liam lynch - my united states of whatever
jay brannan - soda shop (song from shortbus)
he talks a lot in the beginning but be patient, the song is super pretty. if you press the tiny "play" arrow at the bottom left corner of the frame and then drag the little button forward to 3:12, please feel free to do so.
so yeah in addition to watching brothers of the head, i watched shortbus on sunday. jay plays "ceth with a c" in shortbus - he's a "model because he hates it." his voice is beautiful...
the movie is famous because the actors actually have sex in it. it's definitely explicit, and there's a LOT of sex, but in the end, it's very emotional, with themes of loneliness, letting go of expectations and creating a space in which you feel safe.
here's the song in context, from shortbus:
and by the way, this is my free will horoscope this week:
The Yanyuwa aborigines of northwestern Australia believe that music literally has curative properties. In one traditional method, the healer sings a medicine song directly into the top of the head of the patient. The sound circulates through the body, driving out the illness or unease. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, something resembling this approach could help chase away your current malaise. Do you think you could find a shaman or shaman wannabe to perform the musical "surgery"? If not, do the job yourself. Spend 20 minutes a day singing the most potent healing songs you know into your own head.
Soda Shop
music and lyrics by Jay Brannan
The sidewalk is rushing at my head again
I'm lying on the street in the rain and wind
From doing forward rolls down Avenue A
With my guitar on my back don't let it end this way
Somehow i dialed my cell
I didn't know I could get service in hell
How quickly can you get here
Don't know where I am dear
Finally the world actually seems to be revolving around me
Shoobie doobie doo-wap
I over did it at the soda shop
Thanks for being my girl
At the "I don't know when to stop sock hop"
You held my head over the edge of the bed
I remember it now but at the time I thought I was dead
You put a pan there and held my hair
How can I repay you for saving me and my hardwood floor
Shoobie doobie doo-wap
I over did it at the soda shop
Thanks for being my girl
At the "I don't know when to stop sock hop"
And when the world stops spinning round
I picked the pen up off the ground
I read my up heaves much like tea leaves
They said its over so get sober or you'll die again
Shoobie doobie doo-wap
I over did it at the soda shop
Thanks for being my girl
At the "I don't know when to stop sock hop"
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