I had several things I was planning on posting about today, until a couple of hours ago when I discovered the news that Damien Rice has a new album coming out in November, and I found one of the new songs called "The Greatest Bastard". I've been listening to a live performance of it repeatedly and it pretty much wrecked all my thoughts.
Damien Rice - "The Greatest Bastard"
September 23, 2014
September 22, 2014
The new Leonard Cohen album Popular Problems is here. Not his most sonically inspiring or diverse, but what matters most with Cohen are the lyrics, and at the age of 80 he's as depressingly talented as always. "Samson In New Orleans"... what a poem. Here are some snippets of good lyrics from the album:
"All your moves are swift,
all your turns are tight.
Let me catch my breath,
I thought we had all night.
I like to take my time,
I like to linger as it flies.
A weekend on your lips,
A lifetime in your eyes."
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"There is no God in Heaven,
and there is no Hell below.
So says the professor
of all there is to know.
But I've had the invitation
that a sinner can't refuse,
and it's almost like salvation.
It's almost like the blues."
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My favorite song is the closing one, "You Got Me Singing". It reminds me of someone, and the song they used to me make me sing in my own heart. "The only song I ever had"... Damn you, Leonard Cohen.
"You got me singing,
even though the news is bad.
You got me singing,
the only song I ever had.
You got me singing
ever since the river died.
You got me thinking
of the places we could hide.
You got me singing,
even though the world is gone.
You got me thinking:
I'd like to carry on.
You got me singing,
even though it all looks grim.
You got me singing
the Hallelujah hymn.
You got me singing
like a prisoner in a jail.
You got me singing
like my pardon's in the mail.
You got me wishing
our little love would last.
You got me thinking
like those people of the past."
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Sigh.
"All your moves are swift,
all your turns are tight.
Let me catch my breath,
I thought we had all night.
I like to take my time,
I like to linger as it flies.
A weekend on your lips,
A lifetime in your eyes."
---
"There is no God in Heaven,
and there is no Hell below.
So says the professor
of all there is to know.
But I've had the invitation
that a sinner can't refuse,
and it's almost like salvation.
It's almost like the blues."
---
My favorite song is the closing one, "You Got Me Singing". It reminds me of someone, and the song they used to me make me sing in my own heart. "The only song I ever had"... Damn you, Leonard Cohen.
"You got me singing,
even though the news is bad.
You got me singing,
the only song I ever had.
You got me singing
ever since the river died.
You got me thinking
of the places we could hide.
You got me singing,
even though the world is gone.
You got me thinking:
I'd like to carry on.
You got me singing,
even though it all looks grim.
You got me singing
the Hallelujah hymn.
You got me singing
like a prisoner in a jail.
You got me singing
like my pardon's in the mail.
You got me wishing
our little love would last.
You got me thinking
like those people of the past."
---
Sigh.
September 18, 2014
Well, Scotland won't be going independent, despite the fact that the taxes of British citizens still pay for the lavish lifestyle of a ridiculously irrelevant royal family.
Can't say I blame them though, since the Irish economy isn't doing so well with its independence.
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Still, a lot of days I think about buying a plane ticket to Ireland and disappearing there.
I'd really like to disappear.
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If I could do anything in the world, it would be to be with her.
If I could only do anything except that, it would be to disappear without bothering anyone.
Can't say I blame them though, since the Irish economy isn't doing so well with its independence.
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Still, a lot of days I think about buying a plane ticket to Ireland and disappearing there.
I'd really like to disappear.
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If I could do anything in the world, it would be to be with her.
If I could only do anything except that, it would be to disappear without bothering anyone.
September 14, 2014
It's a good weekend to be a Barca fan. Neymar's back from injury and Messi set him up with two beautiful goals. Barcelona is atop the Spanish league at the moment. I found out today the guy who runs the convenience store up the block is a Barca fan. He always calls me 'boss'. Now we're friends cause we support same the club.
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I miss my friends Dave and Rocco.
I'm thinking bad thoughts and I wish I wasn't. Bad dreams this morning. They were so easy to interpret too, it hasn't been a good day except for the Barcelona win. Living requires so much more energy than I have.
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I miss my friends Dave and Rocco.
I'm thinking bad thoughts and I wish I wasn't. Bad dreams this morning. They were so easy to interpret too, it hasn't been a good day except for the Barcelona win. Living requires so much more energy than I have.
September 13, 2014
Great Moments In 21st Century Television
Bill Maher talking about the Ray Rice scandal: "I gotta say, the difference between the NFL and the police is when the cops get caught beating somebody on videotape, they just tough it out. Seriously, if it was a cop in that elevator they'd be like, 'Nope! Tape doesn't tell the whole story.' "
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Bill Maher talking about women's reproductive rights: "Women must be so tired of Republican congress people being medical super-geniuses about the vagina. Let's switch it up for a while and hear what gynecologists have to say about the national debt, shall we? I mean, when did this start in America that everybody gets to weigh in on women's reproductive issues? Hobby Lobby?! Who gives a shit what Hobby Lobby thinks."
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Bill Maher talking about women's reproductive rights: "Women must be so tired of Republican congress people being medical super-geniuses about the vagina. Let's switch it up for a while and hear what gynecologists have to say about the national debt, shall we? I mean, when did this start in America that everybody gets to weigh in on women's reproductive issues? Hobby Lobby?! Who gives a shit what Hobby Lobby thinks."
September 9, 2014
les quatre cents postes
That's French. And yes (because I know you were wondering), it's a reference to Francois Truffaut's fantastic film the 400 blows.
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Sometimes the only thing I like about myself is my J.D. Salinger tattoo.
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Sometimes the only thing I like about myself is my J.D. Salinger tattoo.
September 8, 2014
I was watching John Oliver talk about the problems of student debt, thoroughly enjoying it, and then at the end of his show his guest is the band A Great Big World singing their song "say something" and i...
fuck. life sucks.
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At the grocery store today I bought some vodka, some miscellaneous groceries and a large bottle of lotion (for my psoriasis). When the young female cashier was scanning my items I realized it looked like I had little planned except to get drunk and masturbate.
That's not what I use the lotion for, but it looked like that. It was embarrassing.
fuck. life sucks.
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At the grocery store today I bought some vodka, some miscellaneous groceries and a large bottle of lotion (for my psoriasis). When the young female cashier was scanning my items I realized it looked like I had little planned except to get drunk and masturbate.
That's not what I use the lotion for, but it looked like that. It was embarrassing.
September 3, 2014
A tribute to the comedy stylings of Yakov Smirnoff [read in Russian accent]
You know you're in America when your news headlines are about photos of naked celebrities (and how you should avoid them) and not about ISIS, Ukraine, Ferguson, Louisiana or any other number of meaningful issues.
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