I don’t believe in self-hype.<\/p>\n
I know, I know, you can’t get anywhere without TELLING people about yourself.\u00c2\u00a0 But every time I think of promoting myself I think of the words from "The Disco Strangler"…<\/p>\n
Sayin, ‘Look at me, baby, look at me. Well, maybe you need more context…<\/p>\n The Eagles’ "Long Run" album was a disappointment.\u00c2\u00a0 Not so much in that it was bad, but it had to follow "Hotel California".\u00c2\u00a0 Nothing could follow "Hotel California", which is why the group ultimately broke up.\u00c2\u00a0 Trying to top it, trying to get something done that was SO great, the band couldn’t produce anything at all.\u00c2\u00a0 So Glenn Frey immediately cut "No Fun Aloud", the OPPOSITE of an Eagles album, all irreverent and nonchalant, and Don Henley released the dud "I Can’t Stand Still".\u00c2\u00a0 But then Frey slid off into oblivion, with ever less impressive discs, and Henley waited years and released "Building The Perfect Beast" and became an icon.\u00c2\u00a0 And then everybody listening to the Eagles got so old and never went into a record store and NEITHER Frey nor Henley could sell for shit so the band got back together.<\/p>\n ANYWAY, "The Long Run" is my least favorite Eagles disc.\u00c2\u00a0 It contains the overrated Timothy B. Schmit track "I Can’t Tell You Why", easily eclipsed by Poco’s "Keep On Tryin’", and the almost irrelevant "Geeks Don’t Want No Freaks", but it DOES contain the ever popular and better now than it was back then "Heartache Tonight", the title track, "Those Shoes", Joe Walsh’s "Warriors" track "In The City" and "King Of Hollywood".\u00c2\u00a0 In other words, it’s a great collection of just a bit subpar, for the Eagles, cuts.\u00c2\u00a0 And sandwiched next to last on the first side, in the place of the classic "Life In The Fast Lane" on "Hotel California", is "The Disco Strangler".<\/p>\n Now AFTER "The Disco Strangler" comes "King Of Hollywood", all dark and film noir.\u00c2\u00a0 The two make quite a pair.\u00c2\u00a0 The latter song has memorable lyrics too.\u00c2\u00a0 Sure, there’s the great slow intro into the opening "Well he sits up there on his leatherette", but it’s the closing verse that puts the song over the top, that is so memorable…<\/p>\n After a while, nothing was pretty And then the guitars start to WAIL!<\/p>\n THIS is Hollywood.\u00c2\u00a0 If you want an example, read this: <\/p>\n When Pitching an Idea, Leave Yoda Out of It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n And so is "The Disco Strangler".\u00c2\u00a0 You can see the wannabe.\u00c2\u00a0 You can get high on cocaine just LISTENING to it.<\/p>\n Lookin’ for the good life And now that we’ve got THAT out of the way…, let’s just say that in the modern era, it’s about pull rather than push.\u00c2\u00a0 If something’s good, people will find it.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s what the Net’s about!\u00c2\u00a0 Everything’s AVAILABLE!\u00c2\u00a0 The labels haven’t figured this out.\u00c2\u00a0 They think the old days\/ways still rule.\u00c2\u00a0 So they overhype and burn acts out.<\/p>\n As for me..?\u00c2\u00a0 Shit, I don’t feel GOOD ENOUGH, WORTHY ENOUGH, to say LOOK AT ME!\u00c2\u00a0 Shit, YOU JUST MIGHT!\u00c2\u00a0 Then I’ll be forced to try and meet your expectations, and I probably won’t.<\/p>\n ANYWAY, I got e-mail from this guy, whom I don’t know, and it said this:<\/p>\n Hi Bob,<\/p>\n Fred Wilson my partner in wallstrip, introduced me to your blog. We love it at wallstrip. Your Scion post inspired fred and us to do a show about toyota and its recent allitime high. <\/p>\n We incorporated your post into the show. We hope you like it. It airs tomorrow. We will be linking and discussing your post. <\/p>\n Continued success. <\/p>\n Regards,<\/p>\n Howard Lindzon Didn’t think much about it.\u00c2\u00a0 So, some Wall Street guy mentioned me.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, I LIKE IT, but it’s about him, not me.\u00c2\u00a0 And that’s okay.<\/p>\n There was a subsequent e-mail, today, it said: <\/p>\n We hope you enjoy.\u00c2\u00a0 No wonder Toyota is at an all time high.\u00c2\u00a0 Me – I bought an Element.\u00c2\u00a0 Very cool car as well although they don’t seem as concerned about protecting the brand.<\/p>\n Show link below and it will run all day on wallstrip, than archived at veoh, revver and youtube,<\/p>\n http:\/\/wallstrip.com\/itunes\/iTunes\/032_TM1.mov<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n And I wasn’t even going to check the link out until I got e-mail from Al Cafaro:<\/p>\n Bob,<\/p>\n GREAT STUFF! GET PAID!<\/p>\n Best,<\/p>\n AC<\/p>\n
I’m beautiful, I’m beautiful, I’m somebody.’<\/em><\/p>\n
After a while, everything got lost
Still, his jacuzzi runneth over
Still, he just couldn’t get off
He’s just another power junkie
Just another silk-scarf monkey
You’d know it if you saw his stuff
The man just isn’t big enough<\/em><\/p>\n\n
Dressed to kill
She don’t have to worry ’cause
There’s always someone else who will
Loose and loaded every night
Dancin’ underneath the flashin’ light
Sayin, ‘Look at me, baby, look at me.
I’m beautiful, I’m beautiful, I’m somebody.’
Just slip into the arms of the disco strangler<\/em><\/p>\n\n
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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