Did Lindsey Buckingham lose a bet or something?
Category: Reading, Writing, Listening To…
This just in…
Tickets to see Leonard Cohen cost just as much as tickets to see the (fucking) Eagles – $200 each. HOOOOOLY CRAP. I will add that to the list of things I’m not buying. Yikes.
New Favorite Words
So, I have two words I am currently using way too much: 1) Devastating, as in “The last thirty minutes of Atonement were devastating” or “OMG, the ending of that Carly Simon song was devastating.” If I knew how to blog via text message, I would have used both of these sentences already. Apparently, everything…
More music…
So, around Thanksgiving, the Muzak channel changed from “Cool Songs that Elaine doesn’t Automatically Hate” to “Hits of the 50s and Eeeeearly 60s” and stayed that way until a week or two ago. Actually, I liked the old music channel because I hadn’t heard two of my favorite old songs “Let’s Hang On” by Frankie…
25 Things, a crosspost from Facebook
1) I blog at laineyd.com. (I know, Duhhh right?) 2) I just found a problem with around 900 of my employer’s W-2s for 2008. I hope my boss remembers this the next time I forget to do something minor. (I talk about W-2s a lot this time of year, it’s just a weird thing about…
More music…
Apparently I’m in an early ’90s mood. I’m going to go put on some black knit pants. (Apologies for the announcer at the beginning. This is REM’s acoustic performance of Half a World Away from Unplugged. It’s not their best song, but it is definitely their prettiest).
Listening to…
It was (probably) true 40 years ago, it was true in ’93 and it was true on Tuesday. Well, I can hope so anyway 🙂 I hope all is well with all of you.
it’s all so blah blah blah
I have nothing of interest to say. It’s been rough ’round the homestead of late and I was pretty close to just saying fuck it all and running away from home and coming to live with you guys instead (if you are wondering “Does she mean me?” the answer is a big fat “YES” because…
A break in a local Malaysian coffeehouse…
1977: A Moderately Better Year For Music
(Same rules as the 1995 post below, just with slightly less sucky music) 1. Tonight’s The Night, Rod Stewart (creepy video and I have trouble believing Rod Stewart was ever sexy) 2. I Just Want To Be Your Everything, Andy Gibb 3. Best Of My Love, Emotions 4. Love Theme From “A Star Is Born”,…