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drpaisleyIt is sometimes tempting to look at these lists as a form of faux divination (note: they are all faux), trying to tease meanings and insights into life and all that from the titles and bands. In this case, several of them could be applied to certain aspects of life at the moment. No, I'm not going to tell which ones.
Obviously, this has been an up-and-down year. The last couple of months have been extremely stressful, what with Rohanna's early retirement and Dragonet's (fortunately short-lived) furlough thanks to the Feral Children in Congress (®Charlie Pierce). We're looking for a more horizontally-organized house, and trying to get this one cleaned up enough to sell. Long-term changes in income mean far less travel and cons for the forseeable future. If we hadn't pre-regged for Contra last year, we wouldn't be going at all. Ro says she has a plan to get us to London, but I find it best to assume that I won't be there, or anywhere else any time soon.
And then, of course, there's my job, which has had the potential of disappearing at any given moment, but is even more precarious due to a change of ownership of the building we're located in. New management has offered us space, but isn't saying how much it will cost after the renovations are done. Given the boss's health issues and the issues involved in moving the equipment and materials, it wouldn't surprise me at all if he decided to just shut it down, which just adds another layer of stress.
There's a whole lot more shit going on in my reality structure, some of which has been very good and very weird at the same time, and other times incredibly frustrating. Getting tired of having to approach everything with the assumption it will go wrong, but it's what I got. So, see if you can figure out which songs might reflect some of my issues (no, #7 is not one of them).
1) This Hotel Room, Steve Goodman
2) Stinking To High Heaven, Laughing Clowns
3) Shake That 50 Cent (50 Cent vs. The Lovemakers), The Lovemakers
4) Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Rheostatics-Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
5) The White Cliffs of Dover, Van Morrison (2/15/73, The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA (late show))
6) Duck Duck Goose (Excerpt), Frank Zappa
7) Santa's Too Fat For the Hula Hoop, The Pixies with Thurl Ravenscroft as Santa Claus*
8) La Luz (Chunky Funky Mix), 808 State
9) Why Can´t We Live Together, Timmy Thomas
10) Blackbird (Rehearsal-Session), The Beatles
but wait
11) Sing, Gongzilla
12) I Choose You, James Pants
13) Good Job With Prospects, The Actress
Will see some of you tonight at Contra, I hope. The weekend has those possibilities looming, to what end (nae) we shall see.
*Alas, not those Pixies
Obviously, this has been an up-and-down year. The last couple of months have been extremely stressful, what with Rohanna's early retirement and Dragonet's (fortunately short-lived) furlough thanks to the Feral Children in Congress (®Charlie Pierce). We're looking for a more horizontally-organized house, and trying to get this one cleaned up enough to sell. Long-term changes in income mean far less travel and cons for the forseeable future. If we hadn't pre-regged for Contra last year, we wouldn't be going at all. Ro says she has a plan to get us to London, but I find it best to assume that I won't be there, or anywhere else any time soon.
And then, of course, there's my job, which has had the potential of disappearing at any given moment, but is even more precarious due to a change of ownership of the building we're located in. New management has offered us space, but isn't saying how much it will cost after the renovations are done. Given the boss's health issues and the issues involved in moving the equipment and materials, it wouldn't surprise me at all if he decided to just shut it down, which just adds another layer of stress.
There's a whole lot more shit going on in my reality structure, some of which has been very good and very weird at the same time, and other times incredibly frustrating. Getting tired of having to approach everything with the assumption it will go wrong, but it's what I got. So, see if you can figure out which songs might reflect some of my issues (no, #7 is not one of them).
1) This Hotel Room, Steve Goodman
2) Stinking To High Heaven, Laughing Clowns
3) Shake That 50 Cent (50 Cent vs. The Lovemakers), The Lovemakers
4) Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Rheostatics-Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
5) The White Cliffs of Dover, Van Morrison (2/15/73, The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA (late show))
6) Duck Duck Goose (Excerpt), Frank Zappa
7) Santa's Too Fat For the Hula Hoop, The Pixies with Thurl Ravenscroft as Santa Claus*
8) La Luz (Chunky Funky Mix), 808 State
9) Why Can´t We Live Together, Timmy Thomas
10) Blackbird (Rehearsal-Session), The Beatles
but wait
11) Sing, Gongzilla
12) I Choose You, James Pants
13) Good Job With Prospects, The Actress
Will see some of you tonight at Contra, I hope. The weekend has those possibilities looming, to what end (nae) we shall see.
*Alas, not those Pixies