| Dat's da name of dat tune |
[Dec. 14th, 2008|11:23 pm] |
What do you do when you can't remember the name of a of a song, or the lyrics, or even very much of the tune? Why you ask your livejournal friends!
This song is probably late 1970s, although it could easily be 1980s. It's a mopey ballad recalling how great it used to be to listen to the music of the past. It's a little bit like "Hey Nineteen" with its ludicrously under-the-bottom line about "sweet beans in Boston," as if beans will never again satisfy a sugar craving the way they used to, and alas, I'm never in Boston anymore, and Denver, L.A., and Tennessee no longer entreat me to come hither as they used to in the days of Auld Lang Syne. No, it's none of those songs.
It's an elegy that winks coyly at the listener. It uses first names of artists, and not quite quotes. You, the song, and an elite cadre of people who flipped the switch on the dial of an oldies radio station, or played a 100 hits that aren't disco compilation, are the recipients of the message. You know what is meant by:
Jimmy told us where to stand -
or whatever the actual lyric is.
I may sound scornful. There is much to criticize here. The languid style and the name-dropping are both undesirable qualities. Yet obviously, there is something that I like about it too. So I'm asking you, the lively livejournal popular music experts,
What song do I have in mind? |
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| Twitter Overload |
[Apr. 7th, 2008|12:03 pm] |
In the interest of de-cluttering the ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) pr1ss journal, I have created the pr1ss_raw_food journal. Now all of my twitters will be preserved there in daily amalgamations. Everything else that I twitter-post about will go there as well. This main journal will be for the usual songs, poems, political rants, bragging about the PrissKids. There will be some food writing, but I will try to avoid simple lists.
In other words:
Out with the new (raw vegan) spam.
Back to the old spam!
Update: The only way to direct daily twitter posts to a new location was to delete my loudtwitter account, and create a new one. Their menu has an easy way to change the source (which twitter account you access,) but no way to change the destination (your blog or site.) Facebook does its own imports, so that wasn't affected. |
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| Legal Notice |
[Aug. 21st, 2007|03:50 pm] |
The terms
"ELEPET" , "ELEPETS" , "SAPIPHANT"
and the story:
Elepets: The Genesis
(The second installment in the Tiny Elephant Chronicles)
Which first appeared in this journal and were mirrored on my page at blogspot.com on December 22, 2005
Along with the text of:
Tiny Elephant: gray is the new pink.
Which first appeared on this journal on September 12, 2005
Are copyright with all rights reserved by the author of this livejournal.
This material may not be used without express permission.
Contact email: cypr1ss@yahoo.com
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| Announcing the pr1ss How to Make Your Own Blues Song Blues |
[Mar. 28th, 2006|02:23 pm] |
First you lay out the situation
Then you tell a little more
It was so devastating
I almost fell down on the floor
‘Cause I’ve got the blues
I’ve got the how to write your own blues song blues
Here are some examples starring people on my friends list:
baal_merodach lives across the pond
He likes ancient Greek Lore
His apartment is just down the street
From Heathcliff on the moor
emmabovary and the Bovrettes
Dress in chic couture
And as they count their calories
The peasants foment war
montecristo keeps a pet monkey
Its maintenance is a chore
But it’s a souvenir of love
Sent over by Queen Noor
They’ve all got the blues
They’ve got the
pr1ss livejournal friendslist make your own blues song blues.
Comment with your own lyric, or if you like, a request for a stanza with your name! |
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| Anatidae have swum and also flewn |
[Feb. 8th, 2006|12:21 pm] |
If you don’t know the tune to Jakers
And my paean to Potter you’d like to croon
Just scroll back a couple of day-kers
And sing it to the Brady Bunch tune
Just five days ‘til my birthday cakers
Candle-lighting will be at noon
Celebrate for goodness sakers
If you’re a pirate, bring me a doubloon
Then we’ll go to Washington Lakers
It’s close by, we’ll be there soon
Look at all those ducks and drakers
Swimming in a bird platoon
For breakfast I enjoy oat Quakers
Eaten with a runcible spoon
George Bush prefers to have corn flakers
Bugs Bunny would call him “a maroon” |
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| Brownies |
[Oct. 2nd, 2005|09:01 pm] |
This post on the ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) booktards community asked for suggestions of stories about little people such as The Borowers or Lilliputians.
Here was my response:
When I did a search for pictures of old fashioned cameras for this post I dicovered that the Brownie camera had been advertised using illustrations of legendary little people by Palmer Cox. Here's an article with pictures dated 1892.
And don't forget smurfs!
Once upon a time I was a Brownie Girl Scout, and I owned a Brownie Camera (a much later model.) I was dissapointed that it didn't take color film, because I didn't yet know that black and white pictures were considered artistic. Somewhere in one of my mom's photo albums is a shot that I took of my dad's father. We had walked to the park, and he climbed just a step or two onto the monkey bars to show that he still had a playful side.
   
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| Formatting |
[Jul. 25th, 2005|02:36 am] |
cottontimer's last post about the Google Logo Maker inspired me to create this
If only I could overcome livejournal formatting restrictions and post it at the top of the page.
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| Prissidential Edict |
[Jun. 20th, 2005|05:23 pm] |
I’ve begun to add tags to my livejournal entries, but it’s a quagmire. Do I need tags for posts where I muse about the nature of existence? What about entries dealing with food, fancy cuisine, healthful eating, what my kids refuse to eat? The more tags that I put in, the more that I seem to need. It seems possible to reach a supersaturated tag-level, where the tags, or category markers could replace the regular entry.
Tags: prisskids, school, done with, snack choices, chocolate, music, sting, songs about monkeys, guy-watching, cute guy that I saw at the lake…
See? It’s a substitute for a long sensual entry about nothing much at all.
Resolved: I shall not allow TAG CHOICES to subsume my journal writing endeavors. |
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| Silly Statistics |
[May. 15th, 2005|07:42 pm] |
Of the 39 perky people on the pr1ss
mutual friends list:
4 are married
6 are divorced or legally separated (I'm not including any of these in the married group)
7 are part of a couple (but not married)
21 are single
7 are virgins
These numbers have been gleaned solely from reading their public posts over what feels like millennia. It’s possible many more had brief marriages tucked away in their pasts. And with any luck, some of the singles now have steady dates, but feel that to mention it would be premature.
Some of these categories have interesting overlap; does PowerPoint have a Venn diagram feature? |
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| !!!!!! |
[Jan. 24th, 2005|12:50 am] |
livejournal is your kind of place
robots from outer space
coast on a steeplechase
learn to make bouillabaisse
it's nothing short of a showplace
use colors and boldface
friends lock it just in case
describe your new bookcase
it started with a tight embrace
tagged out at second base
just gotta keep apace
type fast, and win the race!
compose odes to a Grecian vase
detect a telltale trace
douse enemies with mace
allergic to lactase?
it's literature in a suitcase
you gotta write SOMEPLACE
If you mess up you can just erase
*palmface* |
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| Customize Yourself |
[Sep. 20th, 2004|08:39 am] |
Firefox allows me to increase the text size at will. This means that while a page's designer might find it the contrast between 3-point text and 20 point headings esthetically pleasing, I can bump the letters up 5 or 10 points, and read without inducing a headache. Would that television and movies and even sound files came with a similar browsing system. Here are settings I'd select:
Dialogue > up, but boost whispering and flatten any screaming levels
Music > medium low, on par with the speaking (akin to ordering steak medium rare)
Sound effects > nearly nonexistent
After I locked in preferences a sticky note would pop up on the screen:
"Pr1ss, you are missing a REALLY COOL EXPLOSION!"
I'd respond with orders to turn off that messaging feature. If necessary, I'd back that up with promises to pound the next helpful animated paperclip
INTO A SCRAP OF BAILING WIRE. |
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| Mackerel |
[Jun. 21st, 2004|04:19 pm] |
If I Werie Furrie
I don't think that I'd be a snail
I'd rather have ears and a tail
In weather inclement
Paws don't feel good on cement
And fog is much milder than hail
Feeling brave enough to try your hand at an equally lame limerick? Or do you have an old favorite?
Plus this:
FORM ACTION="http://ljmaps.robobeasts.com/setlocation.php">Add your location to the Pr1ssFriends map - please use this form.
Username:<input ... ><input ... >
(Then get your friends to!) |
</form> |
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| Phantasy Phixups |
[May. 1st, 2004|05:27 am] |
I've noticed that many inhabitants of the Priss friends list are single, and not all of the singles are thoroughly content with this state of affairs. While I might like to reserve everyone for my own tender mercies, that might prove fatiguing and would certainly be impractical. Because the Priss livejournal is a full service operation, I proudly present to you, without further ado:
The PrissFriends Celebrity Matchmaking Service
agent139 enjoys mood altering chemicals and dreams of making it big as a music producer. He needs a woman with inside knowledge of attention-getting public relations.
His ideal match is COURTNEY LOVE
baal_merodach There's no secret about what baal_merodach likes. He likes blondes with massive knockers. The most egregious example?
ANNA NICOLE SMITH
bram has explored the possibility of becoming the ultimate Wolframian acolyte, but life would be so sweet if he were the head of his own foundation. He needs a woman who could put in a good word with truly high-rolling financiers, and to that end his ideal match is THE BUSH TWIN OF HIS CHOICE
bteboy says that he needs someone to love, but never has mentioned the qualities that he values in a partner. Therefore, and because I'm a brat, his match is
AN OLSEN TWIN TO BE NAMED LATER
catatonicprime Hmmm, this is a toughie. Well, when all else fails, there's always
BRITTANY SPEARS
krets is already hip to the celebrity idea, he regularly posts about his future fling with Hale Berry, but I have some other suggestions. Someone intelligent and knowledgeable, someone with a charming accent, who else but
DR RUTH WESTHEIMER. Hmm, maybe not exactly right. I know! Someone newly back on the market, not as bright as Dr Ruth, but major arm candy:
REBECCA ROMIJN
montecristo I can see him with someone classy but feisty. The perfect woman to share his McGuffin by dawn's early light? None other than
SHARON STONE
notmyfaultdance likes a guy to have some appreciation for gender ambiguity issues. Handsome would be nice too. Her ideal guy
KEANU REEVES
obscurek was a special challenge, but I've chosen the perfect nurturing earth mother teenybopper. The actress who plays the daughter on "Grounded for Life"
LYNSEY BARTILSON
plural has a long list of physical and ancestral requirements for a partner, plus he prefers the extremely young, I've come up with the ideal, none other than
NATALIE PORTMAN
pr1ss looks for indefinable hunkiness in a guy. She is having trouble deciding between
KEVIN SORBO and JACK OSBORNE
serod will be invited to a game of croquet by The Duchess of York and introduced to her 2 daughters. 10 years from now he'll marry one of the sprightly redheaded princesses in a closed circuit TV broadcast from Westminster Abbey. After that his one topic of conversation will be that his wife is 6th in line for the throne.
synapsemanifest ...trying to think big, swimmin' pools, movie stars. Ah yes
ATHINA ONASSIS ROUSSEL |
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| Queme (question + meme = queme) |
[Apr. 13th, 2004|10:39 pm] |
Ask me 3 questions, not more not fewer. Ask me anything you want. Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything. |
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