Saturday, September 08, 2007

Relayed from Dagen

nougatmachine (12:09:07 PM): man I didn't even know you were a quaker much less one who is also a kitchen wizard
Melinda167 (12:10:04 PM): haha well i'm not ACTUALLY a quaker - upenn's mascot is the quaker (haha the fighting quakers - so ironic)
nougatmachine (12:10:21 PM): lol
nougatmachine (12:10:33 PM): we may be pacifisits but boy are we ever pissed!
Melinda167 (12:10:30 PM): hahaha
Melinda167 (12:10:33 PM): exactly!
nougatmachine (12:10:55 PM): actually
nougatmachine (12:11:32 PM): I told a guy I know from college, "You know Marc, for a pacifist, you seem to get in a lot of fights" and he just said "Welllll....see, but when I do it there's not an army involved so it's okay"

Brilliant.

Note to self

Buy this.

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Dylan Project

I'm just starting and yet, it has already enriched my life so much. Read his autobiography! Listen to his albums! Help me help you!

Note to self, research/acquire later:
-More Woody Guthrie
-Pete Seeger
-New Lost City Ramblers
-Ramblin' Jack Elliott
-Daniel Lamois
-Dave van Ronk
-Arlo Guthrie

My favorite songs right now:
-Remember the Mountain Bed (Billy Bragg and Wilco, Mermaid Avenue Vol. 2)
-Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska)
-Crips (Ratatat, self-titled - Chris Helies deserves credit for this one)
-Song to Woody (Bob Dylan, self-titled)
-I'm Slowly Turning Into You (White Stripes, Icky Thump)
-What is the Light? (Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin)