Oscar picks time again!

Here it is, hippie_chick's annual Oscar Picks!! What and who I think will go home with that little gold bald man...


( My Picks! )

Using my Amadeus icon. Remember the year of Amadeus? ♥

There you have it, my picks. See you tomorrow night! I work 8-7, a kinda long day, hopefully I can wrap up what I'm there to do earlier but we'll see. I will be home in plenty of time to watch though. Morning after commentary on Monday.

Cassingle Flashback! Week 2

I haven't decided what day I want to do my flashbacks. I was going to do them every Tuesday but decided that Wednesday would be better. After today, watch for my flashbacks each Wednesday.

This week:

"Hippychick" by Soho.
(Atco, 1990)




If this one starts out sounding familiar to you, it's probably because the Smiths song "How Soon Is Now" is sampled.

This is another from my record store days, I'd always play this one during my shift. :) And yes, it's partly why I chose my LJ user name. I've just always dug it.

Soho were a pop trio out of England featuring two sisters, Jaqui and Pauline Soho, with Timothy London. They enjoyed sort of a "one hit wonder" status with this song, about a woman confronting her policeman ex- lover after having been arrested.

It's hard to tell you how I feel without hurting you
So try to think about yourself the way that I see you
Your life revolves around a force of oppression
And I won't deal with true blue devils of correction
Got no flowers for your gun, no hippychick
Won't make love to change your mind, no hippychick
No hippychick, no hip hip hip hip hip


The "B" side was the song "Taxi". I actually like this one too... it's kinda groovy. Didn't fare as well as the more popular "A" side did though.

Listen / download here:

Hippychick

The notes on the back cover included the following: "Hippies roll over ... Yippies fight back!"

They also did a cover of the song "Whisper To A Scream", originally by Icicle Works for the soundtrack to the movie "Scream". I like both versions but sway towards the Icicle Works original more often than not.

Between Britney and ANS all over the news, I'm on overload. Really.

So yeah. Britney Spears is having a quite public meltdown, and has thrice entered rehab. This time she seems to be staying. For now. It's what, day four? We'll see.

One thing's for sure, girl needs help. This is beyond being funny. I'm seeing my brother all over again here. Seriously. I think the media just needs to back off now and let her be, let her pull herself together. I just want her to stay in there and not show her ass again until she's better. And get the heck out of L.A. it's toxic. And I don't mean the song.

Anyway a couple of theories. First my dad's, and it does make some sense. One of the ways they test for drugs is via the hair. Brit got scared they'd test her, find her positive and she'd lose the boys. Therefore, we have newly shorn Britney.

My theory? Madonna. Yes, Madonna is to blame.

The "kiss" of death. Here we go. Remember the famous kiss between Madonna and Britney at the 2003 Grammys? After that, Britney started what seemed to be a downward spiral. That kiss marked the end of her "hot" days and the beginning of her "trailer trash mama" days which leads us to the present, a burned out Britney crying out for help.

I know, I know, it's not *really* Madonna's fault. I mean she kissed Christina Aguilera too. And Christina? She's seemingly doing just fine. But look at it. Hmmmmm...



And Madonna's song "Hollywood" includes these lyrics:

Everybody comes to Hollywood
They wanna make it in the neighborhood
They like the smell of it in Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good

How could it, indeed.