Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence

[Alicat]

Hey all,

I've just been asked to appear on a local (Nassau/Long Island) radio show, "Loud n Queer", which is building an episode around the paper I presented at the EMP last year, "Whoops, I Mean Girl: Toying With Sexual Identity in Song".  The host hoped I might bring a CD of the songs I discuss, and so I wanted to see if any of you have one that I'm missing, Timbuk 3's "Legalize Our Love."  It's sadly not on iTunes.  I have fat (and phat) bandwidth here so emailing me MP3s is no problem on my end.  If no luck, I'll break down and buy the CD.  Thanks in advance!

Email Dave. You KNOW he has it. He'd probably be pleased to assist.

[Alicat]

Ladies and gents, we have an itinerary: Gaz is taking a vacation!

M 12/18: Lv JFK 7:05am, Arr SFO 10:35am
R 12/28: Lv SFO 1:22pm, Arr JFK 9:56pm

Should I move this to the "Next Culb Get-Together" thread?  

Can't wait to see the City again, and I hope to see all of you!  The trip will be equal parts vacation, job search, and apartment search, unless by then work has convinced me to stay in NYC another year.

Hearts and flowers,
Gaz.

ETA: The flights are on Alaska Airlines, who have served me well over the years.  I'm paying almost $100 more than I'd hoped, but decided it was worth it to have direct flights on both ends.

Direct flights rule!  Set aside Sat nite 12/23 for that Sharks game if you can.

I want to see you guys at the game. I'm already there Dec. 7, 16, 21. Bob might freak if I go to another.....we'll see.

[Gazoo]

As of December 29, 2006, I will become the Deputy Copy Chief of The Village Voice.

Part of me is pained to not be moving back to SF just yet.  Part of me is worried about what kind of newspaper the Voice has become, and has yet to become.  But a big part of me is excited to have a staff position at what remains the gold standard of alternative print media.  I hope I can do my part to continue the tradition that Norman Mailer, Jack Newfield, Georgia Brown, Ellen Willis, Nat Hentoff, Robert Christgau, and so many others have upheld so amazingly over the past 51 years.

Here goes nothin', kids.

(PS: The SF trip is still on.  Anyone for karaoke?)

[mshray]

As of December 29, 2006, I will become the Deputy Copy Chief of The Village Voice.

Part of me is pained to not be moving back to SF just yet.  Part of me is worried about what kind of newspaper the Voice has become, and has yet to become.  But a big part of me is excited to have a staff position at what remains the gold standard of alternative print media.  I hope I can do my part to continue the tradition that Norman Mailer, Jack Newfield, Georgia Brown, Ellen Willis, Nat Hentoff, Robert Christgau, and so many others have upheld so amazingly over the past 51 years.

Here goes nothin', kids.


(PS: The SF trip is still on.  Anyone for karaoke?)

CONGRATS!!!  I hope this is indeed the springboard to even bigger & better things that it by rights ought to be.

[Alicat]

As of December 29, 2006, I will become the Deputy Copy Chief of The Village Voice.

Part of me is pained to not be moving back to SF just yet.  Part of me is worried about what kind of newspaper the Voice has become, and has yet to become.  But a big part of me is excited to have a staff position at what remains the gold standard of alternative print media.  I hope I can do my part to continue the tradition that Norman Mailer, Jack Newfield, Georgia Brown, Ellen Willis, Nat Hentoff, Robert Christgau, and so many others have upheld so amazingly over the past 51 years.

Here goes nothin', kids.

(PS: The SF trip is still on.  Anyone for karaoke?)

Congrats Deputy Dawg! First Mshray, now you. I gotta get my search on.
Glad you got a direct flight. I was tired after reading leg after leg of your orig itinerary.

[RGMike]

I put this here because it's Village Voice-related.  Apparently the Voice will carry on with the annual music critics poll (Pazz & Jop) without Robert Christgau, but there will be rival polls:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/arts/music/30idol.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin

[Gazoo]

I put this here because it's Village Voice-related.  Apparently the Voice will carry on with the annual music critics poll (Pazz & Jop) without Robert Christgau, but there will be rival polls:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/arts/music/30idol.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin

Wow, awkwardness.  I'm not friends but friendly colleagues with Rob Harvilla (the Voice's new music editor) and Michaelangelo Matos (the crit who's taking up the reins for Idolator).  I'm anticipating taking part in both polls, and if I'm part of the Voice family, I'm sure I'll play a large role in Pazz & Jop's execution.

BTW, wrong thread, but here's my prelim list of the best of the year.  James Morrison and Lemar are British neo-soul acts.  Pipettes are retro Ronettes-meet-Tracy-Ullman types.  If you're curious about any of these let me know.

Best Singles of 2006:
1. Gnarls Barkley, "Crazy"
2. Mary J. Blige, "Be Without You"
3. Mary J. Blige & U2, "One"
4. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins, "You Are What You Love"
5. Rihanna, "S.O.S."
6. Strokes, "Razorblade"
7. Sean Lennon, "Parachute"
8. James Morrison, "You Give Me Something"
9. Pipettes, "Pull Shapes"
10. Prince, "Fury"
11. Badly Drawn Boy, "Long Way Round"
12. Animators, "The Senator Goes to Hell"
13. Beyonce, "Irreplaceable"
14. Lemar, "It's Not That Easy"
15. Gnarls Barkley, "Smiley Faces"
16. Sean Paul, "Temperature"
17. Raconteurs, "Steady As She Goes"
18. Starsailor, "In the Crossfire"
19. Chris Brown, "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)"
20. Animators, "Buy Buy"
21. Stereolab, "Excursions Into 'oh, a-oh' "
22. Stereolab, "I Was a Sunny Rainphase"
23. Neil Young, "Restless Consumer"
24. ?uestlove/Roots, "It Don't Feel Right"
25. Prince, "Black Sweat"
26. Ne-Yo, "So Sick"
27. Gnarls Barkley, "Go-Go Gadget Gospel"
28. Michael Nesmith, "Boomcar"
29. Lemar, "Someone Should Tell Her"
30. Lyfe Jennings, "S-E-X"
31. Basement Jaxx, "Hush Boy"
32. Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, "Run to Me"
33. Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, "She May Call You Up Tonight"

Best Albums:
1. Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere
2. Morrissey, Ringleader of the Tormentors
3. Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, Under the Covers Vol. 1
4. Stereolab, Fab Four Suture
5. Shane Hines, Zoe
6. Animators, Why We Fight
7. Neil Young, Living With War
8. Starsailor, On the Outside
9. Scissor Sisters, Ta-Dah
10. Charlatans UK, Sympatico
11. Badly Drawn Boy, Born in the U.K.
12. American Catapult, Trees of Mystery
13. Willie Nile, Streets of New York
14. Strokes, First Impressions of Earth
15. Roger Joseph Manning, The World of Pure Imagination
16. Joan as Police Woman, Real Life
17. Lemar, Truth About Love

[RGMike]

BTW, wrong thread, but here's my prelim list of the best of the year.  James Morrison and Lemar are British neo-soul acts.  Pipettes are retro Ronettes-meet-Tracy-Ullman types.  If you're curious about any of these let me know.

Best Singles of 2006...

I've heard the following

1. Gnarls Barkley, "Crazy"
3. Mary J. Blige & U2, "One"
9. Pipettes, "Pull Shapes"
15. Gnarls Barkley, "Smiley Faces"
17. Raconteurs, "Steady As She Goes"
23. Neil Young, "Restless Consumer"

Which means I'm way out of the loop.  Note that  "Crazy" and "Steady as She Goes" are the only songs on your entire list that got any KFOG play.

FYI, the Pipettes are a Little Steven fave, as was the Willie Nile album -- the one song I heard from that one I really liked.

[princessofcairo]

Hey all,

I've just been asked to appear on a local (Nassau/Long Island) radio show, "Loud n Queer", which is building an episode around the paper I presented at the EMP last year, "Whoops, I Mean Girl: Toying With Sexual Identity in Song".  The host hoped I might bring a CD of the songs I discuss, and so I wanted to see if any of you have one that I'm missing, Timbuk 3's "Legalize Our Love."  It's sadly not on iTunes.  I have fat (and phat) bandwidth here so emailing me MP3s is no problem on my end.  If no luck, I'll break down and buy the CD.  Thanks in advance!

here's "legalize." if you can't download it for some reason, let me know and i'll email it to you. you wouldn't happen to have lemar's hit from last year, "justice in the world," would you? i can't find it anywhere. was a staple on that smooth brit station we used to listen to online.

[Gazoo]

Hey all,

I've just been asked to appear on a local (Nassau/Long Island) radio show, "Loud n Queer", which is building an episode around the paper I presented at the EMP last year, "Whoops, I Mean Girl: Toying With Sexual Identity in Song".  The host hoped I might bring a CD of the songs I discuss, and so I wanted to see if any of you have one that I'm missing, Timbuk 3's "Legalize Our Love."  It's sadly not on iTunes.  I have fat (and phat) bandwidth here so emailing me MP3s is no problem on my end.  If no luck, I'll break down and buy the CD.  Thanks in advance!

here's "legalize." if you can't download it for some reason, let me know and i'll email it to you. you wouldn't happen to have lemar's hit from last year, "justice in the world," would you? i can't find it anywhere. was a staple on that smooth brit station we used to listen to online.

Got it!  You are a Princess among Princesses.

And the show will be airing next Saturday, 12/9, from 11pm to midnight EST here (Real or Windows audio) :
http://www.hofstra.edu/CampusL/WRHU/index_wrhu.cfm

More info on the show here: http://www.loudnqueer.com/

Alas, I don't have the Lemar, but I'd love to seek it out when my life calms down a bit (i.e., after the holidays).

[Gazoo]

Hey all,

I've just been asked to appear on a local (Nassau/Long Island) radio show, "Loud n Queer", which is building an episode around the paper I presented at the EMP last year, "Whoops, I Mean Girl: Toying With Sexual Identity in Song".  The host hoped I might bring a CD of the songs I discuss, and so I wanted to see if any of you have one that I'm missing, Timbuk 3's "Legalize Our Love."  It's sadly not on iTunes.  I have fat (and phat) bandwidth here so emailing me MP3s is no problem on my end.  If no luck, I'll break down and buy the CD.  Thanks in advance!

here's "legalize." if you can't download it for some reason, let me know and i'll email it to you. you wouldn't happen to have lemar's hit from last year, "justice in the world," would you? i can't find it anywhere. was a staple on that smooth brit station we used to listen to online.

Got it!  You are a Princess among Princesses.

And the show will be airing next Saturday, 12/9, from 11pm to midnight EST here (Real or Windows audio) :
http://www.hofstra.edu/CampusL/WRHU/index_wrhu.cfm

More info on the show here: http://www.loudnqueer.com/

Alas, I don't have the Lemar, but I'd love to seek it out when my life calms down a bit (i.e., after the holidays).

Just a quick reminder that the show's airing tonight, should any of you be around and curious.  (If not, don't worry, it's not my finest broadcast moment.)

[princessofcairo]

Just a quick reminder that the show's airing tonight, should any of you be around and curious.  (If not, don't worry, it's not my finest broadcast moment.)

hey there, anyway we can listen to the show now?

[Gazoo]

Hey guys - Apropos of nothing, does any of you remember a grapefruit-ish soda/mixer from some years ago with a name like 20/20 or 50/50 or something like that?  I vaguely recall it being a staple at my grandmother's house, but haven't seen it in years.  (And no, I'm not thinking of Mad Dog 20/20.)

[RGMike]

Hey guys - Apropos of nothing, does any of you remember a grapefruit-ish soda/mixer from some years ago with a name like 20/20 or 50/50 or something like that?  I vaguely recall it being a staple at my grandmother's house, but haven't seen it in years.  (And no, I'm not thinking of Mad Dog 20/20.)

Must be this:

http://www.beveragesdirect.com/detail-776-Canfields_5050_Soda_12_Pack.asp

I'd never heard of it, tho' I know of Fresca and Squirt.

[princessofcairo]

(And no, I'm not thinking of Mad Dog 20/20.)

it's a good thing you added that...