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Greg - 2007-09-08 18:53:55
Lisa Germano is supposed to marry ME!!!
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Bob - 2007-09-08 20:25:15
Gee, Wikipedia's been around for that long, and not until today did I get around to editing anything on it. (The Radio Birdman entry that claimed "Radio Birdman" was a MISHEARD lyric in Iggy's "1970". One listen to Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me" can clear that up. ...And can also remind one where the Beatles got "Here come [ol'] flattop" from. [Quite the international spawner, that Chuck.])
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2fs - 2007-09-09 00:04:19
Lisa Germano and anyone makes a cute couple: she's cute enough for two. I'm not sure that their combined DepressOFactor wouldn't cause a dark cloud instantly to materialize over their heads, following them about like Pig-Pen's dust cloud, however.
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Eric - 2007-09-09 03:09:49
It may have been out for 5 minutes, but it took me almost two weeks to finally catch a Breach show that wasn't sold out.
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Paula - 2007-09-09 08:52:59
Interesting--I have no recollection of this movie at all, and I'm usually up on current releases.
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Paula - 2007-09-09 09:00:15
Another note of interest: Breach reminded me, in its empathy, tone, and subject matter, a lot of another film I liked, Shattered Glass, and now I see that it was by the same director.
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anne - 2007-09-09 10:35:45
I'm still really liking The Hair, The TV, The Baby, and The Band and agree with your song highlight. While the whole album is terrific, I think the songs from "Room with a View" onward are particularly strong.
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Paula - 2007-09-09 10:39:50
Yes!!
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Greg - 2007-09-09 17:51:17
I noticed the director is also in charge of the remake of Westworld. That should be pretty interesting. The original was one of my favorites, way back in my yoot.
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Eric - 2007-09-09 19:40:44
Hmmm. .. never saw 'Shattered Glass" but I always wanted to. One day.
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Bob - 2007-09-10 00:35:11
And geekily speaking of Wikipedia, it is so reassuring to find out from it that - unlike latter-day Beatles fans who refuse to believe that such a sweet-sounding song could be malevolent - Paul McCartney has clearly stated that "Norwegian Wood" is about setting fire to the girl's flat, for leading the narrator on.
Hell, after that obnoxious I-Pod ad he did, it would not even surprise me to find out that he tried to set fire to his ex-wife's leg....
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2fs - 2007-09-10 16:26:48
Well, the quote is unattributed...and Paul didn't write the song, John did (although Paul may have had input). Still, I don't know which "latter-day Beatles fans" you refer to (do you mean the Mormons?) who are so naive...I mean, the song isn't saccharine - the sitar itself has a sort of cutting sound, not to mention the occasional flatted note - so...it's always been apparent to me that the song's a sort of dark joke: "you had to sleep in the bath?" "Well, yes - but then again, I did set fire to the place."
Haven't seen the iPod ad - but I don't particularly care about it. What, does he torture puppies in it?
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Bob - 2007-09-11 11:43:16
No, he tortures people in it by being saccharine. And the latter day Beatles fans I spoke of who are so naive are, as I do believe I stated (is this thing on?), the ones "who refuse to believe" [that's who] that what turns out to be Paul's contribution, "So, I lit a fire", does not instead mean that the narrator lit a fire in a fire place, and enjoyed the reflections on the fine Norwegian wood and the rich Corinthian leather, while mellowly getting over missing out.
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Bob - 2007-09-11 12:07:55
But since we're being parsy, let me revise that to "tortures viewers with it". And I would say that that earlier song DOES PURPOSEFULLY SOUND somewhat "saccharine"ly mellow, as a joke on those who don't get it. Maybe saccharine isn't quite the word... what's the sweet, poisonous stuff they put in anti-freeze (and toothpaste)? (And, by the way, that is not meant to imply that that is always put in toothpaste... I mean, "who" does THAT?) (Come to think of it, maybe that is the Chinese version of "Norwegian Wood"... jeez, that factory is more cynical than John and Paul....)
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