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LJ Idol Week #4 - Topic: "The death of the 1¢ coin / penny and the $1 bill."
This is my entry for Week #4 of therealljidol.
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Where're The Flowers For My Baby?Over time, most things lose their value. Money. Art. Even Love ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week #2 - Appendix - 10 Favorite Scott Miller Songs
Scott Miller created a bunch of outstanding music in his career. Three albums of note, if you think you might want to dive in to his music following that route, include Game Theory's Lolita Nation, The Loud Family's Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things and The Loud Family's Interbabe ConcernSome selected highlights ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week #2 - Topic: Follow Me
This is my entry for Week #2 of therealljidol.
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National Obscurity
But what I need is not cut cost
What I need is a life where I've won
All the times that I've lost
What I need is not ways to go on
What I need is to slit my wrists and be gone
- Scott Miller, "Slit My Wrists"
In his liner notes1 for Game Theory's greatest hits album Tinkers to Evers to ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week #2 - Playlists "Follow Me/Boomerang/Spoons"
This is not my entry for week #2.
We have three topics and I'm going to present three basic playlists. In the interest of hoping this entry will load faster, I'm going to link to songs and limit this to five songs per list.
First Topic Choice: Follow MeIf you can reconcile any negative feelings you might still have about Phil Collins, Genesis ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Topic #1 - Trust Everyone, But Cut The Cards - Entry
This performance of Purcell's "Cold Song" by Klaus Nomi is the most courageous musical performance I know:
Watch his eyes, especially at the end. Watch them carefully. That's the look of somebody who knows that they won't be alive much longer ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week #1 - Topic: "Trust Everyone, but Cut the Cards" - Playlist
This is not my entry for Week #1. This is a playlist of songs related to the topic for your perusal ( Read more... ) -
Topic .5 - The Giving of Thanks
There are certain words that seem to lend themselves to song titles. Hello. Love. Fire. Anaconda ( Read more... ) -
Topic 0 - Introduction
I find myself asking am I the kind of person who likes The Police's original version of "Demolition Man," or am I the kind of person who like's Grace Jones' version, or am I maybe the kind of guy who likes Manfred Mann's Earth Band's version ( Read more... ) -
Statement of Intent
It my intent to compete in therealljidol this year. This is my statement of intent. So stated.
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