You Oughta Know
A few people have written to me about the Alanis Morissette cover of “My Humps,” which you have surely seen by now. I am flattered by your comparisons of this to my “Baby Got Back” cover, but I assure you all that she did not steal the idea from me. First of all, she most likely has never heard of me, and second, I stole it from The Gourds doing “Gin and Juice” and Ben Folds doing “Bitches Ain’t Shit” and Nina Gordon doing “Straight Outta Compton” and many other places I’m sure. I want her to know that I’m happy for her. I wish nothing but the best for her both.
So I was thinking about Alanis and covers, and in messing around a bit yesterday with my now very dusty recording equipment, I came up with this. If you’re offended by bad language, adult situations or cringe-inducing lyrical honesty, please don’t listen (you can practically hear me blush in spots). I remember the first time I heard this song I immediately felt guilty for being a man – it still makes me all sorts of uncomfortable, especially to sing it.
@Alanis: Word!
Too Many Monsters
Len has finished his 150th Monster by Mail, an astounding achievement. From the horse’s mouth:
A few weeks ago, I set out to draw 150 original monster drawings with videos to raise money for health care and doctor bills for our new baby in the fall. Well, I finished monster 150 last night and you can watch the process here:
http://jawboneradio.blogspot.com/2007/04/len-tv-monster-150.html
To draw all 150 monsters, I drew 4-12 a day for 3 weeks straight.
For those interested viewers, I will be re-opening the shop again soon (probably by the end of the week) with a new monster theme and plenty or original drawings to go around.
Congrats to Len – ice that drawing hand, because it’s probably going to swell up.
Who Has This Kind of Time?
Two clips that make me ask that question:
I don’t even have time to watch these all the way through…
Pop!Tech Podcast Feeds
Pop!Tech, that totally koo-koo krazy conference in Camden, Maine, has just started making some lectures and performances available online in both audio and video, including this one of yours truly performing a few numbers there in 2006. Skip me if you like, lord knows there are enough of these floating around out there, but there are some really interesting and smart people up there…
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