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1) O hay, People magazine. Way to be a biter.
2) The cool kids at Fader finally figured out something old people with no fashion sense knew four decades ago--Jerry Garcia is awesome. And also, incredibly underrated by the mainstream media. So, the feature article in the current issue is all about him. They say:
"...we feel Jerry Garcia to be an incredibly relevant force in music right now—for hippies and non-hippies alike. Sonically, you can hear strains of Garcia's influence all over the place, from Cali neo folk to the psych renaissance to straight-ahead rock jams piping out of a Downtown Near You. Fundamentally, Garcia's attitude towards making music—and the attitude adopted by fans of it—really was one of love and acceptance, both of which happen to be timely and wildly underrated ideas for this 21st Century of ours."
Trufax!
3) I've been reading a lot of Chuck Palahniuk lately. I'd never read anything by him, mostly because I'm turned off by his fans. I could do without the legion of "unique snowflake"-quoting icons, kthnx. But overall, I like his work. It's kind of hard to read sometimes--he'll follow up something funny with something heartstoppingly sad. But it's good. I've read Choke, Lullaby, and Haunted so far. I thought the latter was kind of weak overall--I liked the short stories better than the big picture.
4) I've also been reading Jodi Picoult. What? They're near the Palahniuk at the library. When I was reading the last one (The Tenth Circle), it occurred to me that they're women's novels but not in a bad way. What I mean is, the protagonists are usually women and the books deal with so-called women's issues--unwanted pregnancy, rape, etc--but Picoult shows that these things don't just affect one person. And she puts a twist on it, whether it's setting a book in an Amish community or inserting pages from a character's graphic novel into the text.
5) If you haven't seen it, "What the World Eats," Time's excerpt from Hungry Planet, is really fascinating. And okay, it made me cry for some reason. Maybe it's because the Aboubakar family could live for a year on what my boyfriend and I spend on dinner. I bet the Kelloggs never dreamed people in Kuwait would be eating Corn Flakes.
6) And if you haven't heard, BPAL has two Paris-inspired scents that will be available for the duration of her time in jail. A portion of the proceeds does go to charity. Schadenfreude is always free.
7) And if you didn't know, Eli Roth has the biggest dick in Hollywood. [NOT SAFE FOR WORK, SMALL ANIMALS OR GRANDMAS.] Oh, Eli.
My top 10 most-listened-to artists, according to Last.fm:
1 Tegan and Sara
2 Vanessa Carlton
3 John Mayer
4 Gwen Stefani
5 Fall Out Boy
6 Old 97s
7 Madonna
8 Jenny Lewis
9 Johnny Cash
10 The Strokes
[This is a little inaccurate, as I usually listen to music on my iPod rather than my computer, but it's what I have to work with.]
What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Salome.
What is your favourite album of 2?
Harmonium.
What is your favourite lyric that 5 has sung?
Right now...
I used to obsess over living,
Now I only obsess over you
Tell me you'd like boys like me better
In the dark lying on top of you
This has been said so many times that I'm not sure if it matters
How many times have you seen 4 live?
None.
What is your favourite song by 7?
"Beautiful Stranger," maybe.
What is a good memory you have considering the music of 10?
Seeing them in concert last summer--best concert ever!
Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
Oh, Jesus. The Village Sessions version of "Slow Dancing." Any Given Thursday's "Comfortable." "Stop That Train."
What is your favorite lyric that 2 has sung?
Stay up too late, and I'm too thin
We promise each other it's til the end
Now we're spinning empty bottles
It's the five of us
With pretty-eyed boys girls die to trust
What is your favourite song by 9?
Oh, I wouldn't even know where to start. Right now, I'd say "God's Gonna Cut You Down."
How did you get into 3?
Saw him play a million years ago at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, GA. Fun fact: After being given a CD by a fan, Scott Register played it on his "Reg's Coffeehouse" (local radio) program here, making WRAX in Birmingham the first station to play JM's music.
What was the first song you heard by 1?
Probably "Walking With a Ghost."
What is your favourite song by 4?
"Cool."
How many times have you seen 9 live?
Zip. *sniff*
What is a good memory you have concerning 2?
Listening to "White Houses" on the drive from Philly to NYC last summer.
Is there a song of 8 that makes you sad?
"Melt Your Heart," appropriately.
What is your favourite album of 5?
Infinity on High.
What is your favourite lyric that 3 has sung?
She swears the Bible is all that she reads
Prefers that I not use profanity
Your mouth was so dirty
Life of the party
And she swears that she's artsy
But you could distinguish Miles from Coltrane
What is your favourite song of 1?
Either "Speak Slow" or "I Know I Know I Know."
What is your favourite song of 10?
Maybe "Red Light."
How many times have you seen 8 live?
Zero.
What is your favourite album of 1?
So Jealous.
What is a great memory you have concerning 9?
Any of the countless hours I've spent driving around this country with At Folsom Prison as my soundtrack.
2) The cool kids at Fader finally figured out something old people with no fashion sense knew four decades ago--Jerry Garcia is awesome. And also, incredibly underrated by the mainstream media. So, the feature article in the current issue is all about him. They say:
"...we feel Jerry Garcia to be an incredibly relevant force in music right now—for hippies and non-hippies alike. Sonically, you can hear strains of Garcia's influence all over the place, from Cali neo folk to the psych renaissance to straight-ahead rock jams piping out of a Downtown Near You. Fundamentally, Garcia's attitude towards making music—and the attitude adopted by fans of it—really was one of love and acceptance, both of which happen to be timely and wildly underrated ideas for this 21st Century of ours."
Trufax!
3) I've been reading a lot of Chuck Palahniuk lately. I'd never read anything by him, mostly because I'm turned off by his fans. I could do without the legion of "unique snowflake"-quoting icons, kthnx. But overall, I like his work. It's kind of hard to read sometimes--he'll follow up something funny with something heartstoppingly sad. But it's good. I've read Choke, Lullaby, and Haunted so far. I thought the latter was kind of weak overall--I liked the short stories better than the big picture.
4) I've also been reading Jodi Picoult. What? They're near the Palahniuk at the library. When I was reading the last one (The Tenth Circle), it occurred to me that they're women's novels but not in a bad way. What I mean is, the protagonists are usually women and the books deal with so-called women's issues--unwanted pregnancy, rape, etc--but Picoult shows that these things don't just affect one person. And she puts a twist on it, whether it's setting a book in an Amish community or inserting pages from a character's graphic novel into the text.
5) If you haven't seen it, "What the World Eats," Time's excerpt from Hungry Planet, is really fascinating. And okay, it made me cry for some reason. Maybe it's because the Aboubakar family could live for a year on what my boyfriend and I spend on dinner. I bet the Kelloggs never dreamed people in Kuwait would be eating Corn Flakes.
6) And if you haven't heard, BPAL has two Paris-inspired scents that will be available for the duration of her time in jail. A portion of the proceeds does go to charity. Schadenfreude is always free.
7) And if you didn't know, Eli Roth has the biggest dick in Hollywood. [NOT SAFE FOR WORK, SMALL ANIMALS OR GRANDMAS.] Oh, Eli.
My top 10 most-listened-to artists, according to Last.fm:
1 Tegan and Sara
2 Vanessa Carlton
3 John Mayer
4 Gwen Stefani
5 Fall Out Boy
6 Old 97s
7 Madonna
8 Jenny Lewis
9 Johnny Cash
10 The Strokes
[This is a little inaccurate, as I usually listen to music on my iPod rather than my computer, but it's what I have to work with.]
What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Salome.
What is your favourite album of 2?
Harmonium.
What is your favourite lyric that 5 has sung?
Right now...
I used to obsess over living,
Now I only obsess over you
Tell me you'd like boys like me better
In the dark lying on top of you
This has been said so many times that I'm not sure if it matters
How many times have you seen 4 live?
None.
What is your favourite song by 7?
"Beautiful Stranger," maybe.
What is a good memory you have considering the music of 10?
Seeing them in concert last summer--best concert ever!
Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
Oh, Jesus. The Village Sessions version of "Slow Dancing." Any Given Thursday's "Comfortable." "Stop That Train."
What is your favorite lyric that 2 has sung?
Stay up too late, and I'm too thin
We promise each other it's til the end
Now we're spinning empty bottles
It's the five of us
With pretty-eyed boys girls die to trust
What is your favourite song by 9?
Oh, I wouldn't even know where to start. Right now, I'd say "God's Gonna Cut You Down."
How did you get into 3?
Saw him play a million years ago at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, GA. Fun fact: After being given a CD by a fan, Scott Register played it on his "Reg's Coffeehouse" (local radio) program here, making WRAX in Birmingham the first station to play JM's music.
What was the first song you heard by 1?
Probably "Walking With a Ghost."
What is your favourite song by 4?
"Cool."
How many times have you seen 9 live?
Zip. *sniff*
What is a good memory you have concerning 2?
Listening to "White Houses" on the drive from Philly to NYC last summer.
Is there a song of 8 that makes you sad?
"Melt Your Heart," appropriately.
What is your favourite album of 5?
Infinity on High.
What is your favourite lyric that 3 has sung?
She swears the Bible is all that she reads
Prefers that I not use profanity
Your mouth was so dirty
Life of the party
And she swears that she's artsy
But you could distinguish Miles from Coltrane
What is your favourite song of 1?
Either "Speak Slow" or "I Know I Know I Know."
What is your favourite song of 10?
Maybe "Red Light."
How many times have you seen 8 live?
Zero.
What is your favourite album of 1?
So Jealous.
What is a great memory you have concerning 9?
Any of the countless hours I've spent driving around this country with At Folsom Prison as my soundtrack.
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Hmmm, the thing I hate about Jodi Picoult - and it's my own fault for reading 6 of her books in a row after an article in the Observer - is that she follows the same framework every time.
Person does morally grey area crime; trial follows; twist reveals. I'd love to read a book of hers where the crime was black and white, or hey - no crime/trial at all. Or where the sentence "s/he didn't pretend to misunderstand him/her" wasn't used. (Seriously, look out for it. It's in every. damn. book.)
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Speaking of Chuck Palahniuk
*squicked*
Re: Speaking of Chuck Palahniuk
I'd read "Guts" a while back, when it was excerpted somewheres so I was wise and skipped the squick this time.
Hungry Planet
I feed my husband and myself on about $175US a month. What are these people spending money on?
Re: Hungry Planet
fantastic thing you are doing
(Anonymous) 2007-07-05 10:31 am (UTC)(link)Great book. I just want to say what a fantastic thing you are doing! Good luck!
Bye
Re: fantastic thing you are doing