Let's try this again...

An iteration of the MP3 game that I was playing earlier this year finally made its way to the Ecto mailing list that I'm still on after ten years. Here's another set of answers — plus instructions for those who were confused the last time around.

What this round tells me is that I listen to way too much pop music — and mostly songs I should be embarrassed to admit having in my library!

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If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be?

1. Open your music library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.)
2. Put your player on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every scene, type in the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new scene, press the "advance" button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool - first songs only

Opening Credits: "Dirty Water" by Rock and Hyde

Waking Up: "Dance of the Clowns" by Berlioz

First Day of School: "Fame" by Irene Cara

Falling in Love: "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" by Jet

Fight Song: "We Don't Talk Anymore" by Cliff Richard

Breaking Up: "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell

Prom: "Fox on the Run" by Sweet

Life is Good: "The Battle of Evermore" by Led Zeppelin

Mental Breakdown: "Have You Never Been Mellow" by Olivia Newton-John

Driving: "Piece of My Heart" by Janis Joplin

Flashback: "Monster Hospital" by Metric

Getting Back Together: "The Visitors" by ABBA

Wedding: "Take One Away" by Burton Cummings

Paying the Dues: "Mr Tambourine Man" by Bob Dylan

The Night Before the War: "What About Love" by Toronto

Moment of Triumph: "Me and Bobby McGee" by Janis Joplin

Death Scene: "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton

Funeral Song: "China Grove" by The Doobie Brothers

End Credits: "Elegie" by Massenet

Thought for the day

"In hindsight, it seems evident that a guerrilla group started by middle-class men and women who name their group from a Bob Dylan song will likely be their own worst enemies." — Mark Kurlansky, referring to The Weathermen, later the Weather Underground

Turning Japanese!

In honour of Zak's imminent departure. Unfortunately, I still cannot read the kanji, but I can sound my way (badly) through Romaji. Nihongo has a very different linguistic structure from Ego ... I have a lot to learn!

Ichi — ni — san .... ikimasho!

Asa desu.

Haha to chichi.

Aka to kuro to shiro

Hai! Ie! Zenzen!

Sushi o tabemasho.

San-ju-hachi sai desu.

Gomen nasai.

Anti-erotic poems lifted from the NYT

These lines are taken from a review of an anthology of American erotic poetry. The anthology sounds awful, but the review was brilliant!

1) "Their Sex Life" — A.R. Ammons

One failure on
Top of another.


2) "On Reading Poorly Transcribed Erotica" — Jill Alexander Essbaum

She stood before him wearing only pantries
and he groped for her Volvo under the gauze.


Happy Easter!
L

The vault of lost lyrics, chapter 95

Like many of my "Lost" picks, this song didn't chart in Canada's Top 40 (it peaked at #68, according to online sources), but it displays the somewhat paradoxical, subjunctive style of writing that I particularly enjoy in pop music. You probably don't remember it, but if you do, enjoy your synth-enhanced nostalgia trip.

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"When Time Turns Around" (as recorded by The Spoons)

When all the clocks stop in my heart
Will you still be there to take me
Back to the start?

When time turns around
We'll do it all over again
One more time
When time turns around
We'll take all the chances we missed
The first time around

When the world stops outside my room
I know you'll take me to a place
Where everything comes true

When time turns around
We'll do it all over again
One last time
When all the clocks unwind
We'll take all the chances we missed
The second time around

There's something in this room
Scattered in the airwaves
Bouncing off the ground right to my head
The pictures on the wall
Shadows of a replay
Of things that should have happened long ago
Now no-one else will know

When time turns around
We'll do it all over again
One more time
When time turns around
We'll take all the chances we missed
The first time around

When time turns around
We'll do it all over again
One last time
When all the clocks unwind
We'll take all the chances we missed
And never turn around

The vault of lost lyrics, chapter 34

Technically not "lost" lyrics since you've likely never heard this song, but still a beautiful track.... donne-moi, donne-moi, donne-moi...

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"Pour ton sourire" (as written and recorded by Jorane, violoncelliste suprême)

Donne-moi tes lèvres
Donne-moi ton coeur
Donne-moi tes yeux
Donne-moi ton sourire

Pour ton sourire, j'veux donner une belle bague
Une belle bague pour ton sourire

Pour t'embrasser, j'veux donner une tasse d'amour
Une tasse d'amour pour t'embrasser
Pour tes yeux et pour tes lèvres
Pour ton sourire

Pour ton sourire, j'veux donner toutes mes nuits
Mes jours et tous mes rêves
Pour tes yeux et pour tes lèvres
Pour ton sourire

"Welcome to Alberta's century!"

This morning I am ashamed to be an Albertan. In the spirit of change, we have elected 72 of 83 Tory MLAs.

Here is the breakdown, pending any recounts, with percentage of popular vote in parentheses:

PC: 72 (52.67%)
LIB: 9 (26.36%)
NDP: 2 (8.53%)
WAP: 0 (6.76%)
GRN: 0 (4.58%)
OTH: 0 (1.1%).

Only 41 percent of eligible Alberta voters bothered to go to the polls.

To friends who ran, congratulations on your efforts to try to change the political landscape for the better. I admire your conviction and dedication.

As for me, I'm hanging my head. Why don't we just save the money and do away with elections in this province? Who needs democracy when you're rich, after all? I am so, so disappointed in Alberta.