Three days of camping and fun and diversity and good vibes and awesome, awesome music.

Sounds sufficiently blissful to me!

(Oh....and there's an invite from me and Marc at the bottom of the post)

I can't think of a better getaway right now. It's being nicknamed the "WTF Festival" here, because seems like every day since mid-summer they have been announcing a new act from another different genre.

http://www.the-echoproject.com/

When they announced that Thievery Corporation had signed on, that's all it took for me. TC, in my opinion, produces some of the most beautiful music right now. I think their "Mirror Conspiracy" is hands-down the best album from the past 10 years of music.



Check out this line up! House, Dub, Rock, Hip Hop, Nu-Jazz, Reggea, Bossa Nova, Trance, etc etc etc...all very diverse and all very groovy and all at one festival. In a word...

The Killers
The Roots
Cypress Hill
The Flaming Lips
Thievery Corporation
Stephen Marley
Brazilian Girls
Phil Lesh
Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues
Umphrey's McGee,
Dubconscious
Michael Franti & Spearhead
The Disco Biscuits
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
The Polyphonic Spree
Perpetual Groove
The Avett Brothers
Lyrics Born
Toubab Krewe
Greenskeepers
The Bravery
Secret Machines
Les Claypool
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Medeski
Lazaro Casanova
Telepath
The Egg
Spam Allstars
Rabbit in the Moon
Bassnectar
The Album Leaf
Martin, & Wood
Spoon
JJ Grey & Mofro
The Afromotive
ALO
Tea Leaf Green
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Slick Rick with Fire Department
RJD2
The Benevento
Son Volt
MSTRKRFT
Benzos
MAN MAN

Like Bonnaroo...the Echo Project's ultimate message is responsible and green and sustainable living...and diversity. There is going to be dozens of "green" vendors and organizations and services and of course...tons of great food and libation.

We are buying our tickets tomorrow night. WHO WANTS TO JOIN US? Come on! Sounds like a good opportunity for a little Streamers meet-up to me.

T

Check it out. House & Garden online featured one of our new products and linked to our website yesterday for their "trend gifts under $100" thingy.

http://www.houseandgarden.com/trends/under/under?selectedDate=20070911

Thanks House & Garden!

 

 

 

 

This from www.kissthisguy.com ....

The real lyrics were:
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night

But I heard them as:
Wrapped up like a douche
Another rumour in the night

The embarassing moment of revelation:
I kept thinking to myself....what the hell does a douche have to do with rumors? I asked a friend and she laughed so hard she turned purple.

Age when I discovered just how wrong I had been: 30

Do I think my version is better than the original?: Yes

Have I convinced others that my version is correct?: No

Do I take interesting medications?: No...well yes...I mean no.



And then Elton sang about electric boobs in Bennie and The Jets.

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Hey....I need help. The song "Great Big Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts" has been going through my mind the past 2 days. Please tell me someone else remembers that song from elementary school.

I need:

A) Someone to remember what the rest of the lyrics were.
B) What tune it was sung to.

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And just one more thought....



Somebody needs to tell the makers of Snack Pack pudding what chocolate and vanilla are actually supposed to taste like.

I'm pretty sure; based on my pedestrian knowledge of flavors, that chocolate isn't supposed to taste sorta like chocolate and sorta like a new inflatible pool toy...and that vanilla isn't supposed to taste sorta like vanilla and sorta like a Barbie head.

T

The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is one of my favorite scenes. I still giggle like a little girl from the moment he says "orangutans, breakfast cereals and fruitbats" to the end.





Apparently, we see now that the way creepy old Republican closet queens recognize each other is by tapping their feet three times in the loo.

We Monty Python and The Holy Grail nerds recognize each other in a crowd of normal people by sending out these signals...

1) WHAT is your quest? (said gruffly in a bad Scottish accent)
2) She turned me into a newt!
3) I fart in your general direction.
4) Ni!

The closet Monty Python nerd will not be able to contain themselves. The responses will be....

1) We seek the Holy Grail. Then they will talk about African swallows and migrating coconuts.
2) But I got better.
3) Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
5) We will continue to say "Ni" until you bring us a shubbery.

I couldn't think of a tune for tonight, but I did find this jewel from the greatest film ever made...Monty Python and The Quest For The Holy Grail.

"...And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this Thy hand grenade that with it Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits, in Thy mercy." And the Lord did grin and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chu... [At this point, the friar is urged by Brother Maynard to "skip a bit, brother"]... And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it." Amen."



T

Just sitting here eating lunch and reading an article about Kinky Friedman...author, musician, and politician.

I'm trying to get back into the swing of posting regularly again after a crazy August. I need to tell you about my 30th high school reunion, the party we had at the store, and the crazy ass dog that dragged our wooden garden bench two blocks down the middle of the street during daytime traffic. I'll get to those later.

Lunch today....



...and...



This fascinating...uh... character was here for the AJC Book Festival this past weekend....Kinky Friedman.



Here are some of his book titles...

Elvis, Jesus and Coca-Cola
Armadillos and Old Lace
The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover
Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette
Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned
Curse of the Missing Puppethead
'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out
The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic

He's recently more notorious for his independant campaign for governor of Texas in 2006. Here are some of his quotes during the election...

* On Carole Keeton Strayhorn's assertion that her fundraising lead makes it a "two-person race" between her and incumbent Rick Perry: "I agree with her; it's between Carole and her ego."

* "Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest."

* "I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes."

* On the possibility of losing: "If I lose this race I will retire in a petulant snit," he said. "I'm not going to go out gracefully, I promise you." Friedman later clarified his statement, saying "If Perry wins, I retire a petulant snit on a goat farm. If Bell wins, I move to France with Barbra Streisand. If Strayhorn wins, I blow my fucking head off."

* On his personal faith, he notes that he's a Jew, "but not a practicing Jew. There are those who say, 'If Kinky was a practicing Jew, he needs to practice a little more.'"

* On pandering to ethnic minorities: "I don't eat tamales on the barrio and then go to a black church and eat fried chicken and then go have a bagel with a Jew. I treat all people the same. But if you ain't Texan, I ain't got time for you."

* About big game hunting: "Somebody that goes out and kills a polar bear or has to go out and shoot an elephant, I believe God punishes 'em by giving them erectile dysfunction... That's just a theory, though."

* Regarding education in Texas: "This system is really broken. No Child Left Behind has really failed and the only way to solve education is to leave one governor behind."

* Kinky's explanation about drinking a Guinness beer in a moving vehicle in Dallas, Texas on St. Patrick's day was "I admit to drinking it, but I did not swallow." Drinking an alcoholic beverage in a moving vehicle is illegal under Texas's open container law though Friedman was not cited by authorities.

Now this is my kind of author/musician/politician! I can't wait to read some of his stuff.



T