Random music thoughts

[foolsgold]

It's on my list, but I probably won't get to it until later in the year.  Good to know you dig it.

[rva]

How come all of a sudden everyone sounds like L'Trimm?  You know, it kinda sucked the first time.

[foolsgold]

I was just thinking of that night I saw an early incarnation of Radiohead (then called "Can't Look Left") at the Bear and Duke of Mustard pub in Lower Lancrenshropshire Commons.  Me and PJ Harvey were doing rails of powdered sugar when we started making fun of the guys in Starsailor (then called "Poop Floats.")  I guess we were a bit cruel because that inspired them to write that "Daddy was an alcoholic" song.

I can never forgive myself for that.  

Fun fact: Keane formed out of the ashes of Starsailor after they split when the guitarist quit to pursue his dreams of being a pickle farmer.

[Butter]

I was just thinking of that night I saw an early incarnation of Radiohead (then called "Can't Look Left")

Gold.

[Hell Toupee]

Two weeks until AWESDOMETOWN for FG!!!

[Poolio]

I somehow missed that Amazon has a whole free download section. I just downloaded 30+ songs and I am not sure that I am done. Thanks Amazon!!

[Doug]

The Thompson Twins have taken up permanent residence in the elevator muzak at my work.

[Butter]

So, I have this XM radio in my car.  The display on it, when songs first start, will show 16 characters of both the artist and title of a song.  After a few seconds, then it will adjust to show 32 characters of both, with scrolling if needed.  

But the initial 16 character thing makes for a fun few seconds on some titles, like:

Smashing Pumpkin
Bullet with Butt

The White Stripe
The Hardest Butt

And so on.  9 year old amusement ensues.

But this morning, I got this:

Film School
Heart Full of Pe

And immediately, I started trying to guess the title of this new song.  And after a split-second, I decided it had to be "Heart Full of Penises".  I mean, why not.  Why wouldn't it be "Heart Full of Penises"?  It must be.

Imagine my disappointment when I saw it was actually "Heart Full of Pentagons".  Fucking math nerds ruin everything.

[Kwyjibo]

Your wife might have thought it was "Heart Full of Pen Is".

[Cockney Rebel]

Reminds me of the time we went to the cinema in England and the display behind the ticket dude said "Sliding Doo"

[Nate]

The address field on our computer's renewal system cuts off at 25 characters, which led my department to send out an apology letter last month when the pre-bills for 'Young Men's Christian Association' showed up as 'Young Men's Christian Ass.'

[Kwyjibo]

I like to stay at the Y-M-C-Ass

[dirk]

Our old phone system at work was limited to 7 character, so we used first initial and as much of the last name that would fit.  This led to hilarity when one of our HR guys called, since what showed up was ABUSEME.  And oh how we did.

[Dan]

In the Football Manager forums, there's a lot of talk about your Assistant Manager. Of course, everyone just abbreviates his title to Ass Man.

[dirk]

My title used to be Associate Director, and I made sure to refer to myself as Ass Dir as much as possible.