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06-Jun-2024
Florida by Stew & The Negro Problem
Lyrics of the Day, from Notes of a Native Song: You can’t hate on a state ‘Cause no state’s all that bad nor all that great There’s nice people and assholes everywhere To judge ’em by the jury would be unfair I met the nicest people you could meet So I don’t blame y’all one...
05-Jun-2024
Merge Conflict Music Video Morning
I started the day resolving a source code merge conflict and drinking a coffee. The merge conflict I fixed quick and felt great. Then I made a new header I think it might could be a good day. Here’s what I’ve been listening to on heavy rotation lately, from Last.fm. Top Ten songs. Family Business...
28-Jan-2024
Bumpin’ Morton Subotnick
Double Naught Spy Car
(Is Moorpark a boulevard or a avenue?) (Is it Moorpark Boulevard?) Cruising Moorpark I’m looking for a hot chick In a ’79 Pacer I’m bumpin’ Morton Subotnick Don’t tell me it’s the wrong approach I’m Morgan Freeman and you’re the acting coach Hitch up the Pacer to slip into a saloon The waitress is from...
08-Nov-2023
Time Is Up
I’m a big fan of some of the pop music of Poppy. Time Is Up is quite good. The flat precise delivery is perfect for a song from the point of view of the intelligences we are attempting to create, with the doomed chorus: I don’t need air to breathe when you kill the bees...
03-Jan-2022
Bumpin’ Morton Subotnick
Double Naught Spy Car from Panorama City is moorpark a boulevard? or avenue? you know boulevard? is it boulevard? is it boulevard boulevard? cruising moorpark! i’m looking for a hot chick in a ’79 pacer i’m bumpin Morton Subotnick don’t tell me it’s the wrong approach i’m morgan freeman and you’re the acting coach hitch...
11-May-2013
5:55 by Charlotte Gainsbourg
a cinq cinquante-cinq awake with open eyes adrift upon the night and miles away from land five fifty-five five fifty-five a cinq cinquante-cinq ante meridiem too late to end it now too early to start again five fifty five five fifty five soon the morning will arrive can i begin another day? whilst this old...
25-Jan-2012
Suzy Wong (lyrics by Stew)
William Holden is a soldier and Nixon will not send him home with every card game he gets older so when on leave he needs to roam don’t judge him by his desires the puppet wires are strong oh William Holden is a BART rider bound for Hong Kong or Seoul William Holden holds a...
25-Dec-2010
Fairytale of New York, selectively annotated.
(bold items sung by Kirsty MacColl) (otherwise sung by Shane McGowan) (bold and red by both) (lyrics from pogues.com) On YouTube, a live version, and an incomplete version. It was Christmas Eve babe In the drunk tank An old man said to me “Won’t see another one” And then he sang a song The Rare...
27-Sep-2010
Brass in Pocket
’cause I gon’ make you see nobody else here no one like me I’m special (Special) so special (Special)
04-Apr-2010
Just Got Lucky, by the JoBoxers: Lyrics
Your technique it leaves me weak my heart knows it’s the beat I seek and I found it (just got lucky) oh yes I found it (just got lucky) I never worry that your love is fake I’m free and easy and I’m feeling jake ’cause I found it (just got lucky) oh boy I...
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