It’s Like Kate Bush and Björk Had a Baby

Posted by TRex@ 11:58 pm Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 Posted in music | 1,333 Comments »

I can't get this song out of my head. And I'm not even entirely sure that I like it.

It’s Alright, I’ll Be Back

Posted by TRex@ 11:02 pm Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in music | 4 Comments »

Don't worry, kids, I've just been doing some stuff away from the computer, spending time with some Real World friends.  I'll be back shortly. In the meantime, have some vintage Eurythmics.  Open thread!

Alright Kids, Dance it Off

Posted by TRex@ 7:28 pm Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in music | 3 Comments »

Ok, gang, scoot back that chair from the table, fix yourself a big cup of your favorite caffeinated beverage, and crank this song and dance around the room. You'll thank me later.

This’ll Steam Up Your Windows

Posted by TRex@ 10:29 am Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 Posted in music | 3 Comments »

I want-uh/a love that's on the square...

“An Exit to Eternal Summer Slacking”

Posted by TRex@ 6:55 pm Friday, May 1st, 2009 Posted in music | 895 Comments »

I *love* this song. Where was I when it was new?

My Poor Franzi

Posted by TRex@ 2:21 pm Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in music | 2 Comments »

Sometimes in the course of my work I run across something that absolutely breaks my heart, like this letter from Franz Schubert to a friend from 1824 after he was diagnosed with syphilis: I am the most unhappy, the most wretched ...

You Spent Ages Doing WHAT?

Posted by TRex@ 11:13 pm Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 Posted in music | 1 Comment »

Oh my! UPDATE: Live and (thank Jeebus) doing her own singing, unlike most "singers" these days.

Hatful of History

Posted by TRex@ 7:04 pm Saturday, January 31st, 2009 Posted in fauxtrage, music | 64 Comments »

Via Gawker, they're talking about putting Aretha's Swarovski-crystal-bedecked Inauguration Day hat in the Smithsonian: When President Obama was sworn in, Aretha Franklin's hat appeared to sing My Country Tis of Thee. Ms. Franklin, not a small woman, disappeared under its heft. Now ...

I Don’t Care About Clever, I Don’t Care About Funny

Posted by TRex@ 10:25 am Friday, January 30th, 2009 Posted in music, yay! | 60 Comments »

New Lily Allen! Yay!

Sanitizer, Sanitizer…

Posted by TRex@ 2:44 pm Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in music | 208 Comments »

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