Kid Koala

I like making mixtapes. It's an interesting process to say something for myself using someone else's art. I also love listening to vinyl. I think it follows, then, that I'd have at least a passing interest in Turntablism. And it is at least passing. I don't really care. There was an incredible song I heard once in high school, and there's Kid Koala. Other than that song and that artist, turntablism could just die as a genre, and I wouldn't notice.

Kid Koala live:

1!2!3!4!5!_6!7!8!9!10!_11!12!

This lil tune taught me to count, along with The Count, and that guy who would always drop baked goods. My favourite number is 12.

In case you were wondering, the time signatures go like this:
4+3+4+3 || 4+4+3+3 || 4+4+3 || 4+4+4+3 || 4+4+5+4

Roosevelt Franklin

I've been sitting on this for a while. It's an old Sesame Street record, featuring a long-gone Muppet by the name of Roosevelt Franklin.

While this is pretty standard Sesame Street lyrics, the music is actually some pretty awesome soul. Also, "Mobity Mosely's Months" reminds me a lot of that great song by the Trashmen, "Surfin' Bird" ("awellawellawella, don't you know that the bird is the word").

Find the thing here.

it's a "love fest"

There's no hyphen--see:

MATTHEW (Caller): Hi, Neal.
CONAN: Hey.
MATTHEW: Wilco. I'm a big fan of both the program and the band. So this is a major love fest for me. Just a question directed mostly towards Jeff. Well, I've been a big fan ever since "Being There" came out. And I've noticed, especially on the last couple of records, your lyric writing is getting more and more literate. I was just wondering, like, what kind of authors do you read? I mean, can you list names?

And my public speaking gets less and less articulate. At least I found my way back from Ohio.

I should state that I still think it should be "love-fest." NPR's authority on this issue is diminished somewhat by the fact that they put an album title in quotation marks. Songs go in quotations, albums are underlined or (preferably) italicized. I bought Being There after hearing "Outta Mind (Outtasite)" on the radio.

The Swooning State of My Apartment

Indeed, I have retained control myself. I remain the master of M(A.S.S.)ters of the Universe. The fate of the blog is in my hands! Mwa ha ha ha!

I'm actually pretty good at maintaining control. Except when (and this is why I'm posting at the moment) we're talking about really good girl groups. Then I'm fawning all over myself and swooning. And then I feel weird because they're so much older than me. Still, I think it's awesome that Mary Weiss from the Shangri-Las is working on a new(!) solo record with the great Memphis garage-soul band, Reigning Sound. But then, swooning still creeps me out.

Which is why I absolutely love the UK's reigning champs of girl group/rock history/pop, the Pipettes. Swoon with me, people:



They're so pretty. And talented. And British. (Swoon.)

Listen: The Pipettes: "Pull Shapes"

Also, I'm thinking of having a party for the State of the Union tomorrow night. Beer will be involved. Also, I am likely to be yelling at the TV as though it were a football game. Going badly for my team. ("Privatizing Social Security!?! HE TOTALLY FUMBLED!!! What the hell?!?! They're going to let him get away with that!! Fucking ref! He should have been impeached!") I will probably need more beer afterwards.

Five bucks he says "the state of the union is strong."

On the other hand, my apartment is a wreck, and I'm already about two days behind on homework. So I'll probably just watch it myself. Unless I can convince someone at Scotty's to change the channels away from ESPN for the duration. I wonder how much goofier the President looks in hi-def.