"Death Sting Me Blues"
Sara Martin
I want all you women
to listen to my tale of woe
I want all you women
to listen to my tale of woe
I've got consumption of the heart
I feel myself sinking so
Oh my heart is aching
and the blues are all around my room
Oh my heart is aching
and the blues are all around my room
Blues is like the devil
they'll have me hell-bound soon
Blues, you make me roll and tumble
you make me weep and sigh
Lordy lordy lordy
blues you make me roll and tumble
you make me weep and sigh
Made me use cocaine and whiskey
but you wouldn't let me die
Blues: blues: blues
why did you bring trouble to me?
Blues: blues: blues
why did you bring trouble to me?
Oh death please sting me,
and take me out of my misery
Jul 17, 2009
Verses
"The Model Home" Doug Liman Allan Heinberg & Josh Schwartz 7.9[15] August 12, 2003 3 3 "The Gamble" Ian Toynton Jane Espenson 8.0[15] August 19, 2003 4 4 "The Debut" Daniel Attias Allan Heinberg & Josh Schwartz 8.6[15] August 26, 2003 5 5 "The Outsider" Jesús Salvador Treviño Melissa Rosenberg 9.1[15] September 2, 2003 6 6 "The Girlfriend" Steve Robman Josh Schwartz & Debra J. Fisher 9.1[15] September 9, 2003 7 7 "The Escape" Sanford Bookstaver Josh Schwartz 8.8[15] September 16, 2003 8 8 "The Rescue" Michael Lange Melissa Rosenberg & Allan Heinberg 9.27[16] October 29, 2003 9 9 "The Heights" Patrick Norris Debra J. Fisher & Erica Messer 7.52[17] November 5, 2003 10 10 "The Perfect Couple" Michael Fresco Allan Heinberg 8.28[18] November 12, 2003 11 11 "The Homecoming" Keith Samples Josh Schwartz & Brian Oh 9.03[19] November 19, 2003 12 12 "The Secret" James Marshall Allan Heinberg & Josh Schwartz 6.9[20] November 26, 2003 13 13 "The Best Chrismukkah Ever" Sanford Bookstaver Stephanie Savage 9.27[21] December 3, 2003 14 14 "The Countdown" Michael Fresco Josh Schwartz 7.99[22] December 17, 2003 15 15 "The Third Wheel" Sandy Smolan Melissa Rosenberg 9.4[23] January 7, 2004 16 16 "The Links" Michael Lange Debra J. Fisher & Erica Messer 8.9[24] January 14, 2004 17 17 "The Rivals" Ian Toynton Josh Schwartz 12.72[25] January 21, 2004 18 18 "The Truth" Rodman Flender Allan Heinberg 12.70[26] February 11, 2004 19 19 "The Heartbreak" Lev L. Spiro Josh Schwartz 10.95[27] February 18, 2004 20 20 "The Telenovela" Sanford Bookstaver Stephanie Savage 9.56[28] February 25, 2004 21 21 "The Goodbye Girl" Patrick Norris Josh Schwartz 10.27[29] March 3, 2004 22 22 "The L.A." David M. Barrett Josh Schwartz 11.09[30] March 24, 2004 23 23 "The Nana" Michael Lange Allan Heinberg 11.37[31] March 31, 2004 24 24 "The Proposal" Helen Shaver Liz Friedman & Josh Schwartz 10.49[32] April 14, 2004 25 25 "The Shower" Sandy Smolan J. J. Philbin 10.13[33] April 21, 2004 26 26 "The Strip" James Marshall Allan Heinberg 10.52[34] April 28, 2004 27 27 "The Ties That Bind"
Get Well Soon Marissa Cooper.
Former O.C. starlet/professional girlfriend and London-club-goer/likely heroin-sniffer, Mischa Barton called 911 Wednesday night and was sent down to Cedars. As of yesterday A.M., her publicist reported it was a case of pesky wisdom teeth...we begged to differ. We were correct. She's collapsed in that proverbial Tijuana alleyway, and been placed under a 5150 psychiatric hold by the state of California. We've all been there.
These, as mentioned again and a-gane, are psychically trying times. Something crested. 2009 is a big, fast thud for Millennials and Millennial celebrities and the WORLD. Our prayers (?) are with Marissamischa, the insides of hospitals are jarring, but calling for help--of any sort--is a good move.
Jul 16, 2009
NO ONE TOLD ME
No one told me about The Master of Moulins! Portrait Presumed to be of Madeleine of Burgundy Presented by St. Madeleine and Portrait of the Dauphin Charles-Orlant are especially brilliant.
Verses
First stanza, Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy."
So I'm back to the Velvet Underground,
Back to the floor that I love,
To a room with some lace and paper flowers.
So I'm back to the Velvet Underground,
Back to the floor that I love,
To a room with some lace and paper flowers.
Jul 15, 2009
"She's so vicious."
A&P loves Beyoncé (and Destiny's Child). We've made it clear. But further praise is necessary, because MJ's death (what else) has brought forth some new information about her, specifically, a fresh calm about the word fierce. I'm a great fan of the most recent effort, I Am...Sasha Fierce, but have bitten my lip at the title and that old moniker, Sasha Fierce, a self-appointed nickname for B's performative "alter ego," each time I've heard it. For me, fierce is a word rooted in Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Empire, over-overused gay fay-shun slang for...um...fabulous? We also love ANTM/The Tyra Show, but DIFFERENT WORLDS. Fierce struck me as dumb and cartoonish, fine for reality television, but not for our reigning Diva.
However, on Friday June 26th, the day after MJ's passing, while watching the "Thriller" video, I noted phrases in which it was impossible to describe his dance, his expressions, his singing as anything but fierce. In 1982, Michael set aside sweetness (of both the precocious soul-child and disco-sugar variety) and attacked his steps and lyrics, not-so-incidentally playing a hungry zombie and werewolf. By the late eighties, ferocity was MJ's standard, a central theme of the album, Bad.
Now, B's use of fierce seems part of an old, appropriate tradition. She is a brilliantly aggressive performer, with a good bit of Michael's disarming sweetness at her disposal. She has posed this dichotomy of humble Houston Belle and strutting, otherworldly Alpha herself, and, finally, I see that it works. Ann Powers disagrees with me. Oh well.
The only thing that still consternates is B's use of the word it....as in, "Shoulda' put a ring on it," or "Check Up On It," a song that has sounded so good to me lately that I've worked to quiet Mom's voice in my head--"This dehumanizes women!"--and listen to it on repeat...it's not like I don't absorb countless derogatory rap songs with pleasure.
For Shame
I'm embarrassed to see people--like twin hens, Lindsey Graham and Jeff Sessions--being racist/sexist and small in/about/over Judge Sotomayor. And honestly, it's not so surprising that the Times is one of the most irritating offenders: "Her speeches, endlessly dissected in the weeks since President Obama nominated her to the Supreme Court, reveal a fiery Latino pride." Oh G-d.
Jul 14, 2009
Of Course
Of course. One of the basest people I've ever been around. Is it sick to say good riddance? Sure, but whatever.
What About Style?--Bastille Day
Jul 13, 2009
For Shame
A year before her death, the urban activist Jane Jacobs, then 88, wrote a remarkably prescient letter urging Mayor Bloomberg to scuttle his plans for the Williamsburg waterfront. “Even the presumed beneficiaries of this misuse of governmental powers, the developers and financiers of luxury towers, may not benefit,” she wrote. “Misused environments are not good long-term economic bets.” Four years later, Jacobs’s prophecy has been realized...
--This excerpt from New York's recent piece on the disastrous development muck-ups in North Williamsburg is the last bit of proof needed in a case against Mike Bloomberg. The man who pays no heed to Jane Jacobs is not the man I want mayoring New York City!
--This excerpt from New York's recent piece on the disastrous development muck-ups in North Williamsburg is the last bit of proof needed in a case against Mike Bloomberg. The man who pays no heed to Jane Jacobs is not the man I want mayoring New York City!
I ASKED JESUS IF HE LOVED ME, AND HE SPREAD OUT HIS ARMS AND DIED.
I found that phrase printed on a standard Avery label in a bathroom stall at Memphis International Airport last summer while I was....the point is this: When did y'all start hearing about Ed Hardy? Maybe Christian Audigier's bolts of fabrique were right there all along, displayed at Flying A beside the Von Dutch bowling bags (hotness), and I didn't take note....?
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