Gnarly Smiley Face

Oh my, it has been awhile since a group caught my attention like this.  I had an episode of Austin City Limits on the Tivo and it featured Thievery Corporation, so I decided to watch.  Luckily for me, the first act was Gnarls Barkley.  Wow!

I wouldn’t have imagined I’d buy two albums featuring a rapper like Cee-Lo. But I eagerly did just that because of songs like Smiley Faces, Going On, Run, and Gone Daddy Gone. The odd couple of Danger Mouse’s music and Cee-Lo’s lyrics and singing are a real treat, and at this writing you can buy their aptly named sophomore album The Odd Couple at Amazon for only $5.

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Give Thanks for the Gobbler

The Gobbler Supper Club

The Gobbler Supper Club

We give thanks today for architects and interior decorators, who bring us such memorable works as the infamous Gobbler Hotel and Supper Club.  A truly funny website courtesy of the talented James Lileks.

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Grace, the Corporate Cannibal

The amazing Grace Jones has finally, after almost 20 years, released a new album called Hurricane.  And it is hard to believe, watching her live performance, that she is 60.  It is a shame the new album can’t be downloaded from iTunes or Amazon.com.  Few here across the pond will pay $19 for an imported CD, so I hope she will get an MP3 distribution deal over here soon.

I always enjoyed her zany, edgy persona.  Her second new single Williams’ Blood is autobiographical and the studio version ranks up there for me with her gorgeous singing on La Vie en Rose and her unforgettable take on Demolition Man.

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Sentimental Heart

SENTIMENTAL HEART

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Cried all night ’til there was nothin’ more
What use am I as a heap on the floor?
Heaving devotion but it’s just no good
Taking it hard just like you knew I would

O-o-old habits die hard
When you got, when you got a sentimental heart
Piece of the puzzle, you’re my missing part
Oh what can you do with a sentimental heart?

Cried all night ’til there was nothin’ more
What use am I as a heap on the floor?
Heaving devotion but it’s just no good
Taking it hard just like you knew I would

O-o-old habits die hard
When you got, when you got a sentimental heart
Piece of the puzzle, I’m your missing part
Oh what can you do with a sentimental heart?
Oh what can you do with a sentimental heart?
Oh what can you do with a sentimental heart?

Zooey Deschanel (with M. Ward as She and Him)

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Killing Google’s SearchWiki

Killing SearchWiki

Killing SearchWiki

Google has a new SearchWiki function where you can customize the search results by promoting, demoting and adding new pages and annotate the results.  Like others, I find it visually annoying and Google won’t let you turn it off – at least not yet.  So I found an anti-SearchWiki GreaseMonkey script for Firefox to clean up my search results, which are already greatly enhanced by the Firefox GooglePedia add-on.

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