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Happy birthday, Joe Perry.
Novel trivia: I don’t have a copy with me, so readers can correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Joe Perry made an appearance on the first page of THREE FORTUNES IN ONE COOKIE. We didn’t even have to pay him. 😉
I’d have to say this will always be one of my favorite songs and videos. And the one I’m posting it for knows it’s for him. =)
behind the cut, 'cause I know I've been slowing down people's dial-up, sorry
Do you remember the early years of MTV when they actually showed videos all the time? Watching it with friends and making comments in that Beavis and Butt-Head way? Waiting for that ONE video you wanted to see, even if it meant losing sleep or not leaving the house? Actually knowing when a favorite artist’s video was going to debut and making a point of being there?
I was curious about when I could actually see videos on MTV. Here’s today’s schedule.
From 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., I could have watched Next.
From 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., I could have watched The Hills.
From 9 a.m. until 9 p.m., they’ll be showing episodes of Season 4 of “America’s Next Top Model.” (The show is about to begin its ninth season on The CW network.)
From 9 p.m. until 10 p.m., I could watch MTV Cribs.
From 10 p.m. until 11 p.m., I could catch two episodes of Pimp My Ride.
From 11 p.m. until midnight, I could see High School Stories: Scandals, Pranks & Controversies.
Just in case I missed “The Hills” earlier, those episodes repeat from midnight until 1 a.m.
Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County is on from 1 a.m. until 1:30 a.m., at which time I could see Real World: Sydney.
Four episodes of MTV Exposed air until 4 a.m., when I could catch Cable in the Classroom.
And then, at last! From 4:30 a.m. until 8 a.m. tomorrow morning, I could sleep through some music videos.
What’s your favorite all-time music video?
It’s Take Your Rat to Work Day!
Do you have a rat at work? Post your rat’s photo! But not if doing so will get you dooced. My rat was provided by Lisa in Iowa, along with some DELICIOUS strawberry rhubarb jam. Thanks, Lisa!
It’s also Jon’s birthday. Even though I don’t think he reads here anymore, happy birthday, Jon!
It’s not really Take Your Rat to Work Day. I just made that up. And if you DO get dooced, I accept no responsibility for your loss of livelihood, hair, spouse, or mental abilities.
Figured I’d post this one in honor of the way so many of the people I know are reading one Harry Potter book or another. I cracked up at one of the latest entries in the Urban Dictionary:
post-Potter depression: The empty feeling that comes from finishing the seventh book in the Harry Potter series and realizing there will be no more.
I understand. I’ve had post-Sex and the City depression (hush, Marika), post-Queer as Folk depression, and I’m coming up on post-Absolutely Fabulous depression. (I never said I was current.)
Mark, because I’m dorky, I did some screen captures for you.
unless you like mannequins, trust me, photos mean nothing to anyone but Mark
Oh, Marika, you make baby SATC watchers cry. Here. Let me encourage you to be pro-American (not French) Revolution and pro-Sex and the City with a couple of photos. Because photoshopping CAN be used for good, not just clown evil.
People I met in New York told me the Sex and the City movie was definitely on, and now it’s been confirmed on the Internet so IT MUST BE TRUE. Since I don’t watch much television, I don’t get many happy TV moments. This would be one. As long as they don’t ruin my favorite romance.
codyfrizbeejr got me thinking back to those days–almost before I was born–when I loved Southern California rock, a very incestuous group of writers, singers, and musicians that included all the people in and out of the Byrds, the Eagles, and CSN&Y, Warren Zevon, Buckingham Nicks, Andrew Gold, Karla Bonoff, Nicolette Larson, Jennifer Warnes, Linda Ronstadt, Poco, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Lowell George–and one songwriter who worked with almost all of them and usually shunned the limelight for himself. I don’t know if many people born after 1980 know who J.D. Souther is, but I like this quote by him:
“…any artist is always going to tell you that they think the next piece of work they’re going to do is the best. So there’s no point not doing it.”
I needed to read that.
And I love this old photo of Souther with Jackson Browne. So young…
