Music

I try to steer Fri/Sat editions toward more light hearted topics which can be can be a problem sometimes considering the serious nature of this site. Not so challenging tonight however, I actually laughed at loud when I saw this dated comment about the Dresden Dolls’ song My Alcoholic Friends while searching for some background on the song’s lyrics.

When I first heard this song, I didn't know the title, and I thought she was saying " my Uncle Horlicke's friends" and I was really confused, because who the hell who Uncle Horlicke be? But then I saw the title and everything kinda clicked together. Yay for self-explanitory song titles! ~ Songmeanings

Hah, I have always had a hard time accurately discerning the lyrics to songs but “Uncle Horlicke” takes the cake!

That’s Amanda Palmer, voice of the Dresden Dolls, in the pic- you can click it to head over to her blog. I found this insightful comment over there, maybe it was the inspiration for her song?

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I was going to post some fairly serious content tonight but got sidetracked doing some podcasting experimentation with my new Alesis Multimix8 USB and Behringer C-1 microphone. Nope, not going to talk about my new toys either; it’s the music I had playing in the background that has peaked my interest tonight. My wife is out of the country for a few weeks so I have been cranking up the tunes like a bachelor. Most of my solitary nights, I just put it on one of the cable music channels and let it play until lights out. I have gone through the 70’s, 80’s, classic rock, classic country, cool jazz, light classical, and even sampled opera and bluegrass for a while. Yeah I know, that kind of play mix just might cause dizziness, seizures, and possible rectal leakage but I have survived. Tonight though I got off my lazy duff and dug through my old CD’s to play some old tunes I haven’t heard in ages. One in particular sparked my interest in particular, K. D. Lang’s Drag because I remember when I bought it I said to myself, “self, this is the ultimate recovery CD/album”.

Click here for a sample track courtesy of Amazon.com

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