Remember who J.G. Ballard called his favorite writer? Isaac Asimov.
Ginger, I know. I work at physical therapy five days a week, and I expect to be working at it two years from now, I hope. But the progress is poor, and I have to face it, too.
Some people say I'm an "inspiration". I don't know; my paralyzed arm, for instance, shows every sign of being permanent, and my verbal/vocal distress is very hard (though that one shows hopeful signs; maybe two years, or three). I'm an inspiration, maybe, the way you can't help but be.
But I will say this: Please, I beg of you, see a doctor within the year. And if your checkup shows high blood pressure, for god's bring it down.
I'm thinking of spending Saturday on Ellis, if it's a nice enough day. (If it's it all right for Velma, of cource.)
Hi.
Scraps here. Anyone want to come hang with me Sunday, maybe take me out for a while, so Velma can have an afternoon off? Buzz her and let her know!
11: On the other hand, Chopin, Nietzsche, Astaire, Douglass, Pohl, Frith, MacMurray, Mercury.
IIRC there's a lot more recent evidence than just some old songs for Kinky Friedman being a racist. Also, a pompous blowhard horse's ass riding an Arnold-like wave of uncritical celebrity-luv -- in this case from a crowd that thinks it's hipper than Arnold's crowd, but the process is the same -- to political power.
Bacchus, I know a couple people who are making a chunk of change out of writing what are essentially quick & dirty blog posts for Associate Content. One of them is an experienced freelance writer; she's doing the Associated Content thing because it's less work and hassle for her -- and she already has connections. The other has no set of credits or connections, and is getting paid for stuff she'd have great difficulty placing with her nonexistent record. I'm seriously considering trying it myself.
I think you underestimate the time benefit in the almost complete lack of hassle in doing this kind of writing, that you seriously underestimate the barriers to establishing oneself in the more lucrative freelance market, and that you have failed to take into account that a lot of this writing is of a sort that no one else is paying for at all -- or for which there are a finite amount of slots that are largely filled at any given time.
I think Bush & Co are both deluded and liars. Apart from the outright crooks and thugs who are only in it for themselves -- the full-time shameless liars -- I don't doubt that there are people in the Bush team who sincerely believe in the big picture they're trying to achieve. But even these deluded idealogues lie constantly about the details, and about the methods used to achieve their goals, in ways they cannot be unaware of.
Five dollars per post for this kind of thing sounds like good money to me. I think I could make fifty dollars an hour writing posts like that.
Many livejournalers -- meaning "I" -- allow anonymous comments (after screening) because many folks who read our journals won't register for livejournal.
Unfortunately, while I favor voting out the so-called conservatives as much as the next sane person, I doubt it will return us to rationality. The Democrats, or the uncrazy Republicans, will feel compelled to continue most of the charade.
By the way, I've never understood "now there's only love in the dark." What's supposed to be wrong with love in the dark? Kelly Howe, the singer who has made "Total Eclipse" her own at Rose's Turn, always asks for a big round of applause for love in the dark on the last iteration.
TexAnne, I don't have a cite, but Lennon, who wrote "Run For Your Life", dismissed it as one of his worst songs.
There aren't many huge hit pop songs that have the ludicrous majesty of "Total Eclipse of the Heart", but another of the serious contenders, "Bohemian Rhapsody", is also a piano bar staple.
I like the way Sweet and Hoffs sound on that song -- and on the rest of the album -- but it bugs me that they simplified the wonderful bouncy bassline of the original.
One odd thing about Revolver's ascendancy in recent years is that it runs counter to the general tendency of rockish albums to maintain their reputations better over the years than poppish albums. Revolver's always been my favorite, and the typical favorite of a power pop fan, but I would have guessed that Abbey Road and The Beatles would have vied for the position of dethroning Sgt Pepper.
My friend Gavin, who collects all sorts of pop music oddities, loves football songs, and (as I recall) thinks "Vindaloo" is the best, or at least the funniest.
The only other one I remember him telling me was the song for Scotland's national team before the World Cup: "Don't Come Home Too Soon."
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