CoffeeWhore Jumps the Gun

DragonFruit pointed out to me today on the phone--no BrunchyBits today due to pressing deadlines for both of us--that I wasn't supposed to start this blog until after my deadline had passed, which is 1 October. Oops. I was so enamored of the idea that it just had to be done. And since I am rather impulsive, I couldn't stop from setting this up. Impulsivity... eeek. It may just be my downfall... *not* procrastination, as I originally thought.

So there may not be actual BrunchyBits for a few days... DragonFruit's deadline is, I think, 8 October... but that doesn't mean the conversation can't continue!

So, as for Gordon, I suppose I need to get on iTunes and purchase it. I would ask DragonFruit if I can burn her copy, but she knows how I feel about copyright law. Pure paranoia.

Makes me sad... 15 years of a Gordon-less existence.

(Random thought: Why does the name "Gordon" always make me think of a pig? Is it because the word gordo means "fat" in Spanish? Ook?)

And as for my snubbed electronica, well, let's just say it does double duty: good work music *and* good canoodling music. Very rare, that particular combination. Can't say that about Debussy, Bach, or the Barenaked Ladies, even!

And now back to that deadline...

Controversy my ass...

For crying out loud, CoffeeWhore, I would never have agreed to do this if I'd known it was going to become an extended battleground for the brunch table and that you were going to misrepresent what I said. ::sigh:: I can see I'm really going to have to keep an eye on you here if anyone actually starts reading this randomness.

What I said was that you lose AlternaCred for not owning - or at least being familiar with - "Gordon." That has nothing to do with messing up the title of "What a Good Boy." That merely earned you the raised eyebrow. I certainly never gave you a score... were you over-caffeinated? Having aural hallucinations, perhaps?

And it's not about live versions versus album versions. The importance of "Gordon" is about the entire album. The construction of the whole thing is a work of, in my opinion, genius. Very few bands can take you from a snarky, silly song about Yoko Ono directly into a dark, brooding song about murdering your lover and have the transition feel so seamless and natural. Not every song is a work of art, but the way they are placed in the wild mood swing trajectory of the whole makes them fascinating nevertheless.

Now on the important thing... what to DO about it (because no, obscure electronica doesn't redeem you... to do that it would have to be ::ahem:: good).

1) for god's sake, just buy the freakin' album already, 'cause we've been having this little tiff for ages now;
2) listen to it (and I do mean LISTEN to the album from beginning to end without shuffling or letting any of the songs languish individually in the vacuum of random Ipod playlists); and
3) mourn the loss of fifteen years' worth of "Gordon" enjoyment, because "Grade 9" belongs on every geek's life soundtrack, and when it comes to music-induced chills, "What a Good Boy" has got nothing on "Wrap Your Arms Around Me."

It also wouldn't hurt to pick up a copy of the Beach Boys' album "Pet Sounds" before I start berating you about that one too...

The Controversy over Gordon

So, apparently I lose points for not owning the Barenaked Ladies album "Gordon", and I made a serious faux pas over BrunchyBits today by referring to the song "What a Good Boy" as "What a Nice Boy", taking my Indie Street Cred down to maybe a 4 on a scale of 1 to 10.

What do I do?

Aside from buy "Gordon" fifteen years too late.

DragonFruit says that the live version, which I have, is a different animal, and I agree.

This all came up because I had been listening to "Lakini's Juice" by Live and it had given me chills. "What a Good Boy" does that too, if not provoke clean tears.

Do my electronica unknowns make up for this? Or do they just make me *lame*?

I'll defend Thievery Corporation until the cows come home.

Belle & Sebastian were on the overhead speakers at Knit Central today. That's sooooo 2002. Vintage Indie.

;-)

BrunchyBits, the Blog!

• DragonFruit = Two Egg Breakfast + extra toast + chai latte
• CoffeeWhore = Eggs Florentine
  
• PLUM
• 3 Cups
• 1.5 hours
  

CoffeeWhore says:

Welcome to our blog! BrunchyBits is a place for DragonFruit and I to record and rehash the things that came up at Street-Corner Cafe over our usual orders: DragonFruit is all about the Two Egg Breakfast, with toast and fresh-made jam—flavor of the day: PLUM! A plum so rich we both wanted to swipe it to match its color with some yummy yarn—and the occasional chai latte. I, CoffeeWhore, am a bit less decisive and so I always need a menu. And lots of black coffee. Water for both of us, even though we're in a severe drought and you no longer get immediate water when you sit down, by ordinance of the San Liberal Municipal Utility District. Bummer. Now I think we both feel absolutely obliged to drink every drop of water that comes to the table...

Our format? Each post will begin with a list of the following things (see above for an example):

• DragonFruit's Order
• CoffeeWhore's Order
  
• Type of Jam Served
• Number of Cups of Coffee Drunk by CoffeeWhore
• Hours Spent in Conversation

And then we're just going to write about what we talked about. That's it. Nice and simple.

Home of the non-sequitur, it will soon be clear how one can go from talking about the scary upcoming election to the stupidity of my pet fish within a short span of time.

(My fish's name is Mr. Dog. And he is quite stupid. You have to hit him on the head with his food for him to know it's there. Stupid, stupid fish.)

Anyway, welcome! Looking forward to updating again soon, next we go out for BrunchyBits at Street-Corner Cafe on the western edge of San Liberal, USA.

Thanks for eavesdropping!