1.12.2007
Friday Random Ten: Long Weekend Edition
I know I just got back to work from a glorious week off, but I really need this long weekend. What I don't need is my white coworkers wondering why we get Martin Luther King day off work, but not President's Day. I've finally started asking them these two questions:
1.) Name one, just one, thing that Dr. King did to make this country a better place.
2.) Name one, just one, thing that James K. Polk did to make this country a better place.
If I get more than a vacant stare at question number two, I will deign to engage the speaker in conversation about the merits of treating Dr. King's birthday as a holiday. Because, it's not like we don't live in the blackest city in America or anything.
FRT:
- Fiesta - The Pogues
Come all you rambling boys of pleasure, and ladies of easy leisure - I Was Meant for the Stage - The Decemberists
Rays of light shone down on me and all my sins were pardoned - Promises of Eternity - The Magnetic Fields
No Seven, no 8 1/2, no Nine, and no 10 - Penny for a Thought - Saul Williams
We're performing an exorcism on all this keep-it-realism - The Angels' Share - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
We saved and saved, only to find them spent - B.O.B. - Outkast
Seventy-five emcee's freestylin' to the beat - Neapolitan Bridesmaid - Tarkio
Albert Camus said living is anguish - Tokyo Storm Warning - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Death wears a big hat 'cause he's a big bloke - Ana Ng - They Might Be Giants
I don't want the world, I just want your half - Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
Ooh she may be weary
UPDATE: I did another FRT just that I could share with you this fun new toy:
Click on standalone player, and you can listen along!
Labels: FRT
annamaria at 7:16 AM
9 Comments
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at Friday, January 12, 2007 10:54:00 AM
Kurt said... wow!! there is finally much here for me to read/comment...be back later
Happy Holiday-
at Friday, January 12, 2007 3:05:00 PM
Kurt said...
ok. i made a list but there are links and stuff that just would make it too hard to copy and do again. plus mine isn't random this week, i am celebrating the possibility of going to a concert!
Here it is-
at Friday, January 12, 2007 3:06:00 PM
Kurt said...
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at Friday, January 12, 2007 3:08:00 PM
Kurt said...
i meant to say "how's Momma G doing?"
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at Friday, January 12, 2007 5:29:00 PM
said... I just wanted to say that it confuses the hell out of me when people put the song title before the band name!
I don't like it one bit!-
at Friday, January 12, 2007 10:20:00 PM
annamaria said...
in reply to everyone's comments:
Kurt: Mama G is fantastic. Still winning money at the casino. We did have to bully her to make another appointment with a specialist though.
Rich: for some reason, when I tag mp3s, I always list the artist first, but when listing songs & artists in a list (such as FRT or CD track listing), it's always song first. I'm wily that way.
Jen: Pitchfork is good for a laugh. And that's about all.-
at Sunday, January 14, 2007 5:43:00 AM
said...
you should get lastfm, baby! like me!:
http://www.last.fm/user/fakepalindromes/
:)-
at Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:15:00 AM
annamaria said...
Bitch, did you seriously just call me goomba?
Anyway, I'm so used to people referring to Pitchfork as the devil, I just assumed. No need to resort to racist insults! :)-
at Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:17:00 AM
annamaria said...
Rich, I tried using lastfm, and I can't remember why, but it didn't work for me. I think it was something about using Real Player.
