1) I had to follow ANOTHER truck with a Giant Winking Weiner Logo on it this morning - this time the vendor was Superior. I can't remember the website or else I'd link to a picture of that irritating little fucker.
2) Time magazine releases its All Time 100 Albums list and they fucking included Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. I think that is such a load of crap. Anyone who would put that album on their list is just doing it so people think they're cool. The record is irritating, to say the least. I fucking hate the Beach Boys.
3) The irritation over Pet Sounds stirred up my extreme hatred of Woody Allen, as I was thinking of the level of my hatred of Pet Sounds and came up with, "It's on the level of my hatred of Woody Allen." Now I'm just sitting here at work having hateful thoughts about Woody Allen and the Beach Boys.
I am glad I'm finally focusing on the important things in life instead of worrying about my shitty job and school.
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I don't know, the Time list didn't anger me, it just bored me. All of the choices were the safe ones we hear over and over again. As for Pet Sounds, I know it's a really important record and highly influential (on the Beatles, at least), although I'm more interested in the less popular (influential) masters like Ornette Coleman (um, why is Miles Davis the only jazz artist on Time's list--because whoever compiled it doesn't listen to jazz?) and Captain Beefheart (I don't even think Frank Zappa made the list--talk about influential!). But what the hell do we expect, anyways--it's Time, after all.
My apologies, John Coletrane. Your name slipped by me as my blood pressure rose at seeing 3 Miles Davis records listed.
Apparently, my eys fail me--only 2 Davis records. Still, the assumption that he's at least twice as important as any other jazz artist riles me.
No Mingus or Monk either.
And Life's Rich Pageant was way better than Document. So was Murmur and Reckoning for that matter. Stupid Time magazine.
Influential upon the Beatles. Didn't say I liked it, just noting its place in pop history. Granted, the same thing could be said about Bitches Brew, but there's hardly the notion that only the Beach Boys matter.
Good point on the REM--seems Time is a Johnny-come-lately (I might say the same about U2, whose work I like less with each new release).
Glad you like Monk, my favorite. Hell, not even any Charlie Parker.
And whoever's responsible for list doesn't have much background in British music. Certainly, a Radiohead could be replaced by an even more depressing Joy Division or a far more interesting Bauhaus, and I never got Oasis--I'd much rather listen to the Pet Shop Boys or the Smiths. (Mostly I listen to X-ray Spex and the Fall, but not much chance of either of them showing up.)
I just downed three martinis while watching Grey's Anatomy, which means that when I first read this, I got confused and thought that maybe, just maybe, Time Magazine had voted the Pet Shop Boys as one of 100 best bands of all times. And I thought to myself: "Thank Christ someone finally recognizes the brilliance."
But then I realized that it was actually Pet Sounds by the fucking BEACH BOYS. The Beach Boys? Ugh!
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