A funny story about parenting:I Am Officially Against The Hat Day Tax

On the morning when Donna Summer died, I learn that punk was actually kind of bubblegum and melodic. (I.e., Don't Dream It's Over[???])

Right? All of showbiz is a lie. My whole life is a lie.

I always liked Donna Summer. I never liked any of her music, but I always dug her for some reason. Shameless pitch; artless, un-mannered breathing, etc. She was a belter with middle-class habits. She wasn't pretending to be a better singer or more exotic person than she really was.

Solemnity.

LOVED Donna Summer- one of the most beautiful, sexy women ever. Great voice too. I got that lump in my throat when the headlline went by...

Unrelated, but I have listened to this for about 40 years, and I thought I knew most of the "play this song backwards" type secrets, AND grew up with 33-45-78 turntables and "flip over the tape" cassettes, but I had never heard the secrets of this song until about 30 minutes ago...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWKwBfTHRMM

I wish I was smoking grass an hour ago. Mind blown.

PS- sign o' the times. I was curious about the never hear surf music again" line, figuring it was about Pet Sounds. I got on google and typed "never h" when that link popped up. It's difficult to fathom what the world will be like in a generation or two when we have fused our minds with microchips... truly unlimited intelligence?

Eric- Consider this as well. It was one of the first things I did 30 years ago when I had a VTR that would conveniently play backwards at negative 1X... Would that solo make sense? Of course it did, of course it did.

But is it funny?

We're trying to be polite houseguests; under which topic do you want offtopic conversations to happen?

What is 6 inches long, 2 inches wide, and drives women wild?

No--it's a $100 bill.