Because I just got home from the worst Jerseyed-out spot in history where one woman was wearing — I kid you not — a shirt with “That’s Hot!” written in gold across the chest, and where the NYPD eventually came because a big group of idiots (men with slicked-back hair, women with rhinestone-adorned shoes) were smoking cigarettes and cigars. We aren’t “down the shore” here, folks, and you can’t smoke in Manhattan bars, not even if you have bottle service at a third-rate Chelsea club and think you’re a baller (your terminology, not mine) because you scored some $2 deli cigars and you’re with adult women who think it’s cute to make out with eachother in pictures. This is why I think they should charge at least $50 for a PATH train ticket after 9pm on weekends.
For the record, I was only there because my wonderful friend Kate was showing her clothing line. The show was great, but we left immediately afterwards because the location left a bit to be desired. And the music — Lauren would have died. Every song that was bad when it first came out apparently had to be played, including “One Minute Man” (anyone remember that one? Bad). And so now, on to the Friday Random Ten. Which, if nothing else, is guaranteed to be better than anything else I’ve done all night.
1. Ani Difranco – Buildings and Bridges
2. Sigur Ros & Mogwai – Luvstory
3. Roots – Nothing New
4. Damien Rice – The Blower’s Daughter
5. Nirvana – Plateau
6. Spoon – I Could Be Underground
7. Ray Lamontange – Hold You In My Arms
8. Portishead – Nobody Loves Me
9. Le Tigre – Sweetie
10. NERD – Rock Star Poser
1. Jesus Christ Superstar – Pilate and Christ
2. Beastie Boys – 3-Minute Rule
3. Michael Bergen – Deor
4. Extreme – More Than Words (WHY THE FUCK is this on my computer?)
5. Threepenny Opera – Kanonenlied
6. A Tribe Called Quest – Check the Rhyme
7. Magnetic Fields – The One You Really Love
8. Wolf Parade – Grounds For Divorce
9. Beastie Boys – She’s Crafty
10. The New Pornographers – Jackie
Jersey bashing is so not kosher. besides, it’s only a very small subset from Bergen County that cause these vile stereotypes for the rest of us. ;-)
“The Blower’s Daughter” was, in my mind, one of the highlights of Closer. I just used it on a Valentine’s Day compilation.
Also, Sigur Ros & Mogwai rock all kinds of ass.
would the 50 dollar train ticket keep everyone out, or just the people whose class backgrounds might make them less likely to care about what manhattanites think of them?
One Minute Man. Awful on two counts.
Good point. Perhaps we should raise it to $1,000. That should be a high enough bar for everyone, right?
(I’m just joking with the Jersey-bashing. My lovely roommate was born and raised in Jersey, and I even lived at her house for two weeks and found it quite enjoyable. Staten Island, on the other hand…)
I hope to have one WTF song in my list… we’ll see:
1. Jacob’s Ladder (Staple Singers)
2. 5/4 (Gorillaz)
3. You May Know Him (Cat Power)
4. Viva Seguin (Brave Combo)
5. Long Hot Summer Night (Jimi Hendrix)
6. I Can’t Turn You Loose (Chambers Brothers)
7. No Good Woman (Lightnin’ Hopkins)
8. Tiny Town (Dead Milkmen)
9. Hold Me (Fleetwood Mac… there we go!)
10. Henry and the H-Bomb (Moot the Hoople)
In Houston, we had our own Jersey… we called it Pasadena or Texas City.
1) Bruce Springsteen – Badlands
2) London Philharmonic – Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
3) Phil Collins – Thunder and Lightning
4) Bonnie Tyler – Ravishing
5) Avril Lavigne – Basketcase (live)
6) Moby – Another Woman
7) Modern Engllish – I Melt with You
8) R.E.M. – The Worst Joke Ever
9) U2 – With a Shout (Jerusalem)
10) Peter Gabriel – Summertime (yep, the Gershwin one)
Bonus track:
11) “Weird” Al Yankovic – Angry White Boy Polka (medley)
In Mississippi, we have our own Jersey. We call it Mississippi.
Cheers,
TH
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