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themezzanine

2Pakistan

Feb 15, 2009 21:21

You have to admire Tupac Shakur. I actually think there's something in the statute books about it. Rapper, actor, bon viveur, murder victim - he was a genuine monotesticular Renaissance man and de facto poet laureate of the 'hood.

But you know in his seminal (in all senses) opus California Love, apparently the 346th best song ever, there's that ( Read more... )

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capital_xyz February 16 2009, 00:17:07 UTC

I thought that the one line from "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello was "I've been on tentacles" which made no sense what so ever so I blamed the phrase on his being British and my being American. When I found out it was "tenterhooks" and not "tentacles" I still did not understand because I had no idea what a tenterhook was until I discovered Wikipedia.

themezzanine February 19 2009, 18:49:57 UTC

Ha. I thought that the next line from the very same song was "Anadin, dirty looks" - a reference to the proprietary painkilling medicine of the same name. That tune is a bloody minefield.

beneaththefold February 16 2009, 00:29:19 UTC

where are you these days? still teaching in italy?

hope all is well.

i still have the toy wolf.

peace,
cristina

themezzanine February 19 2009, 19:02:45 UTC

Yes and yes! Just past my 3-year anniversary as a resident and (whisper it) maybe starting to get slightly itchy feet, although not yet itchy enough to have had any ideas as to where might be next on the itinerary.

Still no wolves in Scotland, sad to say, although I have heard they have wolves - and bears! - in Abruzzo which is the next region to the east of here.

Hoping you are very very well.

j3 February 16 2009, 23:09:51 UTC

When I was a kid I remember this woman who called a radio station to request "Fanny In The Chair." The dj had no clue what song she was talking about. When he asked her who the band/singer of "Fanny In The Chair" was, she hadn't a clue. He asked her to sing him a couple of lines and she started "F-F-F-Fanny in the chair..." Apparently, she thought "B-B-B-Benny and the Jets" sounded a hell of a lot like "F-F-F-Fanny in the chair ( ... )

philippic February 17 2009, 12:19:14 UTC

There was a kid at school who sang the song, 'Blame it on the Boogie' as including the lyric, "I spent the night in Bristol / Every night a disco".