That boy's good!
(Just a warning, RealPlayer would signiifcantly improve your experience with this post. I'm just saying is all.)
Oh happy day.
As I was perusing Salon's "Wednesday Morning Download" I thought to myself, "Self, we should check to see what Angie Aparo has been up to." You may rember AA's song "Spaceship ". Also, Faith Hill covered his song "Cry" (doing an awful job in the process might I add). From his site, it would appear that he's been up to quite a bit. He put out an album last fall, and an album of covers a couple of years ago. His new stuff is amazing, as are the covers. Check him out doing Sir Elton's "Rocket Man" (a song suited perfectly for AA's voice) and doing a cover of the venerable anthem to drunken rebellion "Fight For Your Right to Party". "Fight" is my least favorite Beasties songs, if not one of my most hated songs ever, but AA's version gives it a pretty goofy and fun slant. And yes, I know, the song itself is goofy and supposedly fun, however let us not forget that the Beasties of that era were not the Tibet-loving, Bush-hating, ill communicators that they are now. I seem to remember them touring with a giant, inflatable phallus that would have romantic interludes with the lighting rings during performances. In light of the material thet they've put out now, I can forgive the first album. After all, Paul's Boutique is the greatest hip-hop album of all time, but at the time, they seemed like a bunch of drunken morons who had nothing better to do than steal from Led Zeppelin. But I digress. I have since purchased both of AA's albums and am anxiously awaiting their delivery.
On another totally unrelated note, check out Life at TJ's Place when you get a chance. It's a blog written by Kevin, the manager of a midwestern gentlemen's club. His description says "This is for all of you who think managing a strip joint would be the world's greatest job." For the record, those who think that managing a strip joint would be a great job have either a) never been to a strip joint or b) are one of the people who make managing a strip club so not the greatest job ever, ie your lecherous old men, drunken brawlers and chronic masturbators. At any rate, the blog is well written and quite funny at times. Good on you Kev.
Oh happy day.
As I was perusing Salon's "Wednesday Morning Download" I thought to myself, "Self, we should check to see what Angie Aparo has been up to." You may rember AA's song "Spaceship ". Also, Faith Hill covered his song "Cry" (doing an awful job in the process might I add). From his site, it would appear that he's been up to quite a bit. He put out an album last fall, and an album of covers a couple of years ago. His new stuff is amazing, as are the covers. Check him out doing Sir Elton's "Rocket Man" (a song suited perfectly for AA's voice) and doing a cover of the venerable anthem to drunken rebellion "Fight For Your Right to Party". "Fight" is my least favorite Beasties songs, if not one of my most hated songs ever, but AA's version gives it a pretty goofy and fun slant. And yes, I know, the song itself is goofy and supposedly fun, however let us not forget that the Beasties of that era were not the Tibet-loving, Bush-hating, ill communicators that they are now. I seem to remember them touring with a giant, inflatable phallus that would have romantic interludes with the lighting rings during performances. In light of the material thet they've put out now, I can forgive the first album. After all, Paul's Boutique is the greatest hip-hop album of all time, but at the time, they seemed like a bunch of drunken morons who had nothing better to do than steal from Led Zeppelin. But I digress. I have since purchased both of AA's albums and am anxiously awaiting their delivery.
On another totally unrelated note, check out Life at TJ's Place when you get a chance. It's a blog written by Kevin, the manager of a midwestern gentlemen's club. His description says "This is for all of you who think managing a strip joint would be the world's greatest job." For the record, those who think that managing a strip joint would be a great job have either a) never been to a strip joint or b) are one of the people who make managing a strip club so not the greatest job ever, ie your lecherous old men, drunken brawlers and chronic masturbators. At any rate, the blog is well written and quite funny at times. Good on you Kev.
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