I'm sorry, but does anybody really care about either the state fair or Celebrity Birthdays?
Aug. 22: Author Ray Bradbury is 82. Actress Valerie Harper is 62. Correspondent Steve Kroft (''60 Minutes'') is 57. Actress Cindy Williams (``Laverne & Shirley'') is 55. Singer Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears is 41. Drummer Debbi Peterson of the Bangles is 41. Singer Tori Amos is 39.
As an early birthday present to us, Tori has a new single out/available online.
On August 16, AOL First Listen will feature the exclusive premiere of Tori's new song, "a sorta fairytale," for three days. Look for it from AOL Keyword: First Listen and on the Web at Netscape, AIM Today, ICQ and CompuServe.
She's on Epic now, which is actually a division of Sony. From the above, I'd have sworn it was part of AOL Time-Warner.
No, that was Atlantic. And they dropped her a while back.
Corporate stuff makes my brain hurt.
On the plus side, Bonnie Raitt is appearing at the state fair. No, that one's almost as unhealthy as the Emmylou Harris obsession. . .
Update: And anyone with half a brain would include an actual, you know, link to where the Tori song is.
Those of us who can't just type in AOL keywords, that is. Is there a tag for those?
Update again: The official lyrics to A Sorta Fairytale ain't here, despite what Google seems to think. Management does not apologize for any inconvenience, since it ain't like this is our fault.
Do you have Red Dirt Girl? A fantastic album.
Argh. No, not yet. But Wrecking Ball, and the Cowboy Junkies Lay it Down, are two of the cds I always take on road trips, because I can listen to the whole things over and over.
They're going to make me give up this domain name at some point.
Do you have "Whites Off Earth Now", which considering who it's from is a very cool name for an album?
Oh yeah, and have you seen their MP3.com site? Free songs and stuff.
They very well may demand the name back if you keep on talking 'bout Johnny Cash and Emmylou Harris. I don't have Wrecking Ball, wish I did. We have tons of Johnny Cash though.
Thanks for the link to the MP3 site for them. I wasn't aware of it.
Since you are selling out and talking about Johnny Cash, it's my duty to inquire if either of you have heard The Handsome Family (They're from Chicago, so I would hope that Aaron has at least heard OF them). They are so kick ass. Dark modern alt country. I only have one of their CDs, but it rocks from beginning to end. Great road trip music, too, but make sure you don't have any spare potential implements of self-inflicted death laying around.
Oh, goddamnit, now I have to install Real Audio again. I know, the burdens in my life are overwhelming and horrid.
Incidentally, there's a compilation called "Asleep at the Wheel," to which I've been repeatedly subjected, which is good if you're into the Johnny Cash-esque school of country.
Michelle, not a problem. But I call dibbs on Margot. So nyaaah.
dru, hadn't heard of Handsome Family, no. I am but an alt country poseur.
VASpider, considering what's involved in convincing Real Audio player that you only want it to play Real Audio, and not add itself to the taskbar, and thanks but really it doesn't have to show pop-ups for new content, yes, this is a burden.
I will publicly announce that I'm not interested in the compilation while searching for more info, to satisfy the Council on Proper Black Behaviour. Otherwise, they'll probably revoke my membership.
And why possibly would one not be into the Johnny Cash-esque school of country? That concept is just unknown to me.
I hear the train a comin'; it's rollin' 'round the bend,
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when.
I'm stuck at Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on.
But that train keeps rollin' on down to San Antone.
Aaron, I'll send you a copy of the Ray Charles and Grace Jones covers of "Ring of Fire" if that'll help make you feel any better...
Ok, covers, plural. For a minute there, my brainmeats were going to go 'spody.
My relatives in Alabama can let the music love flow free, but I am from Chicago and must pretend to hate country music as icky. Dumb, I know, but there it is.
I'm Not Listening to one of Tracy Chapman's older albums right now, for the same reason.
Michelle: it's not that I'm not into it, it's just that there's only so much of it I can listen to before I'm not into it for the next few weeks. Some music's like that.
Yeah, Aaron, that's why I got rid of it in the first place. Too goddamned invasive. >.
Re: Country Music as Icky
I did NOT integrate Chicago's Toby Keith concert Saturday night -- because after all, I was with a friend!! And she swears she saw another nonwhite couple of people. I think she was hallucinating/looking in a mirror, but whatever. In any case, Toby has two black horn players -- who, like No Doubt's & Sting's horn players, when they aren't playing, they "dance." (If you've ever seen this "dancing" you'd understand why it's in quotes--!)
The only reason I originally got into No Doubt is because they were on MTV, playing on a rooftop, and I thought the goofy horn section was officially part of the band.
Then I realized they were going to be changing the name to Gwen Stefani (with No Doubt) really soon, and bailed.
(see also: Gloria Estefan with Miami Sound Machine, Michael Jackson with the Jacksons, Diana Ross with. . . you get the idea)
Say what you will but "I'm just a girl" was completely my anthem in 1995.
I don't care too much what the song's really about... I can't resist (almost) any song that talks about walking in the spiderwebs. I can't. Shocked and amazed, I'm sure you all are.
Figured you for a Joan Osborne fan.
Precious minutes of my life were wasted in conversation with other black people about her nose years ago, and if/whether/how much Negro she was.
Ah, college. When you debate the issues that really matter long into the night.
I do like Joan Osbourne a lot actually. And she's from here. Oops I'm not supposed to let anyone know that I'm not Canadian right?
Go back to talking about Cowboy Junkies. Your cover is safer that way.
Did you get Joan's second, live-ish cd? Think that's one of the few I could part with. Never got into it, for some reason. Does she still play there in, um, Vancouver?
No, I don't have that one and no, she doesn't play here much. She relocated to NY and I don't think she looks back often.
Typical. Did you ever see her live? I'm guessing, unlike so many people these days, she actually sings at her live shows. . .