February 27, 2002

 
Alright... I don't know who the girl who sings "Extensive Care" by Crossover is , but this woman - she has the sexiest voice in the world, I am sure of this.

I can't even describe why it is so sexy - it's something in her intonation, her annunciation, her tonality, the way she sounds alternately bored, flirtatious, confident, silly, and as though she's trying to change someone's mind about something or other. She's so convincing - she must be totally unstoppable in real life. ...and when she sorta giggles when she says the line "...and tickled pink" - oh man! You just can't get cuter than that.

I want a girlfriend who is exactly like this girl's voice, or at least has a voice like hers. Please?

 
Ah, a nice day.

I bought a whole bunch of comics - I'll comment on them a bit later, probably tomorrow. Several of them haven't been read yet... Quite a diverse batch this week, as nearly all of my geeky superhero comics came out (Grant Morrison's New X-Men, Mark Millar's Ultimate X-Men and The Ultimates) plus I picked up a Spider-Man comic that Darwyn Cooke wrote and drew, just cos I love Darwyn Cooke.

I also picked up My New Fighting Technique Is Unstoppable because I loved ...Filing Technique and Get Yur War On so much - I read a bit of it on the train ride home, and it's funny, but not quite as good as those two. Which is fine, cos this came first, and the fact that the newer stuff better is a good sign for David Rees' development as a fucking genius.

My package from Drawn & Quarterly arrived today too - I Never Liked You by Chester Brown, Clyde Fans pt 1 by Seth, Hundreds of Feet Below Daylight by James Sturm, and an issue of Nowhere by Debbie Drechler - all look quite good, but I haven't cracked any of them open just yet.

Mmmm - of course, cos they are free, I got the new issues of The Onion, Village Voice, and Shout. Well, I'd probably buy The Onion print edition if it wasn't free, just cos I like it so much, but this issue doesn't really have anything particularly great in it.

 
My baby, she's got baby eyes, my baby, she's got those baby eyes...

I've been listening to "Baby Eyes" by Pyramids of Giza on repeat for about 15 minutes now - meaning, I've listened to it about eleven times and counting. It's just so mesmerizing - the chanted hook, mixed with the staccato verses, the odd churning guitars which make me feel a bit seasick.... wow. Of course, this is by the same people who gave us the little slice of pop genius that is "Experimental Fashion" by Banjo-V....

These guys are so fantastic - they need to get famous, and quick. As it is, it's a bit like having my own personal miniature Pavement circa Westing...

 
Oooh! A new Tom Scharpling compilation cd is being released...

from the site:

Culled from broadcasts of THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU (91.1 FM Jersey City, NJ), CHAIN FIGHTS, BEER BUSTS AND SERVICE WITH A GRIN shows BEST SHOW host Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster --the man on the other end of the phone for these "interviews"-- at their outrageous best.

Disc One:

1. The Music Scholar

A simple call from a listener chastising Tom for playing a Rolling Stones record leads to a fascinating peek inside the mind of "the coolest guy ever." Charles R. Martin saw the Beatles at age six, the Stooges at ten, attended the legendary 1973 Rock Writer's Conference in Memphis at age 15, moved to NYC in '74 to bask in the CBGB/Max's scene, and became a much-feared record store proprietor in the early '80s. He eventually tired of rock, choosing to listen to soundless ‘air mixes’ for the next decade. A chance encounter with modern rock radio has given him a new lease on life.

2. The Gorch

Tom interviews 63-year-old greaser Roland "The Gorch" Gorchnick about his new book The Real-Life Fonzie's Guide To Real-Life. Listen in as the Gorch gives the behind-the-scenes stories of how he inspired the show Happy Days, reminisces about life with his old gang the Deacons in 1950's-era York, PA ("We beat up a baseball game once") and dispenses the kind of advice that only a man who was once voted "America's Most Violent Hoodlum" can ("Women love to get yelled at").

3. Mike Healy (Part One)

An offhand comment about pregnancies lands Tom in hot water with caller Healy who can best be described as "the least-forgiving man on planet Earth."

Disc Two:

1. Citizens For A True Democracy

Maurice Kern, CEO of Kern Pharmaceuticals and chairman of Citizens For A True Democracy, enlightens Tom and his listeners on such diverse topics as the 2000 election disaster, how to deal with protesters, capital punishment, cocaine and the fact that his friend President Bush is out to help everybody, "even those of us who earn in the octuple digit area."

2. Radio Hut

Tom gets saddled with a call from a desperate electronics salesman who tries his best to mail him the latest Radio Hut catalog. The salesman, Jeff Cooper, then pushes such "high quality merchandise" from Radio Hut's POT-80 ("pride of the eighties") line as the Porta-Ghetto and Jukebox Fever.

3. Mike Healy (Part Two)

The Scharpling/Healy confrontation heats up and takes a very distressing turn.