If you haven't seen this video, or heard this song, you're in for a treat. Sebastian and I went INSANE for it today - I mean, we were both jumping up and down, dressing Sebastian in a green jacket and putting my old IFGS boffer sword in his hands, and singing the song over and over. I suspect that Teri thinks we're both crazy.
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If I were bipolar - and I'm not, although I sure as hell feel like it this morning - my theme song would be Oingo Boingo's "Elevator Man".

Speaking of songs, has everyone here already heard National Lampoon's Magical Misery Tour? If not, maybe I'll post it.

Go to the church but the preacher he just preach at me ( Read more... )

Sebastian's a huge They Might Be Giants fan. So am I, of course ( Read more... )

Stan Ridgway is an American original - a real character. He's also a damned good musician ( Read more... )

We've been watching the Underdog show on Boomerang lately. I used to watch it as a kid, of course; it was one of my favorites ( Read more... )

Sebastian has been singing a new song lately, and it stuck in my head ( Read more... )

I always liked this song. And it always irritated me that the only version I could find was the instrumental one by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. I don't know who sang the version in the movie, but he's clearly insane and has a lot of gusto. That's a winning combination in my book ( Read more... )

Tonight I sang my little 3-year-old boy to sleep for the very last time. When he wakes up tomorrow, he'll be four. Actually, he'll turn four in less than an hour.
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Ever felt fundamentally dissatisfied with your life? I'm kind of feeling that way right now.

And I'm listening to "Orange Crush" by R.E.M., over and over.