father's day surprise - my dad reads my blog! to suspend lurid tales of drug bings, tax evasion and wanton crass behavior? to be seen.

am listening to the legendary pink dots, loving edward ka spel as ever with his lisp like the dude from pearls before swine, a defect that becomes iconic. that these guys exist in the sub sub world and make such bizarre/amazing music with such crap ass equipment is my favorite argument for the cultural merit of underground music. actually, listening to the 'princess stolen from castle' keyboards, i think the lpd might be my destroyer - all swirling bravado and free association sentimentality. mad foxes, indeed.

speaking of which, amy phillips, jason gross and caryn brooks came to visit me in the woods this weekend. we spent a significant amount of time on the boardwalk guessing the histories of the magnificent folks passing by - something i miss while wandering thru my head here - and singing 'brown eyed girl' to a most van morr hating a.p. so, if you know her, you should sing 'sha la la la la la la la la la, la da, de da' to her when you next see her. she'll luv it.

brooks, future nyc party animal pal, was arguing with me about the stones song 'under my thumb,' saying that the repulsive nature of the song has more hetero-normative (har har) effects on culture than the weird lipstick agenda of pseudo fem pubs like Bust. a true beach conversation - but i want to know more abt the backlash against this song and found this decent article abt it. Also, the lyrics are below...What do you think?

Under my thumb

The girl who once had me down

Under my thumb

The girl who once pushed me around

It’s down to me

The difference in the clothes she wears

Down to me, the change has come,

She’s under my thumb

Ain’t it the truth babe?

Under my thumb

The squirmin’ dog who’s just had her day

Under my thumb

A girl who has just changed her ways

It’s down to me, yes it is

The way she does just what she’s told

Down to me, the change has come

She’s under my thumb

Ah, ah, say it’s alright

Under my thumb

A siamese cat of a girl

Under my thumb

She’s the sweetest, hmmm, pet in the world

It’s down to me

The way she talks when she’s spoken to

Down to me, the change has come,

She’s under my thumb

Ah, take it easy babe

Yeah

It’s down to me, oh yeah

The way she talks when she’s spoken to

Down to me, the change has come,

She’s under my thumb

Yeah, it feels alright

Under my thumb

Her eyes are just kept to herself

Under my thumb, well i

I can still look at someone else

It’s down to me, oh that’s what I said

The way she talks when she’s spoken to

Down to me, the change has come,

She’s under my thumb

Say, it’s alright.

Say it’s all...

Say it’s all...

Take it easy babe

Take it easy babe

Feels alright

Take it, take it easy babe