Mr. Heartbreak

Wow, really? I'll admit that she's an acquired taste, but I can't imagine anyone else singing All Tomorrow's Parties in particular, and I also love I'll Be Your Mirror and Femme Fatale. I believe Lou actually wrote all of those songs but chose Nico to sing them.

Bruce Cockburn - "Don't You Leave Me Here" (Jelly Roll Morton cover)

So you're actually saying that you're a lame washed-up sellout too?

I'll chime in on the Joni love. Personally, I would put her at #2, right behind Dylan, for the string of albums starting with Clouds and running through Don Juan's Reckless Daughter. I once posted on the Joni Mitchell listserve that I thought she was the most important female songwriter of the 20th century, and someone posted back "Why female? Why not just the most important songwriter?" I had to explain that I rated Dylan above her. Made a few enemies. Out on some borderline Some mark of in-between I lay down golden in time And woke up vanishing Sweet bird you are Briefer than a falli

The secret life of Arabia Secret secrets never seen Secret secrets ever green I was running at the speed of life Through morning's thoughts and fantasies Then I saw your eyes at the cross fades Secret secrets never seen Secret secrets ever green The secret life of Arabia Never here never seen Secret life ever green The secret life of Arabia You must see the movie the sand in my eyes I walk through a desert song when the heroine dies Arabia (secret secret) Arabia (secret) Arabia (secret secret) The secret life of Arabia Never here never seen Secret life ever green

I don't know of a thread specifically on that, but my vote is for 11/3/02 in Gainesville. That show kicked royal ass, and the recording is decent quality, too.

Sounds like I went to the wrong show when I picked Jacksonville. I can't believe they broke out Via Chicago AND bookended the show with new songs. Aaaargh!

Rereading Theodore Dreiser's "American Tragedy" for the first time in about 20 years.

Used to have a town but the factory moved away Down to Mexico where they work for hardly any pay Used to have a country but they sold it down the river Like a repossessed farm auctioned off to the highest bidder Mighty trucks of midnight Moving on Moving on Wave a flag, wave the bible, wave your sex or your business degree Whatever you want -- but don't wave that thing at me The tide of love can leave your prizes scattered But when you get to the bottom it's the only thing that matters Mighty trucks of midnight Moving on Moving on I believe it's a sin to try and make things last foreve

Sun went down looking like the eye of God Behind icy mist and stark bare trees Inside the dim empty cinema two guys in leather jackets Glance at each other and shiver "They never built these places with winter in mind" Out the window down the gray road You can see old walled monastery Now become a barracks for the paramilitary police I saw an old lady's face once on a Japanese train Half lit, rich with soft luminosity She was dozing straight upright head bobbing almost imperceptibly Wheels were playing fast in 9/8 time Her husband's friendly face suddenly folded up in a sneeze Across the st

Some people's hot Some people's cold Some people's not very Swift to behold Some people do it Some see right through it Some wear pyjamas If only they knew it The pyjamas people are boring me to pieces They make me feel like I am wasting my time They all got flannel up 'n down 'em A little trap-door back aroun' 'em An' some cozy little footies on their mind Po-jama people! Po-jama people, people! Lawd, they make you sleepy With the things they might say Po-jama people! Po-jama people, people! Mother, Mary 'n Jozuf, I wish they'd all go away! Po-jama people! It's a po