vinyl is intact, so whenever I want to listen to Miles snarl his way through a live version of “Gimme Some Truth” there will be no need to panic. Anybody that wants to line up to throw down some serious scratch for some slightly soggy, Sharby HollowbodyKay
Me on Santa's lap (slight return): ... I wanna hear Leonard Cohen cover "Where Do You Go When You Die?" by Robyn Hitchcock. Or "Brave Words" by The Chills. Or "You Have to Be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil's Brain)" by The Flaming Lips. And if you can't arrange that, I still want the Wayne/Jayne County action figure ..."by HollowbodyKay
If ya'll have paid attention to the marginalia of my posts, you'll remember that I'm in the middle of a move. One of my tasks has been to cull through my stuff and get rid of the dross. So I'm sifting through the crates of CDs and end up with a pile that’s trash, and another that's "for review." One of the titles is "Schrei X" by Diamanda Galas. Iby HollowbodyKay
"... Er, well, um, if you're dropping by again, do pop in. Heh. And thanks a lot for the gold and frankincense, er, but don't worry too much about the "myrrh and tristesse up your ass" t-shirts next time, all right? Heh. Thank you! Good-bye! Well, weren't they nice? Hmm. Out of their bloody minds, but still ..."by HollowbodyKay
I had a very handsome paisley shirt that looked like it strolled in off the cover of “Heyday.” I loved that shirt. I mean, I really loved that shirt! Wearing it made me feel so groovy. After years of repeated washings, it was starting to fade a bit. But you know what? That only made it nicer still. Whatever happened to that shirt? Now that it comes down to it, it’s fate escapes memory. Tby HollowbodyKay
:::sound of coffee percolating. Scratching of head in disbelief::: "Patience Grasshopper," I tell myself. "Patience."by HollowbodyKay
"...Gather 'round children, and I'll tell you all the tale of the 45 rpm single..." . . . I had some family friends help me move (not this last time, but the time before) and the eldest of this family's kids picked up a box of mine, read the label, and wanted to know "what the hell does LP mean?" He didn't ask me what an LP was. It didn't even registby HollowbodyKay
It was (sorta) said: Disco music died when the first dancer said "Disco's not dead, disco's not dead" You know disco is death - we've got to up and move ... Because the dead do not improve.by HollowbodyKay
You should see my White Album wish-list. Quite a few of the cover versions already exist.by HollowbodyKay
Nile wrote: "...The French love movies that parody Americans. This generality greatly upset my French relative. I hope she understood my garbled translation. She was fuming when she e-mailed me this. : . . . CreuxdecorpsKay replies: Mes amis Américains naïfs, Et vous, avec votre McDonalds© et votre Donald Trump©, et votre Idole Américaine© et le Fromage D’Américain©! Vous n'aby HollowbodyKay
To quote Mark Burgess: “…Nostalgia will eat me away…” In the summer of 1975 we were listening to our parents (read: stepfather’s) record collection. A few Beatle LPs …let me think … The White Album (Mom eventually smashed one of the two LPs in a temper tantrum over the mess in the basement. I think it was sides 3 & 4 … “No Revolution #9 For You!”), Abbey Road, Rubber Soul, and Help!.by HollowbodyKay
Only barely relevant, but reading your post gave me a brief "a-ha" moment. Shame on you! I'll beeee gone ... in a day or twoooooooooooooooooooo!by HollowbodyKay
It was said: 'Zombie' movies are as popular as ever, with ever more increasingly gory versions of the same outcome. Knowing how it generally turns out, would you spend your time fleeing or just give into your new zombie evolution? To which I conjure this (fictional) reply: Zombies are cool again? Damn! We have yet to see dime one! Yours, The Hooters. For booking and licensing, plby HollowbodyKay
REM seem determined to treat "Bad Day" like a beloved standard from their catalog, but I don't know of anyone who actually loves it. It's a serviceable rewrite of "The End of the World As We Know It," but not much more. Actually, if I'm not mistaken, "Bad Day" is a “beloved” standard from the R.E.M. catalog. On the old bootleg I’m thinking of (“Muby HollowbodyKay
Two words: Silver. Jews.by HollowbodyKay
John Brown wrote: "... I don't really get the new love for vinyl, unless it's just nostalgia. I don't have nostalgia for skips." Which reminded me that my copy of "Fall In A Hole" on vinyl has a big, fat skip right smack dab in the middle of "The Man Whose Head Expanded." It sucks-ahh!by HollowbodyKay
Yes indeed. I dumped an entire box load of cassettes on a used record store back in the late 90s. I think it came down to "make me an offer for the entire box and don't tell anyone you got this junk from me." Must have felt like it all was utter crap, as I can't recall more than a few titles or bands without a little help (by scanning the A-Z lists on this very web site, thaby HollowbodyKay
Here is my two cents worth: At the time "The Joshua Tree" came out, I was working in a record store in Roanoke, Va. I was a sophomore in high school, if memory serves. Got to buy the cassette after closing time the day before the album was released. Boy-o-boy! I thought I was so special. ((("Cler the track, thar. I'm on the waw-path, and the price uv coffins is a-gby HollowbodyKay
One needs look no further than your old, dog-eared copy of TTP to see the following lines about the late, great Thin White Rope: "When Worlds Collide" and "Spoor" were both released after the band split up so Kyser could dedicate himself to a career in botany (no joke: the guy's got a graduate degree!). I don't know if Thin White Rope ever achieved "rock stardby HollowbodyKay