What are you listening to and what are you drinking?
Buttercup
I am listening to John Lennon's Greatest Hits and drinking Smirnoff
(I've had a bad day) Ice.
~ Nobody ever told me there'd be days like this~
~Strange days indeed ~ Most peculiar mama~
kaboom
wrote:
>Myself -
>
>I am listening to John Lennon's Greatest Hits and drinking Smirnoff
>(I've had a bad day) Ice.
**Snow Patrol's 'Final Straw' and Diet Pepsi.
kaboomie
myname2use4now
> On 28 Mar 2007 18:25:15 -0700, "Buttercup" <ButtercupDa...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Myself -
>
> >I am listening to John Lennon's Greatest Hits and drinking Smirnoff
> >(I've had a bad day) Ice.
>
> **Snow Patrol's 'Final Straw' and Diet Pepsi.
>
> kaboomie
Sorry you had a bad day...
I'm listening to Los Lonley Boys and drinking water...
Buttercup
> Sorry you had a bad day...
>
Thank you ~ as I open 3rd bottle.
myname2use4now
> > Sorry you had a bad day...
>
> Thank you ~ as I open 3rd bottle.
Well, I just listened to Amy Winehouse for a bit...uplifting if only
because she sings the blues...
I'm sad to report I'm still drinking water.
What made your day so bad if you don't mind me asking?
AnthonyM1975
Neko Case and just drinking water
doomella
"myname2use4now" <soo...@aol.com> wrote in message
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I'm listening to Syd Barrett and drinking cyanide.
doomella
"Buttercup" <Butterc...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Myself -
>
> I am listening to John Lennon's Greatest Hits and drinking Smirnoff
> (I've had a bad day) Ice.
Smirnoff Ice?
It couldn't have been *that* bad.
myname2use4now
> "myname2use4now" <sook...@aol.com> wrote in message
>
> - Show quoted text -
Yikes...now I understand your screen name a little better!
Agent Smith
@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:
I was just going to ask the same question. I'm drinking my personal blend
of green tea and soy chai and listening to the soft sounds of the Britcom,
"Are You Being Served," drif in from two rooms away.
Martha Vandella
Martha Vandella
> fabulous job opportunity and have abandoned The Bosses.)
>
> --
> Brandy Alexandre
HAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love it here. It's so cheeeezie.
doomella
My screen name is something I typed into the box several years ago when I
needed a quick moniker to post a question on the "Doom" group. Think of it
as more silly than anything angst-y or goth.
Hellina Handbasket
<TheRo...@gmail.com> wrote:
David Bowie, cuppa tea.
Daydreaming about Gerard Butler......
Gregory Morrow
> kaboom <kaboomi...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in alt.gossip.celebrities:
>
> > On 28 Mar 2007 18:25:15 -0700, "Buttercup" <ButtercupDa...@aol.com>
> > wrote:
>
> >>Myself -
>
> >>I am listening to John Lennon's Greatest Hits and drinking Smirnoff
> >>(I've had a bad day) Ice.
>
> > **Snow Patrol's 'Final Straw' and Diet Pepsi.
>
> > kaboomie
>
> Pepsi! There ya go. I'm pissed that I let myself run out of DP. I
> have Diet Dr. Pepper.
You know, for Easter I was going to do a Coca-Cola ham but I think
I'll do a Dr. Pepper ham...
Congrats on the new gig BTW...
--
Best
Greg
Deborah
I guess criticising celebrities for every little thing is the only
vice any of you on this ng have. BS, you can't possibly be projecting
this much negativity on others while being internally pristine
yourselves, but carry on with this pretense, by all means...
Deborah
mary...@rcn.com
wine. Hope today is better than yesterday, and try not to drink
before breakfast (to quote Cabaret or some other movie).
And I'm listening to a silly Light Rock station because I'm too lazy
to pick out a cd, and they have a commercial-free hour on, so why not
listen to silly pop tunes at this hour? This hour being almost 4 and
me can't sleep.
Oh fuck, the radio just put on Rod Stewart, I have to insert a cd STAT.
myname2use4now
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:38:08 -0700, Hellina Handbasket
>
>
>
>
>
> <inahandbaske...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >On 28 Mar 2007 20:32:26 -0700, "Martha Vandella"
>
> >>> (I was offered, and accepted, a
> >>> fabulous job opportunity and have abandoned The Bosses.)
>
> >>> --
> >>> Brandy Alexandre
>
>
> >>I love it here. It's so cheeeezie.
>
> >David Bowie, cuppa tea.
> >Daydreaming about Gerard Butler......
>
> I guess criticising celebrities for every little thing is the only
> vice any of you on this ng have. BS, you can't possibly be projecting
> this much negativity on others while being internally pristine
> yourselves, but carry on with this pretense, by all means...
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
I wouldn't say celebrity gossip is our only vice...we're a far more
interesting group than that. :)
Deborah
<mary...@rcn.com> wrote:
> Sorry you had a bad day, Butterbosom.
Honey, I'm having a bad LIFE.
Deborah
mary...@rcn.com
> On 29 Mar 2007 00:51:55 -0700, "marybo...@verizon.net"
>
> <marybo...@rcn.com> wrote:
> > Sorry you had a bad day, Butterbosom.
>
> Honey, I'm having a bad LIFE.
>
> Deborah
Well, that sucks.
Take it from me - all you can do is keep putting one foot in front of
the other and keep going. And while you're doing that, count your
blessings. Lotta people out there wish they were in America having
our kinds of problems. Well, unless we're talking medical - in which
case, all best wishes.
Martha Vandella
>
> Deborah
I suggest hanging yourself by a heavy but soft cord. Nobody would
really give a shit and you know it.
Also, I saw a crime scene photo of a guy sitting naked in a LazyBoy
with a plastic bag over his head and a big black hard-on laying on his
leg. The TV was obviously playing a porn video. You might try that...
masturbate while the barbs kick in.
Potassium cyanide is very easy to get from a chemical supply house and
is practically instant.
Also, you can get a cannister of nitrous oxide and just crank it up to
the top and you'll go straight into coma, then die. That's perfect.
kaboom
<bran...@kittylitternewsguy.com> wrote:
>kaboom <kaboo...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in alt.gossip.celebrities:
>Pepsi! There ya go. I'm pissed that I let myself run out of DP. I
>have Diet Dr. Pepper.
**I'm pretty careful about not running out of Diet Pepsi, it's the
Elixir of Life. Thankfully, Diet Dr. Pepper is a very acceptable
substitute for Diet Pepsi and one of my faves.
kaboomie
Christopher Helms
drinking Black Cherry French Vanilla Diet Pepsi Jazz (They need to
shorten the name of this stuff; "Ehhh, I guess I'll try it" would be
good) to wash down Doritos Munchies "cheese fix." Supper of champions,
dammit.
Deborah
<TheRo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Honey, I'm having a bad LIFE.
>>
>> Deborah
>
>
>I suggest hanging yourself by a heavy but soft cord. Nobody would
>really give a shit and you know it.
Yep, I know it. But since *I* give a shit, I think I'll find another
way. Thanks for the sage advice though.
Deborah
mary...@rcn.com
> >I suggest hanging yourself by a heavy but soft cord. Nobody would
> >really give a shit and you know it.
>
> Yep, I know it. But since *I* give a shit, I think I'll find another
> way. Thanks for the sage advice though.
Jesus, Debs, that was a good and gracious reply to a not-nice note.
Good for you.
Some people.
>
Karen E.
> On 29 Mar 2007 03:28:03 GMT, "It's the Principle!"
> <bran...@kittylitternewsguy.com> wrote:
>
>
>>kaboom <kaboo...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in alt.gossip.celebrities:
>>
>>
>>>On 28 Mar 2007 18:25:15 -0700, "Buttercup" <Butterc...@aol.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Myself -
>>>>
>>>>I am listening to John Lennon's Greatest Hits and drinking Smirnoff
>>>>(I've had a bad day) Ice.
>>>
>>>**Snow Patrol's 'Final Straw' and Diet Pepsi.
>>>
>>>kaboomie
>>
>>Pepsi! There ya go. I'm pissed that I let myself run out of DP. I
>>have Diet Dr. Pepper.
>
>
> **I'm pretty careful about not running out of Diet Pepsi, it's the
> Elixir of Life.
Nah. The Elixir of Life is Mountain Dew. I'm drinking that right now,
and listnening to the TV (Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?). If I
was listening to music right now it would be one of my playlists on my
iPod, probably have either Cobrastyle or A.M. Radio would be on.
Karen E.
Doctor Wu
> Myself -
>
> I am listening to John Lennon's Greatest Hits and drinking Smirnoff
> (I've had a bad day) Ice.
>
>
I'm drinking Fresca and listening to "The Office" on TV. I had been
listening to my iPod, and just downloaded "Alcohol" by Brad Paisley.
Funny song. Not really a country fan, but I like that song.
Deborah
<mary...@rcn.com> wrote:
"Martha" has told us that it hates people, so I didn't take it
personally. I'm just a member of the species "Martha" hates.
Deborah
Deborah
As is "Martha" for that matter...
Deborah
8MilesHigh
I'm thinking they might be the same person.
It does that alot.
bel
subscriber1997
"doomella" <doom...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Buttercup" <Butterc...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1175131515.8...@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>> Myself -
>>
>> I am listening to John Lennon's Greatest Hits and drinking Smirnoff
>> (I've had a bad day) Ice.
>
> It couldn't have been *that* bad.
========================
Bill Munro
white lightning
doomella
"subscriber1997" <duke...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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Which one are you drinking?
Deborah
wrote:
Good grief bel. I've been here since this ng began. You're pretty
oblivious.
Deborah
WarriorW...@yahoo.com
> On 29 Mar 2007 16:37:16 -0700, "marybo...@verizon.net"
-------------------------------------------
Martha is a man not a woman. I live in the same city and she told me
she worked for this wonderful design firm in the Columbia Center. Now
she's in another firm in the International District. She got fired. I
don't believe she's any different IRL than on the computer.Just
consider the source.
Martha Vandella
>
> - Show quoted text -
Warrior!! Goddamn it, woman! Good to see you. I had a nice little
oratorio written out for you last night and Google wouldn't let me
post anymore, so you're shit outta luck.
I didn't get fired. I don't work for anybody. I'm an architect and I
like to work projects. I drink like a fish and I don't have to be held
accountable for it. Or for my drug use. How do you explain Ecstacy,
Klonopin, amphetamines and fatties when some asshole from HR gets an
idea.
Now tell me, when are you going to meet me at the Cherry Street Coffee
House and have a little of Ali's good brew? Or, if you're a big
fucking hog, I'll buy you a double meatloaf at Bakeman's and let Jason
give you a whole fucking pie to shove down that wattled neck of
yours.
If you're too ugly, don't accept my invitation. I don't like being
seen with slobs.
charliekilo
G-L-A-M-O-U-R-O-U-S...and I'm driking a nice dry Beefeater martini.
Deborah
Good for you. I'm just finishing a Law & Order rerun on Bravo and am
tippling Yellow Tail Shiraz.
Deborah
Martha Vandella
> Black Opal, and sometimes Ravebswood. I was told I want to steer clear
> of Yellow Tail whites, but I'm curious about the reds.
>
> --
> Brandy Alexandre
Come on, brandy. You live in a fucking rented apartment in a dense
complex, your kitchen is about 8 square feet and your tiny place
stinks of cat shit. This routine you're doing .... it's not real.
You do know that, don't you?
Deborah
<bran...@kittylitternewsguy.com> wrote:
>Deborah <deb...@noemail.com> wrote in alt.gossip.celebrities:
>How is Yellow Tail? I'm an Aussie shiraz fan, partial to Black Swan,
>Black Opal, and sometimes Ravebswood. I was told I want to steer clear
>of Yellow Tail whites, but I'm curious about the reds.
IMO, it's the best Yellow Tail there is. It's a dry wine but with a
fruity finish, and really smooth. Give it a try. I'll give your
favourites a try, too.
But there is nothing like actually visiting the Aussie wineries, which
I have done. Unfortunately most of the best wines I've tasted there
aren't available in Canada, and neither is my favourite Aussie Beer,
Carlton Cold.
Deborah
Martha Vandella
> On 30 Mar 2007 04:06:47 GMT, "It's the Principle!"
>
>
>
>
>
> >Deborah <debo...@noemail.com> wrote in alt.gossip.celebrities:
>
> - Show quoted text -
This is absolutely psychotic. These people make up their lives like
the ding dongs on the 9th floor of the Vet's Hospital.
Spangliekins
> Myself -
>
> I am listening to John Lennon's Greatest Hits and drinking Smirnoff
> (I've had a bad day) Ice.
>
> ~Strange days indeed ~ Most peculiar mama~
Diet Rite Pure Zero Tangerine (I've gotten numerous people hooked on
this stuff in the past month. It's catchy, I guess. Goes on sale
constantly, too.) and listening to the double disc deluxe version of
the Dreamgirls Motion Picture Soundtrack. This morning, however, it
was Tim McGraw's new CD "Let it Go", while I brewed and sipped on some
Heritage Coffee espresso in what I think was their Mardi Gras blend.
(Not a fan of this blend, unfortunately. It was a gift.) Also liking
Neil Young's "Live at Massey Hall", another new one I picked up quite
recently.
S*Babykins
Spangliekins
left.com> wrote:
> "myname2use4now" <sook...@aol.com> wrote in news:1175134748.881946.276410
> @e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:
> I was just going to ask the same question. I'm drinking my personal blend
> of green tea and soy chai and listening to the soft sounds of the Britcom,
> "Are You Being Served," drif in from two rooms away.
Mmm... I want to be you right now. Your drink sounds so much better
than my diet soda. Give me that! (Grabs your drink and spills some of
it on your keyboard..whoops, sorry.) I love anything with green tea in
it, though. It's one of the only beverages in the world that smells
even BETTER than it tastes and it tastes very good!
S*Babykins
Spangliekins
left.com> wrote:
> "myname2use4now" <sook...@aol.com> wrote in news:1175134748.881946.276410
> @e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:
>
> >> > Sorry you had a bad day...
>
> >> Thank you ~ as I open 3rd bottle.
>
> > Well, I just listened to Amy Winehouse for a bit...uplifting if only
> > because she sings the blues...
>
> > I'm sad to report I'm still drinking water.
>
> > What made your day so bad if you don't mind me asking?
>
> I was just going to ask the same question. I'm drinking my personal blend
> of green tea and soy chai and listening to the soft sounds of the Britcom,
> "Are You Being Served," drif in from two rooms away.
Do you actually "get" Are You Being Served? I have two British friends
who absolutely adore it, but it's never worked for me. I like As Time
Goes By and I love Prime Suspect, though. Love to watch old episodes
of Fawlty Towers sometimes, too.
S*Babykins
subscriber1997
i'm in actuality drinking
diet pepsi & listening to
Billie Holiday .................................
Razzle Bathbone
<duke...@webtv.net> wrote:
>
>i'm in actuality drinking
>diet pepsi & listening to
>Billie Holiday .................................
>
WOW, Billie Holiday. I guess you can't be all bad.
Razzle----------Eleanora Fagan was her real name and one of my
favorites. Have you ever heard her sing Strange Fruit? It was banned
in the U.S. for many years.
2nz For Your Listening Pleasure
Fujikawa Yamamoto wrote:
> On 29 Mar 2007, "It's the Principle!" <bran...@kittylitternewsguy.com>
> posted some news:Xns9902EB0A...@64.209.0.82:
> > Black Opal, and sometimes Ravebswood. I was told I want to steer
> > clear of Yellow Tail whites, but I'm curious about the reds.
>
>
> 2005 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc was pretty good. Not for cork snobs, has
> a cap...doesn't matter, once you open it, you'll drink the whole thing.
> Then you got House of Nobilo 2006 Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough, also pretty
> good. I wouldn't drink the Crawford and Nobilo together if you're a
> serious taste sampler.
>
> You can't beat good Italian wines. Try a bottle of Antinori Santa
> Cristina 2004. This is an excellent wine if you like reds. Comes from
> Tuscany, Italy. I snagged two bottles of this in CostCo, and when I went
> back two days later - it was all gone. T A S T Y. You'll see marks in
> the mid to high 80's on this wine, but I'd give it low to mid 90's any
> day. I bit the bullet and ordered a case on line.
>
>
> Currently playing, Mark-Almond, Golden Age of Underground Radio - The
> City (Long version).
Oooooh. Sounds nice, but I gave up the grape after decades of
overindulgence.
At the moment, I'm drinking Mexican instant coffee with a dash of
cinnamon and a couple of Hershey's kisses tossed in.
Currently playing: The CBS Morning News on the tube.
subscriber1997
"Razzle Bathbone" <Razzleb...@hotmail.comeonup> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:36:29 -0400, "subscriber1997"
> <duke...@webtv.net> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>i'm in actuality drinking
>>diet pepsi & listening to
>>Billie Holiday .................................
>>
>
>
> WOW, Billie Holiday. I guess you can't be all bad.
ahhh that's where you'd be wrong my friend
I AM indeed ALL bad ......................................thru n thru
<evil old time movie villain laugh>
btw i had always thought Billie's song
Strange Fruit was about Clifton Webb ...?
Razzle Bathbone
HA! I'll see that Clifton Webb and raise you a Don Ameche.
Razzle---------------it'll cost ya 5 doubloons to see my hand.
Fujikawa Yamamoto
<Floonb...@gmail.com> posted some
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You'd really like that Santa Cristina.
I was terrible in the old days. Then one morning I woke up and just
decided the throbbing head, sick feeling and two days recovery time wasn't
working. I quit drinking anything for years. I think it was more the
group I ran with than anything else. If there was a party, we were there.
If there was no party, we started one.
> At the moment, I'm drinking Mexican instant coffee with a dash of
> cinnamon and a couple of Hershey's kisses tossed in.
> Currently playing: The CBS Morning News on the tube.
I'm a sap for good coffee. I mourned the day Diedrichs sold all their
coffee shops to Starbucks.
--
The new "Jackson 5"
Jordy Chandler
Jason Fancia
Jimmy Chandler
Jonathan Spence
Jo Jo Elatab
charliekilo
message news:Xns9903716B...@204.153.245.131...
> On 30 Mar 2007, "It's the Principle!" <bran...@kittylitternewsguy.com>
> posted some news:Xns99035AA5...@64.209.0.93:
>
>> Fujikawa Yamamoto <michael.jackso...@wacko.jacko.org>
>> wrote in alt.gossip.celebrities:
>>
>>> On 29 Mar 2007, "It's the Principle!"
>>> <bran...@kittylitternewsguy.com> posted some
>>> news:Xns9902EB0A...@64.209.0.82:
>>>
>>>> Deborah <deb...@noemail.com> wrote in alt.gossip.celebrities:
>>>>
>>>> Swan, Black Opal, and sometimes Ravebswood. I was told I want to
>>>> steer clear of Yellow Tail whites, but I'm curious about the
>>>> reds.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you like Aussie wine, try a wine from New Zealand. The Kim
>>> Crawford 2005 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc was pretty good. Not
>>> for cork snobs, has a cap...doesn't matter, once you open it,
>>> you'll drink the whole thing. Then you got House of Nobilo 2006
>>> Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough, also pretty good. I wouldn't drink
>>> the Crawford and Nobilo together if you're a serious taste
>>> sampler.
>>>
>>> You can't beat good Italian wines. Try a bottle of Antinori Santa
>>> Cristina 2004. This is an excellent wine if you like reds. Comes
>>> from Tuscany, Italy. I snagged two bottles of this in CostCo, and
>>> when I went back two days later - it was all gone. T A S T Y.
>>> You'll see marks in the mid to high 80's on this wine, but I'd
>>> give it low to mid 90's any day. I bit the bullet and ordered a
>>> case on line.
>>>
>>>
>>> Currently playing, Mark-Almond, Golden Age of Underground Radio -
>>> The City (Long version).
>>>
>>
>>
>> My boss (ooo! ex-boss), who *is* a snob, has a hard time admitting
>> when he buys wine at CostCo. LOL! It's the same wine! It's all
>> grapes to me.
>
> Costco is a great place to try different wines without going broke. They
> generally have a good selection of excellent wines as well.
I haven't been to many Costco's but the one near me has a fantastic
selection of wines priced from $6 to $300+. Their Liquor selection is pretty
good too...including a couple of 50 y.o. bottles of Scotch for just over
$3,300 for a 750ml bottle.
>> About corks. I had a wine a while ago that I wish I could remember
>> what it was. It came with a tasting cork that I saved, and it is SO
>> handy! I have a few wine stoppers, but since that originally
>> stopped the wine, and is a real cork, just with a plastic cap, it's
>> alot better. I even stopped a bottle of champagen with it and it
>> didn't pop out.
>
> Cool!
>
>
Buttercup
> ===============
>
> i'm in actuality drinking
> diet pepsi & listening to
> Billie Holiday <<<<<
All of a sudden - you seem kinda nice.
Buttercup
>
> Razzle----------Eleanora Fagan was her real name and one of my
> favorites. Have you ever heard her sing Strange Fruit? It was banned
> in the U.S. for many years.<<<<<<<<<<<<
Can I come over and lay my head on your shoulder and listen to Fagan
with you?
Deborah
<TheRo...@gmail.com> wrote:
You've been there, have you?
Deborah
subscriber1997
"Razzle Bathbone" <Razzleb...@hotmail.comeonup> wrote in message
===========
in the galaxy that is Hollywood fruits
i can't count Don Ameche as even in the
same friggin league as Webb
btw on a side-note
Ameche's brother was a fairly successful
radio guy back in the day .....sounded just
like his famouser brother ................
subscriber1997
like most movie villains
i'm all goo deep inside
but nowhere near as gooey
as you butterballs .................pfft
Razzle Bathbone
wrote:
>On Mar 30, 7:49?am, Razzle Bathbone
>
>>
>> Razzle----------Eleanora Fagan was her real name and one of my
>> favorites. Have you ever heard her sing Strange Fruit? t was banned
>> in the U.S. &or many years.<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
>Can I come over and lay my head on your shoulder and listen to Fagan
>with you?
>
I just checked with my man and said come on over.
Razzle------he muttered something about rat poison but I'm sure he
wasn't talking about you.
Agent Smith
news:460ca25b$0$17136$4c36...@roadrunner.com:
Vegetable soup and "This American Life."
mary...@rcn.com
all kinds of rude nonsense.
Get nice, will you? Why should people come here just for you to spew
anger? This is a water cooler, not a lava pit.
mary...@rcn.com
> btw i had always thought Billie's song
> Strange Fruit was about Clifton Webb ...?
Strange Fruit is about the lynching of blacks in the twenties or so -
the fruit being the men swinging from the trees. A brutal song.
Cripple
> Get nice, will you?
hahahaawwwwwww.
"Get nice".
As if that's a goal in life.
Your kid is fucked, isn't he?
MC
"mary...@verizon.net" <mary...@rcn.com> wrote:
> Strange Fruit is about the lynching of blacks in the twenties or so -
> the fruit being the men swinging from the trees. A brutal song.
"Strange Fruit" began as a poem about the lynching of a black man
written by a Jewish schoolteacher from the Bronx Abel Meeropol, who used
the pen name Lewis Allan (the names of his two children, who died in
infancy). Meeropol and his wife were also the adoptive parents of the
children of the executed spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in the
1950s."Strange Fruit" was written as a poem expressing his horror at the
lynchings,and was first published in 1937 in The New York Teacher, a
union magazine. Though Meeropol/Allan often asked others (notably Earl
Robinson) to set his poems to music he set Strange Fruit to music
himself and the song gained a certain success as a protest song in and
around New York. Before Holiday was introduced to the song, it had been
performed by Meeropol, by his wife, and by a black vocalist called Laura
Duncan, who performed it at Madison Square Garden.
Meeropol said later that he had been inspired by seeing Lawrence
Beitler's photograph of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith.
"Strange Fruit" was eventually heard by Barney Josefson the founder of
Cafe Society, New York's first integrated nightclub, who introduced it
to Billie Holiday. Holiday performed the song at Cafe Society in 1939, a
move that by her own admission left her fearful of retaliation. Holiday
later said that the imagery in "Strange Fruit" reminded her of her
father's death, and that this played a role in her persistence to
perform it. The song became a regular part of Holiday's live
performances.
Holiday approached her recording label, Columbia, about recording the
song, but her producer John Hammond - the man credited with originally
discovering her - did not support her choice, and Columbia refused to
record the song. Holiday arranged to record it with Commodore, Milt
Gabler's alternative jazz label in 1939. She would record two major
sessions at Commodore, one in 1939 and one in 1944. "Strange Fruit" was
highly regarded and in time became Holiday's biggest selling record.
Though it became a staple of her live performances at the time,
Holiday's accompanist, Bobby Tucker, later commented that Holiday would
break down after every performance of it.
In her autobiography Lady Sings the Blues, Billie Holiday suggests that
she, together with Lewis Allan, her accompanist Sonny White and arranger
Danny Mendelsohn put the poem to music, though the claim is dismissed by
David Margolick and Hilton Als in 'Strange Fruit: The Biography of a
Song as "an account that may set a record for most misinformation per
column inch". When challenged, Holiday - whose autobiography had been
ghost-written by William Dufty - claimed "I ain't never read that book"
Meaning
The "strange fruit" referred to in the song are the bodies of African
American men hanged during a lynching. They contrast the pastoral scenes
of the South with the ugliness of racist violence. The lyrics were so
chilling that Holiday later said "The first time I sang it, I thought it
was a mistake. There wasn't even a patter of applause when I finished.
Then a lone person began to clap nervously. Then suddenly everyone was
clapping and cheering."
Strange Fruit is a poem that was written in 1932 during the civil rights
movement.
Impact
The club owner immediately recognized the impact of the song on his
audience and insisted that Holiday close all her shows with it. Just as
the song was about to begin, waiters would stop serving, the lights in
club would be turned off, and a single pin spotlight would illuminate
Holiday on stage. During the musical introduction, Holiday would stand
with her eyes closed, as if she were evoking a prayer.
The song was ultimately to become the anthem of the anti-lynching
movement. The dark imagery of the lyrics struck a chord, and can be said
to have planted one of the first seeds of what would later become the
Civil Rights movement of the 50s and 60s.
The song became an instant success and came to be the piece most
identified with Holiday, though it has been performed by countless
others including Josh White, Sting, Robert Wyatt, UB40, Tori Amos, Pete
Seeger, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cassandra Wilson, Nina Simone (on
Pastel Blues), Jeff Buckley, Cocteau Twins, Sounds of Blackness, This
Bike is a Pipe Bomb, John Martyn, The Twilight Singers and Tcheky Karyo
(in Ce lien qui nous unit) and remixed by Tricky. In October 1939,
Samuel Grafton of The New York Post described Strange Fruit: "If the
anger of the exploited ever mounts high enough in the South, it now has
its Marseillaise."
In 2002, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of
Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.
It is number one on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's list of 100 Songs
of the South. [1]
Bob Dylan cites Strange Fruit as an influence in the 2005 documentary No
Direction Home. The movie also has a brief clip of Holiday singing.
Inspiration
The 1944 novel Strange Fruit by author Lillian Smith, is said to have
been inspired by Billie Holiday's version of this song.
Inspired the short film, Strange Fruit, written and directed by
Christopher Browne. [2]
Seattle literary magazine the strange fruit takes its title from the
song.
Oscar Wilde's 1898 poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" mentions a gallows
tree as having a hanged man for its fruit:
For oak and elm have pleasant leaves
That in the spring-time shoot:
But grim to see is the gallows-tree,
With its adder-bitten root,
And, green or dry, a man must die
Before it bears its fruit!
A Touched By An Angel TV show episode tells the story of Billie Holiday
struggling to sing the song. The first person who started clapping after
the first time the song was performed was the show's main character, the
angel Monica.
The hip-hop group Strange Fruit Project takes its name from the song.
Rapper/producer Danny! takes its title from the song for his own
composition about racial injustice, also entitled "Strange Fruit".
An episode of the CBS Primetime show Cold Case is titled "Strange
Fruit", and is about a young black chess player who is lynched. The
episode ends, like most episodes in the series do, with a reinaction of
the crime with a song of the period playing. The Billie Holiday version
of the episode's namesake plays as a group of white men hang the boy.
Literature
€ Clarke, Donald: Billie Holiday. Wishing on the Moon. München,
Piper 1995. ISBN 3-492-03756-9
€ Davis, Angela: Blues Legacies and Black Feminism. Diverse
Ausgaben, z. B. Vintage Books 1999 ISBN 0-679-77126-3
€ Margolick, David and Hilton Als: Strange Fruit. Billie Holiday,
Café Society and an Early Cry for Civil Rights. Running Press, 2000.
ISBN 0-7624-0677-1
€ Margolick, David and Hilton Als: Strange Fruit. The Biography of a
Song., Ecco 2001. ISBN 0-06-095956-8
€ Holiday, Billie (with William Dufty): Lady Sings the Blues,
Autobiography.. Edition Nautilus, 1992. ISBN 3-89401-110-6
--
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
-- Alfred Hitchcock
mary...@rcn.com
STRANGE FRUIT
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black body swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh
And the sudden smell of burning flesh!
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for a tree to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
-- Music and lyrics by Lewis Allan, copyright 1940
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I love Keeping Up Appearances and was obsessed with Fawlty when it
ran. As Time Goes By is pretty good too and no, I do not get AYBS.
mc
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> > On Mar 28, 8:36 pm, kaboomi...@NOSPAMyahoo.com (kaboom) wrote:
> >> On 28 Mar 2007 18:25:15 -0700, "Buttercup" <ButtercupDa...@aol.com>
> >> wrote:
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> >> >Myself -
>
> >> >I am listening to John Lennon's Greatest Hits and drinking Smirnoff
> >> >(I've had a bad day) Ice.
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> >> kaboomie
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> > Sorry you had a bad day...
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Dead Kennedys and drinking bleach.
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> On Mar 28, 8:05 pm, Agent Smith <agent-sm...@two-blocks-on-your-
> left.com> wrote:
>> "myname2use4now" <sook...@aol.com> wrote in
>> news:1175134748.881946.276410 @e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:
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>> > On Mar 28, 9:07 pm, "Buttercup" <ButtercupDa...@aol.com> wrote:
>> >> > Sorry you had a bad day...
>>
>> >> Thank you ~ as I open 3rd bottle.
>>
>> > Well, I just listened to Amy Winehouse for a bit...uplifting if
>> > only because she sings the blues...
>>
>> > I'm sad to report I'm still drinking water.
>>
>> > What made your day so bad if you don't mind me asking?
>>
>> I was just going to ask the same question. I'm drinking my personal
>> blend of green tea and soy chai and listening to the soft sounds of
>> the Britcom, "Are You Being Served," drif in from two rooms away.
>
> Do you actually "get" Are You Being Served? I have two British friends
> who absolutely adore it, but it's never worked for me. I like As Time
> Goes By and I love Prime Suspect, though. Love to watch old episodes
> of Fawlty Towers sometimes, too.
I enjoyed a little of "Prime Suspect," but I do not *get* "Am I Being
Served"? It's a group of eccentric Brits acting peculiarly, whichis
always good for a laugh, but it speaks to me far less than "Fawlty
Towers," which of course spoke much less to all of us than "Monty
Python."
What irritates me most about it is that the gay character(s) is/are such
flamers. I find it annoying to have gay characters stuck into my eyes,
but I find flamers too annoying to tolerate. The world needs a snide
nickname for those types.
I was simply listening to the soft strains of the dialogue drift in from
the other room, which are just the rhythmic and musical sounds of
speech, not the actual words. The words were too muffled to hear.
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now i'm glad i mentioned
this
carry on
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> <WarriorWoman_...@yahoo.com> wrote in alt.gossip.celebrities:
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> > On Mar 29, 6:24 pm, Deborah <debo...@noemail.com> wrote:
> >> On 29 Mar 2007 16:37:16 -0700, "marybo...@verizon.net"
>
> >> <marybo...@rcn.com> wrote:
> >> >On Mar 29, 7:33 pm, Deborah <debo...@noemail.com> wrote:
>
> >> >> >I suggest hanging yourself by a heavy but soft cord. Nobody
> >> >> >would really give a shit and you know it.
>
> >> >> Yep, I know it. But since *I* give a shit, I think I'll find
> >> >> another way. Thanks for the sage advice though.
>
> >> >Jesus, Debs, that was a good and gracious reply to a not-nice
> >> >note. Good for you.
>
> >> >Some people.
>
> >> "Martha" has told us that it hates people, so I didn't take it
> >> personally. I'm just a member of the species "Martha" hates.
>
> >> Deborah
>
> > -------------------------------------------
> > Martha is a man not a woman. I live in the same city and she told
> > me she worked for this wonderful design firm in the Columbia
> > Center. Now she's in another firm in the International District.
> > She got fired. I don't believe she's any different IRL than on
> > the computer.Just consider the source.
>
> I can see someone like that being chronically unemployed. One is only
> left to wonder if that's cause or effect for the angry, bitter,
> sociopathic nature of the individual. The former could allow a micron
> of sympathy, the latter, no way. S/he deserves it.
>
> --
> Brandy Alexandre
>
> The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he
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Brandy, I agree, someone like this would go from job to job. They
might get along for a while but then they will mess up. After he
admitted to me he had another job, I reviewed some of his past posts
and he was even pleasant. I think he was fired and had the air
knocked out of his sales. Now he's gone back to being rude again.
This is a man, not a woman. My guess is that he lives in a somewhat
rural area, maybe Whidbey Island and takes the ferry into Seattle.
He's unsophisticated, although he's educated. He certainly has no
boundaries. I think he loves buildings and architecture as that's the
only time he seems happy. His wife probably dumped him and several
girlfriends. Those aren't excuses, just reasons. I don't excuse bad
behavior.
WarriorW...@yahoo.com
<brandy...@kittylitternewsguy.com> wrote:
> Fujikawa Yamamoto <michael.jackson.is.a.perv...@wacko.jacko.org>
> wrote in alt.gossip.celebrities:
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> > On 29 Mar 2007, "It's the Principle!"
> > <brandy...@kittylitternewsguy.com> posted some
> >news:Xns9902EB0A...@64.209.0.82:
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> >> Deborah <debo...@noemail.com> wrote in alt.gossip.celebrities:
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> >>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:20:45 GMT, "charliekilo"
> >>><miles_kra...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>Well, I just got home and I have to admit I'm listening to
> >>>>Fergi's G-L-A-M-O-U-R-O-U-S...and I'm driking a nice dry
> >>>>Beefeater martini.
>
> >>> Good for you. I'm just finishing a Law & Order rerun on Bravo
> >>> and am tippling Yellow Tail Shiraz.
>
> >>> Deborah
>
> >> How is Yellow Tail? I'm an Aussie shiraz fan, partial to Black
> >> Swan, Black Opal, and sometimes Ravebswood. I was told I want to
> >> steer clear of Yellow Tail whites, but I'm curious about the
> >> reds.
>
> > Crawford 2005 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc was pretty good. Not
> > for cork snobs, has a cap...doesn't matter, once you open it,
> > you'll drink the whole thing. Then you got House of Nobilo 2006
> > Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough, also pretty good. I wouldn't drink
> > the Crawford and Nobilo together if you're a serious taste
> > sampler.
>
> > You can't beat good Italian wines. Try a bottle of Antinori Santa
> > Cristina 2004. This is an excellent wine if you like reds. Comes
> > from Tuscany, Italy. I snagged two bottles of this in CostCo, and
> > when I went back two days later - it was all gone. T A S T Y.
> > You'll see marks in the mid to high 80's on this wine, but I'd
> > give it low to mid 90's any day. I bit the bullet and ordered a
> > case on line.
>
> > Currently playing, Mark-Almond, Golden Age of Underground Radio -
> > The City (Long version).
>
> I'll make some notes.
>
> My boss (ooo! ex-boss), who *is* a snob, has a hard time admitting
> when he buys wine at CostCo. LOL! It's the same wine! It's all
> grapes to me.
>
> what it was. It came with a tasting cork that I saved, and it is SO
> handy! I have a few wine stoppers, but since that originally
> stopped the wine, and is a real cork, just with a plastic cap, it's
> alot better. I even stopped a bottle of champagen with it and it
> didn't pop out.
>
> Brandy Alexandre
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bottle mags. It's like $7/bottle. I've tried their $38 and $15 and I
like the $7 as much. I've never tried DomP and maybe I could tell the
diff.
WarriorW...@yahoo.com
> In article <1175471056.605738.75...@d57g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
>
> WarriorWoman_...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > you know my favorite if Costco's (I admit it) Champaign. it's the 6-
> > bottle mags. It's like $7/bottle. I've tried their $38 and $15 and I
> > like the $7 as much. I've never tried DomP and maybe I could tell the
> > diff.
>
> that is still too expensive, then the Cavas of Catalonia. (ie Freixenet)
> They use avariations of chardonnay and rosé grapes in a tad different
> ways than the traditional French Champagne way, So it isn't "Blanc de
> Blancs" or "Blanc de Noirs".
>
> Life is too short to drink cheap Champagne.
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Thanks I will and you're right life is too short!
mary...@rcn.com
snipping just to cut to the chase, no offense
> > Life is too short to drink cheap Champagne.
>
> ___________________________
> Thanks I will and you're right life is too short!
Okay, stupid Bible story: When Jesus changed the water to wine at the
wedding when they ran short, guests marveled at the good quality - the
custom was to start out with the good stuff but as the guest got
tipsy, well, bring out the cheap stuff. They were deeply impressed by
the quality of His instant wine.
Speaking of Him, there's a hilarious video on You Tube about Christ at
a frat party - I'll try to post a link (like I know how) - Google.
There's another one of Him in a funny one singing I Will Survive and
getting hit by a bus.
mary...@rcn.com
> Speaking of Him, there's a hilarious video on You Tube about Christ at
> a frat party - I'll try to post a link (like I know how) - Google.
> There's another one of Him in a funny one singing I Will Survive and
> getting hit by a bus.
Okay, you can go to You Tube and look up Jesus I Will Survive and get
it - I need to get the kid from next door to give me a computer
lesson. Not today, it's just too Monday.
Mary Lair
peacefully sleeps beside me on a pillow. Drinking my first and only cup
of coffee of the day and waiting to see the sun rise for the start of
another wonderful spring day! Later, Mary