Song of the Day No. 57

"Zombie Girl of my Dreams"

Zombie, zombie girl of my dreams
Zombie, zombie making love to me

From the first time that I saw her
I knew I had to have her
She is by far the most
Attractive cadaver

From a pallor that’s beyond compare
To the rat’s nest style of her hair

Zombie, zombie girl of my dreams
Zombie, zombie making love to me

What We've Been Up To...

We just wrapped up our run of a neat new play, The Toymaker and the Spy by Art Van Delay.   

James starred as Rupert, the eccentric British toymaker.

Lily played Nastasia, the sensual, Russian secret agent.

She spies on Rupert, mistaking him for an enemy double agent.

He mistakes her for a new hire at his factory. He shows her the ropes...

...and they fall in love.

She reveals her true identity and he flips! But before they can patch things up...

NUCLEAR WAR BREAKS OUT!!!

(curtain)

New Look, New Name

We decided to change things up! This is so much fresher and, well- POPpier! Check out our (my) favorite blogs to the left and you are sure to find some inspiration. They have lots of tutorials and interesting ideas.

James is wonderful! He has been tidying all day and he cooked up pancakes for breakfast.

Love,

Some Goals for 2010

I am a very organized and ambitious person, you know. I manage my time very well, thank you. And this is why.... it is almost mid-February before I have gotten around to posting this post.

1. Start Etsy Business (check!)

2. Read a biography of Queen Elizabeth

3. Get Pregnant

4. Teach Beatrice her ABC sounds and 1-10

5. Take the H&R Block tax course.

Etsy

Well, I've been quite the busy bee of late... I made some play friends and put them up is my brand new etsy shop! Check it out and maybe you'll want a new play friend of your very own!

Bad Reviews

I. The Flaming Lips Embryonic




So it seems like everyone is raving about the latest Flaming Lips album. A noisey return to form, they say. Well, they got the noisey part right. Don't get me wrong, the Lips are one of my favorite bands. Like Sonic Youth, even a subpar album from them leaves many other releases in the dust. But Embryonic is hardly a masterpiece. The band has said that they wanted to see what it would be like to create an album the old fashioned way -as a band rather than through electronics- and on some levels it works. But the songwriting isn't there. The songs on Embryonic just don't have that quirky melodicism that the Lips do so well, the kind that sticks to your brain like a hot tar injection. The usual sci-fi elements are there, but the album also doesn't seem to have the warped sense of humor that fans know and love. The end result just falls a bit flat.

II. Korg microSAMPLER

I saved up for almost 3 months to buy one of these things. I finally had the cash together last week, but after a few days of tinkering with it, the microSAMPLER just seems like a toy. True, it does its job as a sampler, and has a nice effects processor. But the onboard sequencer leaves alot to be desired. It's good for loops and little else. The lack of step programming and song functionality severely limits this instrument's usefulness. Needless to say I returned it for a full refund.

Song of the Day No. 56

"Arthur Manley"

A curse on Arthur Manley
A curse upon his hat
A curse on Arthur's family
A curse upon his cat

He never should have messed
With that old wetback witch
No one could have guessed
He would end up in a ditch
He asked her for a favor
Promised her some gold
But the only thing he gave her
Was a fever and a cold

A curse on Arthur Manley
A curse upon his hat
A curse on Arthur's family
A curse upon his cat