Giles Runs the Voodoo Down
Haven't tried listening to "Bitches Brew" recently. My neighbors are annoying me, though. Perhaps I will put it on, set it to repeat, turn it up, and leave for the day.
From Not Without My Handbag, by way of VASpider's Web:
Beautiful Welsh names (girls)
Aelwen(fair brow)
Arwen(Fair)
Briallen(primrose)
Drudwen(precious)
Ceindrych(Elegant, fair). . .
BOMB WALES NOW! Seriously, take any one of these words, put "Marie Johnson" behind it and try not to laugh. Now imagine the kindergarten teacher trying to say Fflur on the first day of school. That's right. We need to bomb Wales now.
I want to have her children.
Obviously, she'll get to pick the names. I still think "Toyota Corolla" is a good faux-African name meself. . .
Meanwhile, Giles takes on the marketing of Shakira. No quote, go visit him. I'd point out that one of her Pepsi ads appeared in the front of that People en Español I bought a while back, and there's a blurb about her in the latest Bitch. Because they are the zeitgeist.
Also, MeFiMe does that link/discuss thang on the PS2 Network Adapter, but there are some Dreamcast-using filth there. Ignore them, and ask for killfiles as a feature.
Today marks Jack Kirby's birthday. Mixed emotions from me, since despite his central role in creating the comics industry, I remember reading his dialogue.
Want to know more? Much Kirby love at (the archive'd version of) the Toy Wonder's site. Think you get images and working links in other browsers; I'm doing the lynx thang, and don't feel like checking. There is text. It should be good enough.
Plus, lots of good content there means fewer complaints about the lack of such here. It's all good.
Bugger (Yay! Now I can hang out with Jason!). Checked, and there are no images in that particular archived version of Unca Cheek's page. Thought they did graphics files too, but they might pull them from the actual site. And his is long-gone. Might check other versions of the page later.
Update: Ok, they do have images files. Just not the ones for that particular page. Tragically, this is also true of the pages for Luke Cage, Hero for Hire. I think we all agree with Luke when he says, "Sweet Christmas!"
Or not. Whatever.
Comments
As a mother with a strange name (I'm on her list!) who has named her children strange names (Yes, Monk's real name IS Monk. Cole is Cole Sequoia Lark - or Birdy when he's acting sweet) I am TOTALLY OFFENDED by that woman's website.
Not really...I just like to brag about my kids' weird names. hahahaha.
I do get a little wary when I read sites making fun of kids' names, though...because it's a tactic of a specific group of people who are hostile towards parents. But I'm not going to go there here.
Enjoy your brew!
Posted by: drublood | August 28, 2002 8:46 AM
I don't think anyone has ever enjoyed "Bitches Brew."
On weird names, dude, you've seen some of them faux-African names, right? "La-" stuck to the front of some word chosen randomly from the dictionary and such?
They used to grate on my nerves, now I see 'em as. . . not sure what I see 'em as, actually. But they don't bother me.
Unless I have to puzzle out pronunciations. Then I freak.
Posted by: Aaron | August 28, 2002 9:21 AM
kuan yin rox! i put a jpg of vajrapani on my desktop the other day and it continually blows my mind. have you read about the black madonna of eastern europe? there's an interesting book on it by china galland called "longing for darkness".
if you REALLY wanna phreak the neighbs, blast "shape of jazz to come" by ornette coleman...but you knew this already you coy bastard.
kirby's ok by me but i was always more of a steranko fan esp. his 60's-70's psychedelic period particularly in dr. strange and my wish-i-was alter ego, nick fury agent of s.h.i.e.l.d.
party on
Posted by: fertile_jim | August 28, 2002 12:10 PM
Sorry, dog, the most of the images on the Nick Fury page are missing, too.
Did you see the issue of Planetary with the Fury analogue?
Have heard about the Black Madonna, but never really looked into it.
Way-the-fuck-out-there jazz as a tactical weapon is not something to be used lightly. Entire regions can be rendered barren.
Posted by: Aaron | August 28, 2002 12:48 PM
Kuan Yin has a niche at my house (my partner is Taoist and I like her too).
The Black Madonna's fascinating -- but my favorite iconic figure from the Xtian tradition is Saint Sarah la Kali, "Black Sarah," the (uncanonized) saint of the Gypsies.
Posted by: hanne | August 29, 2002 12:16 AM
Great. Something else to spend time looking up. Thanks heaps, Hanne. What did I ever do to you?
Oh, right, Shonen Knife and the ODB on a mix cd. Never mind.
I usually try to avoid invoking anything. The results are never what I'd expected. But what could possibly go wrong with Kuan Yin?
Which sentence is the equivalent of standing on top of a mountain during a thunderstorm wearing armor, waving a sword and shouting, "All gods are bastards, especially Thor, Zeus and the rest of them lightning-hurling mugs!"
When will I learn?
Posted by: Aaron | August 29, 2002 10:11 AM
Sorry to leave you hanging, Aaron. Here you go:
http://www.romove.cz/romove/religion.html (scroll down a little bit)
http://www.dogbird.com/thesis/web/sarah.html
http://www.dancers-archive.com/med-dance/legends.txt (scroll down to II B)
or, if you'd like my own creative and only quasi-historical take on her, http://www.scarletletters.com/current/021202_pp_hb.shtml
Posted by: hanne | August 29, 2002 11:26 AM
Hanne, you're too good to me. So I'll spare you the vegan oatmeal cookies when you breeze through the Twin Cities.
Sometimes they come out good, sometimes even the park squirrels just look at 'em funny and flee in horror.
Posted by: Aaron | August 30, 2002 5:51 AM
It is becoming apparent that I am going to be the carnivorous minority when I'm in Minneapolis, between you and my vegan business partner Heather. I guess I'll just revert for a little while (I was a vegan for about 7 years). It won't kill me.
Those cookies, on the other hand, might. It's all about the egg, I'm telling you. Cookies need egg to thrive and grow strong.
Posted by: hanne | August 30, 2002 1:25 PM
It was the honey substitute killed the last batch, I think. I'll go back to the bee juice; the super-strict vegans can go graze in the lawn or something.
Mud Pie vegetarian/vegan restaurant is just down the block from Dreamhaven, you know.
Posted by: Aaron | August 30, 2002 3:03 PM
You're on. After the show at Dreamhaven, we'll hit Mud Pie. You, me, and a bunch of hot bisexual feminist pornographers and sex educators. Ain't you the lucky dog?
Posted by: hanne | August 31, 2002 3:43 PM
On the advice of counsel, I decline to answer that question on the grounds that it may incriminate me.
Not sure when they close the patio for the season. It might still be warm enough at that point to dine al fresco.
Or, as my sister calls it, al bundy.
Posted by: Aaron | September 1, 2002 5:01 PM