Whitee - Purveyor of Fine Beats...Provider of Lyrical Treats
Music, culture & politics. We'll also update Whitee's recording progress.Monday, May 30, 2005
I understand now. It took me a night of procrastinating...just letting my mind wander. I'm at work, it's a boring night, not a lot of kids, they're all sleeping. I have lesson plans to work on and two different newsletters I should be slapping together. I just can't focus. So I'm playing computer solitare...the most evil thing ever invented. It's challenging enough to be addictive, yet stupid enough to let your mind drift.
So I have a CD in...a mix...mostly 60's & 70's. And I seriously start thinking...
"I could sing this shit. Ray Charles, King Floyd, Billy Preston...a little Frank Sinatra."
No...you can't. You suck. You have no voice. Being the Jew that you are, you even think about anything dairy you get phlegm for a week.
"Fuck The O'Jays! I can sing Love Train!"
No. You can't. Now knock it off!
For a half-hour I seriously had myself convinced that I had soul. Now when you see rejects on these reality shows...they do the same thing, they just don't snap out of it. THAT's the key...shaking yourself.
"I can sing like The freakin Monkeys. 'It's The Monkeys! They weren't even a real group...'"
No...you can't. You couldn't sniff Mickey Dolenz's nasty, week-worn drawers. Get a hold of yourself, man!
But God Damn, if I could just belt out Brandy (You're a Fine Girl), just once. Just once.
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I'm psyched. A new Boondocks Collection. Ordered it like a good little consumer.
Oh, while I'm on cartoons...ten years or so ago, I met this guy named Paul Palnik at an arts festival. I was working...jeez...at the very place I am now...but making less money. I loved his posters but couldn't afford any of them, so he sold me an anthology book of his work for what was in my pocket (which was less than what the book cost). Anyway, he's online and you should check him out. I'm not a religious guy - but the stuff that deals with God is more spirtitual than religious. I let someone borrow the book and never got it back so I just ordered a new one, with a print for a housewarming gift.
Anyway, check out Paul Palnik here.
"Brandy...you're a fine girl...what a gooood wife, you would be..."
Nailed it.
So I have a CD in...a mix...mostly 60's & 70's. And I seriously start thinking...
"I could sing this shit. Ray Charles, King Floyd, Billy Preston...a little Frank Sinatra."
No...you can't. You suck. You have no voice. Being the Jew that you are, you even think about anything dairy you get phlegm for a week.
"Fuck The O'Jays! I can sing Love Train!"
No. You can't. Now knock it off!
For a half-hour I seriously had myself convinced that I had soul. Now when you see rejects on these reality shows...they do the same thing, they just don't snap out of it. THAT's the key...shaking yourself.
"I can sing like The freakin Monkeys. 'It's The Monkeys! They weren't even a real group...'"
No...you can't. You couldn't sniff Mickey Dolenz's nasty, week-worn drawers. Get a hold of yourself, man!
But God Damn, if I could just belt out Brandy (You're a Fine Girl), just once. Just once.
=====================================================================================
I'm psyched. A new Boondocks Collection. Ordered it like a good little consumer.
Oh, while I'm on cartoons...ten years or so ago, I met this guy named Paul Palnik at an arts festival. I was working...jeez...at the very place I am now...but making less money. I loved his posters but couldn't afford any of them, so he sold me an anthology book of his work for what was in my pocket (which was less than what the book cost). Anyway, he's online and you should check him out. I'm not a religious guy - but the stuff that deals with God is more spirtitual than religious. I let someone borrow the book and never got it back so I just ordered a new one, with a print for a housewarming gift.
Anyway, check out Paul Palnik here.
"Brandy...you're a fine girl...what a gooood wife, you would be..."
Nailed it.
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