Sharp as a knife today, clearly.

For the record I think Brits and Yanks ought to swap slang whenever they see fit. I see nothing wrong or weird about this.

i'm bored out of my mind. i did everything i have to do at work today in an hour of being here. the only thing making life bearable is that i might get to meet, or at least be in the same room as audrey tatou later.

The chap who lives next door to my sister is from the states, and the area they live in is pretty notorious for the thickness of the accent. He's forever trying to avoid saying 'bucks' and calls everyone 'mate', and it's as cringe-worthy as talking to one's mother about porn.

Yeah, wasn't that line used by Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady? It's a good one, definitely.

Dick Van Dyke's attempt at a cockney accent in Mary Poppins is, of course, legendarily adrift. One of the best American actors when it comes to nailing a London/South-Eastern/Thames estuary English accent is, believe it or not, Gwyneth Paltrow - which she perfected even before marrying Chris Martin.

being a life long fan of hiphop i wish there was nothing wrong or weird about it.

Why do you not do something seminal under your desk?

i'm too bored even to masturbate

Maybe if you paint little things like flowers or smileys on it you will revive the enthusiasm.

I don't know, but I listed one of his records this past week and I think it's going to get big money. That whole Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UHQR box treatment seems to mean more to audiophiles than the actual music within.
Or maybe these particular audiophiles really LOVE "Tea For The Tillerman." The last time I listed one of these, it went well over a hundred dollars, and I expect this one will do the same.

(Yes, I am back in the Kollektible Rekords racket again, but this time for another friend who used to have a store. Not the same friend who used to have a store that I used to do this for. And only part time, and a lot closer to my house)

Cat Stevens is hardly what I'd call seminal.

I read an interview of his not too long ago. He is back playing live gigs, isn't he?

Where? on the county fair circuit?

Actually, he played either the Royal Albert Hall or the Royal Festival Hall fairly recently, no small feat for someone who had slipped into semi-obscurity for a years.

is he still going by the name abdul mustaffa hafallafah?

I don't know. I really don't know. I don't know.

Well, Boyzone or Westlife covered one of his songs a year or two ago, so he's probably got a bit of a cult following in the 12-15 year age bracket these days. Either way, if Cat Stevens is now considered 'seminal' then God help the lot of us.

I don't think that he is a seminal artist.

you have to have been a groundbreaker, an original, an innovator to be seminal, you have to have been the touchstone for something greater

seminal metal band - black sabbath

seminal punk bands - sex pistols, ramones

seminal hardcore band - bad brains

seminal rock (early) - chuck berry

etc.

cat stavens is not even a cum stain from a roadie on a groupie's upper lip.

i used to live with a girl who was a bit of a prick and she started making a big meal about getting into cat stevens, about how she'd never done it and had been meaning to do it for ages and not to judge her for not having listened to him yet. i don't know where she'd got the idea that cat stevens was de riguer for the discerning connoisseur.