snuh ([info]snuh) wrote,
@ 2008-11-13 23:20:00
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connive to thrive friday five

So much for the afterglow. As great as it was to see Barack Obama win, after a week of floating on air, cold harsh reality came crashing in as the economy sent a cold slap upon our collective faces. After watching my own income fall the last three weeks, my invisible pals strewn across the globe reported finding themselves similar in circumstances. News of lay-offs, pay cuts and reduced hours flooded blogs, twitters, facebooks, tumblrs and other social networking services. I suppose it's nice to know that you're not the only one knee-deep in it, but it's a bit daunting to realize just how dire things are.

On that uplifting note, here's a smooth segue to what life's going to look like for a while. Circumstance has definitely forced my hand to be a cut-priced person in a low-budget land - unfortunately, this is going to be my theme song for the near future.

The Kinks: Low Budget - 6MB

Dirge sounds like it's from the soundtrack from some unseen noir film. I love the dark, foreboding atmosphere that Death In Vegas' Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes smoothly conjure up. Their last release was 2004's Satan's Circus, so they're overdue for another.

Death In Vegas: Dirge - 14MB

Songs are like wine - some are better after they've been away for a few years. In one of her recent posts, [info]hydrozoa was nice enough to reintroduce me to this current earworm. In 2008, Billy Corgan doesn't seem quite as whiny as he did back in the early 90s - the mature, clean shaven look might do that to a man.

The Smashing Pumpkins: Disarm - 5MB

I love tumblr, it's like having a stream of creativity delivered straight into your cerebral cortex. Of course, it's only as good as the peeps on your tumblr feed. On that note - tumbledore hipped me to Mogwai through Matador Records' Fall Sampler. Mogwai are Shoegazers that hail from Glasgow, Scotland and named after the creatures from the film Gremlins. Their guitar-based, lyric-free music is a welcome add to this week's playlist.

Mogwai: The Sun Smells Too Loud - 11MB

To end on an upbeat note, the Eels' Mark Everett points out life's simple pleasures can make you feel like it's not such a bad world, after all. I'll keep that in mind as I dine on rice and beans for the next few months.

Eels: Hey Man (Now You're Really Living) - 5MB


Time to cash in cans and plastic to see if I can muster up a bit of cash for some fortified wine to get my weekend on. Here's hoping our cups overfloweth - have a good one!web hit counter

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(Anonymous)
2008-11-14 09:33 am UTC (link)
No Mitch Mitchell songs?

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[info]snuh
2008-11-14 10:02 am UTC (link)
Of course. I feel these feature Mitch in good form:

Jimi Hendrix: I Don't Live Today - 8MB
San Diego Sports Arena: 5/24/69

Jimi Hendrix: Tax Free - 6MB

Two more to make it the Friday Nine:

Parliament: Up for the Down Stroke - 6MB

LL Cool J: Big Ole Butt - 6MB


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[info]girl_in_blue
2008-11-14 09:58 am UTC (link)
you just heard of mogwai??? let me know if you want any more of their music - they have been around for ages!

i'm sorry you're suffering in the credit crunch, everyone is feeling the pinch eh?

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[info]snuh
2008-11-14 10:05 am UTC (link)
you just heard of mogwai???

I feel so hopelessly square - there goes my ALT brand.

let me know if you want any more of their music - they have been around for ages!

Post away.

i'm sorry you're suffering in the credit crunch, everyone is feeling the pinch eh?

Is that what they're calling the Great Depression?

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[info]girl_in_blue
2008-11-14 10:29 am UTC (link)
well we're probably over-exposed here in the uk, they're hugely popular. they've been the favourite band of almost all guys i've dated. randomly a friend of mine is their manager.

'the credit crunch' may be a british tabloid phrase for the current 'economic crisis'! are you in finance? i'm sort of waiting with baited breath because it isn't really affecting academic publishing yet - we're actually employing new people etc. plus elliot and i don't have a house or any savings to start with so nothing new there!

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[info]snuh
2008-11-14 10:41 am UTC (link)
I'm not in finance, though I have close friends that are. Oddly, they're not effected - yet. There's a few niche industries that should escape the first wave of pain, but who knows when it'll stop dropping.

Unfortunately, the lack of dough is the latest meme - there's even a popular blog that tracks job lossses: layofftracker. Here's some stories:
DHL to Halt Express Deliveries in the US laying off most of its workers in the country

Starbucks 4Q profit drops 97%

GM may need $30 billion in aid

I suppose it could be worse - Iceland, an entire country, is going bankrupt.

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[info]girl_in_blue
2008-11-14 10:53 am UTC (link)
yes we're having a lot of job losses here too - the london underground, where elliot works, is laying off 800 people this month. we don't think it'll effect him but we'll see i guess.

in the long run though, perhaps it'll be good if companies like starbucks do badly. i know it will suck for the people who get laid off in the short term, but perhaps this will be the beginning of the curtailing of the homogenisation of our world, you know? we don't need $4 cups of bad coffee, and we don't need stores that look exactly the same on every corner from turkey to north carolina to japan. and gm - i know obama has to help them because so much of us industry is entwined with them, but come on - it's very depressing. they produce those horrid suv's that are totally unnecessary, not fuel efficient, and horribly polluting. we need a total change in the auto industry, especially in america - i really hope they write very strong requirements for the deveopment of eco friendly vehicles into the money they give them.

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[info]snuh
2008-11-14 11:04 am UTC (link)
Well, I agree with your points, as long as I have a roof over my head I'll be okay. I discussed this a bit in my neighbors post, it wouldn't be such a bad thing if there was a return to community. As far as homogenization, there's not much worse than seeing Seven Eleven stores all over the world. It would be nice to see more locally owned interests, the sort that Walmart drove out of business. I switched to home brewed months ago, there's no way I'm blowing $5 on a cup of coffee I can make myself for a fraction of that price.

I drove in my first hybrid last week, it was pretty amazing. It seems fast enough and it's quiet as a mouse.

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[info]girl_in_blue
2008-11-14 11:35 am UTC (link)
maybe it's just the usually subdued optimist in me, but in some ways i am seeing this in an anarchist sense - maybe everything has to go to shit to get any real change. maybe this will be a move away from deregulated corporate capitalism towards something a little more human. mind you, all the american intellectuals were convinced they would have a socialist state after the great depression and wwii and look what happened. time will tell i suppose.

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[info]snuh
2008-11-14 11:40 am UTC (link)
One of my favorite quotes is "From chaos comes opportunity." We'll see what the future, already in progress, unfolds.

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[info]snuh
2008-11-14 11:44 am UTC (link)
Throw another shrimp on the barbie, I can't keep up with 'em:
Citigroup to cut at least 10,000 jobs: report

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[info]pioggia_secca
2008-11-14 04:47 pm UTC (link)
Oh thanks for news about Citi)) Now I know what will happen soon to my credit card.
And thanks for comforting news crisis is everywhere. I thought it's again exclusively for Russia :)

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[info]snuh
2008-11-14 06:02 pm UTC (link)
From what I've read, I think Russia has it worse than the US - take care. What do we get? We're all just a blank generation to these oligarchs, time to kick out the jams!

Buzzcocks: What Do I Get? - 4MB

Richard Hell & the Voidoids: Blank Generation - 4MB

MC5: Kick Out The Jams - 4MB

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[info]carless_sam
2008-11-14 05:59 pm UTC (link)
I'm saving up printer paper boxes from work in case I need somewhere to move...

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stewart_copeland_stan_ridgeway
[info]snuh
2008-11-14 06:10 pm UTC (link)
Stewart Copeland & Stan Ridgeway: Don't Box Me In - 7MB

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Re: stewart_copeland_stan_ridgeway
[info]carless_sam
2008-11-14 07:34 pm UTC (link)
But it's my home... So portable, so recyclable...

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Re: stewart_copeland_stan_ridgeway
[info]snuh
2008-11-14 07:36 pm UTC (link)
And no room for your presents - happy birthday!

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[info]carless_sam
2008-11-14 10:29 pm UTC (link)
ack, 40. I have to go into the shop and have myself tuned up. A sign of personal health right now is to not feel like the economy.

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[info]snuh
2008-11-14 10:57 pm UTC (link)
I never got my blown head gasket fixed, at this point I don't think it matters much. Just think what an old age home will be like in twenty years - all those sagging butterfly and bleeding skull tattoos, along with boob jobs that just won't quit.

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[info]carless_sam
2008-11-14 11:18 pm UTC (link)
Eww. And just picture the piercings and body-mods on flesh no longer firm... And people talk about Lovecraft's imagery...

Just think... The Stones will still be on tour.

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the strolling bones
[info]snuh
2008-11-14 11:26 pm UTC (link)

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[info]carless_sam
2008-11-15 12:32 am UTC (link)
Heh, much more lifelike and dynamic than Keef and Co.

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[info]snuh
2008-11-15 12:54 am UTC (link)
Remember Rock Dreams?

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Re: the strolling bones
[info]carless_sam
2008-11-15 04:01 am UTC (link)
Gah! Yes! What dusty bins of pop esoterica do you finds these things in?

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Re: the strolling bones
[info]snuh
2008-11-15 04:08 am UTC (link)
I collect images, which is why I love tumblr so much. A picture says a thousand words, no?







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[info]carless_sam
2008-11-15 05:21 pm UTC (link)
Loving the days of cheap digital storage...

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[info]snuh
2008-11-16 03:20 am UTC (link)

Johnny Thunders, Sable Starr and Iggy Pop

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1931
[info]retrofire
2008-11-15 05:11 am UTC (link)

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look out, i have happy feet!
[info]snuh
2008-11-15 05:20 am UTC (link)



King of Jazz

King of Jazz (1930) is a motion picture starring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra. The film's title was taken from Whiteman's controversial, self-conferred appellation. The film was shot entirely in the early two-color Technicolor process and was produced by Carl Laemmle for Universal Pictures. The movie featured several songs sung on camera by the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, and Harry Barris).

During the 1930s, the film found its best audience in Cape Town, South Africa, where it played seventeen return engagements. Unfortunately, the delays in obtaining a screenplay resulted in two factors that affected the profitability of the film. First, the public was tiring of the plethora of movie musicals that started with the film The Broadway Melody in 1929. Also, the Depression resulted in an economic downturn that caused people to focus more on essentials, thereby preventing a more successful run of the movie. In fact, because of poor box office receipts and the Old Gold radio program not being renewed in April 1930, Whiteman had to let 10 bandmembers go and cut salaries by 15% on the remaining bandmembers.


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Re: look out, i have happy feet!
[info]retrofire
2008-11-16 04:03 pm UTC (link)
That was great fun. I love the guy with the rubber legs and the girls with the meaty thighs.

spoof


and then sing

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Everyman A King - Huey P. Long The Kingfish Legend
[info]snuh
2008-11-16 09:18 pm UTC (link)


From notes:
Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (August 30, 1893 - September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American politician from the U.S. state of Louisiana. A Democrat, he was noted for his radical populist policies. He served as Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a U.S. senator from 1932 to 1935. Though a backer of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election, Long split with Roosevelt in June 1933 and allegedly planned to mount his own presidential bid.

Long created the Share Our Wealth program in 1934, with the motto "Every Man a King," proposing new wealth redistribution measures in the form of a net asset tax on large corporations and individuals of great wealth to curb the poverty and crime resulting from the Great Depression.

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Boop Boopie Doop
[info]retrofire
2008-11-17 01:41 pm UTC (link)
The Kingfish! Great stuff.

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[info]snuh
2008-11-18 11:02 am UTC (link)

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