Both literary and exuberantly naive, the song epitomizes a particular everything-at-once way of thinking and being. In the ’80s, it was easy to disparage hyperassociation like this as awkwardly geekish. It belied an ignorance of when to shut up—think Rick Moranis as the factoid-spouting Louis Tully in Ghostbusters. (Or for that matter, Rick Moranis in anything.) But something funny happened on the way to the millennium: the geeks won.This is a Blizzapocalypse Open Thread.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
THE SONG IS BARELY THREE MINUTES LONG, BUT IT CHANGES KEYS 18 TIMES: A thinkpiece on "Birdhouse in Your Soul":
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Good luck back there, guys!
ReplyDeleteHere's the link (for the billionth time) to my big Olympics coverage spreadsheet, if you want to watch people have fun in the snow: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqkRzH8pc_wMdDhpcVdxZi13Q1JXSVZHUF9yQXFmS2c&usp=sharing#gid=0
Which you probably don't, really. May your tree branches all stay attached and your toes toasty warm.
Snow seems to have stopped in NYC, but it's been a good day to closet purge and pack.
ReplyDeleteWe're in a lull outside Philly too, so I shoveled the walk and cleaned off the cars. Working from home, as all our firm's east coast offices, ranging from DC to NYC, are closed.
ReplyDeleteIt's raining here in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. At my school that has 28% attendance today.
ReplyDeleteAll of the big snowfalls / polar vortices on the east coast have corresponded to things warming up in Calgary... so, thanks?
ReplyDeleteGlad to help. Now send it back.
ReplyDeleteWe've had snow on the ground here SINCE BEFORE HALLOWEEN. (And the sad thing is, that's not unusual for us.) So we've done our time, thanks. :)
ReplyDeleteThere is snow on the ground in 49 of the 50 states today. Even Hawaii. Only Florida is safe.
ReplyDeleteThey are now saying we may get some additional THUNDERSNOW overnight. Fun.
ReplyDeleteI'm just gonna brag right now that Alex Reed is a good friend and I'm thrilled for him that he got the opportunity to write this book. (I actually knew it was going to be a thing over a year before it was published, when I was cat-sitting for him and saw the contract sitting out. Being quiet about it was not easy.)
ReplyDeleteIt's thundering and lightening in Brooklyn right now....great lead in to the 4+ inches more expected before daybreak. If today was "a beautiful day", I can't wait to see what the chancellor says about tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI feel like slopestyle has been in my tv forever. I wonder if it will ever not be on my tv. I live in hope.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I left New England - snow on the ground continuously from October through May, my last year in Boston. I love Canada, but think I will only visit during the summer.
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