Seems like there's this drawing meme that's going around, and since I rarely pass up a good meme or a chance to further humiliate myself in public, here's my contribution.

I went down to library you know the big one way down town
I went down to the library you know the big one way down town
I pulled out my spiral notebook and my scripto pencil
These these these are the words that I did put down

I’m a dud-fire cracker I ain’t got any fuse
I ain’t got no inspiration since I lost my muse
I’m a table with two legs, I’m a spider with five
I’m going down slow muse when will you arrive
Oh muse where are you?
Oh muse where are you?

You know I eat, drink and I smoke stuff
I don’t know what to do.

I went to the mountain and the desert too
I was there ladies so where were you
I’m a flattened out wave I ain’t got any curl
I’m an empty old oyster I ain’t got any pearl
Muse where are you?
Oh muse where are you?

You know I eat, drink and I smoke stuff
I don’t know what to do.

Sit up late, stay up wait. It’s a rule of thumb she’s got to come
Sit up late, stay up wait. It’s a rule of thumb she’s got to come

I take lots of cold showers and I go for long walks
I wait for a pitch but the fickle bitch barks
Took a shot of whisky and a snort of cocaine
Opened up my head and stuck electrodes in my brain
Oh muse where are you?
Where are you muse where are you?

You know I eat, drink and I smoke stuff
I eat, drink and I smoke stuff
I eat, drink and I smoke stuff
I don’t know what to do.

-"Muse Blues", by Loudon Wainwright da Thoid.

Been listening to Tim Buckley a lot lately, especially his recently-acquired 1974 swan song Look at the Fool- which I had been led to believe was a desperate last-gasp whiteboy R&B effort by a man who was strung out on heroin and despondent over his stagnant career, full of cheap & tawdry lyric content, poorly sung and played. NOTHING could be farther from the truth. I'm finding it a very funky album, with solid songcraft and some amazingly elastic vocal gymnastics. I'm digging it muchly.

The above clip isn't from Fool; couldn't find any performance clips from any of the songs on that LP. It's possible he might not have toured or done any TV to promote it, don't know. It's a cover of Fred ("Everybody's Talkin'", Greenwich Village Folk scene icon) Neil's "Dolphins", the studio version appearing on 1973's Sefronia- and I'm presenting it to you because it has one of the most amazing vocals I've ever heard in my life. Hope you agree.

• 20:37 @realtegan: Someone spiked your tea? #
• 20:54 WHO DAT say they gonna trade Joe Crede? #
• 21:22 @acomicbookgirl: I was just feeling enthused after Crede hit a home run. They were trying to trade him all winter... #
• 22:19 I hope the exquisite Zoetica finds her dog: www.biorequiem.com/?p=106 #
• 22:38 @davidaprice: Especially at the end of Flex Mentallo... #
• 08:15 The intro to Mott the Hoople's "Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" never fails to cheer me up. #
• 10:57 I'd like to have this:www.antimusic.com/news/08/april/24Plastic_Ono_Band_DVD.shtml #
• 11:20 @acomicbookgirl: No, it's a great album but not exactly his most listener-friendly. #
• 11:47 @acomicbookgirl: Oh, most definitely. #
• 11:48 @acomicbookgirl: If you've ever listened to any of the millions of Lennon compilations, you've heard Mother and Working Class Hero... #
• 13:29 I hate on Frank Miller a lot, but I really hope he gets to film HARD BOILED... #
• 13:31 @acomicbookgirl: I vote #3. #
• 14:58 Funny, esp. if you're looking forward to the NFL draft (like me): tinyurl.com/6af7hp #
• 15:13 @acomicbookgirl: It's crude, but I get a laugh out of this guy's column...and I tend to agree with him a lot. #
• 15:24 @acomicbookgirl: Sounds like he had it coming to me... #
• 18:10 @patlewis: Don't get excited- he said the same thing to me. #

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From 1973, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band performing the Jacques Brel/Mort Shuman/Eric Blau song "Next".

I love the way he sneers "In a mobile army whorehouse", pronouncing it "hoor-house" in his Scottish brogue.

One of my many regrets in life is not being able to see the SAHB perform live. I was fortunate enough to see them on TV, but it's not the same.

• 21:02 Well, that was one depressing 60 minutes of film. #
• 22:34 Watched MEAN GIRLS earlier, liked it more than I expected. Watching NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM now, far-fetched but kinda fun. #
• 22:34 Go Flames, eh! tinyurl.com/42x2pv #
• 22:37 @kenlowery: Oh, sorry, the final chapter of JOHN ADAMS. Death and dismemberment, spiced with old age and infirmary. #
• 06:59 @Luthor: Among the hard of core, yes. #
• 10:43 Got my speeding ticket deferred! Now all I gotta do is go 6 months without getting another one... #
• 11:24 Actually having a good day- someone came in just now and gave me $25 for a small design job I did! #
• 11:25 Ah, but then I get chewed out in my comments section, just to keep me down to earth... #
• 13:36 @acomicbookgirl: Someone who I respect a great deal, and is my blogmama besides, so now I'm feelin' kinda chastised... #
• 13:37 @acomicbookgirl: Oh, and it was about my comments on the Adam Hughes poster, or specifically commenters on other blogs... #
• 13:38 Hail and farewell, Dave's Long Box! tinyurl.com/4fhk9v #
• 13:39 Paul Pope just gets better and better: tinyurl.com/3wezn6 #
• 14:03 @SCederlund: Oh yeah- it's probably my favorite piece by him... #
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• 19:33 Just had Mexican, with a GRANDE Cerveso. Watching the White Sox, losing to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. #
• 19:34 Still slowly making my way through the DCBS shipment I got yesterday. #
• 20:23 This just in: TV SUCKS on Saturday night. At least EPIC MOVIE isn't on tonight... #
• 20:26 I really do need to wind up the Elton blog. I've only got a handful of songs left to write about, but it seems like I just can't find time.. #
• 22:39 Watching Austin City Limits with Ray Davies. They're performing "Long Way From Home"! #
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• 20:10 @graemem: Those are great. Also, "As We Go Along", #
• 20:12 @graemem: "Goin' Down", "Love is Only Sleeping", "For Pete's Sake"...oh! "You Just Might Be the One"! "Daydream Believer!". Sigh. #
• 20:14 Oh! Forgot Star Collector! St. Matthew! I guess I'm just trying to say that Iuv the Monkees, and not because my name is David Jones. #
• 20:17 @davidaprice: Sweeet Young Thing- AH! Great. #
• 20:18 @davidaprice: And I loved "Daddy's Song" (by Nilsson, whom I revere) in HEAD, with Davy and Toni Basil... #
• 20:22 @davidaprice: Believe it or not, Mike was my favorite- I love his solo stuff too. I watched that show when I was a kid, when it first aired. #
• 20:22 @davidaprice: It was cool seeing my name on TV... #
• 20:29 Teh pretentious: tinyurl.com/6fts7b #
• 20:40 EPIC MOVIE is on HBO right now. Ladies and germs, we have a contender for WORST. MOVIE. EVAR. #
• 20:40 POOTIE TANG? DUDE WHERE'S MY CAR? Classics, compared to this. (And I did like both of those...) #
• 20:41 @Ragnell: Amazing, and depressing. It comes close visually, but "My City Screams"? PUHLEEZE. #
• 20:42 @davidaprice: I've got that FNB in mp3s, and still have my vinyl too! #
• 20:43 @Ragnell: I thought I'd hate that, but it kept me laughing throughout. You never know sometimes. #
• 20:43 @davidaprice: I've read Micky's bio, but I haven't read that one. #
• 20:45 @Ragnell: There are probably worse films, but I can't think of any offhand. This is just lame.. #
• 20:48 I mean, geez, it's got Kal Penn, Kevin McDonald, the little dude from BAD SANTA...but the script- oh brother. #
• 20:51 OH NO FRED WILLARD IS IN THIS TOO! I CAN'T TAKE IT MUCH LONGER #
• 21:02 @graemem: Yeah, it's a beautiful song. WIth Neil Young on guitar! #
• 21:05 You know, in some sort of twisted alternate universe, Karen Black would have made a good White Queen... #
• 21:11 God, that movie made KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST seem like Noel Coward. #
• 21:15 I meant Neil Simon. It killed my brain cells. That effing flick is radioactive or something. #
• 21:19 Actually, Crispin Glover as Willy Wonka isn't a bad idea at all. Maybe they should have just stuck to that. #
• 21:20 @bitterandrew: It would be an improvement, for sure! #
• 21:21 NO MORE FALSE ENDINGS! NO MORE FALSE ENDINGS! MOVIE OVER NOW, PLEASE! PLEEEEASE! #
• 21:22 O wretched TV, that has nothing else on and has reduced me to this as I wait for Bill Maher... #
• 21:25 These credits are longer than SUPERMAN's. #
• 21:25 @gordondym: Too late, too late. It burnses! #
• 21:32 Must drink more liquor. Stat. #
• 21:36 @gordondym: Never really warmed to B5, but I need to go over there and see what they have anyway. I'm off! #
• 16:53 Nickelodeon continues to shit on AVATAR fans: tinyurl.com/6eqy3e #

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