Monday music: Lo and behold. And “Glee.” And Weird Al love.

I’m tired, but in that good way – the fatigue of someone reclining with a beer on a deck after many long and fruitful hours of being busy and important. Looks like I’ve finally been able to express why I love Dolores Haze so much, for one thing. Check out The Second Pass in general,Continue reading “Monday music: Lo and behold. And “Glee.” And Weird Al love.”

Monday Music: sweet and weary head

My friend Egon is in town and I am busy being a terrible host, alongside the usual activities, such as trying to crawl under from beneath a pile of work. Still, Monday music is sacred. Lorge – El Ten Eleven Lapland – Ratatat Thorn-torn Lips – Robert Berkman Pretty Good Year – Tori Amos InContinue reading “Monday Music: sweet and weary head”

Monday Music: “you’re the one calling Barry Manilow from a phone booth at 2:00 am!”

I’m quoting the inspirational 1998 classic – “Can’t Hardly Wait,” because I need comforting childhood memories to flood my brain like a balm. Otherwise, brain will explode, and where will this blog be then? Drinking Wild Irish Rose in a gas station bathroom with Glenn Beck, that’s where. Bad Romance – Lady GaGa From MeContinue reading “Monday Music: “you’re the one calling Barry Manilow from a phone booth at 2:00 am!””

Your spectacular GaGa gif of the day

What’s going on here is that my childhood fantasy is melding with my childhood nightmare. I knew that one of these days, someone, somewhere would seize upon my old obsession with crystal chandeliers than hung in the otherwise drab living rooms of the great aunts, and explode my brain with it. And that I wouldContinue reading “Your spectacular GaGa gif of the day”

Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” video features Nemiroff vodka

OMGYAYAY UKRAINIAN PRODUCT PLACEMENT! … And that’s all I really noticed here. Not really, no. This is so delightfully creepy. I love it when she’s when she’s wearing something that resembles a chandelier popular with Soviet grandmas. And the ending is awesome, so you have to watch the entire thing. Her being auctioned off kindaContinue reading “Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” video features Nemiroff vodka”