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Keep Hoping Machine Running ([personal profile] thefourthvine) wrote2006-09-27 09:56 pm
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Poll and Miscellany

Three things, almost entirely content free. (But one of them is a poll! There will be clicking, and that's always fun, right?)

I swear I will have actual content in this LJ again. Eventually. In the meantime -
  1. Remember the poll? Um, this one? Thanks to everyone who took it, by the way, and I am slowly working my way through the comments, because they are meaty and thought-filled and fun. And I'm knee-deep in meta about it, but it's taken a strange turn. So I'm hoping that some of you will do my a favor, and run a poll like this one:

    [Poll #831564]

    Basically, I want you to ask your friends what archetype they think you are. (I've alphabetized the archetypes to make finding them easier.) And while you're here, please do pick mine; I'm truly curious to see if there's a difference between how I see myself and how others see me. (In this sense only. I'm not crazy.)

    Sadly, I don't have bribes to offer. But if you do run a poll like this, and you also drop me a link in the comments here, I will be forever grateful. And you will be furthering the cause of meta. (I know, I know, it's not precisely ever fan's dream, but - stay with me, here, okay?)

  2. This is driving me insane, so - okay. I collect what I call genderswapped songs. Although, really, I should call them ungenderswapped songs - the song is covered by a singer of a different sex than the original one, but no gendered element of the song is changed. I have one song by Cam Clarke, from Inside Out, which is a whole CD of songs just like this. (The one I have is Son of a Preacher Man.) And I cannot find the whole CD anywhere. Does anyone have a copy of this? Or know where I can get a copy of this? I am experiencing the anguish of the thwarted collector, and it is not pretty.

  3. This is more of a bonus item; I found it interesting. If any of you watch AMVs - and if you don't, why not? - you might want to take a look at this AMV-related survey.
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jadelennox: Senora Sabasa Garcia, by Goya (girlyman: gender is a sex toy)

[personal profile] jadelennox 2006-09-28 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you have Girlyman's cover of Son of a Preacher Man? It's brilliant.

And Indigo Girl's Romeo and Juliet? I can send you both.

[identity profile] thefourthvine.livejournal.com 2006-09-30 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
I can send you both.

Oh, please please please do. I don't have either one, and now I want them. Badly.
jadelennox: Senora Sabasa Garcia, by Goya (girlyman: ty)

here you go!

[personal profile] jadelennox 2006-09-30 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
www.sendspace.com/file/wvbo13

Okay, here's what we've got in this here zip file:

1. Nate Borofsky of Girlyman singing "Son of a Preacher Man". They only perform this live, so it's a (legit) boot, according to their policy, though I wish the sound quality were better. Watching Nate sing this song gets me hot every time.

2. I only saw them do this once, but this is Doris Maramatsu of Girlyman singing a bluegrass cover (!) of "Father Figure" by George Michael. I wish the boot were better; sadly it's a little hard to hear. They never recorded this song, either -- and it was the song that prompted me to come home and make an icon for [livejournal.com profile] tahnan:

3. The Indigo Girls covering Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet". I love the original, but I love the cover almost as much.

4. The Indigo Girls covering Bob Dylan's "Tangled Up In Blue". Er, apparently I gave you the 8 minute live version. If you want, I have the studio version around somewhere, but this one is more fun.

5. Indigo Girls again, covering "Blister in the Sun" by the Violent Femmes. This one sounds a little too much like the original to be a great cover, to my mind.

(I could keep plying you with IG songs; they do a lot of covers, and they are always happy to genderfuck.)

Once I heard Greg Brown covering Ani DiFranco's "Untouchable Face" as a blues song and it was goddamned brilliant, but sadly I have never found a recording of it. And I've looked. *growl*

Re: here you go!

[identity profile] marycrawford.livejournal.com 2006-09-30 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
Oo, this all sounds great. I feel like a thief in the night, but I downloaded it too. *g* Thank you kindly!
jadelennox: Senora Sabasa Garcia, by Goya (judith butler: gender sex toy)

Re: here you go!

[personal profile] jadelennox 2006-10-08 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
you are quite welcome!

Re: here you go!

[identity profile] thefourthvine.livejournal.com 2006-09-30 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Eeeeee thank you!

And if the urge takes you, feel free to keep sending me Indigo Girls genderfuckery, because you clearly have excellent taste.

Once I heard Greg Brown covering Ani DiFranco's "Untouchable Face" as a blues song and it was goddamned brilliant, but sadly I have never found a recording of it. And I've looked.

*sad*

That is so unfair. It is very clearly something there should be a recording of. I choose to blame this tragic lack on the RIAA - not because they are actually at fault (TTBOMK), but because I figure the RIAA deserves so much blame they'll never notice a little extra they don't deserve.

And again: thank you! I am thrilled to have these.
jadelennox: Senora Sabasa Garcia, by Goya (girlyman: gender is a sex toy)

Re: here you go!

[personal profile] jadelennox 2006-10-08 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
if you are willing to send me your snail mail address (to jadelennox at livejournal) then I will send you a copy of the mix I made a little over a year ago which I called "gender is a sex toy". You probably know most of the tracks on it, but I still think it is a fun mix.
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