Total Perspective Vortex
What really happened to Trillian? Theories abound, but you can see what she's really been up to on this blog. If you're looking for white mice, depressed robots, or the occasional Pan Galactic Gargleblaster you might be better served here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/.
Don't just sit there angry and ranting, do something constructive.
In the words of Patti Smith (all hail Sister Patti): People have the power.
Contact your elected officials.
Don't be passive = get involved = make a difference.
Words are cool.
The English language is complex, stupid, illogical, confounding, brilliant, beautiful, and fascinating.
Every now and then a word presents itself that typifies all the maddeningly gorgeousness of language. They're the words that give you pause for thought. "Who came up with that word? That's an interesting string of letters." Their beauty doesn't lie in their definition (although that can play a role). It's also not in their onomatopoeia, though that, too, can play a role. Their beauty is in the way their letters combine - the visual poetry of words - and/or the way they sound when spoken. We talk a lot about music we like to hear and art we like to see, so let's all hail the unsung heroes of communication, poetry and life: Words.
Here are some I like. (Not because of their definition.)
Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Smart Girls
(A Trillian de-composition, to the tune of Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys)
Mama don’t let your babies grow up to be smart girls
Don’t let them do puzzles and read lots of books
Make ‘em be strippers and dancers and such
Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be smart girls
They’ll never find men and they’re always alone
Even though men claim they want brains
Smart girls ain’t easy to love and they’re above playing games
And they’d rather read a book than subvert themselves
Kafka, Beethoven and foreign movies
And each night alone with her cat
And they won’t understand her and she won’t die young
She’ll probably just wither away
Mama don’t let your babies grow up to be smart girls
Don’t let them do puzzles and read lots of books
Make ‘em be strippers and dancers and such
Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be smart girls
They’ll never find men and they’re always alone
Even though men claim they want brains
A smart girl loves creaky old libraries and lively debates
Exploring the world and art and witty reparteé
Men who don’t know her won’t like her and those who do
Sometimes won’t know how to take her
She’s rarely wrong but in desperation will play dumb
Because men hate that she’s always right
Mama don’t let your babies grow up to be smart girls
Don’t let them do puzzles and read lots of books
Make ‘em be strippers and dancers and such
Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be smart girls
They’ll never find men and they’re always alone
Even though men claim they want brains
Life(?) of Trillian
Single/Zero
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
There are 46 (and counting) songs in a folder titled "Election" on my 4shared. All downloadable. All with full song preview before download. All free, like liberty.
No. New. Taxes. Nothing. Zip. Nada.
Yep. Music socialism (without the huge tax bite). It's a non-partisan bonanza of music. Something for everyone and a lot of stuff for people who are fed up with the campaign and have a dim view of campaigning and what we endure in an election year. (Or maybe it's just me. Maybe I'm the only one thinking, "Enough already! Enough! You're all a bunch of egomaniacal power hungry loudmouths. Just stop insulting our intelligence. Shut up and let us research your voting records and legislation you've backed. Be gone, campaign, be gone.") There's rare Pixies gem (offering advice to the losing candidates), (My Life with the) Thrill Kill Kult, T-Rex, Flaming Lips, Lemonheads, Animals, Kaiser Chiefs, PIL and many more on the download ballot. Most of you will find it worth taking a look. I mean, when was the last time you heard Stereo MCs or Orange Juice? I know. I know. I pulled that one out of the cobwebs. Never underestimate (or attempt to understand) my music collection. Warning: Nick Lowe's lyrically funny but musically annoying I Made an American Squirm is known to cause severe, chronic ear worm. Ditto Pulp's Common People.
I even threw in a few moving day songs for W. Please, be upstanding for the Mayor of Simpleton. I have an image of him with a jellyfish net chasing jellyfish with Spongebob on the White House lawn. Best. Day. Ever.
As the election progresses so will the music - more songs added daily. Keep on rockin' in the free world. Peace out.
10:56 PM
