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open letter to Amy Winehouse

Wino1 Dear Amy,

For the love of saline, put on a real shirt. 

A tank you made into a deep v-neck and your bra does not make a shirt.  This is elementary stuff.  Do better or I’ll demand that you start wearing Garanimals.  They really should make Garanimals for adults (hippo top + hippo pants = outfit), but I digress, that’s another post.   

We know you’re proud of your new boobs.  And you should be, you bought them — good for you.   Look into buying some shirts now.

Love,

a little Regina Spektor for your Saturday

It's Saturday, I'll be stuck at home all weekend because life is awesome.  There is computer work to do for ScrapFest and such, so I'm sure I'll be blogging more later, but 'til then here's a little Regina Spektor for your Saturday.

Do you know the lovely Regina Spektor?  She's fabulously talented and quirky and fun.  I love her.  How can you not love someone who takes a song off her record and sings it accompanied by beatbox on stage?  We will have more Regina for Tunes Tuesday, but here's "Hotel Song" for today.  Enjoy.

Sunday rewind: Echo and the Bunnymen

Can you stand it?!  Bands from Liverpool two Sundays in a row. 

Echo and the Bunnymen is still making music together with two of their original members, but had their biggest success in the 80's, appearing on the Pretty in Pink and The Lost Boys soundtracks.  I caught the Bunnymen on tv last week in a recent concert and it brought me back to 1986.  Great year for post-punk music.  Ian McCulloch's voice is the same as it was then, just lovely. 

I remember playing the Bunnymen for a friend in middle school who didn't get the subtlety of "Bring on the Dancing Horses" compared to the likes of "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and the Bon Jovi catalog.  That was the "aha moment" when I realized there are people in this world who have zero taste in music.  It's not that I fancy myself a music snob, it's that I don't care for 95% of what's on the radio and that's fine with me.

Back to the Bunnymen.  I've wondered about their name, but it wasn't until today that I looked it up, here's a quote from guitarist Will Sergeant, "We had this mate who kept suggesting all these names like The Daz Men or Glisserol and the Fan Extractors. Echo and the Bunnymen was one of them. I thought it was just as stupid as the rest."  So, there's the proof that some bands pick names based on stupidity. 

Here are "Bring on the Dancing Horses" and "Lips Like Sugar," two absolutely superfantastic songs for your Sunday.  Enjoy!