DrW

Golden brown, texture like sun Lays me down, with my mind she runs Throughout the night No need to fight Never a frown with golden brown Every time just like the last On her ship tied to the mast To distant lands Takes both my hands Never a frown with golden brown

And here is John Cale with the ultimate version of "Heartbreak Hotel". It could not be more different from Elvis' interpretation.

I ain't just another soldier boy Just another soldier boy Looking for work Looking for work Looking for work My rifle is my friend My rifle is my friend I clean my rifle everyday I clean my rifle everyday That's why my rifle is my friend Ready for war, ready for war Ready for war, ready for war

These days I'm so slow All these thoughts and no where to go My aim used to be so true And my world had a place in it, darling just for you Oh I used to dream of oceans and streams Flowing and growing strong Where have all Those days gone

With every lie that I lived Part of me would fade Into this empty shadow I've become And now I feel so numb I no longer know myself But I still know you I call And there's no reply Like some phantom cry On ears too far away

If you do not insist on Polish heritage, comparable cherry liqueurs I like are Luxardo (Italian) and Heering (Danish). They are clearly better than the bargain brands (e.g. Jelinek).

More "white reggae" - The Slits in their 2005-2010 incarnation, featuring Ari Up (vocals), Tessa Pollitt (bass) and Holly Cook (keyboards). Ari Up died a year later from breast cancer. According to her stepfather, John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten), she refused chemotherapy because she did not want to lose her dreadlocks.

I thought the same, but then the comparison is pretty unfair. If you start at or close to the top, your slope will always be zero or negative. You can only have a large positive slope if you start at the bottom (what applies to Detroit).

Excuse my ignorance, but what please is "the slope of success"?

Hindsight is 20/20.

Unfortunately. when you have one pick close to the end of the first round, you are not allowed to draft two players, and WR was arguably the biggest position of need.

Another amusing sing-along...

Australia's arguably most famous hard rock band, Cold Chisel, with their attempt at reggae - and it works.

An early psychedelic masterpiece by "The United States of America". What was remarkable was the omission of guitars. Their place was taken by very primitive and not easy to play synthesizers ("ring modulators"). From the review in "Pitchfork": If USA had an anthem, it was "The American Metaphysical Circus". The track opens with a pleasantly disorienting hodgepodge of sampled John Philip Souza marches and Byrd's faithful kiddie-baiting Ringling Bros. calliope melodies before chanteuse Dorothy Moskowitz arrives with her herbal tea-watered croon, carefully enunciating like a three-nights-of-sleep-deprived mother's lullaby. Meanwhile, electric violinist/ring modulator foreman Gordon Marron emits aurora borealis streaks of police siren wails and bassist Rand Forbes keeps the music resting its head on a bar table all night long.

Funk and Jeff Beck - an intriguing combination

I was standing by the Nile When I saw the lady smile I would take her out for a while For a while Oh, my tears wept like a child How her golden hair was blowing wild Then she spread her wings to fly For to fly

Well, I just finished grading 63 biochemistry exams (verbal answers, not multiple choice), and I needed something to cheer me up. The unedited version of your post did just that. Thanks again!

As far as Freudian slips go, this one is easily top 100.

Ooh Ooh Those creatures jumped the barricades And have headed for the sea She began to breathe To breathe at the thought of such freedom Stood and whispered to her child, "belong" She held the child and whispered With calm, calm, "belong"

I still have the 2010 Odyssey and I love it. However, the coolest 3rd row seats in cars I ever owned was in full-size station wagons (Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser, Pontiac Safari) where the passengers were facing the back (probably not the safest).

Actually, the pic shows the German "parent" of the Le Mans, the Opel Kadett E. However, the German version was too expensive; thus, GM had the Le Mans built by Daewoo in South Korea.

And I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari Tehachapi to Tonopah Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed And if you give me; weed, whites, and wine And you show me a sign I'll be willin' to be movin'

A new clip by "A Place To Bury Strangers", the "loudest 3-person band in NYC" (and a very cool band name). The mastermind behind APTBS is Oliver Ackermann, whose company "Death by Audio" is designing guitar-effect pedals. For me, the musician who holds everything together is Sandra Fedowitz, the girl on drums.

To celebrate the re-opening of Notre Dame in Paris... Roxy Music "A Song For Europe" (lyrics) Down by the Seine, Notre Dame Casts a Long, Lonely Shadow...

Canned Heat's "Christmas Album"