Once again, I had planned on unveiling the cover art today but Google Images and my laptop are deciding to not cooperate in letting me get the image that I’m looking for. This is most likely due to the fact that I am the first person to use Google Images to search for something that wouldn’t be, uh, shrinkwrapped and sold behind the counter at a gas station. I’ll make another valiant effort at obtaining the file I’m looking for before starting over. But, I can share the playlist…
1) Chris Mills “Brand New Day”
2) Social Distortion “Ball and Chain”
3) Son Volt “6 String Belief”
4) Jump, Little Children “The House Our Father Knew”
5) David Ford “State of the Union”
6) My Morning Jacket “Gideon”
7) The Postal Service “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight”
8) The Sundays “Here’s Where the Story Ends”
9) Jon Dee Graham “Big Sweet Life”
10) The Arcade Fire “Rebellion (Lies)”
11) The New Pornographers “Star Bodies”
12) Richard Thompson “1985”
13) The Ditty Bops “Your Head’s Too Big”
14) Josh Rouse “El Otro Lado”
15) Sufjan Stevens “Chicago”
Things (especially the order) are still subject to change as I listen to it and make sure that all the songs are getting along with each other. That is a rather difficult task given that I have Social Distortion and The Ditty Bops on the same disc, something that I don’t believe has ever been attempted in the history of mix tapes. Josh Rouse is the only direct repeat from Volume 1, though Son Volt and the New Pornographers kind of are. And yes, after ending the first disc with “Lawrence, KS” I am ending this one with “Chicago”. So if you want to be the cool kid and get an hour of free music email me with your address at either a) my real email, b) my work email or c) the seldom checked email of kcgatsby@aol.com
Ok, there is one piece of celebrity news that I must comment on. I don’t know how many of you read the British version of GQ, I mean I do but that’s because I need to know what’s cool across the pond in case England suddenly becomes cool again. Well, Paris Hilton has an interview in an upcoming issue and let’s just say that she unleashes several bombshells. The first is that she states that she is celibate. Now before we bring up the video evidence that counters that fact she states that what she means is that she isn’t sleeping with anyone right now (and you do wonder if that phrase implies that “Since I’m not sleeping with the interviewer at this very second I am technically celibate.”) So, according to the British press, Paris Hilton is celibate.
She then went on to say that she has had only two, uh, partners in her entire life. Now I am a trusting soul so I will take Paris at her word. That would mean that for a certain typically private part of one’s life, Paris has had half of it videotaped and shared with the world. That’s a pretty high percentage for someone whose career does not solely involve work that is obtained in the back room of a video store. And finally, to cap off the interview Paris compares herself to Princess Diana. Because, you know, they both ride around in cars and have their pictures taken a lot. And they both…ok, seriously, outside of standard human functions like breathing what the hell do Princess Diana and Paris Hilton have in common? I am completely at a loss here.
Oh, and I need to switch gears and at least touch on the start of Celebrity Fit Club. This is the first episode so all we get to do is see who is on the show and whether there is anyone I can compare myself to (no real luck on the last part). We’ve got Isaac from the Love Boat, who actually looks pretty fit given that he hasn’t been seen for twenty years. From Wilson Phillips we’ve got Carnie Wilson, post-gastric bypass and Playboy shoot and now falling somewhere in between the two. Erika Eleniak takes over the Kelly Lebrock role this season as the “Whoa, what the hell?” contestant. And, in what might be the highlight of my viewing year, Tina Yothers from Family Ties is on Celevrity Fit Club. A Tina Yothers who died her hair black and looks like a goth, if you were like 35 and wanted to be a goth. This show is so brilliant and I vow to lose 15 pounds by the end of the season.
Coming tomorrow: Has Generation X jumped the shark?
The five random CDs of the week
1) Steve Earle “Essential Steve Earle”
2) Gomez “How We Operate”
3) Neko Case and Her Boyfriends “The Virginian”
4) Bruce Springsteen “Human Touch”
5) Martin Zellar “Scattered”
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