Of all the ways modern life has made things easier, some things are also harder. And one of the perennial millstones around the necks of the current world inhabitants is constantly having to do shit to your car ( Read more... )

Okay, y'all. You need to RUN, not walk but RUN, to iTunes and download the
new Ben Folds album, "Way to Normal." Because it's brillant and piano-y and
funny and awesome and there's a duet with Regina Spektor.

I think "Effington" is my favorite song so far.

Sample lyrics.

Effington could be a wonderful Effing place ( Read more... )

You ever have a song come up on the iPod, a song you've heard before, maybe ( Read more... )

Okay, blog readers. Time for Things You Didn't Know About Lori.

I freaking love Weird Al.

I think Weird Al is an underappreciated genius. And he's like, actually a genius. He graduated two years early from high school number one in his class and had a 4.0 GPA in engineering school. I love the fact that he has used his brain powers for ( Read more... )

So last week, I asked you where you thought my current journal subtitle is from. The subtitle in question being "Be careful getting coffee, I think these people want to shoot us."

The most popular answer was that it was from overheardnyc, which is a superfun community, but NOT the source of the subtitle ( Read more... )

...kick ass. I'm particularly attached to "Sing Me Spanish Techno" and "Stacked Crooked."

But you know, their lyrics have always reminded me of some other band. I could never think who it was. Then today, suddenly it hit me...

Their lyrics remind me of Duran Duran's. Check out the chorus of "Spanish Techno":

Traveling at godspeed, over the ( Read more... )

I'm becoming a basket case, it seems. Yesterday I was weeping because I had a dream about my parents' house, today I am weeping over SONG LYRICS ( Read more... )

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Again last night I had that strange dream ( Read more... )

The responses to yesterday's question about lyrics vs. music were very, very interesting. It seems that people vary widely on this matter, and it also seems like they're about evenly split between lyrics and music as to which is crucial for their enjoyment of a song ( Read more... )

Sitting at lunch on Saturday, The Lovely Roommate, the Fabulous Nancy and I got into a discussion of music and how we listen to it. It began when I asked Nancy how she liked a song I'd recommended, "Living Room" by Tegan & Sara. She said she liked it, but was unsure because of the content of the lyrics ( Read more... )