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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:31 am
by stormy
I actually heard a Muzak version of 'The Ballad of John and Yoko' in an Albertsons a few years ago
Dennis
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:33 am
by wayang
I once heard a string orchestra version of "The Times They Are A'Changin'" in a supermarket once...
Are not...
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:22 am
by jingle_jangle
It ain't the meat, it's the motion...
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:59 pm
by winston
Anything and everything that Ringo sings. I dislike his voice immensely
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:52 pm
by brammy
Dane... a musak version of "The Times They Are A'Changin'" would freek me out too. See?... we agree on SOME things!
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:04 am
by wayang
Yet another reason why I avoid mescaline before trips to the supermarket...
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:19 am
by jingle_jangle
Kent, he's just trying to wind you up again.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:31 am
by wayang
Hey, I was just being forthright; I'm sure Kent and I are in agreement about most things. For instance, I'm sure it's been years since he did mescaline and went food shopping, too...the muzak is just too unpredictable for that heavy a drug...not to mention the packaging art in the cereal aisle...
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:29 pm
by revolver323
Don't you just HATE it when the Kellogg's rooster jumps out at you??
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:39 am
by wolfgang
ha, good morning, good morning
one of Lennon's best songs!
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:24 pm
by brammy
>>>I'm sure it's been years since he did mescaline and went food shopping, too
Not mescaline... but I do vaguely remember some strange store outings after a particularly successful batch of brownies. Yes, a supermarket can be a very wonderous place if you're in a certain frame of mind.
But that was way back in prehistoric times. These days my drug habit is nothing more exciting than a Gin'n'Tonic and some ibuprophen.
But I still say that a musak version of "The Times They Are A'Changin'" freeks me out no matter what chemicals are running around my bloodstream.
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:28 am
by wayang
Muzak in general freaks me out...the biggest international purveyor of 'muzak' is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITT, that little multinational entity started by a Dutchman and headquartered in the Bahamas (they got their big start supplying Hitler with electronic components). Think about their contributions to civilization the next time you have to stand in the checkout line trying not to listen to "Muskrat Love"...
Gee, Kent...it seems like we have more in common than either of us might have guessed initially. Maybe we'll run into each other some time in the Tonic'n'Ibuprophen aisle, trying not to listen to some Captain'n'Tenille...
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:50 am
by brammy
Perhaps, ya never know .... you mentioned NYC.... is that where you live? I just came from a visit there. Interestingly, my mother is giving up the apartment she's maintained for many years (I lived there as a teenager.... east village) and will now live fulltime upstate. I only mention this because from now on I wont have an automatic place to stay in NYC. I grew up there and still know the place so well, but in some respects now its just another big city to avoid. Thats ok, I wont miss it.
I went to 47th street to look at guitars, but the better place is Guitar Center on 14th (between 5th and 6th) which had a great selection (although I didn't buy a guitar). I bought a pack of blank CD's and wound up in a small argument with the clerk who was insisting that I give him my name and address in order to complete the purchase..... (I guess the just want to beef up their mailing list). I told him that I just wanted to pay cash and that he wouldn't expect questions like that when he buys a simple carton of milk, would he? Then he asked me "what my problem was" and thats when I got a little hot under the collar. Oh well.
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:08 am
by wayang
Everbody's a little hot under the collar in NYC in July, as I recall...as well as the socks, the waistband, etc...but I'm on your side in the 'let's have your address' controversy. Guys like that clerk won't get it until the day they do demand his address for a carton of milk.
I live in Denver, another medium-sized city that's hellbent on becoming a big city to be avoided. It seems to be modelling itself more on Orange County than the Big Apple these days...what a choice!
I haven't been to NYC since playing the CMJ festival in '99, but I spent a lot of time there in the '80s. I miss it in many ways, but I realize that going there at this point wouldn't be like the times I remember. For one thing, I can't run as fast as I used to...
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:45 pm
by brammy
What is the CMJ festival ?
As for Orange County, I avoid it like the plague.
I'm told that winters in CO are not as bad as the long cold wet dreary nightmares that is experienced in New England.... true?