Dreams: Kaylee, House on Other Planet, Living with Everyone

[wolven7]

Rasputina - [Possum of the Grotto]--- The first part of the dream was about me dreaming that I was having sex with Jewel Staite, in a giant house, on another planet, or in another dimension/world/what-have-you. I was also doing this in real life (one dream level up. Keep up, damn it). Fairly explicit craziness.

Next section was wandering around said giant house, which was also wandering around the surface of the planet. (Geinoh Yamashirogumi - [Kaneda]). Multiple translucent, nebulous moons and mountain ranges in the near distance, kind of thing.

Tori Amos - [Original Sinsuality]--- Next section concerned something with me, mech_angel, mr_hinzelmann, and selenasaberwind trying to do our laundry, and trying to wash large loads of clothes, all at the same time. (Placebo - [The Bitter End]). We all lived in the same house, with everyone else, in the entire world If you're reading this, you were there.

Something about Seven and Sarah trying to have an orgy involving about 20 of their clones. The house was like a hotel, in that the hallways were long, and well-lit, and each room was a suite, self-contained. (Michael Andrews - [Rosie Darko]). Security tried to throw out one of Seven's female clones, but he told tem it was ok, and that she could stay; that she was a guest. They made an exception, and let her stay.

Something in thenext section about a club that was a city, and all low-ceilinged partitions of streets and alleys, winding away into dark red light. (MC Frontalot - [Indier Than Thou (Demo)]). Something, here, about friends of mine making out and stripping, in the changing rooms, and having pictures taken.

Something, somewhere, about a fight between Dr Cox and Dr Kelso, over hospital procedure.

Veruca Salt - [Benjamin]--- Something about the sounds of owls, throughout the undercurrent of the dream.

In waking news, though I wish, desperately, that it were but a horrible nightmare, Disney has gone too far. TOO FAR!

http://www.devo2-0.com There is a line, people. And that was it, way behind you. You do not "REmake" a band, 20 years later, and then "remake" all of their old songs. You just don't fucking do it. There will be Riots in the Streets, if this trend continues.

For Gods' Sakes, just don't look at the videos... Whatever you do... Don't look. "Whip It"... whisks... egg beaters..

Why, Devo? Why would you allow this to happen?

Tool - [Parabol]--- I'm off to find breakfast...

Comments

[mr-hinzelmann.livejournal.com]

How badly must the God's be mocking you if you dream of having sex with Jewel Staite on two thought planes and then wake upto Dev2.0. - I'm really sorry about that, by the way.

I didn't mean to.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

It's pretty par for the course, around here, actually.

Sad as that seems >_< Ah well.

[xabigailx.livejournal.com]

That's horrible! Blasphemous even!! Devo should kill them.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Devo's working With them. >_< Sucks.

[xabigailx.livejournal.com]

Damn psychos!

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but we knew that :)

[lilsayermonster.livejournal.com]

I'm such a glutton for punishment. I watched the Whip It video. Oh. My. Gawd. That was awful. And... And I know I'm dumb sometimes, but I don't get it. I mean, have they honestly run that low on creativity? Or they're that desperate for money? Its just... wrong.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

I think they've simply found a new way to further their insanity...

I said this at mr-hinzelmann's, too. Sorry for the repetition.

[bluesummers.livejournal.com]

As a die-hard spud, I have to admit, dorky as it is, it's pretty in-line with the general spirit of Devo. Remember, this is a band that put out their own cassette of easy-listening Muzak versions of their songs, and who personally recorded the parody of "Whip It" for Swiffer commercials because they felt that sort of thing was right up their alley.

Note that the original band is actually working with them and Disney to produce this. In fact, Mothersbaugh and Casale have said for quite some time that they'd like to work with a group of younger people with which they could do this sort of thing.

I mean, if you hate it, go ahead, but at least realize that it's within the band's own vision.

Goofy? Sure. Wholesale cultural rape? Not so much.

That said, I do strongly disapprove of the lack of the monotone "HA-HA-HA-HA!" in "Peek-A-Boo."

(I have posted and deleted this several times because I keep forgetting things and noticing typos that annoy me. If you have LJ set up to send you an e-mail with every comment, whoops!)

Re: I said this at mr-hinzelmann's, too. Sorry for the repetition.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

It's cool, i figured as much (I do the same thing).

And yeah, though it may be in line with the band's wishes, as it were, it's ripped something from the meaning. The kids are soulless. They have no feeling, just like the rest of the Disney Kids covers.

It's too goofy to be fun.

Re: I said this at mr-hinzelmann's, too. Sorry for the repetition.

[bluesummers.livejournal.com]

Ever seen Devo's "Through Being Cool" video? Where Devo appear to be running some sort of youth center for a group of kids who fight for their cause? I guess, on a best-case scenario, that's kind of how I see this. At worst, it's soulless, at least it all seems pretty faithful and can't really do much disgrace, Devo makes a quick buck, etc.

Of course, for better or for worse, a legion of soulless child imitators is also pretty Devolutionary. Theirs is a meaning that extends beyond just their music; Devo nearly sets themselves up as a deliberately alienating corporate entity, and as such, almost anything they do that would be deemed "selling out" for any other band just furthers their meaning. Under the veneer lies their apprehension and concern for the future. (I'm pretty surprised that these kids are doing "Beautiful World," because there's really no two ways about that song, if it goes unhampered.)

Naturally, I am a little dismayed that they're working with a real jerkass entity (with none of the concern or apprehension) like Disney to do it.

Either way, the originals are good enough for me, but had I a kid of appropriate age, I'd be glad to hear that he or she was interested in Devo 2.0. It's goofy Disney kid stuff, but I'd say it at least has infinitely more value than myriad Hillary Duffs, because the music itself is at least steered by a good group and has an underlying message that the kid just might realize when they graduate up to their dear old dad's records.

Re: I said this at mr-hinzelmann's, too. Sorry for the repetition.

[teididh.livejournal.com]

Devo nearly sets themselves up as a deliberately alienating corporate entity, and as such, almost anything they do that would be deemed "selling out" for any other band just furthers their meaning. Under the veneer lies their apprehension and concern for the future.

Exactly; this is basically what was said when people complained about the Swiffer commercial (the whole sell-outy miasma of which i thought was very appropriately Devo.)

Re: I said this at mr-hinzelmann's, too. Sorry for the repetition.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

It's goofy Disney kid stuff, but I'd say it at least has infinitely more value than myriad Hillary Duffs, because the music itself is at least steered by a good group and has an underlying message

Granted.

I still dislike the "2.0"

Perhaps if they were Devo -1.0, i'd be a little more inclined to give them some thought.

Re: I said this at mr-hinzelmann's, too. Sorry for the repetition.

[bluesummers.livejournal.com]

I'd like to hear them do "Mongoloid," personally.

"And he wore a backpack, and he
Went to school, and he
Did all his homework, so that
No-one knew..."