Hello kiddies. Did you miss me?
I’ve been quite the jetsetter these last few months, and I regret that I have been neglecting you all. My psychologist, Doctor Manfredsen, says that my blogger fatigue is responding to treatment.
I’m currently holed up in a Moscow airport hotel with no wifi and cockroaches the size of fucking beagles. The blankets made crackling noises when I first sat down on them. Mind you, there’s lots of vodka and a cute night-manager with generous ideas about customer service. Life could be worse.
What are you listening to? Bonus points for gratuitous shirt off action.
(Last one via YellowJournalism)
Redshirt
Where ya been?
Ted & Hellen
I like this Father Tiger of whom you post.
MikeJ
No shirt off, but Rocks Off. Was just listening to Pu$sy[1] Galore’s cover of Exile on Mainstreet.
[1] FYWP
Sarah, Proud and Tall
@Redshirt:
For the last two days I’ve been holed up in a Moscow airport hotel with no fucking wifi. Mind you, there’s lots of vodka.
More generally, I’ve been wearing off my post-election blogger fatigue. I’m hoping regular posting will kick in any day now.
How are you? Have you all been behaving in my absence?
Burnspbesq
What do you get when you start with a couple of guys from the Mars Volta and add a female singer from a Guadalajara punk band?
Bosnian Rainbows. Strange, but very interesting.
Yatsuno
I’m a classicist. Plus near naked people in downtown LA.
Suzanne
I cannot stop listening to Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”. Yes, I know. And every time I hear it, all I can think of is that he is the real-life Mike Seaver.
Supposedly “Growing Pains” took place in the town in which I grew up. I did not live in a house that nice.
MattR
Tonight it is some blues rock with Jeff Healey – perhaps my favorite blind, Canadian guitarist.
Burnspbesq
This is inevitable when Sarah is around, so lets get it out of the way.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y64T-kYQ2B8
Wag
David Bowie on the Tonight Show 1980
Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NkefglL9c4c&feature=related
SatanicPanic
Ke$ha’s been in my head all day.
Sarah, Proud and Tall
@Burnspbesq:
Nice.
eric
if you have 40 minutes (or less) one of the truly great guitar albums ever recorded…Holdsworth’s IOU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTnE0QQHxeA
Mornington Crescent
Debbie Reynolds singing If I Had A Hammer. One of the great scopitone hits.
Swish that skirt, Debbie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng2Ls4OA2k4
Sarah, Proud and Tall
@Wag:
Also bonus points for Bowie.
Burnspbesq
The Eastside is en casa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmTNKNcGOQU
lockewasright
Gatemouth Brown and The Allman Brothers Band so far on Pandora.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLsO7Ld0oW8
Yatsuno
@Mornington Crescent: That is…quite daring for that time I must say.
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: Hi dear. I hope you heard the hiatus news.
TaMara (BHF)
Honestly, I didn’t realize how much I missed you until just this moment. Now the void has become crystal clear. Glad you’re kinda back. The mystery that is SPaT enlivens my dull little life.
@Suzanne: I’m right there with you. Great song to cycle to.
Suzanne
@TaMara (BHF): He’s not bad to look at, either. Typically, I do not like pretty, but the eyes make up for it.
Yatsuno
@Suzanne: Gratuitous shirtlessness. Also. Too.
(NSFW. No really.)
Sarah, Proud and Tall
@Yatsuno:
I don’t think so, dear. Hernia or job?
Mornington Crescent
One other thing. Cher, Tina Turner, and Kate Smith doing a Beatles medley on the Sonny and Cher show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y62c6Cs07S4
Yatsuno
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: NYD. In fact right now he’s not that far away from you (Berlin) enjoying some freedoms and stuff. But we’re still talking.
ranchandsyrup
Still hooked on Grimes. Here’s a vid with shirtless dudes for oblivion. http://vimeo.com/38987284
SatanicPanic
@Yatsuno: I already liked that song. Now I like it more.
Sarah, Proud and Tall
@Yatsuno:
Crikey.
ETA: I think I should feel offended somehow, but the jiggling is hypnotic.
Suzanne
@Yatsuno: My husband loves that video.
Yatsuno
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: I did put up a caveat. I personally think the gratuitous clothes shedding should have been more equitable.
@Suzanne: The nudity is just…random. I get the feeling Robin’s spousal unit was nowhere near that studio while that was being filmed. Although I will give them minor credit for showing women beyond a size zero and a DD.
Sarah, Proud and Tall
@Yatsuno:
Ah. Men. Who knows how they work?
TaMara (BHF)
more equitable
@Yatsuno: This. If I want to see boobs, all I have to do is look down. I want biceps, pecs and a six pack to look at, thank you very much.
Sarah, Proud and Tall
@ranchandsyrup:
I love Grimes.
srv
Sarah, why don’t you commit some minor offense at airport security and get sent to the zone that Snowden is in?
Or surely you have connections with MI-6 and could be of service to them? Is it true you had an affair with Ian?
Suzanne
@Yatsuno: I think it’s hilarious because of it’s randomness. I mean, there’s boobs….and a goat. It’s fabulous.
The song is catchy as all hell, too. I feel like Justin Timberlake is kicking the hell out of himself for not writing any songs as good as that. The two JT songs on the radio pale in comparison.
SarahT
Thanks for the Father Tiger videos ! Peaking Lights – “936”; U.S.Girls – “Gem”; Cedric Burnside Project – “The Way I Am”; Squarepusher – “Ufabulum”; Martina Topley-Bird & Mark Lanegan covering The XX
Suzanne
@Yatsuno: as much of a feminist as I am, I know that dudes should get naked just as much as the girls, but…..I just am not that interested in seeing naked dudes a lot. C-ock is really a very form-follows-function thing for me, whereas boobs are just awesome.
The Dangerman
Has anything ever topped Top Gun for GSOA?
ranchandsyrup
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: :) nice to see you back ’round these parts.
BillinGlendaleCA
Is this what happens when same sex marriage is legalized?
Yatsuno
@The Dangerman: No. And nothing ever will.
@BillinGlendaleCA: Or it’s a tribute to Mickey Kaus. And now I need to go cleanse my brain. Excuse me a moment.
Suzanne
@The Dangerman: Ugh. Tom Cruise. I really don’t know if it’s the pretty or the crazy that’s a bigger turn-off about that guy.
The Dangerman
@Yatsuno:
Indeed; it should have it’s own wing in the GSOA Hall of Fame. Bonus points for flexing and being oiled up.
ETA: As I recall, Will Smith in Bad Boys went shirtless for no reason an awful lot. It’s a contender.
ETA2: As a straight guy, most gratuitous tit flash is hands down Jamie Lee Curtis, Trading Places.
burnspbesq
In honor of next Thursday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_tyWt_9Bfs
Yatsuno
@The Dangerman: And if anyone tries to argue otherwise, ask them to name one plotline the volleyball scene advances. And enjoy the sputtering.
Redshirt
Conan movies with Arnie, if you’re looking for shirtless wonders.
Redshirt
@Yatsuno: It shows how competitive these hot dog flyboys are, and also too how they live in the Danger Zone, which was central to the plot. Case closed.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Redshirt:
Fixed it For Ya.
MikeJ
@The Dangerman:
Wasn’t there one written in to a Halle Berry for which she received an extra million? Money well spent.
Ed in NJ
Obsessing on Big Star the last couple of weeks. How was this band not, um, big stars?
Watch the Sunrise
September Gurls
Yatsuno
@Redshirt: Uh-huh. Argument: invalid. :P
MikeJ
@Ed in NJ: Which reminds me…who else in Seattle is going to see the Big Star Documentary Friday the 19th at the Grand Illusion?
Suzanne
@MikeJ: I will show everyone my boobs for a million dollars. Hell, I did it enough in college for free.
Sarah, Proud and Tall
@srv:
What makes you think I’m not already in the zone that Snowden is in?
I never kiss and tell, dear. Oh, no, wait, that was someone else.
@SarahT:
Thanks. I’m off to google frantically.
@Suzanne:
I like the ones with an extra dash in the middle.
@ranchandsyrup:
Aw, shucks. Thanks.
Burnspbesq
Bailamos, hermanos y hermanas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqQ-FiiJMg4
YellowJournalism
When you get back to good ol’ Spokane, maybe you’ll get this stuck in your head:
Tokyo Police Club–Party in the USA
If you meet up with some pasty-faced geek looking to bum some weed and a little Internet access, just stay away. Unless you eventually want to end up either in Ecuador or in a meeting with a shirtless Putin, although I suspect you’ve already done both those things.
scuffletuffle
Steeleye Span and Loreena McKennitt
SarahT
@Ed in NJ: The doc is wonderful & will help answer your question
@Mike J – Enjoy !
Old Dan and Little Ann
If Ernie isn’t fucking Bert or vice versa I ain’t interested.
Yatsuno
@YellowJournalism:
What could possibly persuade her to do such a thing?
YellowJournalism
@Yatsuno: Drugs?
Sarah, Proud and Tall
@YellowJournalism:
It’s ok. They’ve got him stashed down the hallway in one of the cheap rooms where the inside door handle has “fallen off”. The Ecuadorian ambassador is apparently on his way up to see what my offer is.
I’ve never seen shirtless Putin, although he did once goose me in a lift.
YellowJournalism
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: Did you find that you were missing any jewelry after that encounter?
Yatsuno
@Sarah, Proud and Tall:
It’s my understanding that’s how Russian men introduce themselves to strange women. Or he was testing waters, he is a single man now you know.
Sarah, Proud and Tall
@Ted & Hellen:
They have a number of EPs that are very good.
Yatsuno
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: I found the Christmas tune quite spirited and uplifting. Not quite understanding the Jell-O eating thing however.
SarahT
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: Some links for you. Hope they work – I am frunk at the moment.
Some live Cedric Burnside –
rtsp://v6.cache1.c.youtube.com/CjYLENy73wIaLQkXVEdCFyitdhMYESARFEIJbXYtZ29vZ2xlSARSBXdhdGNoYJH5meLGnIy0UQw=/0/0/0/video.3gp
Martina & Mark –
rtsp://v8.cache3.c.youtube.com/CjYLENy73wIaLQkLt1_meBGOIBMYJCAkFEIJbXYtZ29vZ2xlSARSBXdhdGNoYJH5meLGnIy0UQw=/0/0/0/video.3gp
U.S.Girls –
rtsp://v8.cache4.c.youtube.com/CjYLENy73wIaLQmwx8ZRfsYD9hMYJCAkFEIJbXYtZ29vZ2xlSARSBXdhdGNoYJH5meLGnIy0UQw=/0/0/0/video.3gp
Peaking Lights –
rtsp://v3.cache8.c.youtube.com/CjYLENy73wIaLQmD8XYHzKdhohMYJCAkFEIJbXYtZ29vZ2xlSARSBXdhdGNoYJH5meLGnIy0UQw=/0/0/0/video.3gp
The prophet Nostradumbass
I must admit that I didn’t notice your absence, but it’s nice to see you back.
SarahT
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: And an older video from Squarepusher – sorta nightmarish, though, but pretty cool
rtsp://v6.cache3.c.youtube.com/CjYLENy73wIaLQm3UPN8LrAeiBMYESARFEIJbXYtZ29vZ2xlSARSBXdhdGNoYJH5meLGnIy0UQw=/0/0/0/video.3gp
Narcissus
Most gratuitous topless sequence is Beverly D’Angelo in Vacation.
zombie rotten mcdonald
Just got in from Day 4 of Summerfest; listened to Think Floyd, a pretty good Pink Floyd cover band from Chicago; The Meat Puppets, Cracker, and a great young band from Halifax named Soho Ghetto.
There’s a ringing in my ears that’s heaven sent, as Dave Pirner would say….
zombie rotten mcdonald
@Sarah, Proud and Tall:
Ah. Men. Who knows how they work?
They’re like magnets. I was told by a rap band.
dance around in your bones
@Burnspbesq: For all the shit you take on this blog (you know what I mean) you sure have excellent musical taste.
And for that alone, I thank you :)
Odie Hugh Manatee
I’m listening to the tv in the background, which is good enough for my tired ass. :) I finally located the source of an annoying noise in the front of the engine in our Mustang, which turned out to be a loose centering ring for the V belt pulley on the SFI harmonic balancer I installed years ago. It’s no real problem other than the annoying noise but I pulled it apart and put a little silicone on it to fix it in place. The company who made it cut the lock ring a few thousandths of an inch short and over the years it gradually wore loose a bit. It really isn’t necessary once the V belt pulley is bolted on but I figured I would keep it in place.
Rebuilt both alternators while I was at it so they should be good for another 23 years. Yes, two alternators. For the two batteries in the car. Dual ignition systems too.
We travel in it so I want a reliable and fast car. :)
wasabi gasp
Yasemin Mori – Gerenimo
SarahT
@Sarah, Proud and Tall: Tried to send links to the other stuff but guess there were too many & they are trapped ? Oh well. Must pass out now – NASA Channel, yay ! Night all.
NotMax
Music with a funky beat plus most gratuitous boob scene ever (17 times!): end credits for “Howling 2.”
Nutella
@Mornington Crescent:
Oh, my.
And is that Tim Conway doing the silly walkons?