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Every battle heads toward surrender on both sides
Today was so failmade, discovering the Mountain Goats' "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" was almost its only redemption. A friend did send me some tentacle porn, however, and I have just received spam whose subject header reads "The Bachelor's Roseless Conclusion"—I'm sure it's a stolen pop headline, but I think it might still be the best title ever. At least a song by the Decemberists or David Bowie. When I am feeling a little less scraped out, I need to mention Milk (2008), Spirited Away (2001), and Fearless (1993), all of which I saw this week, and something about Edith Sitwell.
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That is a fantastic title.
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Feel free to steal it!
I now recognize your icon, by the way, and it is most excellent.
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Oooo, thankies!
"The Bachelor's Roseless Conclusion"
Yes.
Sorry about the failness.
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Welcome. Be warned it's catchy.
Sorry about the failness.
Thanks. Today looks like it's going to be better; there's a warehouse sale at the Harvard Book Store, and it's snowing.
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I've never seen the film; I saw a stage production in 2006 and it was fantastic. I love Oscar Wilde.
Thanks!
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*snerk*
He really should!
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http://www.gloriousnoise.com/mp3s/2008/fun_with_forkcast_round_11.php
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Not yet! It seems to be from an EP I don't own.* Awesome.
* I have almost everything from Songs for Petronius (1992) through The Sunset Tree (2005), and then I missed a couple of albums. I just ran across Heretic Pride last night. How can you not love a band with songs like "Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums," "Maize Stalk Drinking Blood," "The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton," and the immortal "Song for Cleomenes"? (Trust me. Cicero wrote it all down.)
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I just love the heartbreaking "folklore" retelling in that song...reminds me of what you and I do.
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It can be done!
"Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums"
But the plum tree hung heavy in my head
And the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
And the plum tree hung heavy over me
"Maize Stalk Drinking Blood"
This is an empty country, I am the king
And I should not be allowed to touch anything
"The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton"
The best ever death metal band out of Denton
Never settled on a name
But the top three contenders after weeks of debate
Were Satan's Fingers and the Killers and the Hospital Bombers
"Song for Cleomenes"
He was the governor of Agrigentum, which we now know as Sicily
And he stole everything that wasn't nailed down
Took improper advantage of other men's wives
The list goes on
Trust me
Cicero wrote it all down
(Ignore the total lack of iTunes information on the second two songs; they are from a mix a friend made for me in New Haven. I think properly they belong to from All Hail West Texas (2002) and Beautiful Rat Sunset (1994). The last is one of my favorite songs anywhere.)
I just love the heartbreaking "folklore" retelling in that song...reminds me of what you and I do.
He has some extraordinary retellings. "Grendel's Mother" is one; so is "Deianara Crush." "Faithless Bacchant Song" is just awesome.
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Oh dear...
Anyway, sorry to hear about the fail! Feel better.
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It's catchy! It contains lines like "Woke up afraid of my own shadow / Like, genuinely afraid"!
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I hope it's a better day for you today.
I've not seen the other two, but Spirited Away was lovely, I thought.
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I bought a lot of books for people. It was good.
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Excellent.
I was at the Liffey, as most Sunday nights. Quiet, but very nice.
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---L.