Jim Dandy: You're most welcome! If you follow up on YouTube, I highly recommend "Ode to Divorce." Amazing.

I've just made a discovery that has, as they say, rocked my world: Regina Spektor.



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Us

They made a statue of us
And it put it on a mountaintop
Now tourists come and stare at us
Blow bubbles with their gum
Take photographs have fun, have fun

They'll name a city after us
And later say it's all our fault
Then they'll give us a talking to
Then they'll give us a talking to
Because they've got years of experience

We're living in a den of thieves
Rummaging for answers in the pages
We're living in a den of thieves
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious

We wear our scarves just like a noose
But not 'cause we want eternal sleep
And though our parts are slightly used
New ones are slave labor you can keep

We're living in a den of thieves
Rummaging for answers in the pages
We're living in a den of thieves
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious

They made a statue of us
They made a statue of us
The tourists come and stare at us
The sculptor's mama sends regards
They made a statue of us
They made a statue of us
Our noses have begun to rust
We're living in a den of thieves
Rummaging for answers in the pages
Were living in a den of thieves

And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious

Lyrics and music © Regina Spektor; lyrics courtesy of lyricsmania.com

i just got done watching The Blue Angel for the first time. holy cow.

Falling in love again
Never wanted to...
What am i to do?
Can't help it...

oops - how did i get there by misspelling it? :o

it's tanyadonelly.com. duh.

and here's an Interesting True Fact from the fingertips of the Lady Herself:

Honey has huge meaning for me.    When I wrote Honey Chain a hundred years ago, I had this image of us all as honey being strained through this life, and coming out the other side whole because honey is pure and never rots.  It was much later that I read in the Upanishads about Madhu Vidya, mystic honey, and the interconnectedness of all things, using honey to mean essence.   So that was weird.    
Plus, bees.

funny you should ask, ughaibu - i've been thinking about Her (and Her illustrious stepsister and their respective and collective bands) a fair bit lately with an eye toward posting something about them in the Music Trivia and Knowledge fellowship...but haven't figured out what to say, so i haven't said anything. :)

on Her message boards on tanyadonnelly.com, Tanya talks about going through "a spell of bad spirits and temporary loss of mojo" of which apparently a recent week in VT (playing, i suppose) relieved Her. so i'm really not sure, but it sounds like She's back in the saddle again...though She made no reference to specific future plans in the (one) post i read so far...