Last night I saw "Flight of the Conchords" with some friends. Needless to say, they were brilliant. I got the feeling that they thought Chicago was lame - *laff* - because, uh, they said so. Minneapolis' audience was better, they said.Eh, bien! (By the way, I love the French song. That's about all I know of French. I could've written that! ;-) Take care,j.
Hey Mogsters,I had no idea that Estelle Getty passed on, but in her honor I'd like to dedicate Scrabbel's "Bea Arthur" mash-up. Hope you can hear it OK. More soon. -j.
I realized in my early thirties that once one becomes stagnant in music tastes and not open to anything new, that's it. For example, remember meeting people when you were a kid who were into music from the 40's (or whatever decade) and it was as though they were stuck in that decade. This doesn't just happen to older folks, either. I have a friend who ONLY listens to 80's music. He has no idea ...
Apologies if someone else posted this earlier, but Joanna Newsom will be performing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Friday, August 22nd. If you ever get a chance to see her, see her! She's so cool.I saw her a few years ago in Chicago; it was so worth it.Love,j.
The other day a co-worker said, "I saw you walking...wearing your big headphones." Then he laughed. (This isn't the first time a co-worker has snickered at these particular back-up headphones.) My slightly smaller ones, that were black, fell to the misfortune of a cat with a chewing fetish.Waiting for a bus, a young woman said to me, "It's funny that big headphones like that are coming back. They'