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Editrix - 2006-04-19 11:26:37
That is SO cool! Maybe I should rethink my aversion to MySpace. . . . :)
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Paula - 2006-04-19 11:31:30
Trixie, I think you'd have fun with MySpace. And it is a nice way to hear new music, too.
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iwombat - 2006-04-19 11:36:19
Thanks, yes, we did rock! (big fun)
but I don't know about instant pressed flowers, I feel like time is integral to the aesthetic, the reminder of the time that has elapsed, may be more intrinsic to their beauty that their simple prettiness.
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Paula - 2006-04-19 11:38:10
My vision of using that contraption didn't even get as far as thinking about the flowers--I just enjoy the shape of thingamajig itself.
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Alan - 2006-04-19 12:31:16
I'd say go for the flower press if it makes you happy. You can frame the flowers and intersperse them on your wall with your framed Ramones' LPs. I got the MySpace thing from Abra Moore last Summer, and it's a really cool feeling to get from someone whose work you adore. I also get it from a lot of local bands, but I tend to turn down the ones I either haven't heard or who I think need lots more practice before attempting live performance for paying audiences.
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Erich Kuersten - 2006-04-19 14:05:14
I feel your giddy joy...
I had the same when I reconnected with Renne Lobue of Elk City, who remembered me from writing her a fan letter back in the early 1990s. Also I got asked to be the friends of Rainer Maria and Moonbabies because, assumedly, I had their names on my music list, too.
One day DJ Deprave (my band name) will be on peoples music lists too, then I will CONQUER
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Paula - 2006-04-19 14:23:16
Hey, DJ Deprave, I used to know Renee from the ol' NJ crowd, too. I haven't seen any of her post-Melting Hopefuls bands, but I remember she and Ray used to put on amazing live shows.
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Erich K. - 2006-04-19 15:34:23
Wow, you should totally myspace her; both MH and EC are up there. They're between labels at the moment so could use the moral support.
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Paula - 2006-04-19 15:38:59
I have befriended them both. Yay, myspace.
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Brad Pitt - 2006-04-19 23:16:13
I'm pissed that none of you guys ever visits my website. I mean, of course it's really mine - it's got my name on it!
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Greg - 2006-04-20 10:09:38
Myspace has quickly become my primary source (after word of mouth)for finding new music. It eliminates formulaic reviews--and the biases of managing editors and their stables of preferred writers with very specific and/or predictable tastes. It's like a listening booth in an old-fashioned record store. And for all you guys looking for love and friendship long distance from Eastern Europe--Myspace is YourPlace. And Brad--I'm just a tad miffed--I ain't no hollaback girl.
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Greg - 2006-04-20 10:16:19
Paula--you must have a lot of blog readers because Barbara Manning's page was inaccessible (sp?) last night--said the server was too busy.
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Paula - 2006-04-20 12:15:29
Hey, this raises an important question. what is a hollaback girl? I looked at the lyrics to the song and though now I understand that Gwen Stefani is not no hollaback girl, I'm still not quite sure who is. anyone?
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Joe - 2006-04-20 13:06:07
I believe a hollaback girl is a woman who will respond to attention from a man who's just using her.
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Greg - 2006-04-20 13:18:33
Okay, this is from the Urban Dictionary, which is like the Fodor's Travel Guide for the decidely middle-aged and unhip--like myself:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=holla+back+girl&r=f
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Paula - 2006-04-20 13:19:40
I axed my co-workers, and there was much discussion. It turns out that there is a story behind the song that expains the concept a little further, and essentially a "hollaback girl" is like a "yes man"--someone who doesn't call the shots.
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Greg - 2006-04-20 13:53:46
RE: Gwen Stefani live -- by far the worst vocal performance I have EVER witnessed and I thought it might be a fluke but a while later on SNL singing don't speak she was even worse. So bad I was embarrassed for her.
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