correctiveshoes621: (Valerian)
"Uh, alright..'allo. Won't take long...then..we'll be gone.."

/soft deadpan

Gary Numan, circa 1978, expertly psyching up the crowd for the Tubeway Army's opening number, ironically titled, 'Positive Thinking.'



And this (posted ages ago by [livejournal.com profile] mansionmaniac) is simply breathtaking..literally making me gasp, in parts:

correctiveshoes621: (deadliner)
Ha. I called off work, tonight.
Haven't done THAT since August 7th, so they can bite my shiny metal ass.

Reason One, being the Migraine and Cramps of Doom and Disgustingness, and yes, I already took something and it did not work, and just want to lay around in a tight little ball, in bed, and not vomit...Reason Two? So I can hopefully write some more nonsense, if I can manage it through Reason One.....Not holding my breath for Reason Two, but the will is there.

Now, if I happen to get hypnotized watch a few Gary Numan videos, well, it's for, 'medicinal purposes', okay?

Okay, I know it looks blank; yes..but this song..It's new, and GOD DAMN, he knows what he's talking about:



Lyrics:
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correctiveshoes621: (deadliner)
This. Is the funniest thing I've seen, in ages; almost in tears, here.

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Gary_Numan
correctiveshoes621: (musthavebeenyears)
Revisited Tubeway Army's early stuff, last night - or, rather, this morning - with all the live bonus tracks, and wow. It absolutely hit me in just the right way. I never had the much-coveted Blue Album, being a poor and uninformed American teenager, of course - yet still, I mourn the vinyl lp I gave away to a once-dear friend. It's been ages since I've heard this stuff - hearing, My Shadow In Vain spurred me on to it. Ages. 1978 was a hella-good year.

Baby!Gary has That Voice ™, but it's much less controlled, much less self-conscious - with, 'that edge of panic'- thing he has going, sometimes, turned up to damn near a scream, in parts. Jess Lidyard's drums are pretty damned noteworthy, as well, all but carrying a couple of the songs. The live stuff sounds genuinely, affably live - and hearing Gary introduce the songs is a treat, as well.

Standouts, for me: The Life Machine, My Love Is A Liquid, Zero Bars (Mr. Smith), Me My Head (live), and freakin' Do Your Best (live)' AKA, 'Friends', which he sings so fast, LOL - all of it, really, GOOD STUFF.

Do Your Best, now: http://www.puredef.com/do-your-best/the-plan/tubeway-army/3192807/

*~*~*

My friend at work, Robin, surprised me with a small bulk container of swedish fish, on Thursday night. Mmmmm.

*~*~*

Spent a good portion of my evening off fussing with iPod playlists - one apiece for pg, the Cure, DEVO, Kraftwerk, New Blood Orchestra, Seeking Major Tom, Gary Numan and the Tubeway Army.
I've renamed Gary's playlist, 'Numan', five/six times, now - but it stubbornly remains, 'On-The-Go 27/12', for some reason. Even my iPod turns its nose up at Gary Numan.

Also had to do a MAJOR pruning of songs, to make room.
Sorry, Siouxsie - maybe if you'd been a bit nicer to Robert Smith, you'd have warranted more space..

*~*~*

Wish I was on Wall Street.

Five pm, EST, for those of us on the East Coast of the US.
correctiveshoes621: (Ready)
So. Baked both a chocolate cake and some pinto beans. Whoot.

Here, have some hot Gary Numan pics:

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Okay. Carry on.
correctiveshoes621: (AirGary)
Just got off the phone with Pete. He's painting his porch. At this hour. I played some of Shatner's new album over the phone, and we screamed over it, together. Can't wait for it.

Almost four hundred people showed up for DJ and Lars' Big Yu-Gi-Oh Regionals Adventure in Philly, yesterday. I laugh at it, a bit - and so do the guys, really - but some people are INTO it..annnnd, they could be doing worse things in their spare time, I imagine. And I totally 'get it', remembering Ye Olde D'N'D Days with MY nerd posse' - *cough*I even drew us all tee-shirts*cough* - PLUS, this had a potential prize of a thousand dollars. It was their first foray into this sort of thing, and they had fun, but they didn't implement their Great Hotdog/Card-Barter Plan...It was a full day, nonetheless, I imagine. :)

My mother told me two really interesting things, last night: Read more... )

Great Big Silence, here. Even on here.
Weird, to be finally alone, right now. Pretty much utterly, too. Such a rare thing that I don't even know what to do with it, or even if I like it, that much. It makes me almost uneasy.

Scratch that - I *do* like it, I just still don't know what to do with it - I'm wasting it, sitting here, I know, I know. So many things that need doing but I'm just too lazy, too scattered - feels like what time I DO have off has become just..recovery time from work, and that sucks donkey balls.

*no offense to donkeys*


correctiveshoes621: (AirGary)
And, then? There's this.

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ETA:

"The moment when Dorothy became certain she wasn't in Kansas any more.''

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correctiveshoes621: (dont let them touch me)
Note to self:

It wasn't until Gary saw his Sacrifice emblem symbol on an episode of
Star Trek: Next Generation in a sick bay scene (and receiving thousands of
e-mails) that he realized it was a worldwide symbol of the medicinal
community.


- Hee, hee.
correctiveshoes621: (Frank)
Leonard on the Emmys opening!

Steve Carell was ROBBED. Unbelieveable, that he didn't win. Stephen, not winning, we (sadly) have all but come to expect, but Steve DESERVED this, dammit.

That is all.

Except for this:



Gary Numan, singing Happy Birthday this past Saturday to his daughter, Raven - whose eighth birthday is today - Happy Birthday, honey :) I love how he picks up each one under each arm and spins them before he hauls them off, heheh. So good, seeing them all so happy ♥
correctiveshoes621: (Refugee)
Just woke up with my dear little Echo, holding onto my hand, on the pillow. It's like, she has to be touching you, constantly - such a sweetie. God help me, but I CAN'T WAIT to go today to get her a litter box and other accoutrements.

Got some sound, sage advice from, [livejournal.com profile] gayalithiel - who is the pet expert, and - I just know it - laughing, "I told you so", as she's been saying FOR YEARS, NOW that I need a pet. She's been right.

This cat. Tried to follow me INTO THE SHOWER, last night. So cute, this little black face - looking worried and mewing piteously - pressed up against the clear shower liner..Apparently, she also had to 'go', while I slept, but was smart enough to, 'go' in the bathroom. I want to get the litter box right away, so she doesn't get used to going THERE..but, I must say that I'm impressed.

*~*~*

My daughter called, and what a mess is underway, with meeting-with-lawyers-on-Monday and such. The GOOD thing is, her neck is healing on its own - and her pain is random and minimal. Thank God. She should have her car back on Tuesday - - and then, the billing nightmares begin. The perp cannot be reached - STILL - as he's in jail.

*~*~*

Watched, Bladerunner - and it was still awesome, after all these years. :)

And yes, I could totally see how it was a huge influence on Gary Numan - who's a huge fan of Phillip K. Dick's books which is why I re-watched it, in the first place... Next up, tonight, is, Dreamscape - another Numan-rec (the song, I Am Render, from the, Warriors album is based on on Roger Zelazny's sci-fi novel, The Dream Master, upon which the movie was based).

Try not to laugh - as he's no Rutger Hauer or anything, but, apparently wished he was - Read more... )

Heh. What a bad-ass, no? Me, I'm just a fan of that baseball bat, really :) Well, that and his hilarious bondage gear outfit - and we won't even go INTO the hair. This was - to me - part and parcel of Gary's long downward spiral; just horrible music, really - jazz and funk-oriented, and drowning in female backing vocals - FROM GARY NUMAN, mind you - not my cuppa, at all. The only song off that album that's tolerable is, The Iceman Comes, really; LOVE that..and, to a MUCH lesser degree, the title track, above, and The Tick-Tock Man, and, Love Is Like Clock Law..but, that's just me, and you know how I get :/

*~*~*

Apparently, this cat likes...buttered toast..and licking my nose. Not a fan of my reading glasses, though.

*~*~*

More (semi-bad) Gary. This is that song, [livejournal.com profile] gayalithiel..Read more... )
correctiveshoes621: (sparkle)
What the bzuh. Srsly. Just ignore me. :)

ETA: This:
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correctiveshoes621: (Complex)
Pertinent (to some) lyricspam:
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correctiveshoes621: (Mission)
Because two certain people - and you know who you are - are just EGGING me on:

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HAPPY, NOW?!?
..here we go, again..

ETA:
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correctiveshoes621: (bricks)
I'm just absolutely blind with love for this, zomg.



They made Gary Numan peppy.

*~*~*

Somehow, magically, DJ got my iPod working, again.

"......."

Oh, never leave me alone, like that, again; oh, iPod 'O Joy and Sanity. Ever.

It'd just frozen. I couldn't even turn it off. And I'd just uploaded, Perfect Blue Sky - thanks to the amazing and lovely and vivacious [livejournal.com profile] rickysbaby

*~*~*

Still hooked on NASATV. Tomorrow, they're doing a space walk! I can't wait. It's so beautiful, our Earth is breathtaking. I'd be utterly useless in space - I'd be too enthralled, staring out the window, to actually accomplish anything.

Never. Gets. Old. :)
correctiveshoes621: (crazier)
Okay. Nervous breakdown in progress.

First off - does ANYONE have, 'Perfect Blue Sky' by Junkie XL, featuring Robert Smith?

ANYONE?

I went to download it off a Junkie XL compilation on Demonoid. Apparently, the song was mislabeled.

What I got, instead was, 'Angels', featuring, Gary Numan. I went to listen to it, and, WTF.

It blew me away. Absolutely laid me out. Personal. Insane, yeah..but, it did. I'd love to print out the lyrics for you, but I cannot find them ANYWHERE. Does anyone know ANYTHING about this song?

Best I can do:

Angels,
Angels talk with you;
Angels,
Angels call to you..

And here it comes, again,
that same cold feeling
but now, it comes for me.

I feel it pull me down,
like darkness calling,
a tear that was a friend.

I don't believe it's real,
but I'm still falling..
and so I fall to sleep.

Are you scared to sleep?
Are you scared to dream?
Are you scared to cry?

Are you scared of me?


Angels,
Angels talk with you,
Angels,
Angels call to you..




With what's been going on, lately, and where my head's at..well, this is just a bit much.
correctiveshoes621: (final silence)
Well, so far, it looks like I'm back.

New pc arrived INSANELY fast BUT - two major things, a) the spacebar sticks terribly on the keyboard and, b) the burner has failed. Twice. It's under 90-day warranty and DJ's working on it, SO. We'll see. Unfortunately, I gave stellar feedback to the seller, already.

Ice storm, all week. Had migraines/vomit-follies, for the past two days. HAVE to go to work, tonight, OR ELSE. Horrible, all around.

At least I have Gary, Kraftwerk, and you all back, at least temporarily. :)

Behold:



We damn near peed over this:

correctiveshoes621: (Default)
NEVER. Gets. Old.



ETA: These, either:

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correctiveshoes621: (Complex)
They won't come back
You know it's always the same
And they're sure to forget
Saying "everyone lies"

So I'm down to this
I'm down to walking on air..


'Complex', Gary Numan
correctiveshoes621: (crazier)
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.

Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.


Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever)
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two images that describe your life right now, and why.
Day Ten: One confession.

Belated Day Four:

7) Random Song Lyrics. There's one - usually, it's a pretty esoteric one - for every occasion. And they pop up and out, constantly. I hope to have, 'Speaking In Song Lyrics', as my form of dementia, some day.

6) Conspiracy theories. There's loads of them, it seems, and if one tries really hard (and NOT so hard, in some cases) one can apply them in reality. The ever-looming arrival/beginning of Armageddon falls into this category, as well.

5) Related to the above? "The State of This World".

4) "I wonder what - __fill in the blank__ - is doing, right now.." - this usually applies to my Obsession Du Jour.

3) Work and my residents - constantly, it seems. I eat/sleep/breathe that place wayyy too much. It drains one; and many times, I come home and have nothing left for my family and/or friends.

2) My family and their safety. Especially where Kids That Have Left The Nest are concerned.

1) "Am I going to Hell?/Fucking up, again?/Doing this right?"

Day Five:

6) Gotten a computer. It's too easy to be addicted to - too easy to find Quagmires To Drown In. Too easy to find like-addled individuals. Too easy EVERYTHING.

5) Listened to my husband about art school.

4) Walked away from certain individuals. Maybe passed up on certain circumstances.

3) Gone with and/or slept with certain individuals. Given them my heart, like the maroon that I am - SO, so gullible. Ye Gods.

2) Met my late husband. Sort of.

If I'd NOT, there'd never have been born my amazing kids. I'd NEVER have been whisked away and held captive in Amish country and MAYBE would have contracted AIDS and died like pretty much everyone else, in our crowd...So, okay. Not sure about this one. Wish things had ended better, then.

1) Started smoking.

*~*~*

Screwed up, again.

Was so so tired, and laid down and - whoops. Screwed up, again.

Now I have to somehow run around and do my laundry this morning, in daylight, AND go get my ham for Christmas Eve - I use the term, 'morning', tres' loosely - while The Battle rages. My sister goes in for her surgery this morning. My heart's on the floor with worry, but I've not spoken to her, knowing she'll only give it a good hearty kick. So.
I'll wait.
And see.
And pray.
And get no sleep, I'm sure.

My daughter has loud/obnoxious/possibly violent neighbor problems ( - [livejournal.com profile] beetle_breath, I thought of you). And sort of all-but-asked me to do, 'something witchy' about it.

WHAT.
I MEAN.
WHAT.

I don't do that, anymore. I am not involved with that. And I couldn't really do anything, anyway, because the next new moon's too far away. Maybe I should add THAT to the above Day Five:-List.

"Don't let the dark into me..", Gary Numan

However, I would hit this like a motherfuckin' freight train:

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