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by Sarah, Proud and Tall|  January 24, 20148:26 pm| 99 Comments

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For the record, my votes for this year:

Royksopp – Running To The Sea {Ft. Susanne Sundfor}
David Bowie – Where Are We Now?
Dan Sultan – Under Your Skin
Gesaffelstein – Nameless
Green Velvet – Bigger Than Prince
Haerts – All The Days
The Juan Maclean – Feel Like Movin’
Rudimental – Waiting All Night {Ft. Ella Eyre}
Simone & Girlfunkle – Secret
Trentemoller – Never Stop Running {Ft. Jonny Pierce}

24 hours to go.

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  1. 1.

    tybee

    January 24, 2014 at 8:34 pm

    so it’s that time.

    link to the top 100?

  2. 2.

    Steeplejack

    January 24, 2014 at 8:35 pm

    @tybee:

    We’re gonna peak too early.

    ETA: Off to open the Cupcake Prosecco.

  3. 3.

    Sarah, Proud and Tall

    January 24, 2014 at 8:36 pm

    @tybee:

    Still 24 hours to go….

  4. 4.

    tybee

    January 24, 2014 at 8:42 pm

    damn.

  5. 5.

    NotMax

    January 24, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    Stumbled across a marvelous vintage photograph online.

    There are about a thousand possible captions which practically write themselves.

  6. 6.

    Gex

    January 24, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    Man, I am a hurting unit. Made it through the anniversary okay. Only to find out that I suddenly have job insecurity because my company might get bought out. And I’m still dealing with my own body’s attempts to have cervical cancer. It’s too fucking much.

    I guess at least I am learning that I am stronger than I ever thought I was. I could stand to live in suspense about such things.

  7. 7.

    tybee

    January 24, 2014 at 8:45 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYHwX0PlWAc&feature=player_detailpage

  8. 8.

    Baud

    January 24, 2014 at 8:46 pm

    @NotMax:

    Sex sells.

  9. 9.

    Steeplejack

    January 24, 2014 at 8:46 pm

    DVR Alert

    The rarely shown (on TV) quirky French thriller Diva (1981) is on Sundance at 1:45 a.m. EST tonight (i.e., early Saturday morning). Worth checking out. Trailer here.

    And it’s preceded at 11:30 p.m. EST by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, if you can still stand to watch Jim Carrey in anything. Might be better off with Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid and Bill Murray in Kingpin at 9:00.

  10. 10.

    Sarah, Proud and Tall

    January 24, 2014 at 8:48 pm

    @NotMax:

    Crikey.

  11. 11.

    raven

    January 24, 2014 at 8:48 pm

    @Steeplejack: “We don’t have a cow but we have a bull!”

  12. 12.

    NotMax

    January 24, 2014 at 8:48 pm

    Several here were pooh-poohing (undeservedly, IMHO) the movie Charly not too long ago.

    Noticed it is airing on TCM at 3:45 a.m. (Eastern) on Feb. 1 for those who want to check it out.

  13. 13.

    beltane

    January 24, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    @NotMax: That’s a group of women who are firmly in control of their libidos.

  14. 14.

    raven

    January 24, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    @NotMax: Flowers for Algernon?

  15. 15.

    Sarah, Proud and Tall

    January 24, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    @Gex:

    All of us know that you’re strong enough.

    I’m sorry that you’re hurting.

  16. 16.

    NotMax

    January 24, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    @raven

    Yup.

    Cliff Robertson won Best Actor for it.

  17. 17.

    raven

    January 24, 2014 at 8:56 pm

    @NotMax: Good book too.

  18. 18.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 24, 2014 at 8:58 pm

    @efgoldman: She probably asked for it to be deleted. I think we are around the one year anniversary of her loss. So, good thoughts for her.

  19. 19.

    NotMax

    January 24, 2014 at 8:58 pm

    @beltane

    LOL²

  20. 20.

    Sarah, Proud and Tall

    January 24, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Ah. That’s what I get for not refreshing the page when I get out of the shower. I’ll just say that Gex appears to be fine, but it’s been a crap of a week. I’ll let her post more details if she wants.

    I’m not sure why her post is in the moderation queue. Gex – let me know if you want me to rescue that post.

  21. 21.

    Calming Influence

    January 24, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    Must read: a truly righteous rant about an obscure software program by davenoon over at LGM

  22. 22.

    lamh36

    January 24, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    So, Grammys this Sunday, but can’t miss Sherlock at 9pm (CST) so I’ll be DVR’ing it during Sherlock.

    So for anyone who cares… Are you looking forward to any performers (here is a link to announced performers: http://www.grammy.com/news/madonna-to-perform-on-56th-grammys)

    Any presenters you looking forward too?

    Here is a list of the current nominees…http://www.grammy.com/nominees

    What are the biggest snubs in your book and what was the biggest good surprise?

  23. 23.

    Baud

    January 24, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    @efgoldman:

    I thought the rapture had finally arrived.

  24. 24.

    tybee

    January 24, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    @Baud:

    unpossible. we’re still here….

  25. 25.

    Calming Influence

    January 24, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    @NotMax: Seems kinda catch-22ish…

  26. 26.

    the Conster

    January 24, 2014 at 9:09 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    Diva is amazing. My husband was in the stereo business when that came out and the kid’s Nagra was the hook for us to see it and record it. It’s beautiful and still looks current – the bad guy and his 1981 transistor ear bud looks like everyone everywhere now, and the set decoration is still way way cool. Plus, opera. All in French. Wonderful, creative, original movie.

  27. 27.

    Baud

    January 24, 2014 at 9:11 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Cool. I wonder if he belongs to the Cult if Ziti or the Order of Rigatoni.

  28. 28.

    Belafon

    January 24, 2014 at 9:12 pm

    @NotMax: Flowers for Algernon is one of the books I make my kids read.

  29. 29.

    MomSense

    January 24, 2014 at 9:14 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    I love the movie Diva!

  30. 30.

    trollhattan

    January 24, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    Seconded on Diva–great action movie.

  31. 31.

    Cassidy

    January 24, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    @lamh36: Most of the picks seem boring.

  32. 32.

    NotMax

    January 24, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    @the Conster

    Cute bit in an old movie whose name escapes me at the moment –

    Audience is watching an opera scene in a movie. Pan in on a middle-aged gent who clearly has no liking for opera.

    He taps the woman in the seat in front of him on the shoulder and whispers “Madam, would you mind please putting your hat on?”

  33. 33.

    raven

    January 24, 2014 at 9:17 pm

    @trollhattan: Patti LaBelle slams being called a ‘diva’, calls today’s pop stars ‘little heifers who can’t sing’

  34. 34.

    Comrade Mary

    January 24, 2014 at 9:20 pm

    [small voice] I’ve never seen Diva. Guess I should fix that.

    Love your list, Sarah, but I would rank this Bowie at or near the top, with this longer version knocking me out every time.

  35. 35.

    NotMax

    January 24, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    @raven

    There’s a story about a concert which Eartha Kitt cut short, scolding the audience that they were too stupid to understand or appreciate her music, and walking off the stage.

  36. 36.

    raven

    January 24, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    @NotMax: I’ve told my Nina Simone story a number of times. “All you white folks move to the back of the auditorium”.

  37. 37.

    Calming Influence

    January 24, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    @Baud: No need to be uncertain – visit Rapture Ready! The Rapture Index is what you want to check daily so you’re not taken by surprise.

    (Also, if you’re in need of a good throw-away email account for trolling wingnut websites, you can’t go too far wrong with Jesus Answers.com)

  38. 38.

    CaseyL

    January 24, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    @Steeplejack: Diva! I saw that movie ages and ages ago – possibly when it first came out? – and loved it so much. Can’t watch it tonight, because I’m going out… maybe I can find it at Scarecrow and rent it.

  39. 39.

    NotMax

    January 24, 2014 at 9:34 pm

    @raven

    Eartha Kitt, “I Want To Be Evil“.

  40. 40.

    Baud

    January 24, 2014 at 9:36 pm

    @Calming Influence:

    Best grift I’ve ever seen is the business that will take care of your pets after the rapture.

    I wish I had thought of that.

  41. 41.

    PsiFighter37

    January 24, 2014 at 9:38 pm

    Got out of work pretty damn late tonight. That said, we got our list of prospective intern resumes to review from my college…shocked at a) how few applied, and b) how unimpressed I was overall with the quality of the candidates. I work in finance, so I’m not terribly surprised given how the past several years have been, but there’s no way the industry will improve unless there are capable candidates to come into the industry.

    Oh well. I’m going to sip on this Sam Adams Double Agent IPL and stop thinking about it.

    PF37 +1

  42. 42.

    raven

    January 24, 2014 at 9:38 pm

    @Baud: Maybe that could be a rider on our pet insurance?

  43. 43.

    Steeplejack

    January 24, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    @raven:

    I think Kingpin is underrated.

  44. 44.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    January 24, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    I remember watching “Diva” in high school French class and liking it, though I can’t tell you what it wa about since that was almost 30-cough years ago.

    I did something I hardly ever do today — I bought a chocolate bar from a kid selling them on the street (they do it to finance sports and club activities). He just looked so lonely sitting there. Plus it was Godiva sea salt chocolate.

  45. 45.

    Yatsuno

    January 24, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    I don’t do much in music threads usually, but I will say this: If “Let It Go” does not win Best Oscar, I will probably start a nuclear meltdown.

    @Mnemosyne (iPhone):

    Plus it was Godiva sea salt chocolate.

    It drives me nuts that they make kids do shit like that. Having said that, fundraising chocolate has taken a step up in the world.

  46. 46.

    Steeplejack

    January 24, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    @the Conster:

    I’m looking forward to it. I don’t think I have seen it since I saw it in the theater when it first came out.

  47. 47.

    the Conster

    January 24, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    Diva

  48. 48.

    Baud

    January 24, 2014 at 9:45 pm

    @raven:

    Oh, like you’re going to be called up. ;-)

  49. 49.

    raven

    January 24, 2014 at 9:48 pm

    @Steeplejack: Have you caught True Detective?

  50. 50.

    Sarah, Proud and Tall

    January 24, 2014 at 9:49 pm

    OK. So in my living room, I have a box with about 9 kilos of fresh peaches.

    I’m thinking I should make some Indian-style peach chutney, and some jam, and I’m going to try this peach brandy recipe.

    Any other ideas?

  51. 51.

    gwangung

    January 24, 2014 at 9:49 pm

    @Yatsuno:

    I don’t do much in music threads usually, but I will say this: If “Let It Go” does not win Best Oscar, I will probably start a nuclear meltdown.

    Agreed…although it’s tempered by the knowledge that I’ll be hearing for the next 20 years in karaoke bars across the country….

    (which makes me glad I hang with a musical theatre crowd….)

  52. 52.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    January 24, 2014 at 9:50 pm

    @Yatsuno:

    Assuming he was telling the truth (you never know with street sellers), it’s in support of the Jackie Robinson Community Center, which is a good cause in itself. So there’s that, too:

    http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/HumanServices/Jackie_Robinson_Center/

  53. 53.

    trollhattan

    January 24, 2014 at 9:51 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    Love Kingpin, although the outtakes made me dive between the sofa cushions.

  54. 54.

    NotMax

    January 24, 2014 at 9:51 pm

    @Mnemosyne

    Aware of your discomfort with the Fred Astaire in blackface dancing with his shadows number.

    Thought you might, however, enjoy an inspiration for that scene (besides the obvious one of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson).

  55. 55.

    Steeplejack

    January 24, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    @raven:

    Haven’t got around to it yet, but it’s in the queue. A friend said the first episode makes it look interesting.

  56. 56.

    raven

    January 24, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall: Peach Salsa.

  57. 57.

    the Conster

    January 24, 2014 at 9:55 pm

    @raven:

    YES! Wow, who knew that when Matthew McConaughey lost so much weight he found his inner psycho. Woody Harrelson as the typical (?) family guy playing it all straight. Great show. I’m so needy for a Breaking Bad replacement, and this will do. It’s Top of the Lake meets True Blood but Florida and no vampires.

  58. 58.

    raven

    January 24, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    Anybody try turmeric for joint pain?

  59. 59.

    Steeplejack

    January 24, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall:

    “Apricot Brandy,” just because it kicks ass. Yes, it’s basically just one riff, but, c’mon, how much do you really need?

  60. 60.

    Steeplejack

    January 24, 2014 at 9:58 pm

    @trollhattan:

    I rarely do the “extras” for just that reason. I have heard director’s commentaries that actually made me like a movie less.

  61. 61.

    Gex

    January 24, 2014 at 9:58 pm

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall: Sure, please rescue it. Thank you!

  62. 62.

    raven

    January 24, 2014 at 10:00 pm

    @the Conster: We’re hammering away at BB, I like it but it ain’t no Wire. The one African American detective in True Detective was Brother Mouzone in the Wire.

  63. 63.

    raven

    January 24, 2014 at 10:00 pm

    @Steeplejack: Try the one for Jeremiah Johnson, it’s great.

  64. 64.

    Sarah, Proud and Tall

    January 24, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    @Gex:

    Sorry about that. Rescued.

  65. 65.

    Calming Influence

    January 24, 2014 at 10:04 pm

    @raven: Haven’t heard of that. How much are you supposed to take?

  66. 66.

    the Conster

    January 24, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    Roger Ebert’s review of Diva. 4 stars

  67. 67.

    raven

    January 24, 2014 at 10:07 pm

    @Calming Influence:

    “Due to its anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties, it is not surprising that Turmeric is now being used as an effective natural remedy for Arthritis pain. Therefore, taking 500mg to 1000mg Turmeric capsules three times per day may provide significant relief from osteoarthritis pain. “

  68. 68.

    Comrade Mary

    January 24, 2014 at 10:09 pm

    @raven: Does it do anything for earache? Because, Cheech and Chong aside, it really is a bastard.

  69. 69.

    raven

    January 24, 2014 at 10:10 pm

    @Comrade Mary: I’m axin.

  70. 70.

    Gex

    January 24, 2014 at 10:13 pm

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall: Gracias!

  71. 71.

    Comrade Mary

    January 24, 2014 at 10:16 pm

    @raven: Actually, I’m looking around on Google and people seem to recommend it. Maybe I should be cooking my soothing potatoes and eggs with turmeric instead of dill and paprika. Maybe I should just girl up and stir a spoonful into some water.

  72. 72.

    burnspbesq

    January 24, 2014 at 10:17 pm

    Best of 2013? Three stand head and shoulders above the rest.

    Jason Isbell, “Southeastern.”
    Wayne Shorter Quartet, “Without a Net.”
    Dunedin Consort and Players, John Butt cond., “The Passion According to St. John.”

  73. 73.

    muddy

    January 24, 2014 at 10:22 pm

    I had a wonderful experience with turmeric lately. I made carrot soup with medicinal amounts of turmeric and some ginger. When I went to brush my teeth later that evening, I was spitting out all kinds of yellow. I wondered if it had stained my teeth.

    I’m past due for the dentist and had that fuzzy teeth feeling, but after I brushed this off my teeth felt as slick inside as though I’d had a cleaning. And stayed that way. Possibly I invented a new toothpaste?

    It stained the hell out of my counter though.

  74. 74.

    Yatsuno

    January 24, 2014 at 10:31 pm

    @gwangung: If they can’t hit the high E-flat order another drink. Otherwise your ears will not survive.

    (I’m a tenor. If I can’t hit that I’m either completely verschnickered or sick beyond belief.)

    @Comrade Mary: Or more Indian food. Nigella has a Keralan fish curry that looks divine and also uses lots of turmeric.

  75. 75.

    Comrade Mary

    January 24, 2014 at 10:39 pm

    @Yatsuno: Oh, I INHALE Indian food. I could happily live in a vat of Indian food for the rest of my life, as long as i could exit every now and then for some pot stickers.

  76. 76.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 24, 2014 at 11:10 pm

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall: Probably way late, but I’ve made pickled peaches. Sound odd, but they are a good accompaniment to glazed ham, to offset the salty sweetness. I also preserve peaches in brandy – you end up basically with peach brandy, and brandy-infused peaches, which are great on good-quality vanilla ice cream.

    I live about a mile and a half from a peach orchard.

  77. 77.

    NotMax

    January 24, 2014 at 11:17 pm

    @muddy

    It stained the hell out of my counter though.

    No idea if it will also work for that, but does wonders getting rid of those bluish copper stains and also rust stains in sinks and assorted plumbing fixtures.

    Hie thee to a good hardware establishment and find a powdered cleanser type product called Zud. (They also make a cream paste, if you can’t find the powder.)

    Make a thick paste with some of the powder and water, spread on the stain and let it sit for couple of hours or even overnight, then lightly scrub.

    Fair warning: if you have a septic tank or cesspool, the oxalic acid in Zud will kill some of the necessary bacteria in those, so caution advised in those cases so as to not wash it down the drain.

  78. 78.

    Sarah, Proud and Tall

    January 24, 2014 at 11:19 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Not too late. I’ve made pickled apples (just sliced up in hot vinegar and honey, then bottled) and they were lovely – sweet and crunchy – and apple brandy the same way as your peaches.

    Do you treat your peaches before you pickle them or just stick them in a jar with the vinegar?

  79. 79.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 24, 2014 at 11:27 pm

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall: I just peel and section them, no other “treatment”, then use a vinegar-sugar solution with a good pickling spice mixture. I process the jars in a boiling water bath like any other hot-pack pickles, and they keep for years. I’ll spice them more than a bread-and-butter pickle.

    If you can get apricots as well, they pair well with rhubarb for jam.

  80. 80.

    muddy

    January 24, 2014 at 11:35 pm

    @NotMax: Thanks!

  81. 81.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 24, 2014 at 11:45 pm

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall: I still have a bit of contraband booze that is the run-off from preserving Romanian sour cherries in near grain alcohol level Romanian moonshine. Apparently one eats the cherries on ice cream or whatever. The booze ends up about the consistency of well chilled vodka, tastes like boozed up cherries, and kicks like David Beckham in his prime.

  82. 82.

    Yatsuno

    January 24, 2014 at 11:49 pm

    @efgoldman: It’s funny how many tuba players have high voices. Then again one year we had 12 and 6 were women. They all loved me for some reason…

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall: You could also just can them, though that’s boring and unimaginative. Cater a wedding with a shit ton of peach melba? Just think of walking around with squirt bottles of raspberry coulis. Wait…that happened before didn’t it?

  83. 83.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 24, 2014 at 11:53 pm

    @Yatsuno: I am a bit concerned that your relationship with Ms Lawson may be a little, I mean, well, dash it, worrisome.*

    ETA: Yes, I have been reading Wodehouse recently. Why do you ask?

  84. 84.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 25, 2014 at 12:01 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: That’s called “vyshniak.”

  85. 85.

    NotMax

    January 25, 2014 at 12:09 am

    @Gin & Tonic

    Whence (supposedly) the nickname for black cherry soda sold in the Philly area, Wishniak.

  86. 86.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 25, 2014 at 12:10 am

    @Gin & Tonic: No, it’s vişinata (pronounced veesh-EE-na-ta).

    ETA: The “iak” ending seems to be Slavic to me. Probably a term for the same thing in another EE country.

  87. 87.

    Yatsuno

    January 25, 2014 at 12:21 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: My obsessions are my obsessions and are usually mostly harmless. However, if I were to meet her, my dissolution inti a puddle of goo would become legend.

  88. 88.

    Comrade Mary

    January 25, 2014 at 12:46 am

    @Yatsuno: Soundtrack. (Also kind of Canadian, if you know the connection.)

  89. 89.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 25, 2014 at 12:48 am

    @Comrade Mary: I so hate that song.

  90. 90.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 25, 2014 at 12:57 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: It is Slavic. The sour cherries in alcohol are widespread around eastern Europe.

    This stuff is best when it’s in a dusty bottle, made by somebody’s grandfather in the basement. Or so I’ve heard.

  91. 91.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 25, 2014 at 1:08 am

    @Gin & Tonic: Romania isn’t a Slavic country. The majority of the population speaks a Romance language and the largest minorities speak Hungarian or German.

    And the best stuff is currently put in plastic water bottles. Of varying sizes. I have about 2/3 of a 1/2 liter bottle of this stuff and about the same amount of palinca.

  92. 92.

    Comrade Mary

    January 25, 2014 at 1:22 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: The don’t follow this link, unless you turn down the audio first and just plan to feast your eyes on nineties glamazons:-)

  93. 93.

    FlipYrWhig

    January 25, 2014 at 1:25 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Those -iak suffixes are interesting. I’ve seen them in last names: Ignasiak, Damaziak, Augustyniak, that sort of thing. Anyone know if it’s ethnically or regionally specific?

  94. 94.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 25, 2014 at 1:29 am

    @Comrade Mary: Eep!

    @FlipYrWhig: From what I know, it is Slavic and Balkan. So, anything but Greek or Romanian. OTOH, I don’t hold myself out as an expert.

  95. 95.

    FlipYrWhig

    January 25, 2014 at 1:33 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: right, the Bosniaks and so forth.

  96. 96.

    Yatsuno

    January 25, 2014 at 2:02 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: It’s a diminutive, like “son of” or “little”. So sort of a way of denoting a family connection.

  97. 97.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 25, 2014 at 2:08 am

    @Yatsuno: Not in Romanian. Romanian is a Latin based language like Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese.

  98. 98.

    Yatsuno

    January 25, 2014 at 2:36 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Correct. I can’t think of a construction like that in any of those languages off the top of my head. Can you?

  99. 99.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    January 25, 2014 at 7:11 am

    @Yatsuno:

    Perhaps the closest thing would be “de” or “del,” similar to “ibn” in Arabic.

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