Drew from Fark and I are doing this thing for Tech TV on December 9 (more details when the date gets closer) and TTV called today for a pre-interview.
All talk shows have a pre-interview. It’s where a producer asks a future guest lots of questions, to detemine what the host will ask the guest when the guest is actually on the show. That’s what’s on those blue cards that Letterman is always smacking around, and it lets the host “control” the interview better.
(Big industry secret: on most of the late night talk shows, if a guest strays too far from the questions on that card, that guest will never be invited back to the show. I know people who have been shown the cards and told, “[Host] will ask you this, and you’ll say this. Then [Host] will ask this, and you will say this, then [band leader] will say this, then [wacky character] will run in and say this . . .” it’s almost as scripted as Average Joe.)
Well, here’s how lame I am: the pre-interview used up all my creative energy for the day, and I just wasn’t able to make any progress on my rewrite. Which is a bummer for me, because it’s sort of like waiting for the next chapter in a serialized book to come out.
Well, I guess that’s exactly what it is, isn’t it?
I was determined to make some progress, but it was like standing at an old TV with one hand on the rabbit ears, and another on the fine tuning, trying to get enough of the static out of the way to see the show . . . but there was just no way to get a clear picture today.
Eventually, I gave up, and spent the afternoon playing with the server on my desk, breaking and fixing code and junk. I also wasted tons of time at TotalFark. Dudes, if you don’t have a TotalFark membership, you missed out on one of the funniest threads in history today.
When I was done not making any progress installing qmail or understanding DNS, I thought I’d make myself a mix CD on my iBook, with some music to listen to while I did cooking and cleaning later on.
I started out with stuff like Flogging Molly, Radiohead, Get Up Kids, Tenacious D, Chixdiggit, The Cure, Underworld, Pixies, I was even going to put some Iron Maiden on it . . . oh yeah, it was gonna be an alternative rockathon.
But when I sat down to make the playlist, Anne called.
With Anne on my mind, here’s the playlist that I ended up burning:
Pictures Of You — The Cure
Fragile — Sting
A Summer Song — Chad and Jeremy
Jump — Aztec Camera
See A Little Light — Bob Mould
Under The Milky Way — The Church
Going To California — Led Zeppelin
Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worryin’ Bout That Girl — The Kinks
Whenever You’re On My Mind — Marshall Crenshaw
I’m A Loner Dottie, A Rebel… — The Get Up Kids
Texarkana — R.E.M.
More Than This — Roxy Music
Gold — Spandau Ballet
I’d Rather Go Blind — Etta James
Bad — U2
Yeah. I am such a sissy. But don’t let it get around, okay?
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Hey Wil-
If you need DNS and Qmail help give me a shout, I’ve mastered both (after many nights of cursing and beer mind you) 🙂
Drew
“Texarkana” is my all-time favorite REM song.
Go Mike Mills.
Thank God I’m not the only one who sees that Average Joe is totally fake. I haven’t even watched an episode, I can despise it from the previews alone.
Flogging Molly is a killer live act. I see ’em every time they come round here, and have infected my friends with that particular meme as well. You went and mentioned Maiden though. I was HUGE Maiden nut in high school. The best part, back then, of a trip to England my freshman year was the fact that I could buy a bunch of Maiden albums that were UK only. Nowadays I look back and cherish the whole trip, especially seeing “Julius Ceasar” and “Merchants of Venice” at the RSC.
Back then though, it was all “UP THE IRONS!”. Even now, when I’m in the garage working on my bike or whatnot, “Live After Death”, “Piece of Mind”, and “Powerslave” are consistent favorites in the CD player.
Yeah. I am such a sissy. But don’t let it get around, okay?
No worries. Besides, we like you that way. *grin*
I know this is not the appropriate place, but I can’t figure out what Wil means about e-mailing him and I can’t register as a user for the Soapbox and this isn’t in the FAQ.
Each time I try to register as a member, it takes everything I write except it gives me an error message and says the random letters thing is not matching what I write and they have there. I can see them, and I’ve tried spacing and not spacing. I’m capitalizing what is and not what isn’t.
What am I missing? I’d love to join you all if I can!
Please help, I will check here often for an answer and re-post if i get it so you will know.
Thanks in advance!!
Wil!
Chixdiggit is a tiny punk band from Calgary, AB…how the hell do you know about them? That makes me really excited, like grade 10 style.
-Kaitlin
Wil,
It seems like you listen to alot of stuff. This is good because you never know what kind of mood will be at hand. Remember, it’s only rock and roll!
FG
Flogging Molly rocks! One of the BEST live bands I’ve ever seen (not to mention I tore my knee in two places at a show of theirs….consequence not too good since I needed surgery) BTW I’m new here….pretty cool website/blog 🙂
Which version of “I’m A Loner Dottie, A Rebel…” was it — the “Something to Write Home About” album version, or the track from the compilation?
If you have no freakin’ clue, I’d recommend getting the album version. It is *loads* better.
Wuss.
Sting? That stings!
“It was fun for a while..
la la la
la la laaa…”
Roxy Music dude. I heard once that Bryan Ferry (sp? sp????) was originally tapped to sing “Don’t You Forget About Me” but passed. That woulda been interesting.
But “A Sort of Homecoming” is THE U2 SONG You SHOULDA PICKED SO THERE.
— Drake
(Child of 80s, trained for Oblivion)
Speaking of really excited, like, grade ten style, texarkana has been my number-one favourite REM song since grade eleven, when we read ‘A Canticle for Leibowitz’ in class and I realized that *the song is about the book.* Catch me if I fall, indeed.
Also, jumping on the Tragically Hip bandwagon, ‘Day for Night’ is hands down the best album for sappy, disaffected hipsters in love :).
I have to say, I’m always pleased to see Bob stuff show up in anyone’s collection, let alone someone well known. Piggybacking on what a few others have said, I’d also like to recommend you look into Bob’s “Loud Bomb” project stuff. (www.granarymusic.com) It’s similar to Modulate in the electronic sense, although it’s further along the techno path. Also, if you can find it, I also recommend you hunt down the “Calm Before The Storm” live bootleg. It’s just Bob and a 12 string, and actually wins out as my favorite album. Just throwing in my two cents, as well as some suggestions.
Aww, I love the Aztec Camera version of Jump…I thought no one else had heard of it. Sounds like you made some great selections. Oh and that writing thing – ah, you can do that tomorrow, right? Cheers.
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Please help, I will check here often for an answer and re-post if i get it so you will know.
Thanks in advance!!
Posted by Anne at November 28, 2003 09:26 PM
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Anne,
E-mail me at [email protected]
I will assist you.
Have fun.
Thanks for your help. I have located the problem. Apparently it was between the keyboard and the chair in front of the computer. Problem resolved. Look forward to seeing you all on the boards.
of course radiohead.
man, it’s cool to see you here in blogland. i loved tng and ‘stand by me’ is one of the all time classics. i had no idea you were writing novels now, that’s much more respectable than becoming a hollywood has-been who’ll take any old role just to hang on in there (i’m not mentioning any names).
i’m reading DT 3 at the moment. hey, check out a band called ‘Muse’ sometime, they’re kind of a cross between radiohead and jeff buckley.
as for those chatshows, i always thought they were scripted. i bet michael moore has been blacklisted from them all.
I’m with Kaitlin – I was so pleased to see Chixdiggit on your list of rockin’ bands. How do you know them, anyway? They are super cool guys who make bitchin’ music.
It is still so odd for me to see my ‘hometown’ band (the Get Up Kids) on lists of people’s favorite music (not from/living in the midwest).
It was surreal to fly into LA, be picked up by a friend and have her say “hey, have you guys heard this great new band…” Um, yeah. I was drinking with them at the Replay last month…
Anyway, good list.
OK, I know you get this ALL the time, but I simply have to ask it. Some friends and I have a writing group on Yahoo called The_Electronic_Quill(@Yahoogoups.com). We even have a very British, very pompous ass agent who encourages us along. Wanna join us? We aren’t famous. We just write and hope to make it one day. You wouldn’t be writing alone. *blush* *squirm* Well, I’ve asked. Besides, you say some of the same things we say about writing and how other things so get in the way (except for interviews, of course *laughs*). We, of course, don’t even need to know who you are.
Let me guess, you’ve seen those damned HP commercials with “Pictures of You” in it and thought, “That’s right, I forgot I like the Cure.” At least that what happened in my head when I watched TV a few nights ago.
check out s’m arcadia, kidneythieves, his name is alive, miranda sex garden and lisa germano.