Hypothetical Sufjan Stevens albums: [link]
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Jon B. - Apr 27, 2006 7:30:43 am PDT #3142 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
tina f. - Apr 27, 2006 8:36:06 am PDT #3143 of 10003
The Kansas one was written by a true Kansas-lifer. I love it!
Faux-Sufjan Stevens Presents:
Say Good Morning to Kansas, and Mean It!
1. Hello, You People of the South Wind, You Citizens of the Sunflower State
2. Dodge City
3. John Brown Had a Very Cogent Point to Make with Many Guns
4. The Creation of Milford Lake, the Flooding of Milford, and the Many Familiar Places Lost as a Consequence
5. Manhattan, Kansas: The Little Apple
6. Where Did You Go, American Buffalo?
7. William Quantrill
8. If It Is 1863 and You Are Anti-Slavery, We Will Deal Harshly With You
9. I Lost My Leg in Leavenworth and I Want My Pay
10. Dorothy, Or, Ten Good Reasons to Go and Stay Gone, or, An Insightful Critique of the Gold Standard
12. Run! It’s a Twister! Head for the Cellar!
13. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Robert J. Dole Chat Cordially
14. The Pony Express, Or, All Trails Lead to Marysville
15. Vote for Suffrage! Mothers and Daughters Are People, Too!
16. The Konza Prairie
17. Wichita and the Very First Pizza Hut
18. Brown V. the Board
19. Evolution May Be True for You, but Kansans Were Crafted By the Hand of God
20. Kansas Is America’s Heart, Interstate 70 Its Superior Vena Cava
21. When Sufjan Stevens Bought Meth in Topeka, He Had Very Many Good Ideas for Songs
22. If You Care To Leave, The Santa Fe Trail Is Still Available For Your Convenience
Jon B. - Apr 27, 2006 8:48:31 am PDT #3144 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
DavidS - Apr 27, 2006 8:52:32 am PDT #3145 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Kansas ones were great. And I concur that Massachusetts was ill-served by its list.
tina f. - Apr 27, 2006 8:58:37 am PDT #3146 of 10003
::gleams with Kansans-are-funny-and-smart pride::
Sidenote: I notice that longtime Chicagoans looooove this city and can tell you anything about it (usually) but know almost nothing about the state of Illinois at all (again just my personal observation). It's odd I know, but I can't imagine not knowing your state motto.
Kansas', by the way, is Ad astra per aspera or To the stars through difficulty.
eta: Illinois' is Sovereignty, National Union. I can see why people could lose track of that one. Chicago's is better: Urbs in Horto (City in a Garden).
Spidra Webster - Apr 27, 2006 2:55:17 pm PDT #3147 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Thanks for that link. I don't really know Sufjan's work yet (although I liked the one song I heard), but I can see that being a very funny "assignment".
A friend of mine submitted her tip about Uke-y Stardust to Ukulelia and they went with it. And my pic is up top!
Tom Scola - Apr 28, 2006 4:40:58 am PDT #3148 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Kathy A - Apr 28, 2006 12:27:05 pm PDT #3149 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Don't know if anyone's already posted this, but just popping in to say that you can listen to the new Neil Young album here.
Spidra Webster - Apr 28, 2006 9:21:23 pm PDT #3150 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
My brother seems to be taking an interest in promoting his music again so he got a MySpace Band Profile page. Check it out: Brendan Lynch
tommyrot - Apr 30, 2006 6:46:39 pm PDT #3151 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ooh. Galaxie 500 Peel Sessions are of teh awsome!
eta: Where have I heard "Final Day" before? The Mountain Goats cover that, right?
Off to Amazon to get the original by Young Marble Giants....
eta²: Duh. The other version of "Final Day" I've heard is also by Galaxie 500, from Uncollected.