...she blamed excesses on the American dream...

One of my favorite (cheesy?) eighties songs is Imagination by Belouis Some, so I was sorta amused to discover that this chick named Harry has recorded a rockin' cover of it...

And I kinda like it...

Pain Killer by Turin Brakes is absolutely the hottest song I've heard in eons...

it's like liquid sex in my earphones...

I guess if there were ever a time for me to start blogging regularly again... Mardi Gras would be the time...

Saturday night, I walked four blocks down the street and watched Sparta and Pegasus with my new next door neighbors (whose names I can't remember and am too embarrassed to ask...). We froze our asses off in pretty strong winds, but had a decent enuff time. They weren't the most exciting parades ever... but there were beads and doubloons flying through the air and a good bit of merriment in the air...

I got up early yesterday and discovered that the weather had taken a turn for the beautiful. It was absolutely perfect all day... I dressed super bummy in ratty old Chucks, the most comfortable shoes on earth, chinos and a sleeveless t-shirt. I hated exposed my pale arms but it's time to try and start getting some color back into my skin... especially before next weekend. So, my friend Jonathan ran by and picked me up and we met several other friends (Robert, Kris, et al) in front of Lafitttes and decided to head to Fiorella's, where I wallowed in decadence by dining on a shrimp po-boy (dressed), fries and a Bloody Mary.

I got another Bloody Mary to go and we headed to St Ann to watch Barkus. Barkus is always one of my favorite events of Carnival. A day with the Quarter filled with people who love dogs. Dog people are good people.

I ran into a surly Jonno and met his weekend guest. I ditched my other friends for a bit and watched the parade with these two. I had a very good omen for Mardi Gras happen during the parade.... I was looking at Jonno, talking to him and a string of green beads landed perfectly over my head and around my neck. Jonno split after a bit and I wound up hanging out with... um... oh geez... it starts with a J... um... that guy who's also known as Frank Green... Very sweet guy and about fifteen different kinds of adorable. And he should totally call in sick next weekend and come back to party with us some more...

I hooked back up with my friends and the rest of the afternoon/evening (until ten p.m.) was a big blur of bingo at Oz, drinks at Lafittes and the Pub and crazed running about the streets. I was aggressively hit on by a cute asian boy from L.A. (who called me 'cute blond tattoo boy') and a cute latino from New York... and I broke one of my rules and flirted (back) with a bartender... until finally we had dinner at a grocery story/deli on Bourbon around ten p.m. before heading home to crash.

And I had to get up at 6 a.m. this morning to work.... oh joy...

Tonight... the krewes of Pygmalion and Oshun will hit St Charles... and I guess I'll be there...

Ok! Time to play another guessing game...

Jonno has a pop up window in this post, under the link "Satyricon Ball".

I've slept with one person in one of those pictures... so... which one was it?

So... since music is most of what I talk about here... if you're wondering what the Top of My Pops is lately, here's what I can't get enough of lately.

Turin Brakes Ether Song
Cat Power You Are Free
The Cardigans Long Gone Before Daylight
Erlend Oye Unrest
Postal Service Give Up

Aren't I cool??? :)

"Happy birthday Zipper! I bought the cheapest thing on your list! Love Dave."

A UPS truck just pulled up a few minutes ago to deliver this to me.

Dave, my ex of quite a few years now, sent it to me. It's absolutely the most special gift I'll get this year. Why? Cuz Dave is a Peace Corps volunteer living in a shack in the Dominican Republic. And I know he barely has enuff cash to buy himself his daily meal of beans and some odd Dominican fruit and/or vegetable. (Unless the neighbors have used his yard to kill a goat again... i assume they share the meat when they do that...)

So, um... thanks, Dave!!

Oh... and if you're wondering why he calls me "Zipper"... the story is here.

Oh sweet Jesus.... can May 2nd get here soon enough???

The first one was really good... this one is SO gonna be the bomb...

HINT HINT

My birthday is coming soon...

OMG... i hate this.... Blogger just ate a really long post I had just written...

Now... I just have to wonder if Mark is smitten with the music... or with me... ???

I'm thinking both...

oops... i forgot Zwan...

Someone who had read my blog recently commented to me that music must be very important to me.

It is. And on that note, here are the Artists currently loaded in my iPod (this is gonna be long):

The 6ths
Adam Rickitt
Alison Moyet
Aluminum Group
The American Analog Set
Aqualung
The Ark
Beck
Beth Orton
Billie Holliday
bis
Bjork
Broadcast
A Camp
The Cardigans
Cat Power
Charlie Parker
Cheap Glue
Cloudberry Jam
Coldplay
Craig David
Death Cab for Cutie
Death in Vegas
Dntel
Dot Allison
Electric Soft Parade
Erlend Oye
FC Kahuna
Felix da Housecat
Floraline
Frost
Frou Frou
Goldfrapp
GusGus
The Hives
Interpol
Ivy
Jamiroquai
Jay-Jay Johanson
Kings of Convenience
Komeda
Kylie Minogue
Ladytron
Lali Puna
Lighthouse Family
Massive Attack
Miniflex
Missy Elliot
Morcheeba
Ms John Soda
Mum
The Notwist
Peaches
The Postal Service
The Raveonettes
Richard Ashcroft
Rinocerose
Royksopp
Saint Etienne
The Sea & the Cake
Sigur Ros
Simian
Sleater Kinney
Sneaker Pimps
Sondre Lerche
Soviet
Strawberry Alarmclock
Tahiti 80
Tatu
Telepopmusick
Le Tigre
Zoot Woman

Make of this what you will...

Heh... in case you didn't think i was a bit of a freak... I'm way excited about this movie.