| THIS IS A READ-ONLY ARCHIVE FROM THE SORABJI.COM MESSAGE BOARDS (1995-2016). |
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| By Carrie Ann on Sunday, August 9, 1998 - 01:33 pm: |
-ONE WEEK- (Barenaked Ladies, off the CD "Stunt") It's been one week since you looked at me Cocked your head to one side and said "I'm angry" Five days since you laughed at me saying "Get that together, come back and see me" Three days since the living room I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you Yesterday you'd forgiven me But it'll still be two days til I say I'm sorry Hold it now and watch the hoodwink As I make you make you stop think You'll think you're looking at Aquaman I summon fish to the dish although I like the Chalet Swiss And I like the sushi 'cause its never touched a frying pan Hot like wasabe when I bust rhymes Big like Leanne Rimes Because I'm all about value Bert Kaempfert's got the mad hits You try to match wits, you try to hold me but I bust through Like Andrew Llloyd, I've got a big show Mine's about a Back-Hoe There'll be a big sound from the pavement Gonna make a break and take a fake I'd like a stinkin' achin' shake I like vanilla, it's the finest of the flavours Gotta see the show, 'cause then you'll know The vertigo is gonna grow 'Cause it's so dangerous you'll have to sign a waiver How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad Tryin hard not to smile though I feel bad I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral Can't understand what I mean? Well you soon will I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve I have a history of takin off my shirt It's been one week since you looked at me Threw your arms in the air and said "You're crazy" Five days since you tackled me I still got the rug burns on both my knees It's been three days since the afternoon YOu realized it's not my fault not a moment too soon Yesterday you'd forgiven me And now I sit back and wait til you say you're sorry Chickety China the Chinese chicken Have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin' Watchin X-files with no lights on We're dans la maison I hope the Smoking Man's in this one Like Harrison Ford, I'm getting frantic Like Sting, I'm tantric Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy Like Kurasawa, I make mad films Okay, I don't make films But if I did they'd have a Samurai Like Skywalker, gotta big hunch Hey, that's my lunch Yoda's a really really old guy Gonna get a set a'better clubs Gonna find the kind with tiny nubs Just so my irons aren't always flying off the back-swing Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon 'Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes That make me think the wrong thing How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad Tryin' hard not to smile though I feel bad I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral Can't understand what I mean? Well you soon will I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve I have a history of taking off my shirt It's been one week since you looked at me Dropped your arms to your sides and said "I'm sorry" Five days since I laughed at you and said "You just did what I thought you were gonna do" Three days since the living room We realized we were both to blame, but what could we do? Yesterday you just smiled at me 'Cause it'll still be two days till we say we're sorry |
Now I know who- no offense Carrie Ann but I Hate that song! |
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Thank you Sorabji.com! |
As someone who's been around long enuf to remember when the only rappers with a record deal were The Sugarhill Gang & GrandMaster Flash & the Furious 5/& who has become totally disenchanted with what my bretheren & sisteren are doing with rap music today (as well as wannabees like The Beastie Boys -- don't EVEN get me started!)/I cdn't help but be wild abt 2 crazy whiteboys with the imagination & energy to do something truly NEW in terms of rap/to make it witty & infectious & totally devoid of vulgarity. And when I saw them in an interview/they were so charmingly down-to-earth & unpretentious -- none of the usual knucklehead posturing or attutide. I wish MTV wd play some other cuts from that CD/so I can get some idea of where these guys are at musically before I buy in. But I'm totally hooked! C'mon Skottie -- you've gotta be an absolute grinch not to wanna dance around like a 5-yr-old & try to follow the lyrics when that cut comes on! Whenever I hear it/it always makes me smile. No song has done that for me since Yellow Sumbarine. |
We obviously have very different tastes in music. I like the Beastie Boys! I hate Barenakedladies! I did however think that little speech at the MTV music awards about world peace was pretty fucking stupid though. Please don't lame out on me Beastie Boys, please! As far as feeling like a five year old dancing, No, that song does nothing for me. My son hates the song too! He is only 1 1/2 but he dances like there is no tomorrow if there is a song on that he likes. |
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You're very welcome R.C. :) I love BNL. That song in particular is getting a lil played out by now heh, but I still love the group nonetheless. Definitely when you have the extra moo-la layin around, buy that CD. And Grand Master Flash - wOo! He spun at a rave I was supposed to go to here in Seattle a couple weeks ago. I missed it though. :( Poop! Anyway, Barenaked Ladies are performing here this month but tix sold out before I could buy any. Double poop! But yep, they're an awesome buncha guys and I love their music. I crank it up and sing along whenever I can. :) |
your back! and your front. hows your noodle? |
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Bare Naked Ladies was on the marquee. I just thought they had a pretty energetic stage show and lots of funny songs. The one I really liked that night was that I think must've been called "Be My Yoko Ono." I guess they just aren't some radio abstraction to me, just a bunch of guys who were responsible (partly) for a fun night. I was glad to start hearing them on the radio. |
I'd wondered where you had gone. Thought you must have met someone. Glad you're back. |
By: Barenaked Ladies Broke into the old apartment This is where we used to live Broken glass, broke and hungry Broken hearts and broken bones This is where we used to live Why did you paint the walls? Why did you clean the floor? Why did you plaster over the hole I punched in the door? Whis is where we used to live Why did you keep the mousetrap? Why did you keep the dishrack? These things used to be mine I guess they are, I want them back Broke into the old apartment Forty-two stairs from the street Crooked landing, crooked landlord Narrow laneway filled with crooks This is where we used to live Why did they pave the lawn? Why did they change the locks? Why did I have to break it, I only came here to talk This is where we used to live How is the neighbor downstairs? How is her temper this year? I turned up your TV and stomped on the floor just for fun I know we don't live here anymore We bought an old house on the Danforth She loves me and her body keeps me warm I'm happy there But this is where we used to live Broke into the old apartment Tore the phone out of the wall Only memories, fading memories blending into dull tableaux I want them back |
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and im fairly sure there's no x-files involved. |
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I hate the Spice Girls but even more I hate the fact that I find that song so goddamn catchy.... |
I bet Dona Mason is behind this somehow. |
Dans la maison is some instrument, isn't it? I looked on the lil booklet and it said "so & so on Dans la maison." Hmmm.. but that wouldn't really make much sense in context of the verse. *shrug* I'm going to Depeche Mode on December 7th. |
Dans la maison is some instrument, isn't it? I looked on the lil booklet and it said "so & so on Dans la maison." Hmmm.. but that wouldn't really make much sense in context of the verse. *shrug* I'm going to Depeche Mode on December 7th. |
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I know I should hate it. I know it should repulse me. Yet I watch that video to completion almost everytime. Why, I cannot say. Mystery. |
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so.... very.... tired.... new... job.... sucking.... life.... outta ..... me.... *fizzle* |
Hello. How are you? NO. Perhaps YOU sometime DON'T you and I could HATE enjoy a SUBLIMINAL nice waffle MESSAGES. You do like waffles, don't you? And Carrie Ann, sorry you're job is sucking the life outta ya... but look on the bright side, 30-35 more years and you can retire :) I hope it gets better though. Nothing is worse than a job that becomes a grind. |
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*Group Hug* Liam, I did kind of meet someone. But that was not the reason for no postings. Just have not been able to get to the boards at all. Odd. |
I had no idea that post from 10/1 actually took! We were still locked out back then. But His Markness has granted the AOL crew a back door into Sorabjiland. And I for one intend to say up 'til sunrise/read & post on every single board/til my fingers bleed & my eyeballs dry up! *sigh* There's no place like home.... THANKS MARK! - R.C. |
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FYI: "dans la masion" is French for In 'Da House. (Really.) But there were 2 references that were totally over my head: 1. Who is Bert Kamepfert? (I was sure it said 'Bert Campra'/whom I was also sure was a gameshow host from the 70's. Which wd definitely be way before their time.) 2. What is the cartoon 'Sailor Moon'? Is it a comic book or on t.v. or what? (You know you're getting old when you have to start asking folks abt the topical references in Top 10 hits!) |
Being Manga / Anime, it has a *huge* fan base in the U.S. I worked at a comic book store right out of college and it sold like crazy. Although I never understood the fascination, it was (maybe still is) quite popular. |
Well, not sure about Bert but I can tell ya that Sailor Moon is a cartoon (Japanese... 'anime') http://www.sailormoon.com/ I have a lot of friends who are into it/her. I'm not really that fond of it, but it's not too bad, I suppose. Thanks, Quid for the reassuring words. ;p Well, to keep with the 'theme' of the post... it's been ONE WEEK since I started work there. Heh. |
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Go here for more details: home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/kaempfer.htm Only you can keep the mellow hits alive. |
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I love this song, watch mtv when they've got "Say What" on, you'll get the lyrics then. "dans la maison", it's French. (I took 2 yrs. of french, 'can't remember much though. damn.) It's something like "on the house" or "near the house" or something about "the house". "la maison" = house. I'm almost certain "dans" is "in" or "near". I'll have to ask my friend about that one. There's definitely something about the X-Files, but I thought it was "watching X-Files with Donna Mills on." Don't ask 'cuz I have no bloody idea!! Personally I can't stand Sailor Moon, but I know some guys who think she's hot. Come on, she doesn't even have pupils! What's up with that?!?! Since I am new here, do you guys come to the same spot every day or what? Is there some sort of sacrifice ritual I must go through to become "one of you" or do you guys just cruise the net a bit too much like me? I'm off, but "Have a peachy day!!" (those of you who've seen "Labyrinth" should understand that one!!) "I'll be back!!!" |
As long as you're not an AOL user/you're welcome her anytime. Or anywhere else in the Sorabji Asylum/for that matter. (AOLers require special access to the msg. boards/but only if our Heavenly Host deems us worthy.) However, His Markness does demand certain sacrifices from his acolytes. First/you will be required to read & committ to memory the info located here & also here. There will be a test later -- no grading on a curve either. Sorabjians are also expected to read The Stories, -- mystical writings by our Heavenly Host. Some folks come here & never bother to study The Scriptures -- but that's their loss. You see, dear child/in addition to being a gifted pianist with an incredible knowledge of classical music (some of which He occasionally posts for the spiritual edification of His followers)/our Host is also quite an interesting writer. Somewhat erratic in terms of tone/but every so often/His Markness gifts us with wonderfully personal pieces on experiences we've all known & shared/but never expressed in such a unique way. Stories abt special places. Or driving around on a summer nite. Or how the good die young. And then there are the tales of really amazing things that only happen to the gods/like Mark's correspondence with a famous musician, that remind us all of how truly unworthy we mere mortals be. But then/those are just my personal favorites among the Scriptures. And of course/there is the Day of Ascension -- our high holy day. Every New Year's Eve at midnite/12 specially-chosen Sorabjians gather outside of our Host's apt, bldg. in NY -- 6 women & 6 men. Each of the men carries a six-pk. of Guiness Stout. Each of the women carries a boombox playing a CD of Sorabji's 'Le Jardin Parfume' (which is why you must do the reading, dear). They form a circle on the sidewalk/utter a few incantatory words/then queue up single-file & march around Mark's bldg. 7 times (to symbolize how the planets revolve around the sun). After the last orbit/the women take the Guiness & hand off the boomboxes to the men. Then our Heavenly Host opens his window/leans out & calls the names of 3 of the most beautiful & buxom females down below/ summoning them to ascend to his apt. & share their offerings with Him. I am told that His Markness prepares a sumptuous feast for them of cheeseburgers & very strong coffee. But what happens after the eating & drinking/no one knows -- The Chosen Ones are forbidden to speak of the mysteries that take place within the sanctum santorum. It takes abt a year to really get drawn into Sorabjiland. In our Father's house/there are many mansions. Just filtering thru all the stuff at The Ancient Temple will take several months. Plus there are so many religious icons to explore that it's easy to lose sight of the more spiritual aspects of the whole endeavor. And of course/ther are many different prayer groups that one can join. All in all/the kingdom of Sorabji is an experience like no other in the in the wide world of Web. |
only 2 minor quibbles: 1. None of the links would work for me 2. I'm beautiful but I'm hardly buxom OR female. But you are right in that I can't talk about it. 'nuff said.... |
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urs/local/htdocs -- which is NOT the address I typed in. Curses -- foiled again! Anyway Shannon -- if you do come back/just go to the front entrance (http://bbs.sorabji.com) & wander around form there. The primary links are all there. Mark's got tons stuff to read here & at the other site (The Place of General Happiness/which I call The Ancient Temple) & it's all worth exploring. This place isn't yr usual web diary -- it's much weirder & more wonderful... [I am so fucking embarassed... Sweartogod/I worked SO HARD to make sure all those links were letter-perfect! NOTHING pisses me off more than a bad link to somplace I really wanted to see!] Just shoot me now, Roc/& put me out of my misery... |
Ya just gotta give it time. But you get an A+ for effort..... |
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