Flip Flop And Fly

Woke up this morning with this song stuck in my brain.  Big Joe Turner did the original but I'm kind of partial to this version by Mr. James Cotton.

Mr. Passive-Aggressive - Updated

Had a run-in with a co-worker the other day (co-worker is a phrase I won't use regarding him again). I'll instead call him a disrespectful little shit from now on. Anyway, after his calling me an "old man who needs to stay in his space", things haven't been going so well for him anymore.

Before all this, I'd have done anything I could to help him with his job, as I do with all my co-workers. But since our incident, I've been making sure to stop doing anything that might help him, and have actively been doing whatever I can to make his day worse.

Mrs. 17 had the day off today, so I informed the boss I was stayin' home today too, but I promised to go in tomorrow (Saturday), which is something I NEVER do. However, there was one catch -- they had to use HIM as my replacement for the day. They agreed whole-heartedly.

My job there is much harder / faster-paced than his, and they also agreed to lay on any extra ball-busting they could. He won't be there Saturday, but I'll be sure to tell him Monday morning that it was MY idea to have him take my place.

Fuck him. Stupid little jackoff. I told him he wasn't gonna win.

Oh, by the way...Happy Birthday Cindy!

Update: The kid quit. So not only did I get in his head, I got in his wallet, too.

This pleases me.

Warrior On The Edge Of Time

Hawkwind has gone through quite a few changes in the line-up over the years.  People who have played with the band include Ginger Baker; Robert Calvert;   Arthur Brown, the God of Hellfire; the science fiction writer, Michael Moorcock; Paul Rudolph of The Pink Fairies and The Deviants; and, of course, Lemmy Kilmister.  Dave Brock is the only member that has been with the band from the beginning.

The line-up on 'Warrior On The Edge Of Time' are Brock, Lemmy, Nik Turner, Simon House, Simon King and Alan Powell, with Michael Moorcock adding vocals on two songs and contributing to the lyrics.

This may just be my favorite Hawkwind album.

Maybe...

Rabbits And Other Critters

Because it's Easter, but mostly because I wanted to play some Johnny Hodges and Gerry Mulligan. 


The name of the tune is '18 Carrots For Rabbit'. 



                                           

Wadda Ya Mean?

Gonna make ya work for yer points tonight.

Historians have not been able to definitively identify "The House Of The Rising Sun", but here are the two most popular theories:

1) The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) and was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops) until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors. It was located at 826-830 St. Louis St.

2) It's about a women's prison in New Orleans called the Orleans Parish women's prison, which had an entrance gate adorned with rising sun artwork. This would explain the "ball and chain" lyrics in the song.

Another example is Alice in Chains' "I Stay Away". Is it about refusing to go back to rehab, or staying away from a woman?

And finally, is this about a girlfriend or about pot? Paul says it's pot.

Funkcronomicon

Bill Laswell likes to create what he calls "Collision Music", meaning he brings musicians from different backgrounds together to see what happens.

In 1995, using the name Axiom Funk, Laswell went into the studio with a group of musicians that included Herbie Hancock, Sly Stone and Buckethead; Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan of The Last Poets; Joseph 'Zigaboo' Modeliste of The Meters; and various members of Parliament and Funkadelic, including George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Maceo Parker, and guitar god, Eddie Hazel.  (This would be Hazel's final recording.)

The result was Funkcronomicon, one of the best damn albums ever.

If this doesn't get your blood and your bones going, then there's something wrong with you.

Oh Sweet Jesus

Back in April, 1971, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a "reminder" to radio stations that they should avoid playing songs that "“tend to glorify or promote the use of illegal drugs such as marijuana, LSD, speed, etc.”  The list of songs that radio stations should avoid included "White Rabbit", "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "Eight Miles High", "Monkey Man", and 'Puff The Magic Dragon", to name a few, but the song that was banned by the most radio stations was "One Toke Over The Line" by Brewer and Shipley.

I guess Lawrence Welk didn't get the message.  He even called the song "a modern spiritual".

Oh Sweet Jesus...

I Pretend I'm the Boss

I've noticed some new folks at work thinking they need to come to me for permission to do things (which I ALWAYS grant), so they think I'm their boss. I'm certainly not gonna tell 'em otherwise.

It's good to be the boss. It's even better when they think I'm gettin' them outta trouble they're not actually in.

(Full Disclosure: I pretend I'm the boss at home, too.)

For Your Pleasure

Back in the day when most American cities had at least one decent record store, I use to find some of the more interesting albums in bargain bins.  One of those albums was 'For Your Pleasure'.   It was my introduction to Roxy Music.

With a sound that blended art rock futurism with a campy silver screen nostalgia, I fell in love with the album and the band at first listen.  Bryan Ferry is one of the more debonair frontmen; sort of the Cary Grant of Rock 'N Roll.  Add Phil Manzanera on guitar, Andy Mackay on saxophone and oboe, Paul Thompson on drums, and some guy named Brian Eno on synthesizer, and what you end up with is a wild and wicked magic mixed with a heaping spoonful of goofy. 

Anything Goes

Think I'll start things off with some Tuvan Folk Metal...

An "Out of This World" Thread

I'm tired of hearing about the aliens that don't scare me. Let's hear about the OTHER aliens that don't scare me.

Somethin' Funny Goin' On

Love me some Screamin' Jay...

(Warning - Not for the faint of heart, the politically correct or those who take everything too damn seriously.)