magnetic fields-underwear song

A pretty girl in her underwear
A pretty girl in her underwear
If there's anything better in this world
who cares
La mort, c'est la mort
mais l'amour, c'est l'amour
La mort, c'est seulement la mort
mais l'amour, c'est l'amour
A pretty boy in his underwear
A pretty boy in his underwear
If there's a better reason
to jump for joy
who cares....

Definitely my all time favorite song of the Magnetic Fields from their 69 Love Song CD. They are rather quirky.Stephin Merrit is the main key to this unique qroup. A Boston Naive who is the lead singer, arranger, lyricist and multi-instrumentalist for the orchestral indie-pop act. Magnetic Fields is at its best with nifty wordplay. Its said their music is a  Tin Pan Alley and Broadway show tunes with the dour and minor-keyed yet self-deprecating tone of indie-rock. Magnetic Fields' masterpiece came 1999 triple album 69 Love Songs, which does exactly as it says on the box: on each disc there are 23 remarkably consistent and varied songs loosely about love or lust or romance.

Merrit's bleakly (and haunting voice) amusing lyrics are definitely something to savor.

The band was formed originally in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1990 by friends Merritt and (percussionist / pianist / vocalist) Claudia Gonson. Although - 1991 is Distant Plastic Trees and 1992 - The Wayward Bus (now most easily available together as a compilation album, The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees) is sung by Susan Anway all subsequent albums principally sung by Merritt himself.

Longime members include: Gonson (cellist) Sam Davola and (banjo player / guitarist) John Woo Contributors include (but are not limited to) the singers Susan Anway, Dudley Klute, Shirley Simms, and LD Beghtol and accordion player / author Daniel Handler (known for writing children's books A Series of Unfortunate Events under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket). Wish I could find a video of this with more coolness. But this was the best I could find. The song's great.

infinity - book review

Sherrilyn Kenyon is sizzling hot these days in the book world. She has claimed the #1 spot ten times in the past two years with every genre she writes.. Her current series include: The Dark-Hunters, The League, Lords of Avalon, BAD Agency, and now the Chronicles of Nick. Infinity is the first of the series.

She takes us on a back story from her Dark-Hunter novels with Nick, a smart, witty and sarcastic 14 year old in  her young adult novel INFINITY. Nick is a favorite of the Dark Hunter series.So why not write a fan fiction that your fans want? Also in the Chronicles of Nick, there are secrets revealed about other characters in the Dark-Hunter series, Cherise, Jaden and Jared. But this goes way back to the early days. When Nick's mother Cherise was a stripper trying to make a living in New Orleans.  Yet she teaches him to be  honorable while he still has to face the masses. High School.

Don't go thinking this is for those readers who are fans of the Dark-Hunter series. Yet, again, Kenyon has opened a new door for new readers with this young adult novel. The story is about Nick who is saved by a warrior who takes him into a whole new realm of vampire slayers. Before he knows it, this street wise kid is hiding his new friends from his mom, his chainsaw from the principal, and keeping the zombies and the demon Simi from eating his brains, all without getting grounded or suspended. How in the world is he supposed to do that? Only Kenyon can give the readers what they want in this novel. Lots of action and of course, that Nick that many fans love. Maybe you'll love him too.

Its definitely in the trendy themes these days when it comes to the dark world storylines of vamps, slayers and zombies. All I can think of, next step, put this in a graphic novel form which I'm sure has been thought about. Look for it on the new shelf in the young adult section at your library.