Bill Plympton is one of the last of the great hand-drawn animators. Amazing stuff, his.
I know this is early, but when I saw the post at Weasel Zippers about Holdren telling the FCC to force broadcasters to air “population control” messages, I thought of Chairman Mao.
Which naturally made me think of this: A version I’ve never heard–no Lowell George, but another very good (recently) dead guitar player.
Tip o’ the tarboosh to cbullit of Soylent Green for that link and comment.
So what the heck. Little Feat with Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris and Jesse Winchester, all on the Midnight Special 1977.
Pure Three-Chord rock n roll from Iggy Pop. The perfect bass line cracks me up: bombombombombombombombom…
Haven’t posted any Tom Waits in a while, so here you go. It’s all about the lies.
Tags: Bill Plympton, Bonnie Raitt, Dixie Chicken, Iggy Pop, Little Feat, Tom Waits, Wild Child, You're Innocent When You Dream
Saturday, 17 October 2009 at 8:37 AM
Great version of Dixie CHicken, except for one small thing–they skipped the second lyric:
“We hit all the hot spots, my money flowed like wine,
Then the low-down southern whiskey, yeah, began to fog my mind,
And I don’t remember church bells or the money I put down,
On the white picket fence and boardwalk on the house at the edge of town,
But boy do I remember the strain of her refrain,
And the nights we spent together and the way she called my name, if you…”
Must have been the show’s time constraints, pity.
Saturday, 17 October 2009 at 6:23 PM
cbull– Wasn’t “Dixie Chicken” the one that started off with the cricket?
*Creep*
“Shut up.”
*Creep*
“Shut up!”
*Creep*
“SHUT–UP.”
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*Creep*
“Shut up.”
Monday, 19 October 2009 at 12:50 AM
G’day Bunk
Loved the Dixie chicken vid and my old time favourite muso Tom Waits.
Best of luck with your dime and Penny collection [poll]Iwill raid a couple of fountains around the traps for you
Smile!!!!
Monday, 19 October 2009 at 10:07 AM
phil– Nice to hear from you. As for busking, I doubt I’d do it. I post here for stress relief and fun. Keeps me from yard work.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 at 6:55 AM
It’s always good to see Tom … not always good to hear him, but good to see him. hee hee!
I’ll stick to his Cds.