...but she was looking for a night gown
I gave in to Amazon's recommendations tool and bought an album by The Killers, which I love. One song in particular plays in my head over and over (and in the car for real when I'm in it):
Dustland Fairytale, which I did not understand what it was about for a while but still was affected by its passion and anger and a very particular keyboard sequence toward the end (out here the bell don't ring). Finally I looked up the lyrics, and found commentary that it's about the songwriter's parents' meeting in a trailer park, which explains the 1961 reference, and later, his mother's dealing with cancer, which explains his asking Cinderella not to go to sleep, and the good girls die here, and all sorts of stuff.
If you ever buy singles through iTunes or other outlets, I highly recommend this one. Also for fun from this album is "Human", which will remind you of the Pet Shop Boys if anyone. Unless that makes you go ugh, in which case pretend I didn't say it, and listen to a clip first.
Saw Cinderella in a party dress...
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Ritterskoop
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Saw Cinderella in a party dress...
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
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At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: Saw Cinderella in a party dress...
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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ne1410s
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Re: Saw Cinderella in a party dress...
This is why they make chocolate AND vanilla.
"When you argue with a fool, there are two fools in the argument."