Issue 134
News: I think I finally figured out "Some Velvet Morning."
In 1967, Nancy Sinatra was becoming one of the highest rising pop stars, due to the success of her hit "These Boots are Made for Walking", which would later become the soundtrack for the Waco siege, and the success of a romantic duet with her father (a move few father-daughter singers have bothered to attempt except for Serge and Charlotte Gainsbourg, in a more overt way). Somehow, nobody could have anticipated what would come next: a psych-AC single of her duet with a deep-voiced cowboy named Lee Hazelwood which would soon become one of the most bizarre hits to top the Top 40: "Some Velvet Morning." I first heard of the song from an old tape of J.C. Webster calling Coast to Coast AM, where he was complaining about it encouraging men to have sex with Greek goddesses. The song is famous for its cryptic nature, hinting to the myth of Hippolytus and Phaedra, which eventually led to both being killed, but the fact that both of the singers seem to represent the characters shows that neither have been killed. About Lee's verse: Th first two lines seem to me to mean that Lee is trying his best to move on from Phaedra (Nancy Sinatra's character), and is failing horribly, and through the rest of his side of the verse seems to be announcing his intention to put his failure into context for the girl, which he never does, but seems to leave to Nancy. Nancy's verse, however, does seem to be quite telling. My theory about the meaning of her verses is that they seemed to bond over her gardening, but as it turned out, especially with the line, "look at us, but do not touch", it seemed that Phaedra managed to become to engrossed in her gardening, and this caused him to become so frustrated with her that he left her, and this managed to lead to both feeling enough regret that they managed to dwell upon it, due to the fact that these verses are repeated three times in the song. Of course, I may be very off, but the only person who knows this for sure is dead and has been since last August.
Band Name of the Day: The New Babel. From The New York Trilogy.
Film Idea of the Day: An greengrocer for a small town becomes old and the people in the town he serves get annoyed at the fact that his getting old is leading to him getting slower. When they act on their frustrations, the old greengrocer takes matter in his own hands.
Film Review of the Day: Reds. This has to be one of the best biopics I've ever seen, especially coming from a man who stars, wrote in, and directed the movie. Especially with the subject matter, about a socialist journalist who saw the rise of the USSR, and saw early on how much it had lost its way.
Quote of the Day: "Baudelaire: Il ne semble que je serais toujours bien la ou je ne suis pas. In other words: It seems that I will always be happy in the place where I am not. Or, more bluntly: Wherever I am not is the place where I am myself. Or else, taking the bull by the horns: Anywhere out of the world."
_______________Paul Auster.
Link of the Day: There's more than enough in the news section.
New Tract: "Somebody Angry?": Jack looks for a link between natural phoenomena and America's attitude towards Israel.
In 1967, Nancy Sinatra was becoming one of the highest rising pop stars, due to the success of her hit "These Boots are Made for Walking", which would later become the soundtrack for the Waco siege, and the success of a romantic duet with her father (a move few father-daughter singers have bothered to attempt except for Serge and Charlotte Gainsbourg, in a more overt way). Somehow, nobody could have anticipated what would come next: a psych-AC single of her duet with a deep-voiced cowboy named Lee Hazelwood which would soon become one of the most bizarre hits to top the Top 40: "Some Velvet Morning." I first heard of the song from an old tape of J.C. Webster calling Coast to Coast AM, where he was complaining about it encouraging men to have sex with Greek goddesses. The song is famous for its cryptic nature, hinting to the myth of Hippolytus and Phaedra, which eventually led to both being killed, but the fact that both of the singers seem to represent the characters shows that neither have been killed. About Lee's verse: Th first two lines seem to me to mean that Lee is trying his best to move on from Phaedra (Nancy Sinatra's character), and is failing horribly, and through the rest of his side of the verse seems to be announcing his intention to put his failure into context for the girl, which he never does, but seems to leave to Nancy. Nancy's verse, however, does seem to be quite telling. My theory about the meaning of her verses is that they seemed to bond over her gardening, but as it turned out, especially with the line, "look at us, but do not touch", it seemed that Phaedra managed to become to engrossed in her gardening, and this caused him to become so frustrated with her that he left her, and this managed to lead to both feeling enough regret that they managed to dwell upon it, due to the fact that these verses are repeated three times in the song. Of course, I may be very off, but the only person who knows this for sure is dead and has been since last August.
Band Name of the Day: The New Babel. From The New York Trilogy.
Film Idea of the Day: An greengrocer for a small town becomes old and the people in the town he serves get annoyed at the fact that his getting old is leading to him getting slower. When they act on their frustrations, the old greengrocer takes matter in his own hands.
Film Review of the Day: Reds. This has to be one of the best biopics I've ever seen, especially coming from a man who stars, wrote in, and directed the movie. Especially with the subject matter, about a socialist journalist who saw the rise of the USSR, and saw early on how much it had lost its way.
Quote of the Day: "Baudelaire: Il ne semble que je serais toujours bien la ou je ne suis pas. In other words: It seems that I will always be happy in the place where I am not. Or, more bluntly: Wherever I am not is the place where I am myself. Or else, taking the bull by the horns: Anywhere out of the world."
_______________Paul Auster.
Link of the Day: There's more than enough in the news section.
New Tract: "Somebody Angry?": Jack looks for a link between natural phoenomena and America's attitude towards Israel.
Labels: Music, Tract Reviews
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