Archive for June, 2005

Five terrible fake 60’s dance crazes

Thursday, June 30th, 2005
  1. The Chili Dog
  2. The Zoroaster
  3. The Menarche
  4. The Eastern Front
  5. The McNamara

Five country singers whose name I’d consider giving to a beloved family pet

Monday, June 27th, 2005
  1. Wynette
  2. Maybelle
  3. Monroe
  4. Louvin
  5. Twitty

Five excellent TV girlfriends

Tuesday, June 21st, 2005
  1. Farrah Fawcett-Majors (1976)
  2. Jill Whelan (1979)
  3. Martha Quinn (1982)
  4. Markie Post (1985)
  5. Lauren Graham (2003)

Five modest lifestyle adjustments at Neverland Ranch

Monday, June 20th, 2005
  1. overnight guests must now provide own sheets and towels
  2. giraffes and chimps begin hawking Grit door-to-door
  3. Continental Breakfast downgraded to a can of Hawaiian Punch and some cab fare
  4. Ferris Wheel and railroad to close early on federal holidays
  5. “Jesus Juice” now prepared with less costly well-brand vodka

Five subtle editorial changes at PBS

Thursday, June 16th, 2005
  1. Sesame Street abruptly changes name to The Big Bird Factor
  2. Jim Lehrer asked to roll his eyes dramatically whenever he mentions Democrats, women, or “the black”
  3. vintage Julia Child episodes re-edited to obscure left wings of all fowl
  4. Arthur and Barney pulled aside, told flatly to “butch it up”
  5. Frontline goes on hiatus; replaced by ”Let’s Shoot Crossbows!” with Ted Nugent

Five favorite power pop songs right now

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005
  1. The Good in Everyone - Sloan
  2. Both Sides Now - Jason Falkner
  3. All God’s Children - The Finn Brothers
  4. You’re My Favorite Waste of Time - Marshall Crenshaw
  5. No Matter What - Badfinger

Five things I wish I could have talked out of my ass about on a weblog when I was in college

Monday, June 13th, 2005
  1. Roland Barthes’ S/Z
  2. The Reagan Administration: What the eff?
  3. Green marks a continuing decline for R.E.M.
  4. goth kid in next room keeps playing that damned Ministry 12″
  5. cafeteria’s policy on soda refills = Florida’s modern Apartheid

Five things people I knew in high school swore they’d do on their 18th birthday

Monday, June 6th, 2005
  1. change first name to “Porsche Rose”
  2. stalk Prince
  3. smoke the world’s fattest joint—right in front of the Dean of Boys
  4. get tattoo of the cover of Iron Maiden’s Number of the Beast across entire back
  5. just chill out and shit

Five places they seem to keep finding semen on “C.S.I.”

Monday, June 6th, 2005
  1. toilet handle
  2. victim’s bed
  3. steering wheel
  4. night gown
  5. assailant’s penis

Five favorite singers (who kind of don’t really sing)

Monday, June 6th, 2005
  1. Craig Finn (The Hold Steady)
  2. Mark E. Smith (The Fall)
  3. Damaged-era Henry Rollins (Black Flag)
  4. Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground)
  5. Rex Harrison