Stu Pooh Pooh's the Blues

Welcome to Optimism is one consistently good blog. I read it at work for ideas in the marketing realm. They also provide some just plain fun and goofy stuff. Every Monday they post Stu Pooh Pooh's the Blues. It's about an hour of this and that audio, not always appropriate for an underage audience. In this week's episode there is a hilarious bit by Jerry Seinfeld about crime. And, there's also a gentle-listening version of Panic by The Smiths (sung by the Puppini Sisters). I was very glad not to have liquids in my mouth when it came on. It's one of the funniest things I've ever heard. If you don't know The Smiths or Morrissey it might not be as funny. The Smiths are quite often extremely dark. (For example: "If a double decker bus, killed the both of us. To die in your arms, the pleasure, the privilege would be mine.") Note: there is a Dolly Parton song you'll have to get through to get to Jerry and The Smiths in this week's edition.

I love The Smiths. Their songs become ear worms quite easily. During my brother's wedding weekend in Las Vegas* the song Bigmouth Strikes Again was in my head all weekend. Not exactly wedding material: "Sweetness I was only joking when I said, I'd like to smash every tooth in your head. Oh sweetness, Sweetness I was only joking when I said by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed." And to top it off, my brother hates The Smiths.

*Unlike many Las Vegas weddings, Mike's wasn't in a chapel called Wee Kirk O' the Heather or the Chapel of Love. It was in a big Catholic church. Very interesting juxtaposition. The reception was at a big casino/hotel. Can't remember the name of the place, something Station?, but I later learned that a friend was at the hotel the same weekend but we didn't run into each other.