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05/08/2011 22:18 #54247

"Oh Death" and Diane Izzo
Category: music
In the late 1990s, I loved Diane Izzo's "One"
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I loved her voice and her songwriting. It reminded me of Patti Smith with a wee bit of P.J. Harvey thrown in. I've not really understood why she didn't become more popular.

Last night, (e:heidi) 's recent posts about bluegrass got me thinking about the Stanley Brothers which got me thinking about Ralph Stanley's "Oh Brother where art thou?" version of "Oh, Death" which got me thinking about Diane Izzo's take on the song from the Executioner's Last Song (from circa 2002) which I love.

That got me wondering what Diane Izzo was up to these days. Well, I found out she died on Feb. 25 at the age of 43. For some reason, this really shook me up.

I assume she didn't have cancer when she recorded the song, but I don't really know. If she did, that might explain the power of her performance. Otherwise, it is ironic.

In the 1980s and 1990s, lots of my age peers in my extended social circle died of sex (AIDS, etc), drugs (overdoses) and rock and roll (lifestyle hell). But brain cancer has nothing to do with sex, drugs or rock and roll. I reckon it is a reminder of my own mortality. My mom died of lung cancer post-surgery complications at the age of 60. So I guess that might have something to do with how I'm feeling around Mother's Day.



Well what is this that I can't see
With ice cold hands takin' hold of me
Well I am death, none can excel
I'll open the door to heaven or hell

O, Death
O, Death
Won't you spare me over til another year

Whoa, death someone would pray
Could you wait to call me another day
The children prayed, the preacher preached
Time and mercy is out of your reach
I'll fix your feet til you can't walk
I'll lock your jaw til you can't talk
I'll close your eyes so you can't see
This very air, come and go with me
I'm death I come to take the soul
Leave the body and leave it cold
To draw up the flesh off of the frame
Dirt and worm both have a claim

O, Death
O, Death
Won't you spare me over til another year

My mother came to my bed
Placed a cold towel upon my head
My head is warm my feet are cold
Death is a-movin upon my soul
Oh, death how you're treatin' me
You've close my eyes so I can't see
Well you're hurtin' my body
You make me cold
You run my life right outta my soul

O, Death
O, Death
Won't you spare me over til another year

Oh death please consider my age
Please don't take me at this stage
My wealth is all at your command
If you will move your icy hand
Oh the young, the rich or poor
Hunger like me you know
No wealth, no ruin, no silver no gold
Nothing satisfies me but your soul

O, death
O, death
Wont you spare me over til another year
Wont you spare me over til another year
Wont you spare me over til another year
heidi - 05/10/11 15:04
I'd love a copy! Thank you!
uncutsaniflush - 05/09/11 22:58
(e:heidi) - I thought you might like this. Her cd "one" is more "modern" in an late 1990s sort of way.

I can burn or rip the cd for you, if you want.
metalpeter - 05/09/11 16:52
Wow this sounds so much different then the O'Brother.... Version is it just me or does she sound like Janis Joplin voice wise...?
heidi - 05/09/11 10:28
[damn! she's not on pandora]
heidi - 05/09/11 10:26
Wow. Thanks for posting that. [Adding Diane Izzo to Pandora]

05/07/2011 22:13 #54239

Gary Gilmore's Eyes
Category: music
During the Great Punk Scare in the late 1970s, this was one of my favie songs by the Adverts. Musically it was garage punk. But the lyrics weren't the usual Sod the Queen type.

Imagine waking up in hospital (as the Brits would say) and realizng that you are looking through a mass murderer's eyes. The mind boggles. That's what this song is about.

I chose to post this live version because the lyrics are captioned.


04/27/2011 22:21 #54162

Damn Skippy at the Auto Bureau
Category: buffalo
My U.S. passport is going to expire next month. In New York State, you can get an Enhanced Driver's License (EDL) that serves as proof of Citizenship for the U.S./Canadian border so you don't need a passport. So I figured what the hell, I'll get an EDL.

Yesterday, the Lovely Lettuce ((e:leetee)) and I went to the Erie Auto Bureau on George Urban. And believe it or not, it was a damn skippy time!!

We were in and out of there in under 20 minutes.

It was very organised. The "maze" that made me feel like I was a cow being led to the slaughter was gone.

People were issued numbers and could sit until their numbers were called. My number was called before I could sit down.

The clerks were pleasant, professional and efficient. It was a huge contrast to the horrific nightmare that was the DMV in lower Manhattan in the 1980s. (At the time, there were people would hire themselves out to wait in line for you and call/page you when it was almost your turn. It was worse than it sounds. 'nuff said.)

Good work, Kathy Hochul. I hear that she's running for something and I don't want anyone to think that this is some sort of political endorsement. For all I know, I may hate her politics but she made my time at the Auto Bureau damn skippy.
uncutsaniflush - 04/28/11 20:57
(e:metalpeter) - for air travel to Canada (and every other country) you need a passport. The Enhanced Driver's License and the passport card are good for land and sea travel in North America and some Carribean counties.
metalpeter - 04/28/11 18:03
I have no Passport and Have no enhanced ID so this may be incorrect the form you got is good for land travel only not flights To Canada and Mexico ? It gets confusing cause there is also what they call a passport card......
tinypliny - 04/28/11 00:30
Yeah, they are very efficient. My non-driver NYS ID took less than 10 minutes last year.

04/21/2011 14:32 #54110

Ogg Not Allowed
This is the error message that I get when I try to upload an ogg file using drag and drop. Also, I don't think that ogg is recognised file type for the "upload files" button method.

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tinypliny - 04/22/11 23:57
First eggs.
Then Oggs.
uncutsaniflush - 04/22/11 14:14
I reckoned that it was you, (e:paul) and not (e:terry). Terry has many talents but I'm fairly certain that coding (e:estrip) isn't one of them.
paul - 04/22/11 12:07
Oops I wrote that not (e:terry). I was on his computer and forgot to log out.
uncutsaniflush - 04/22/11 09:24
Thanks for taking care of this so fast. Hopefully it didn't take you away from other stuff that you needed to do. Thanks again.
terry - 04/22/11 02:21
It should be allowed now. Its using the HTML 5 audio tag, not sure what the support for that will be. Either way it adds a download link.
paul - 04/21/11 20:07
I will add it tonight.

04/19/2011 22:51 #54100

The Teaches of Peaches
Category: music
Miss Piggy and "Fuck the Pain Away"!!! The teaches of Peaches, indeed.


enknot - 04/20/11 08:32
I can't stop watching this... why did you do that to me?
heidi - 04/20/11 01:11
downright wholesome.
heidi - 04/20/11 01:10
Beautifully done. Especially with the random disney logo!!!
paul - 04/20/11 00:00
That's pretty freakin' awesome.
mrmike - 04/19/11 23:30
too funny