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Taleman Tell me the tale of your life
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Needs More ‘oke
Friday, August 13th, 2010Why don’t smaller artists release their stuff in Karaoke form?
It seems like a significant source of word-of-mouth advertising, if a fan of yours can take a karaoke disc of your songs with them to any karaoke night they perform at.
For that matter, why don’t big artists release more of their stuff in Karaoke form? Is it really that hard to make a second edit without the primary vocals?
Oh for the days when you could just turn your stereo all the way to one side and get a sing-a-long version that was built into the regular version.
UPDATE: Out of curiosity, I emailed Michelle Shocked’s contact page, to see what they had to say about the lack of Michelle-oke. She asked me for a top 10 list…that sounds hopeful =)
Funky Cold wait a minute
Thursday, August 5th, 2010I’m listening to a remix of the old school track, Funky Cold Medina, and thinking about the lyrics more than I really should. It’s always bugged me, the bit of the ‘story’ when he meets the transvestite, his line about “it’s the 80′s and I’m down with the ladies”….it suggests that there was a decade where he was down with the dudes. Add in the bit about how he gives his male dog some medina, and then lists the dogs coming over to get some from his dog, including Spuds McKenzie and Alex from Stroh’s, and yes, I know that Spuds was actually a girl dog, but as the lyrics read, he seems to be OK with his male dog fucking other male dogs.
Nothing wrong with personal preferences. I just found it amusing, in a bean-plate-y sort of way.
I Keep Things For A Reason
Saturday, July 24th, 2010It happens, eventually. Everything comes round again. The Sega Saturn has been sitting in a crate for years now, and I finally have a use for it….Karaoke practice. Since everyone insists I sing when I go to karaoke, and since they never have a song I really want to sing, I went ahead and spent a couple bucks on some karaoke CD-G’s of my own. As I recall, I was kind of annoyed that the dreamcast didn’t include cd-g support, so there was a few minutes where I confused that annoyance with memory of support. Eventually I remembered I had to back yet another generation. Still works just fine.
No one has Gary Chapman’s “Your Love Stays With Me”, in karaoke form. Maybe I can find someone to help me re-record the backing tracks. You know, because other people want me to sing. No interest on my part in singing, no sir. =p
Science Humor
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010Who says hard science nerds can’t have a little fun, and like Beyonce.
That’s not a song, it’s a pickle
Monday, July 19th, 2010I spent a lot of my recent rail trip listening to Chumbawamba’s ABCDEFG, which contains the delightful track Pickle; unless I completely missed the point of the album, it’s about restrictive copyright.
preserved and safe on a high up shelf
where soiled little fingers can’t mess
cataloged labeled and rarely played
polished and pure and possessed
aaaahhh
that’s not music
that’s a pickle
Claire-oke
Friday, July 16th, 2010Karaoke at Claire’s last night was a little depressing. Annie was a no-show, again. The really cute waiter wasn’t working. It was just me and the 80 year old guy, except for when one song. Who woulda thunk that having zero advertising would pay off so well =\
Geyer Street Sheiks of mystery – Solved
Sunday, July 11th, 2010Ebay sent me word that a CD I had on permanent search had finally been offered up for sale, and at a starting price of only one penny no less. I put in my bid and end up getting the disc for $5 when all is said and done, woo hoo. It arrives, in original shrinkwrap it looks like, and plays perfectly. Thing is, I have no idea why I had been searching for the disc now. The band is from St Louis, so could be associated with some band I knew of back then, but it’s all neo-bluegrass from 2003, not industrial/alt/techno from ’95. Strange. Sounds nice enough so far.
UPDATE2: Figured it out. This is the singer from my favorite free CD ever, “Which Dreamed It” by Three Merry Widows.
Dream Head (unit)
Thursday, June 17th, 2010Car stereo that connects to ipod as if it were a bluetooth headset.
There are lots of car stereos that will act as a speakerphone for your iphone. I want to be able to get in my car, hit the blue-connect button on my car stereo, and start playing music from the ipad, without having to take it out of my gear-bag, just like how it auto-plays when I turn on my bluetooth headset.
PNB 2009 Season Encore
Monday, June 14th, 2010Went and saw the PNB‘s 2009 Season Encore performance yesterday. They skipped the Mopey, which I had been really looking forward to. They also hadn’t gotten enough people to fill the upper level economically vs the staff required, so they’d re-seated everyone in 2nd tier…except they forgot the box seats. So I ended up getting re-seated into the first tier box, for only half the price. I’ve always wondered how those high up on the side seats would work out. There was 1 scene where some non-dancing performers were standing so far to the close side of the stage, that I couldn’t really see them, but all the action was in perfect view, plus an extra view of the orchestra pit. When they were about to announce canceling the Mopey, I could see someone coming to tell the conductor, before the announcer had started her announcing.
All in all, an interesting experience. Those dancers sure have muscular legs and tight tights. Too bad I didn’t find my binocs before I went.
UPDATE: Looks like the ‘encore’ for the Encore was “Rug Dance” from “Ordinary Dances” by Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig. Unfortunately, that information isn’t sufficient to find me a recording of the music behind it =(
UPDATE2: The guy gave me the wrong name, it’s “Ordinary Festivals”, and he’s looking into what the music was that was played.
UPDATE3: I decided to make this show my box-seating-experience based on an email from a facebook group called “Seattle Comp Tickets”. I saw an email that started with “PNB presents…” and ended with “featuring sinners, demons and drag queens. The Devil (played by the fabulous Anita Goodman) will be your host, as audience members are encouraged to volunteer their “sins” for judgment.” What I didn’t notice was that the second paragraph was for a completely different show. It seemed like a significant disconnect between what I saw, and what the e-flyer had said I’d see. Silly me =p