Friday, February 29, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Slouch
I just noticed what some of the Ad Sense ads were, picking up on my "Slouch Loleen" name. Slouch Jeans, Slouch Bags, and now I can't remember what the other one was.
Slouchy, seems like Devo had a song, like "My baby's getting slouchy." I think I originally got part of it, I know this is so, the Loleen off a Firesign Theatre album, unless I misheard and now misremembered that. But it seems like there is a section, yes, I recall clearly, on "How Can You Be In Two Places..." where a whiny guy is saying something to "Miss Loleen."
The other bit, putting it together, goes way back. And that's all I want to say about it.
Other recent acquisitions
I was detailing some of my music buying, which I try to get used, especially at thrift stores when possible.
Some of this I don't know what I'll ever want it for. But, you know, Christmas eventually comes, so any Christmas album is good. I got Jim Nabors' Christmas CD one day, then the very next day there was a big front-page article about him in the newspaper insert magazine. And I had just been wondering aloud if he was even still alive. Turns out he is.
I got Michael McDonald's Hallmark Christmas album. For some reason these Hallmark albums show up pretty often. And I also got James Taylor's sometime in the last year.
Here's probably an obscure CD: Vacation Bible School songs from Group, Sing & Play Roar Music. 10 Action-Packed Songs Kids Love! It's not opened so I don't know what I'll do with it precisely. But I have some ideas.
Here's one that is virtually out of my league as far as interests, but I got it anyway. A Reader's Digest CD, "The Most Beautiful Melodies of the Century," including tracks by Damian Luca, Romantic Strings, Henry Mancini, etc. Another one is in that same realm, "The Greatest Show Tunes," including tracks by Stanley Black, Mantovani, Frank Chacksfield, and Ted Heath. Now those are oldies! I haven't listened to any of this yet.
Others a little more mainstream include Roberta Flack 'Best of,' Neil Diamond, '12 Greatest,' a couple Patty Loveless CDs, a Trisha Yearwood one, a few k.d. lang. And there's been several others.
Goodwill
This blog could essentially consist of my near-daily jaunts to Goodwill, but of course it won't. That's only about 50% of my life, so whatever the rest of it is, that has to be included too.
It was amazing today, the number of people in Goodwill. I actually started counting and got up to about 25 and there were more customers than that. But since I was essentially tripping over little kids darting in and around the clothes racks, I needed to focus on walking.
It's like a social scene in there, mothers, children, me. A couple mothers were near the CD place, so I had to squeeze in there, although I could see there wasn't anything new. When you see the stock a few times you can just tell by the color of the edges and other clues that they're the same.
What I Got At Goodwill Today
Nothing. I didn't get a thing.
I've been buying quite a few CDs lately, though. They get them in and I have a wide range in musical preferences, so I've picked up all kinds of things. The last one I got, which would be yesterday, was "Now 13." I've never had one of the "Now" CDs before. And this one goes back to 2003 and I'm not familiar with the songs on it. So it's setting down by the CD player.
At another thrift place I got Chris Isaak's "Forever Blue" and a children's one, Cicely Mary Barker's "A Flower Fairy Alphabet." I have another Chris Isaak CD, which I've heard before and it is all right. But I wouldn't consider myself a huge fan, since that CD and hearing him on XM Radio a few times is my extent. As for the fairy one, I like fairies, but not overly much. If only I could be convinced by a few personal appearances, I'd probably like them a lot more! It's cutesy. And that one isn't even opened. I was thinking 'put it on eBay' but I went there and there are already a dozen copies, with the cheapest being down in the $2 range. This one cost me $1.00, so that doesn't sound like a fast way to easy riches.
Queen of the Roller Derby
I've been trying to think of a cool name for a roller derby lady. This was a challenge to me today while at Walmart. The phone rings, and 'Can you think of a good name for a friend who skates in the roller derby?' It needs to be sort of funny, tie in with a personality idea, be snappy, etc.
The only word I could think of was Violence. But there's nothing too funny about that. Since then I've thought of some that aren't very great. Hell On Wheels was one that has to be over-thought-of. I had a Greek word I saw in some reading and it was about the same as INXS, which I sketched out as Enexes. Whatever it means, it sounds mildly menacing. But there's nothing obvious about it as funny or roller skating. Cross that, it doesn't have to have anything to do with roller skating.
It seems like the best way is to start with a phrase, then misspell the words in some way, such as, Apocalypse, "I'll-Kick-Your-Lips." Not so good. Maybe for 'menacing,' The Menace wouldn't be bad, but how to make it funny? It's harder than it sounds.