Here's a post I created in Facebook, I simply cut and pasted it here, cleaned up some html that didn't translate in Blogger and now Google owns my creation as well.
For what it's worth... Does FaceBook remind you of a police mug shot book, It did when I first heard of several years ago. Tonight I found this while touring the web...
Michael Holloway at 4:07am May 18 Of coarse the CIA doesn't need to own FaceBook to data mine the same info from other sources, but they do like to have a hand in (re: Air America).
As we saw in 2003 the president can do anything he wants to do, he's got enough "Lawyers Guns and Money" to stand down the Judiciary for the maximum 8 years he's in office; and then the Obamma's don't pursue the case or pardon them when...
Michael Holloway at 4:08am May 18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5puAN1PGQw&fmt=19 Oh, and by the by... The Great Warren Zevon! Write a comment...
The link to Youtube won't play until you 'X' the Facebook frame. The metadata is about 3X larger than the post, and most of it is garbage - about 15 minutes of work is needed to clean it up properly.
Sometimes song writers bury the meaning of a song in metaphor and allusion. One example came to my attention the other day; the lyrics follow under the video in case your not familiar with the tune. Something tells me The Replacements, under pressure from the motion picture industry, were forced to - or chose to - straighten-up the song to guarantee a specific censorship rating.
'Can't Hardly Wait' written by The Replacements
I'll write you a letter tomorrow Tonight I can't hold a pen Someone's got a stamp that I can borrow I promise not to blow the address again
Lights that flash in the evening, Through a crack in the drapes
Jesus rides beside me He never buys any smokes Hurry up, hurry up, ain't you had enough of this stuff Ashtray floors, dirty clothes, and filthy jokes
See you're high and lonesome Try and try and try
Lights that flash in the evening, Through a hole in the drapes I'll be home when I'm sleeping I can't hardly wait
I can't wait. Hardly wait.
But while listening to Justin Townes Earl's' version on CBC 2 the other day I'm sure I heard these lyrics(changes in bold italics colour).
I'll write you a letter tomorrow Tonight I can't hold a pen Someone's got a stem that I can borrow I promise not to blow the screen again
Lights that flash in the evening, Through a crack in the drapes
Jesus rides beside me He never buys any smoke_ Hurry up, hurry up, ain't you had enough of this stuff Ashtray floors, dirty clothes, and filthy jokes
See you're high and lonesome Try and try and try
Lights that flash in the evening, Through a hole in the drapes I'll be home when I'm sleeping I can't hardly wait
I can't wait. Hardly wait.
Justin Townes Earl's' - 'Can't Hardly Wait'
It's a better song the second way.
Several references to the effects of the drug tie in with the 'stamp'/'stem' and address/screen re-write, (address doesn't even fit the rhythm of the melody):
"The crack in the drapes, Lights that flash in the evening," refers to the long bic lighter flickering that, from the outside of the house advertise the presence of a crack party;
"the hole in the drapes", specifically the attention to the details of security, refers to paranoia the drug infuses in long term users.
The lines "Hurry up, hurry up, ain't you had enough of this stuff, Ashtray floors, dirty clothes, and filthy jokes, See you're high and lonesome" are the lines in the song that first grabbed my attention,
"I'll be home when I'm sleeping" both refer to the drugs amphetamine effects.
Either I'm projecting or I've had too many coffee's this morning. Comments always welcome.
Now back up on YouTube after a few years in legal purgatory; I still have no idea why this content could be deemed copyright infringement, unless the guy with the camcorder... .
Anyways, here it is again, one of my favorite paragraphs...
