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Huntington An Introduction
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2001-04-27 - 8:42 a.m. Fabulous Cheese [The scene: le boy-friend and I sitting at home, sipping cocktails before heading out into the night, and listening to his Cyndi Lauper remix album. (Yes, we listen to such silliness; don't tell me about your Shostakovich, I don't wanna hear about it.) "Change of Heart" comes on, and John says, "This is definitely in my all-time Top Ten." Much like John Cusack in High Fidelity, I love making lists, and am always trying to get people's Top Ten films or foods or albums or whatever. So I press John to name his Top Ten pop songs of all time. We bat titles back and forth, and finally decide to sit down and do it right. It quickly becomes apparent that we couldn't limit our lists to ten...] [JOHN'S 25 FAVORITE POP SONGS (in approximate chronological order of release) "Out Here On My Own" Irene Cara HUNTINGTON'S "Waterloo" ABBA [I find some of John's choices...peculiar. If you're gonna go there with Academy-Award-winning songwriter Irene Cara, why not pick "Breakdancing?" And, obviously, "Xanadu" is far superior to "Physical." Our choices do speak volumes, mostly that our formative years were not an era that will be remembered for the best in pop songcraft. I know I'm supposed to know that Judy Garland, Billie Holliday, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin recorded the best pop music of the 20th century, but they weren't what imprinted on my brain. The above cheese, fabulous as it is, was the soundtrack to John's and my youth.] [Speaking of fabulous cheese, word just filtered to me that the WB is resurrecting Electra-Woman and Dyna-Girl. This is a good thing for so many reasons. Deidre Hall's pre-"Days of Our Lives" oeuvre is woefully underrepresented these days, as is Markie Post's post-Night Court career. Now that Buffy's leaving for UPN, maybe I'll have reason to continue tuning in to the Frog. One of my most painful regrets is losing the autographed glossy Dyna-Girl signed for my six-year-old self at an appearance at Universal Studios. Sob.] [Looking forward tonight to accompanying my sister to a screening of "Double Indemnity" tonight at Oakland's old and grand Paramount Theatre. It's about time, since a. I've never been to the Paramount, b. I've never seen the film, and c. the only thing I've ever seen Barbara Stanwyck in is "The Thorn Birds," a scandalous situation I shall remedy this evening.] | |