Posty McPosterson

Nestled in the valley at the confluence of E. 71 and Grant Ave in the wonderful town of Cuyahoga Heights lies my new place of employment. No longer am I chained to a desk for nine hours a day reading Filmsite's 15 page reviews for movies like Chinatown and Cool Hand Luke. Now I risk life and limb for ten hours a day making crazy shit in giant machines, like the venerable Haas HS-2 (of which I have a nice picture that I cannot upload as of right now because of photos.blogger.com). It's really quite fascinating if youre into things like bird watching or reading a memoir about some guy reading the encyclopedia. Yeah, its not fascinating at all, but I do get a shift premium for working 4:00 pm to 2:20 am, which is indeed bonus.

On now to more exciting things. In case you havent heard, the artist formerly known as J-Dogg was complaining about the top ten songs on Soft Rock 102.1 WDOK- Your BEST way to spend the workday! Let me tell you something, he's right. And although that list is appalling, I have an addendum. Now I don't know if they play this song on WDOK or not, but at 3 am on VH1 I happened to catch the video for Black Horse and a Cherry Tree by KT Tunstall. Whatever you do, DO NOT CLICKK THIS LINK! For one, it will probably make your computer blow up and two, even if it works properly your head will explode like the guy from Scanners and then your computer desk will be messy and brain matter is fucking hard to clean up (trust me on this one). This song is an abomination, so it is probably fitting that Im bitching about it on 6/6/6. It features about three chords and approximately 739 whoa-oh's. Here are the lyrics if youre a sadist or an iBook/Starbucks poet.

And if you are normal and dont know who the fuck KT Tunstall is (like me, and by the way, if the black kid from Finding Forrester can start a sentence with and then so can I), here is a snippet taken from the news section of her myspace account: "KT Tunstall is a sparkling new songwriter with Chinese blood, a Scottish heart, great legwarmers and a cool name - "well, it's got a bit more attitude than Kate which just says farmer's daughter to me," she laughs. KT's unique perspective offers a rare emotionally connecting intensity through it's gripping lyrical bite and heartfelt melody. Her debut album 'Eye To The Telescope' is the creative consequence of inquiring imagination. "My songs examine and explore little specific emotions or situations or stories," she explains. "They're kitchen table songs, like a conversation between me and one other person. This lo-fi, visceral, boot-wielding approach was inspired by KT's recent conversion to the hiss and crackle of early blues. "On the whole, I'm a positive, skippity-la-la person but I love the dark side of music and I will always want to explore that. It's a positive-sounding album but there's stuff underneath for sure." KT is raring to channel all her infectious energies into her own music. "I'm not exactly sure what has driven me so hard," she says. "I've never questioned it. I've never had a back-up plan. I was never going to do anything else." This is a picture of her mugshot, so if you ever run into KT at Wal-Mart or something, just do me a favor and tell her she sucks.