Wednesday, November 24, 2021

#RepressedAnger

"Look, on my best day, I am a chaos gremlin, but most days I am a vicious vengeful bridge troll.  So, maybe you want to start listening to what I'm saying, instead of making me repeat everything three times by asking questions that I specifically answered in the previous sentence."

Saturday, November 20, 2021

Songs That Are Fun to Sing in My Dad's Voice (Sarcastic Heavy Brooklyn Accent)

No Sleep Til Brooklyn, Beastie Boys
Paul Revere, Beastie Boys
Keep Their Heads Ringing, Dr. Dre
Forgot About Dre, Dr. Dre and Eminem
Waterloo, ABBA
Fernando, ABBA
Lady Marmalade (Moulin Rouge version) - Mya, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Missy Elliott
Berzerk, Eminem
Thrift Shop, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Love Runs Out, One Republic
I'm Too Sexy, Right Said Fred

Songs That Are Fun to Sing in a Chipmunk Voice

Chip Away the Stone, Aerosmith
Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin
Vacation, Go-Gos
Dancing in the Moonlight, King Harvest
Fire, Jimi Hendrix

Friday, November 12, 2021

Songs That Are Fun To Sing in A Kermit Voice

(in rough order of how they occurred to me over the last thirty-odd years)
Red House, Jimi Hendrix 
You Shook Me All Night Long, AC/DC
Closer, Nine Inch Nails
I Wanna Be Sedated, Ramones
(This will be updated as I recall more of them)
Life During Wartime, Talking Heads (noting the verses can be sung to Rainbow Connection) 

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Not-so-repressed anger

 (UIM direct-messaging a cow-orker.)

"How bad a sign is it that I'm singing 'This Ain't a Vendor, It's a God-damn Trash Fire' to a Fall Out Boy song?"

With nothing to consider, they forget my name?

(Frage making her coffee in the kitchen.)
(UIM in the living room, working on data correction and singing along with 'That's Not My Name'.)
UIM: "They call me quiet / but I'm a riot / Mary Jo, Lisa / It's all the same...")
(UIM looks up as Frage walks with her coffee back to her spare-room work area.)
Frage: "I have never called you quiet..."