humor

Be Obsequious, Purple, and Clairvoyant

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I read the word “ubiquity” in a presentation today and immediately “be obsequious, purple, and clairvoyant” popped into my mind. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, its a line from The Grandmother’s Song by Steve Martin. I love it – it starts off quite simple and then gets progressively weirder and funnier each stanza – but its best hearing it for yourself. It’s on his “Let’s Get Small” album which is terribly funny from start to finish. Try not to laugh when listening to it. I dare you.

music

Zep is going Digital

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At long last, Led Zeppelin is going to sell their music archive in a digital format. This event is coinciding with the release of the new Led Zep box set and will only stoke the crazy enthusiastic fan fires that have been burning bright ever since the group announced that they are playing as a band again for a one time only tribute concert in honor of Ahmet Ertegun (which I didn’t get tickets to – boo hoo – but neither did about 998,000 people).
Led Zeppelin is known for not licensing their music, and knowing this, Richard Linklater filmed a plea by actor Jack Black in front of 1,000 screaming fans, imploring the band to let the film production use the “Immigrant Song” in the movie. The plea worked and the filmed request is included on the DVD. Said Randall Poster, a music supervisor on the film, “It’s a very special thing to have one in your movie. “It’s the holy sound of the temple of rock.”
Via Jessie