I could absolutely kill Doug. He’s a sweet little kitty whenever I’m around, but as soon as I go to sleep or leave the house, even for five minutes, something gets torn to shreds.
Today’s victim was a $7 ball of nice cotton yarn that I was to sell in a group of yarn on eBay. I came home from class to find it trailing from the kitchen counter into the deep, dark depths of the basement, covered in hair and grime.
The kitty is nowhere to be found. Lucky for him. There are no pictures this week, or you’d see a lovely shot of me throttling a kitten. That would be bad for my image, no?
Friday Random Ten – The “Cat May Be Satan Spawn” Edition
- Of Montreal – The Party’s Crashing Us
- Martha Wainwright – It’s Over
- Donovan – Get Thy Bearings
(This one has been on the list several times lately) - The Icicles – You’re Just About My Everything
- Iron and Wine – Woman King
- Firewater – Mr. Cardiac
- Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You
- Devo – Mongoloid
- Aimee Mann – It’s Not
- The Church – Under the Milky Way
Due to some rather personal events that occurred this week, I’ll be taking some time away from the blog. Look out for Jill and pass her some heady comments.
We Are the Clash – Sparks
Downsizing Rhumba – RIAA
I Don’t Understand [live] – Wire
Photomusik – Ryuichi Sakamoto
Dark Side of the Mushroom – The Chocolate Watchband
Sweat – Shizuo
Boat-Woman-Song – Holger Czukay
Big Mess [demo] – Devo
WEILL: Nanna’s Lied – Angelina Réaux
Satellite Mouse – Tony Villa, the Singing Inventor
I got some Aimee Mann too. Hopefully it’s a sign of overall increasing Aimee Mann-ness in the universe, which will be a general improvement.
So here’s the Friday Random Ten, manic phase:
Rush- A passage to Bangkok. written when drug use wasn’t considered anti social.
Aimee Mann – That’s Just What You Are. A critically underrated artist.
Husker Du – Powerline
Violent Femmes – Confessions (demo)
Alice in Chains – Nothin Song
Todd Rundgren – Time Stood Still
Tom Waits – Big in Japan
The Soft Boys – Strange. Underwater Moonlight is a masterpiece.
The Futureheads – Meantime. Good new band with an early 80′s feel.
David Bowie – Suffragette City. A classic whose older stuff is aging very well.
You are the queen of being derailed by personal events. Hope everything is okay.
Lauren,
I can never do one of these top 10 lists. My mind is always too static.
But, I love your selection of Aimee Mann’s It’s Not. What a great song. Her new album rocks, but 2002′s Lost in Space is still my favorite.
Likewise, how nice it is to see someone else who’s given Martha Wainwright a listen. Seems her brother isn’t the only one in the family who can break away from the shadow of father Loudon.
I hope things work out, Lauren. And my FRT will be tracking back shortly.
1. The Battle of Aughrim: Tulla Ceili Band
2. There She Goes Again: Velvet Underground
3. Niteclub: Old 97s
4. 10 Dollar: M.I.A.
5. Shake Your Rump: Beastie Boys
6. Spancillhill: Christy Moore
7. Love Hater: Outkast
8. Central Reservation: Beth Orton
9. Shiver and Shake: The Cure
10. I’m not Down: The Clash
Friday Random Ten – 05.27.05
Time for Friday Random Ten, where you hit
The Happy Blogiversary to Me (Tomorrow) edition
1. “Everybody Knows This is Nowhere” Neil Young from Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
2. “Hold On” David Gray from Lost Songs
3. “After Yesterday” John Gorka from After Yesterday
4. “Answering Bell” Ryan Adams from Gold
5. “Misery & Happiness” Susan Werner from New Non-Fiction
6. “Bean Time” Leo Kottke from Live
7. “The New Kid” Old 97s from Drag it Up
8. “Closer to You” Carrie Newcomer from My Father’s Only Son
9. “A Bend in the River” Mark Erelli from Hillbilly Pilgrim
10. “America” Simon and Garfunkel from The Best Of
Lauren, I’m sorry, but I’m afraid that there’s only room for one spawn-of-Satan cat, and that’s my very own Hobbes. Pictures to come at some point or another on my own blog.
In FRT news, I’m out of town, and therefore not on my own computer, so I can’t participate this week. :(
I also hope that all works out this week.
Friday Random Ten
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