Obscure Wednesday!!!

"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know."~Groucho Marx

As a cultural omnivore, I enjoy varieties of pop culture elements that seem to cross ethnic, educational and economic boundaries. More, I constantly reference these elements and sadly, YOU PEOPLE NEVER GET MY POP CULTURAL REFERENCES!!! I make a movie reference and you people never get it. You can forget musical and literature references. I'M WASTED ON YOU PEOPLE!!! So, as resident pop culture expert, I'm going to try to educate the few people that read this blog...So here's some rather obscure pop culture phenoms that you people really should know...


Theatre

Avenue Q

I saw this play about five years ago and it still resounds with me today. It's utterly brilliant, highly inappropriate, and still completely relevant. After all, the first line in the play is, "What do you do with a BA in English?" It deals with the disillusionment of our generation and also the current elements of our culture. The general premise is that the puppets, (yes, its a satire of Sesame Street) all live in the same low rent apartment building on Avenue Q in NYC and two of the characters have a romance. From this came the immortal song, "There's a fine fine line."


Here's the lyrics;
There's a fine, fine line between a lover and a friend;
There's a fine, fine line between reality and pretend;
And you never know 'til you reach the top if it was worth the uphill climb.

There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time.

There's a fine, fine line between a fairy tale and a lie;
And there's a fine, fine line between "You're wonderful" and "Goodbye."
I guess if someone doesn't love you back it isn't such a crime,
But there's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of your time.

And I don't have the time to waste on you anymore.
I don't think that you even know what you're looking for.
For my own sanity, I've got to close the door
And walk away...
Oh...

There's a fine, fine line between together and not
And there's a fine, fine line between what you wanted and what you got.
You gotta go after the things you want while you're still in your prime...

There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time.


There's my personal fav-Ëverybody's a little bit Racist" (Explanation~For some reason, Gary Coleman lives in the apartment building. I still don't know why.)




Music

I was actually going to introduce some of you to Cross Canadian Ragweed. They're a fantastic alternative country music band that are major on the Texas Country scene. I highly recommend checking out this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkFtl50kqYE

Anyway, who I really want to introduce you guys to is Court Yard Hounds. You know them actually. It's basically the Dixie Chicks sans Natalie Maines. Now I know everybody conservative I know hates the Dixie Chicks. But I pretty much still love them. They always seem to produce music I just love. They even wrote my personal theme song. Anyway Court Yard Hounds are pretty awesome. Check their latest song,  Äin't No Son." Really excellent and it talks about something I think we all can be opposed to, no matter your stance on the issue.



Books


Anyway, as my last recommendation, I suggest The Intellectual Devotional;Modern Culture. It has a different essay about a pop cultural event or person that you are supposed to read every day. Really fantastic. I'm currently on the Intellectual Devotional: American History.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Intellectual-Devotional-Modern-Culture/David-S-Kidder/e/9781437654417/?itm=3&USRI=intellectual+devotional

Lastly, check out this list of the Top Movie Quotes in History.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI's_100_Years…100_Movie_Quotes


Update-Found this really great YouTube Video. Blog Post coming about it soon but for now, just enjoy...