posted April 03, 2001 03:43 AM               

'Wordly and sophisticated' are also not words i associate with you, Lardy. Not since i heard abot your raincoat collection and that night in the national park. 'Twisted and Wrong' do trip from the tongue quite well after 'Lard' and 'Lad' tho.

posted April 08, 2001 03:20 PM               

Lardsy, did your TOOTS thread for sigs die in the recent crisis? I looked for it to test my new sig, but couldn't find it!

posted April 08, 2001 03:24 PM               

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What do you think of Dean's hair?

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"...though my love is rare

though my love is true

I'm like a bird

I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is

I don't know where my home is..."

posted April 08, 2001 03:35 PM               

The LMB Karaoke Bar is *GONE*!!!

NNNnnnnnnnNNNoooooooOOOOOOOO!!!!

>drops wooden spoon used to simulate microphone, collapses into a heap on the floor<

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What do you think of Dean's hair?

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"...though my love is rare

though my love is true

I'm like a bird

I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is

I don't know where my home is..."

posted April 08, 2001 05:32 PM               

Actually, ZLS, I didn't buy it but I have HEARD it all, several times.

I definitely see your view of it being super-slick and over-produced. I can't see her being able to perform ANY of those songs easily on a live performance.

I still like it, though. She's going a classier route to stardom than Britney & her clones did, and writes her OWN MATERIAL which I have profound respect for.

"I'm Like A Bird" is THE feel-good song for me these days. No other tune compares right now. "Hey, Man" is good too. The others are growing on me...

Give it another listen, ZLS! Or at least play "I'm Like A Bird" at top volume!

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What do you think of Dean's hair?

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"...though my love is rare

though my love is true

I'm like a bird

I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is

I don't know where my home is..."

posted April 15, 2001 07:59 AM               

Don't forget to post!

On a lighter note, MEET THE PARENTS was a cute movie. Ben Stiller can borrow my speedo anytime. The Focker joke got old quick, though! Also BRING IT ON was right up my alley and great fun!

On the comics end of things, I hope everyone was as surprised with and impressed by GREEN LANTERN 137 as much as I was.

posted April 17, 2001 12:26 PM               

I'm trapped in the Fanta Zone (too much fizzy orange I think).

I've been here for 4 months now.

posted April 27, 2001 07:06 AM               

it's ironic that now i have to drink, it's taking all the fun out of it. And replacing it with mucous.

...and i'm sorry, Lashie, for abandoning you. But at the pub, the high-class nightclub opening i scammed an invite to, the bush-doof and the fabulous two day 'Nail Me Up For Easter' pub crawl... at least once i thought of you, surely. probably got it written down somewhere with all those phone numbers...

...here it is; "Gee i'll bet there's not enough C&W karaoke here for Lashie, though that busboy looks...". The rest is sadly obscured by scotch and what is probably lipstick.

posted May 05, 2001 05:47 AM               

As far as Nelly Furtado goes, after numerous listens, her CD is {i]thisclose[/i] to overtaking both David AND Macy Gray as *my* most favorite lsten....! And that is QUITE a complment from me!

posted May 07, 2001 02:19 PM               

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Originally posted by Terence:

But Hounds of Love was definitely her masterpiece.
T

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Hounds of Love is a great album, especially Big Sky, Cloudbusting and most of the Ninth Wave suite on side 2 (I've got the vinyl, can't ya tell)...but I'm more fond of her Dreaming LP. That one's amazing from start to finish!

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-If you know where I could get some original Von Eeden Thriller art, let me know! ...please?

posted May 07, 2001 09:49 PM               

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Originally posted by Terence:
Hi ZoesLoveSlave

Hounds of Love I would say is her most accomplished album (and I have the Vinyl and extended CD), but my favourite would have to be Lionheart. Everytime I listen to it, I'm whisked back to my early teens, and all the confusion and wistfulness that went with them. I mentioned Kashka From Baghdad above, but also Oh England.
Of course, my favourite track is from The Kick Inside, and is The Man With The Child In His Eyes, esp. after someone played it for me whilst in bed recently (but that's a bittersweet memory, and I shan't go there).

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Hounds is indeed an excellent album, and in a lot of ways is probably Kate's apex as an artist, especially during the aforementioned Ninth Wave suite...some of those songs are startling-Watching You Without Me, for example. However, the Dreaming is so consistently imaginative and sonically powerful that it's the one that commands my attention the most...each song is like a sequential glimpse into another strange, terrifying and beautiful world...while I consider Lionheart a bit weaker than the albums before and after, I do love several songs from it, ESPECIALLY Oh England My Lionheart. Symphony In Blue and Wow are also very nice, as is Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake. The Kick Inside was the first one I heard...after I saw Kate perform Man With The Child In His Eyes on Saturday Night Live (the only time she's ever performed live in the U.S.), perched atop a Steinway with Paul Shaeffer, of all people, accompanying her, I loved that song so much I had to go out and get it the next day! I have followed her career ever since, and have all her US albums and singles; I even joined the Kate Bush Club for a couple of years ! One favorite from Kick Inside is Oh To Be In Love...very catchy, and I'm a little surprised it wasn't a single!

Unfortunately, the last couple of albums (Sensual World, the Red Shoes) have dimmed my enthusiasm for her work quite a bit...while they have their moments, they're a little slick, lifeless and halfheartedly commercialised to me. She's (over)due for another one...I'm hoping that maybe she's been taking her time crafting new music and it will be stronger than the last few efforts.

It would be hard for me to name one song that is my favorite, I've got at least two or three candidates on each album!

posted May 08, 2001 07:24 AM               

With a kiss, I'd pass the key
And feel your tongue
Teasing and recieving
With your spit still on my lips
You hit the water

I find that incredibly evocative.
But you're right, it is very hard to pick one song as an over all favourite.