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8212. Ulgine Barrows - 5/27/2006 8:10:42 AM I helped her out of a jam I guess
But I used a little too much force 8213. Ulgine Barrows - 5/27/2006 8:14:24 AM So now I'm going back again
I got to get her somehow
All the people we used to know
They're an illusion to me now
Some are mathematicians
Some are carpenter's wives
Don't know how it all got started
I don't what they're doing with their lives
But me I'm still on the road
Heading for another joint
We always did feel the same
We just saw it from a different point of view
Tangled up in Blue.
I'm running. 8214. Ulgine Barrows - 5/27/2006 8:19:42 AM head like a hole.
black as your soul.
i'd rather die than give you control.
head like a hole.
black as your soul.
i'd rather die than give you control.
bow down before the one you serve.
you're going to get what you deserve.
bow down before the one you serve.
you're going to get what you deserve. 8215. Ulgine Barrows - 5/27/2006 8:43:15 AM Jam on cuz Backstreet's got it
Come on now everybody
We've got it goin' on for years 8216. wabbit - 5/28/2006 1:25:39 PM Jexster, please close your tags. 8217. alistairconnor - 5/29/2006 10:41:36 AM Some are carpenter's wives
Fancy that. In my head, it was "fishermen's wives". Had it wrong in my head for all those years.
I like my version better. More euphonious.
Some are mathematicians
Some are fishermen's wives 8218. Ulgine Barrows - 6/10/2006 2:36:59 AM eh-there is something cultural here about a fishwife that I'm sure I don't understand. 8219. arkymalarky - 6/10/2006 4:24:17 AM They're known for their vulgar speech. 8220. Ulgine Barrows - 6/10/2006 5:41:08 AM ears perking up, tucking tail
Thanks. 8221. Ulgine Barrows - 6/10/2006 6:11:55 AM "It Came From Nashville", Webb 8222. arkymalarky - 6/11/2006 2:16:56 AM Great New Band 8223. Adam Selene - 6/24/2006 3:24:26 AM Gonna see Nellie McKay (my heartthrob) in tomorrow's Threepenny Opera matinee at Studio 54 off Broadway. Been waiting a couple of months for this with tickets in hand (well.. in will-call, anyway.) Can't wait... probably won't sleep much.
Not that I'm looking forward to a 3-hour Amtrak ride... well, actually I am. Nice chance to spend time with my wife after a week of late-night software patch-parties. Semi-annual delivery schedules are great usually... except about twice a year when they are hell. (DLL-Hell, if you know what I mean.)
Anyway - I hope the show is fully-staffed. This is extension week, who knows if the original cast will all be there. Not that I care about the rest... but I sure hope Nellie is healthy!! 8224. Adam Selene - 6/24/2006 3:25:32 AM re: 8222. Ok, Arky - which one is you? 8225. arkymalarky - 6/24/2006 3:39:04 AM Not me, but Bro's the one on the far left!
And I hope you and your wife enjoy your evening tomorrow. I know it'll be fabulous. 8226. Adam Selene - 6/24/2006 3:43:13 AM Arky - your Bro's a banjo picker?? Who wudda thunk it? ;)
Thanks for the good wishes.. I'm really looking forward to it. I loved Nellie at the Birchmere in January and have been waiting for a chance to see her perform again. 8227. wabbit - 6/24/2006 10:22:49 PM  I dragged my mother to see Livingston Taylor last night. She's heard my enthusiatic reviews for decades and she was delighted that she went and now knows what I was talking about. I haven't seen him live in years. I saw him back at the beginning of his career in a local high school gym, of all places, with about 20 other people. I was embarrassed at the poor turnout, but he sat on a folding chair and sang his heart out for an hour or two for us. The tiny group meant I was lucky enough to be able to position myself on the floor just in front of him. I never took my eyes off his hands; he plays finger-picking guitar and I was mesmerized. Another time I saw him he must have been high - he was introduced three times before he actually made it out to the stage - but the show was fabulous, as usual.
He's teaching at Berklee now - lucky students. Last night's performance was peppered with commentary about writing and composing and some history of popular music. His range of knowledge about music is impressive. He sings and plays better than ever and his new CD, There You Are Again, is really great. He played both guitar and piano (alas, no banjo) and sang a lot of new material and some old favorites. I could have used a hanky; tears welled up more than once.
Afterward, he signed CDs and small posters in the lobby for about 100 people. You can imagine what is must be like to be gracious and cordial night after night with people who act like they know you, but he seems to enjoy it and worked through the line with the aplomb one might expect from a seasoned pro who loves his audience.  I managed to be the last person in line, which was fine - I had dragged out my dog-eared but well-loved copy of his very first album and wanted to get him to sign that instead of the CD I had bought earlier in the evening. Just as my turn came up, two very rude women decided that they would return (they had already gotten their CDs signed) and continue talking with him while I was getting my album signed. One of these two creatures wanted him to correct a spelling mistake in her name, and then asked him to add a little heart. Sheesh. I bit my tongue. He tried to ask my name while they were clamoring for his attention, and I said, "No need, just sign it." Which, in hindsight, sounds really brusque. I was trying not to take up too much of his time; it was getting late, the weather was bad and he had to get home too, yet ces deux vaches carried on, one asking questions about Six Days On The Road, which happened to be on the album he was signing for me. I would have asked him to please sign the record itself as well, but these two women were just making my teeth hurt and I thought it would be too much of an imposition, after them, to ask. Anyway, he signed the album, shook my hand and said thanks, and then was dragged away by someone else.
So now I feel like a real shit, having been unintentionally rude to someone for whom I have only the utmost admiration. I'm sure he didn't even notice, but I feel bad about it anyway.
Anyone who remembers the wonderful folk music of the 60's-70's, who loves show tunes and lyrics and who hasn't seen this "thinking man's Taylor", let me highly recommend him. It was a treat.
8228. arkymalarky - 6/25/2006 3:15:20 AM I'm glad you and your mother enjoyed the concert, Wabbit. It's a shame people dominate a moment without thinking that it's important for other people, as well. Maybe you could write him a short email about how much you've enjoyed him over the years, etc. 8229. wonkers2 - 6/25/2006 5:01:34 AM Saw a quite interesting documentary tonight--"Sketches of Frank Gehry." The documentary on the architect, who some say is currently number one in the world, was directed by his long time friend Sidney Pollack and included a quite a bit of footage of commentary by Gehry's psychiatrist of many years as well as interviews with many others, architects and a director of the Guggenheim who worked with Gehry on his spectacular museum in Bilbao.
Gehry's architecture is different from any other I've seen, and he is a very interesting person. This movie is a "must see" for anyone interested in architecture and art. 8230. arkymalarky - 6/25/2006 6:02:19 AM I guess this goes here. In this seminar we saw the neatest little almost-silent film called "World Song" and I looked for the credits at the end because I'd love to have a copy of it, and turns out it was produced by General Motors. I think we're going to have a means to purchase any resources we aren't given, but I wondered if you were familiar with it, Wonk.
We've had people come from all over the country, some who were born and/or lived in other parts of the world, some who are "experts" in language acquisition, teaching ESL, developing and running ESL programs, or on laws pertaining to ESL, and the things they've shared have been wonderful for the most part.
A friend of Bro's presented this evening. He works with Public Radio and searches out stories and background on events in AR history and writes songs about them. We spend a lot of time talking about working with other cultures, but tend to forget that people may come here for many resons, none of which include a burning curiosity to see Arkansas culture firsthand, but they would generally like to know about us--as Arkies, not just as Americans--and it so happens there are about a dozen Taiwanese in the program who just loved this guy. He gave us cds and a lot of info on AR history and our cultural connections to it. 8231. judithathome - 6/25/2006 1:37:38 PM Went to see Side By Side By Sondheim yesterday and once again, sat in awe of the man who uses words like a slilled painter to create a visual. Luckily, my favorite song, I Remember, was done by an extraordinary tenor and it made my chest ache and brought tears to my eyes...in that good way that lyrics sometimes do.
My only quibble was they had a woman do Send In The Clowns and I thought it was weak...I love hearing that done by a male voice and with some of the phrasing spoken rather than sung.
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