The Dream

Tags: greydon square, atheism, youtube

emusic

I’ve joined emusic. I like the service overall, but they don’t have a lot of the older stuff that I’m looking for—like fanetics by Jules and the Polar Bears. I have found some good new tracks, though: “I Think I Need A New Heart” by The Magnetic Fields and “Supertheory of Supereverything” by Gogol Bordello are current favorites. Here’s “Supertheory”:



So—what are you all listening to these days? I’m paying $9.95 a month, and it’s harder than I thought to find 30 songs I really like…

Tags: emusic, the magnetic fields, gogol bordello, jules and the polar bears

Jesus, Thy Rod Doth Not Comfort Me

What is it with religious people and the human body? Remember nutty old John “Let the Eagle Soar” Ashcroft and his battle with the pointy tits of Justice?

I think Sweet Jesus is a wholly appropriate, thought-provoking Easter theme, but apparently some people strongly disagree:

The hotel and the gallery were overrun Thursday with angry phone calls and e-mails about the exhibit. Semler said the calls included death threats over the work of Cavallaro, who was described as disappointed by the cancellation.

An edible Jesus shouldn’t be in any way offensive, because lots of Christians eat him every Sunday. I guess they don’t want to see his holy package. Maybe it’s too big, too small, or too brown—who knows?

Anyway, the exhibit was canceled, but here’s Tom Waits performing "Chocolate Jesus." Enjoy:

Tags: religion, chocolate jesus , sweet jesus , cavallaro, tom waits

Housekeeping

This morning I tried to post the Supersuckers’s cover of Hey Ya! using Project Playlist, but Blogger kept telling me the HTML tag wasn’t closed. I drove myself nuts monkeying around with the code before I finally gave up and did some housework (which is what I should have been doing in the first place). The housework is long finished now, and I’m still dead set on posting that tune. I’ve given up on Project Playlist, though, so I searched good old reliable YouTube and found this cool video:

And speaking of housekeeping, since I switched to the new version of Blogger I've been periodically adding titles/tags to old posts. Apparently this means old posts are republished as new ones, so those of you who read olio via rss feed will be taking a non-voluntary trip down memory lane for the next week or so.

Tags: supersuckers, music, youtube, peanuts

Saturday “Wish” List

I Wish I Was Your Mother Mott the Hoople

Sweet Baby James James Taylor

Hey Hey What Can I Do Led Zeppelin

Wish List Pearl Jam

Party Girl Elvis Costello

Talk of the Town The Pretenders

I Wish It Would Rain The Temptations

Everybody Wants to Feel Like You John Prine

Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd

I Wish I Was In New Orleans Tom Waits

I’m going to switch over to the new Blogger within the next few days—wish me luck!

Sunday Night Laundry List

It’s Sunday night, which means I’m doing laundry. I hate doing laundry, because it's tedious and because it signals the official end of the weekend. Music makes all chores easier to bear, though, so here’s my laundry list:

Barkin' Dogs—Reggae Cowboys

Une Femme!—Bell Oeil

So What'cha Want—The Beastie Boys

Genius of Love—Tom Tom Club

Who Got My Natural Comb? —Ted Hawkins

No No No—Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Do What You Want—Bad Religion

Up for the Downstroke—Parliament

King of Kings—Prince Buster and the Skatalites

Bonito—Jarabe de Paolo