when did you clean this last?

the jim carroll band - "people who died"

I was thinking of my late friend Eddy today and this song came to mind. this one gets less edgy, and more darkly amusing, the older I -- and my friends -- get.

ironically, Eddy would have hated this song compositionally; he thought i had dogshit taste in music. I think he would have appreciated Carroll's other work a bit more, perhaps, on a lyrical level. one writer to another.

Voice of the Beehive - "Oh Love"

I suspect this is the original arrangement because the lyrics and swing time lend itself well to a more rural vibe instrumentally.

there was a peanut butter taste test at a high school somewhere, and Susan Dey was one of the judges. so when the host or whatever asked her what she thought, she said

"I prefer Jif! It tastes like an ass!"

it cut to a stillshot of a jar of jif and overlaid on the screen were the words

JIF "TASTES LIKE AN ASS" IN "HIGHSCHOOL"