The Johnny Bacardi LiveJournal Show

: jbacardi; March 19th, 20:45

Current Music:: Wings- Venus and Mars

My brain feels dog-eared quite often, actually. Anyway, Dave Fiore tagged me with this on Facebook, so how can I refuse? These will be in the order I think of them.

The spiel: "This can be a quick one. Don't take too long to think about it! Ten books you've read that will always stick with you. First ten you can recall in no more than 15 minutes."

1. Dracula by Bram Stoker. The diary-narration format fascinated me, plus it was so damn different from any movie I had seen. I bet I've read this a dozen times.

2. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The copy I read and read and read again came from the town public library (as did Dracula above), and was illustrated by David Levine. I do believe it was the first book I ever checked out of a library.

3. Snake Baked a Hoecake, author unknown. This one came from the Elementary School library; it was a collection of old Americana-style songs and rhymes, mostly from pre-1900's. "Asked my mom for fifteen cents/to see the elephant jump the fence/he jumped so high/ he reached the sky/ and didn't come back till the Fourth of July". That kind of stuff.

4. Slovenly Peter, by Dr. Henry Hoffmann. AKA "StruwwelPeter". I'm sure many of you are familiar with this crudely illustrated book of cautionary tales for kids, with a surreal, cruel edge. I was fascinated by it. Mine was a mid-1900's American translation. I still have it.

5. 13 Ghosts by Dorothy Spicer. A collection of ghost stories from different countries. Go here: http://johnnybacardi.blogspot.com/2005/04/submitted-for-your-approval-one-of-my.html

6. Ball Four by Jim Bouton. Bouton's legendary expose of Major League Baseball. I thought this was the funniest thing I had ever read at the time.

7. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien. You all know this one, I'm sure.

8. The D'aulaires Book of Greek Myths. Simple reference book to Greek mythology, gorgeously illustrated in color pencils.

9. A Golden Field Guide: Stars by Herbert Zim and Robert Baker. When I was a preteen, I was fascinated by stars, planets and constellations in the night sky, and the attendant mythology behind them. I spent a lot of time in my backyard, with a flashlight, trying to locate all the different patterns and significant stars. I still spend a lot of time gazing into the sky at night, whenever I'm out there. The more things change...

10. 1950 World Atlas. This was a big reference book (and I forget the publisher) left with my grandparents when I stayed with them in the 1960's. Might have belonged to my Aunt, who knows. Anyway, it was stuffed full of pictures, and of particular interest to me was a choice assortment of political cartoons which occupied the last dozen or so pages. I have clear distinct memories of looking at those cartoons and listening to Meet the Beatles many times.

As always, I'm not tagging anyone but if you'd like to do this, please let me know so I can read yours.

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Top 25 Most Influential Albums meme

: jbacardi; February 24th, 12:56

Current Music:: Patty Griffin- Children Running Through

Boy, Facebook has gone meme crazy lately! And I have my own flesh and blood to blame for this one! Britt tagged me with this, and I figured what the heck, I'll put it up on the LJ as well.

The title is self-evident, and I'm taking it to mean 25 albums that were most influential in shaping my music-listening tastes for all time, or at least for the duration. This is, as many I've seen have noted, VERY DIFFICULT- mostly because I'm trying to list albums that were truly influential, rather than just being a favorite. Case in point: The Flaming Lips' SOFT BULLETIN, one of the best albums I've ever heard in my misbegotten life- I love it dearly, but it didn't really shape my musical tastes to speak of, since it's a relatively recent (app. 5 years ago) discovery...so it will not be on the list. Another: Eels' DAISIES OF THE GALAXY.

Enough blather- here goes nothing, and in no particular order other than when I though of them:

1. MEET THE BEATLES- ever since hearing my dear Aunt Lavana's copy at the tender young age of four. Other candidates: REVOLVER (my favorite), ABBEY ROAD.

2. VEEDON FLEECE- Van Morrison. Evocative, heartfelt jazz/R&B/blues/folk release by the Celtic Soul Brother at the height of his powers. Opened my eyes and ears to a whole different style of music.

3. SCHOOL'S OUT- Alice Cooper. This was my first classic Cooper Group album, and as so often is the case it stuck with me. I love 'em all, but you never forget your first.

4. SOLOMON'S SEAL- The Pentangle. The final 70's release by the great British Folk/Jazz group, although I didn't know it at the time. Wonderful mix of styles, from modern to traditional, and you can't beat the combination of Bert jansch and John Renbourn on guitars, and the great Danny Thompson on bass.

5. ELEMENT OF LIGHT- Robyn Hitchcock. Arguably the best album by the benignly loopy pop-rocker, I picked it up after reading a rave review in CREEM magazine. His Syd Barrett meets John Lennon circa 1970 style hit me in just the right place, and helped me to appreciate a lot of other great alternative music that was popping up in the mid-1980s.

6. MASTER OF REALITY- Black Sabbath. My first exposure to Ozzy & Co, and by extension what was just beginning to be called heavy metal. I was fascinated by Ozzy's weird, nasal voice and the droning guitar sound of Tony Iommi. I was also impressed by how easily they could segue from sludge to lovely acoustic ballads, done to greater effect on subsequent releases.

7. A WIZARD/A TRUE STAR- Todd Rundgren. Todd at his most creative and playful.

8. MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION- Parliament. Listening to this in the kitchen of Carmen's Pizza, I gave up the Funk and became born again hard in the P-Funk Army.

9. STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK- King Crimson. I liked other Prog bands, like ELP, whose BRAIN SALAD SURGERY should probably be on this list, but KC were the Prog genre's leading light, in my opinion. Loved everything about this record, from Robert Fripp's guitar sound to the complicated arrangements. When I went exploring further into their catalog, I found others I liked even more, but again, this was the first.

10. DIRTY MIND- Prince. After I saw Prince perform "Partyup" on SNL back in 1980 or so, when he slammed down the mike and stormed offstage after the acapella ending, I knew I had to check this guy out. This spare, minimal but still very funky album holds up well to this day. Of course, as far as I'm concerned, anything he did from 1979 till 1994 or so is golden.

11. PUSSY CATS- Harry Nilsson. I already owned the 45 of the goofy but endearing "Coconut", with its excellent gospel/rock b-side "Down", but this was my first Nilsson long player. I think it was John Lennon's co-producer credit which enticed me to bum 6 bucks off my mom to buy it off the rack in 1974. Came to find out it was a bit of an atypical album, with a somewhat complicated backstory, but I came to love it and was a steadfast Harry fan until he died in 1995.

12. TIM- The Replacements. Another album, like R.E.M.'s LIFE'S RICH PAGEANT, the Rainmakers' TORNADO, Matthew Sweet's GIRLFRIEND, and the Rave-Ups' TOWN AND COUNTRY, which opened my ears to the by the late 80's-early 90's in full force alternative, and alternative country, scene. Hard to explain how much I love this album. I consider myself fortunate to have seen these guys twice, but unfortunately never with original guitarist Bob Stinson, who bowed out on this release.

13. IV- Led Zeppelin. For memories of sitting cross-legged in the floor, burning incense, listening to this on my old 8-track player, and reading all kinds of books and comics, if nothing else. They never did a bad album, and I love III and HOUSES OF THE HOLY almost as much.

14. APOSTROPHE (')- Frank Zappa. Actually, I like HOT RATS and BURNT WEENY SANDWICH a bit more, but again, this was my first exposure to FZ, surely one of the great American composers. And a right fair guitarist.

15. A PASSION PLAY- Jethro Tull. People either loved or hated this album-length suite of songs; I found it amazingly clever, both lyrically and arrangement-wise. Of course, i was 13, whaddaya expect?

16. THE GREAT LOST KINKS ALBUM. This was an odds-and-sods 1973 release by Reprise records, who the Kinks owed one more album when they signed with RCA. The Kinks didn't know that Reprise was going to do this, and didn't approve of it, so it got deleted real fast. Of course, I didn't know that, and fell in love with this amalgam of B-sides, TV/movie soundtrack cuts, and selections from an unreleased Dave Davies solo album.

17. GOAT'S HEAD SOUP- The Rolling Stones. As with Dylan, who (surprisingly) doesn't make this list although I love many of his albums, I was really slow to dig into the Stones' catalog. My first was the kinda sorta best of MADE IN THE SHADE (Junior year in High School, I think it was, we listened to "Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" a LOT when we were building homecoming floats, and it stuck with me), but this, surprisingly, was the first Stones album I owned. Features the aforementioned "Doo Doo Doo" song, as well as the lovely "Winter", "Starfucker", one of the best Chuck Berry nicks ever, and of course big hit "Angie". That said, EXILE ON MAIN STREET is by far (well, not THAT far) their best and my favorite.

18. SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE'S GREATEST HITS. Not a bad cut on this best-of. I'll always be in debt to WT Stinson for bringing the cassette to school in 6th grade, so we could listen to it through our headphones when we were supposed to be listening to reading lessons or some crap like that.

19. DRAGON FLY- Jefferson Starship. This was the first release by the reconfigured Airplane; I knew nothing of their past history (except "White Rabbit", which I heard on the radio), but I loved the album cover...and as is the case so often, I liked the music within even more (see album #2 above). They got really crappy not long after, but this record cuts almost everything else in their catalog, even the Airplane stuff. In my opinion.

20. THE HOOPLE- Mott The Hoople. My first was the best-of from Atlantic Records, ROCK AND ROLL QUEEN, but this was from their more creatively fertile Columbia days, and when I brought it home at age 14, I had never heard anything like it in my life.

21. BOULDERS- Roy Wood. Creative, inventive, playful, and always melodic. I had already heard ELO, and had picked up the grab-bag BEST OF THE MOVE (Roy's previous engagements), but nothing I heard on those records prepared me for this amazing one-man-band effort.

22. ON THE BEACH- Neil Young. Had a Wet Willie album here, but I simply could not leave this album, which meant so much to me as a kid, off the list. I'm a little dismayed that I overlooked it when I was trying to come up with the entries here anyway. Neil's glum masterpiece, it helped me through a lot of down times as I tried to navigate high school.

23. SONGS FOR THE NEW DEPRESSION- Bette Midler. Go here: http://johnnybacardi.blogspot.com/2003/02/songs-for-new-depression-1976-release.html

24. ON THE THIRD DAY- Electric Light Orchestra. I loved all the early ELO albums, but this one stands out in my mind and cemented my fandom, which admittedly flagged in their Bee Gees-lite disco late 70's period and beyond.

25. THE SLIDER- T.Rex. My first exposure to the meteor that was Marc Bolan, thanks to Keith Martin, who gave me one of his brother's old 8-tracks of this record that his bro didn't want anymore. To this day, I dig Bolan as much as any musician I've ever listened to.

I left off a LOT of excellent records which I loved as a kid and on up; no Elton, Rod Stewart/Faces, Beefheart, Beach Boys, Donovan, Dylan, Maria Muldaur, Wendy Waldman, Bonnie Raitt (HOME PLATE), and so on. I could probably do a 50 or 100-long list. You wouldn't want me to do that, would you?

Again, I will tag no one but If you're foolish enough, I mean want to do it, please tag me so I can read yours.

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A Senior moment.

: jbacardi; February 16th, 13:34

Current Music:: Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique

This is a widdle meme I saw going around on Facebook, where I posted it first. Then, it occurred to me that I haven't put anything up here for a while, so I thought I'd repost it for all of youse.

Fill this out about your SENIOR year of high school!

1. Did you date someone from your school senior year? Yes, at the VERY end.

2. Did you marry someone from your high school? Why yes, yes I did.

3. Did you car pool to school? Yep.

4. What kind of car did you drive? A 1972 Chevelle SS and a 1978 Datsun B210 hatchback.

5. What kind of car do you have now? Chevy Blazer

6. It's Friday night...where were you (in high school)? Working, most likely.

7. It is Friday night...where are you(now)? At the radio station, last Friday night.

8. What kind of job did you have in high school? Pizza Hut

9. What kind of job do you do now? Prepress graphics at the Print Shop in Glasgow, part-time jack-of-all-trades at WLOC radio station.

10. Were you a party animal? Pretty much. I think we all were.

11. Were you considered a flirt? By some

12. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Unfortunately, by my senior year, no. That was a mistake, he says 30 years later.

13. Were you a nerd? I didn't think so, but I'm sure others did.

14. Did you get suspended or expelled? No.

15. Can you sing the fight song? I can hum it- I'm not sure if it has words.

16. Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)? I liked my new Facebook friend Mrs. Claycomb, but I only had her for one class that year. Mr. Kesslar and Mrs. Robinson were OK. Most of the teachers didn't know what to say to me or do with me by that point, and even fewer showed any inclination to care.

17. Where did you sit during lunch? Here and there. I didn't eat lunch in the cafeteria all that often; usually I'd go hang out somewhere and eat when I got home.

18. What was your school's full name? Caverna Independent

19. When did you graduate? 1978

20. What was your school mascot? A straight-up old fashioned southern Colonel.

21. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Knowing what I know now? Sure. If I had to do it cold, hell no.

22. Did you have fun at Prom? I didn't go. Theresa Doyle called me that night and asked if I wanted to go, I said no, I don't have anything to wear and not much money, would you like to go out and do something anyway? And the rest, as they say, is history.

23. Do you still talk to your prom date? Oh, from time to time.

24. Who was your best friend? Kevin Carter. Haven't seen the sumbitch in over 10 years.

25. What did you want to be when you grew up? Comic book artist, musician

26. Any regrets? Nothing but.

27. Biggest fashion mistake? It was the golden age of wide lapels, long hair and bellbottoms. So pick one.

28. Favorite fashion trend? I was always fond of my Army jacket, which always was there for me in trying times.

29. Are you going to your next reunion? Perhaps, if they ever have another one...

30. Who did you have a secret crush on? All my crushes were out in the open for everyone to see and ridicule.

31. Did you go on spring break? Nowhere special.

***IF YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE PERSON THIS IS ABOUT, LEAVE YOUR FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL MEMORY THAT INVOLVED THAT PERSON!***

From our 1978 yearbook.

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Diversion.

: jbacardi; February 10th, 18:59

Current Music:: R.E.M.- Accelerate

The way this works is that each answer you give has to start with the same letter as your first name. You're not allowed to repeat an answer and if you're "tagged" by someone whose name starts with the same first letter, you can't repeat any of their answers, either. Here's what I came up with...

1. What is your name: David
2. A four letter word: Dumb
3. A boy's name: Desmond
4. A girl's name: Dierdre
5. An occupation: Dietitian
6. A color: Drab
7. Something you wear: Dickey
8. A food: Doughnuts
9. Something found in the bathroom: Dish (as in Soap)
10. A place: Des Moines, Iowa
11. A reason for being late: Death
12. Something you shout: "Duck!"
13. A movie title: (The) Day the World Ended
14. Something you drink: Daiquiri
15. A musical group: Dramarama (shoutout to Mik Cary, who I never hear from anymore)
16. An animal: Dingo
17. A street name:D'Arblay Street, London
18. A type of car: Delorean
19. A song title: "Days" by the Kinks, Flo & Eddie, Elvis Costello, and others.
20. A verb: Drag

via

ersie37 .

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Oh, Christmas meme, oh Christmas meme...

: jbacardi; November 24th, 2008

Current Music:: Mott- Shouting and Pointing

Via

vonandmoggy :

( Cut for your convenience. )

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M is for Meme.

: jbacardi; November 11th, 2008

Current Music:: James Gang- Thirds

I've seen this in a few places, including Becca's, Wil Pfiefer's, and RAB's.

The Rules

1. Pick one film to represent each letter of the alphabet.

2. The letter "A" and the word "The" do not count as the beginning of a film's title, unless the film is simply titled A or The, and I don't know of any films with those titles.

3. Return of the Jedi belongs under "R," not "S" as in Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi. This rule applies to all films in the original Star Wars trilogy; all that followed start with "S." Similarly, Raiders of the Lost Ark belongs under "R," not "I" as in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Conversely, all films in the LOTR series belong under "L" and all films in the Chronicles of Narnia series belong under "C," as that's what those filmmakers called their films from the start. In other words, movies are stuck with the titles their owners gave them at the time of their theatrical release. Use your better judgment to apply the above rule to any series/films not mentioned.

4. Films that start with a number are filed under the first letter of their number's word. 12 Monkeys would be filed under "T."

5. Link back to Blog Cabins in your post so that I can eventually type "alphabet meme" into Google and come up #1, then make a post where I declare that I am the King of Google.

6. If you're selected, you have to then select 5 more people.

These aren't necessarily favorite movies; they're mostly the first films that came to mind as I typed.

A- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
B- The Bride of Frankenstein
C- Caddyshack
D- Dust Be My Destiny
E- Ed Wood
F- The Fisher King
G- Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper
H- Head
I- I Walked With a Zombie
J- Juno
K- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
L- The Lady from Shanghai
M- Maisie Gets Her Man
N- North By Northwest
O- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
P- Pulp Fiction
Q- The Quick and the Dead
R- Ravenous
S- Snatch
T- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
U- Under the Cherry Moon
V- Videodrome
W- Whale Rider
X- Xanadu
Y- Yellow Submarine
Z- Zorro, the Gay Blade. Ha-HA!

Nobody selected me, so I'm not selecting anybody else...if you want to do this, though, leave me a comment telling me you did!

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And now for something completely different.

: jbacardi; November 4th, 2008

Current Music:: Ron Sexsmith- Other Songs

Via

moroccomole:

Election day meme:
1. Stop talking about politics for a moment or two.
2. Post a reasonably-sized picture in your LJ, NOT under a cut tag, of something pleasant, such as an adorable kitten, or a fluffy white cloud, or a bottle of booze. Something that has NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS.
3. Include these instructions, and share the love.

FREE SUGAR AND SPIKE, DC!

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It's that meme, you know the one.

: jbacardi; October 17th, 2008

Current Music:: Sparks- L'il Beethoven

Via

rae_beta

Comment and I will:
a) Tell you why I friended you.
b) Associate you with something -- a fandom, song, color, photo, etc.
c) Tell you something I like about you.
d) Tell you a memory I have of you.
e) Ask you something I've wanted to know about you.
f) Tell you my favorite userpic from your list.
g) In return, you need to post this on your own LJ. (you know, if you want)

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Photo Meme, aka If everyone jumped off a cliff...

: jbacardi; September 18th, 2008

Current Music:: Tim Buckley- Greetings from L.A.

Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
Post that picture with NO editing.
Post these instructions with your picture.

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Freaks in Love

: jbacardi; July 31st, 2008

Current Music:: Beach Boys- M.I.U. Album

Via

captaincorey:

Directions:
1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, iPod etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS

1..IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
"Games People Play" by Doris Troy

2..HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
"Return to Fantasy"- Uriah Heep

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"The Risk" (Envoy outtake)- Warren Zevon

4..HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
"Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road"- Robert Wyatt

5..WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"Soft Targets"- Nona Hendryx

6..WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
"How Come the Sun"- Mary Hopkin

7..WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"My Funny Valentine"- Chet Baker

8..WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"Kill Your Sons" by Lou Reed (eep!)

9..WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
"It's the Frame"- Linda Lewis

10..WHAT IS 2 + 2?
"Baby Please Don 't Go"-John & Yoko/Frank Zappa

11..WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR EX?
"There's Only One"- Graham Nash

12..WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Song About a Rose"- Pearls Before Swine

13..WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"Hymn For the Dudes"- Mott the Hoople

14..WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"Cat Food"- King Crimson

15..WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Everybody's Got Something to Hide (Except For Me and My Monkey"- the Beatles

16..WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"Solid Air"- John Martyn

17..WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
"Six O'Clock"- Ringo Starr

18..WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
"Women's Prison"- Loretta Lynn

19..WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"On the Radio"- Regina Spektor

20..WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"I Can't Stand the Rain"- Lowell George

Now press Next one more time and use it as your title.

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For youth is a mask/That was not made to last.

: jbacardi; May 2nd, 2008

Current Music:: Joe Walsh- So What?

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.

Tags: pathetic attempts at self-expression, thanks for the memeories

It's the memeist of memes...

: jbacardi; April 4th, 2008

Current Music:: Nilsson Sings Newman

Via

iamza:

1. My username is ______ because ______.

My username is jbacardi because that's what most people know me by online via my blog the Johnny Bacardi Show. As the story goes, I picked it because in my first stint as an "on-air radio personality" back in 1988, I was thinking about taking a fake name, as so many OARPs do. Having noticed quite some time before that one can put "Johnny" in front of almost any noun or adjective and it sounds cool, I made a list of words, one of which was "Bacardi"- and voila. I wound up just going by my actual name after all, but I always though it sounded neat...so when I started blogging in 2002, I thought "Johnny Bacardi Show" would be apropos. I also figured everyone would call me that anyway, so I kinda embraced the name, although I often refer to my given name as well.

2. My name is _____ because ______.

My name is Dave because that's what me Ma named me. Guess they just liked the name.

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____.

My journal is titled The Johnny Bacardi LiveJournal Show because I couldn't think of anything better. Guess it's intended to steer people towards the main blog as well- I never really intended to post all that much on this LJ. I originally signed up so I wouldn't have to comment anonymously on others' LJs.

4. My friends page is called ____ because ____.

My friends page is called People Who Are More Interesting Than Me, because its made up of just that.

5. My default userpic is ____ because ____.

A picture of someone pouring rum into a Coke can. I thought it appropriate given my username, plus the desperation of the act made me laugh. It comes from, of all places, a fake MySpace page some wag set up for Murry Wilson, the notorious father of Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys. He was their first manager.

6. My LJ name (you know how you can change that sort of sub-name thing?) is:

My LJ subtitle is: "Where my head is my only house unless it rains", a song title cribbed from the Captain Beefheart track. It used to be "My home away from home", but I changed it when I took my notorious little sabbatical of a few months ago, and it looked like this was going to be my main blog for a while, but I came back early.

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Meme a litle Meme of Meeeme...

: jbacardi; January 16th, 2008

Current Music:: The Small Faces- Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake

Blame

greeniezona.

You know how this works, right?
Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Strike through the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game post your own.

First one's a gimme.

1. ~~Woman is the nigger of the world, yes she is, think about it.~~ (

jkcarrier)
2. I stop, we stop Go! Now let's see what's going on!
3. One day she came like a seagull woman.
4. Think of all the things we've done and now, you've decided I'm not the one.
5. Had to make do with a worn out rock and roll scene.
6. Sitting on a beach like Clarence in Wonderland.
7. Got a good reason, for taking the easy way out. (Not the Beatles)
8. I dreamed of a bum, seven feet tall.
9. I don't want to be just a branch of the tree.
10. Health food faggot, with a bartered bride.
11. I let my spirit fly, only after dark.
12. Brewton Alabama at The Colonial Inn.
13. By still waters I lay down with the lambs.
14. You are here and warm, but I could look away and you'd be gone. (original version)
15. North side, east side, Little Willy really wears the crown, he's the king around town.
16. Summer soft, wakes you up with a kiss to start the morning off.
17. ~~Born a poor young country boy, Mother Nature's son.~~ (

master_johnny_k)
18. Now it's one for Jo, don't let your mind go.
19. Well I heard this morning, train-a comin' down the tracks.
20. Turn of the golden key, company machine.
21. ~~Here comes Dick, he's wearing a skirt.~~ (

master_johnny_k)
22. If you see me, if you see me smiling, it's not a sin.
23. I took an apple from the storehouse, they arrested me.
24. I'm the Phlorescent Leech, he's my partner Eddie.
25. Baby I want to trim your, baby I want to trim your, baby I want to trim your, beautiful Christmas tree.

I'll put answers up in a few days.

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Random acts of memery, including that "2007 meme".

: jbacardi; January 1st, 2008

Current Music:: Flaming Lips-The Soft Bulletin

Two memes are making the rounds, and since I apparently have nothing better to do, here they are.

First, via

dryponder, the 2007 meme:

1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?

Can't think of a thing. Mine is a monotonous existence.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

Didn't make any. Have considered making a few and posting them here, but I know that I won't keep them in all likelihood so no.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

My youngest sister-in-law. She's expecting twins now. Fertile, isn't she?

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Nope.

5. What countries did you visit?

Ha ha. I've never been out of the mainland 48.

6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?

Money. Respect. Peace of mind. Sex. A personally fulfilling job. Only kidding about two of these.

7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

Can't think of one. See #1.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Remaining upright.

9. What was your biggest failure?

Remaining upright.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

No, only a cold or two. My wife broke her ankle in February.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Hm. Can't think of anything in particular. A comic, perhaps, or CD or DVD. I bought a key chain with a flashlight on the end that I think is really cool. I'm easily entertained.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Again, sorry, can't think of anybody that I know personally.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

My own. Bobby Petrino. My boss.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Gas, comics, food, bills.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Not much.

16. What song will always remind you of 2007?

Probably "Midnight Man" by the James Gang. I came to a new appreciation of Joe Walsh's oeuvre this past year. That, or "Either Way" by Wilco.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i. Happier or sadder? Maybe just a teeny bit happier, believe it or not.
ii. Thinner or fatter? Fatter, always.
iii. Richer or poorer? Richer, in some ways, but that's always subject to change. Not "rich", by any means.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?

Writing, drawing, drinking, singing, traveling, reading, having sex, going to football and baseball games, spending time with my mother, my kids, etcetera. You know, positive things.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?

Worrying.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

Same as always, I suppose.

21. Did you fall in love in 2007?

Nope.

22. How many one-night stands?

None.

23. What was your favorite TV program?

Dirt.

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

Not really.

25. What was the best book you read?

Here, There and Everywhere by Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey.

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Long John Baldry, via It Ain't Easy and Everything Stops for Tea.

27. What did you want and get?

I'm assuming for Christmas-see #25.

28. What did you want and not get?

Nothing really.

29. What was your favorite film of this year?

Across the Universe.

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

47. Don't really remember, probably nothing special. Probably worked at the radio station, came home, watched TV, and went to sleep. Cake might have been involved at some point.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?

"The act you've known for all these years".

32. What kept you sane?

As always, music. Mrs. B. All my internet acquaintances.

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

The model that holds case #25 in Deal or No Deal...?

35. Who did you miss?

Some long-unseen friends, I guess.

36. Who was the best new person you met?

When I took my latest job in April, there was a fella working there as a film stripper, and we came to be friends even though we couldn't be farther apart politically. He got fired a couple of weeks ago, not his fault.

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:

Not so much I learned specifically in 2007, but just another realization that whatever future I might have hoped for myself is just not possible anymore, and I have to make the best of what I have.

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I'm also taking the liberty of italicizing the statements that I have issues with.

Father went to college

Father finished college

Mother went to college

Mother finished college

Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor.

Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers (Say what now? What the hell is this, caste system Britain?)

Had more than 50 books in your childhood home

Had more than 500 books in your childhood home

Were read children's books by a parent

Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18

Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18

The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively (I can't think of too many people in the media that look or talk like me)

Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18

Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs

Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs

Went to a private high school

Went to summer camp

Had a private tutor before you turned 18

Family vacations involved staying at hotels

Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them (It was a used car, but they didn't own it)

There was original art in your house when you were a child (I'm counting mine here)

Had a phone in your room before you turned 18

You and your family lived in a single family house

Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home

You had your own room as a child

Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course

Had your own TV in your room in High School

Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College

Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16

Went on a cruise with your family

Went on more than one cruise with your family

Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up

You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family

That's it!

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