Brian Wilson discusses Norwegian Wood

Here:

Norwegian Wood is my favourite, too. The lyrics are so good, and so creative, right from the first line: “I once had a girl/ Or should I say, she once had me.” It’s so mysterious. Is he into her, or she into him? It just blew my mind. And in the end, when he wakes up and she’s gone, so he lights a fire. “Isn’t it good? Norwegian wood.” Is he setting her house on fire? I didn’t know. I still don’t know. I thought that was fantastic.

I wonder the same thing myself.

Waiting Room

As I sit in a waiting room and browse a 2005 issue of Vanity Fair, I realize that Watergate's Deep Throat was infinitely more interesting as a mystery than as Mark Feld.

My Name is Mok

As part of my bday celebration yesterday, we watched a cheesy favorite movie of mine - Rock n Rule. It's a rock musical cartoon about a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by anthropomorphized dogs, cats, and rats. The heroes are musicians, Cheap Trick and Debbie Harry supply their songs. The nemesis is a Mick Jagger-inspired necromancer named Mok ("Mok, the legendary superrocker, has retired to Ohmtown"). Mok's speaking voice is supplied by Don Francks (who also voiced Boba Fett in the Star Wars Holiday Special cartoon). Mok's songs are supplied by none other than Lou Reed.

LOU!

Lou's My Name is Mok is my favorite song from the movie, and the video is what I remember from having watched this as a child on cable. It's not the best movie in the world, it is too kiddy for adults, and oddly adult for kids. The plot's a bit of a mess. But it's still charming, and I really enjoy Mok and his songs and Debbie Harry's main tune:



Plus, Iggy Pop has a cameo as the "Monster From another Dimension"! Nice work, Mr. Osterberg.

"There's No I In Indie"

"I just said that Mario Galaxy was my game of the year. Why does it feel like I said my favourite book is The Da Vinci Code?"

And that starts a discussion of the hipsterizing of computer games. Most notably, there's actually somebody out there who thinks You Have to Burn the Rope is the best game of the year.

And on the lazy days the dogs dissolve and drain away.

The world it goes and always waits the day we are awaiting.

I am going to throttle Mad Men

Look, it's a good show, but nothing ever fucking happens. I am banging my head against the wall because I know that nothing is going to come of any possible plot developments. There's no anticipation. Oh! Don's going to sleep with that teacher! Maybe!

And then the cheesy dream sequence from last night. This season has been the worst, and I think it's on the way down. The NYT had it right: "When your biggest revelation of the night is that Pete and Trudy Campbell are pretty good dancers, it may be time to pick up the pace."

Blorb

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