August 13, 2009 Earworm

A quick check confirms that it's been almost three months since any song involving Paul Weller has been mentioned so, after a minutiae filled conversation regarding the various release formats of Style Council tracks with someone I didn't know at the time that the minutiae was being created, I offer up "You're The Best Thing". Keeping within the spirit of that conversation, I note that I'm not referring to the version that was on "Cafe Bleu" and/or "My Ever Changing Moods" and not the version issued as a single on Geffen in the US and not the UK seven inch "Groovin'" version. I'm referring to the long version of the single mix found on the UK twelve inch version of "Groovin'".

If you're looking for this version, go directly to Universal/Polydor/Chronicles 2003 20th Century Masters compilation, "The Millenium Collection: The Best of The Style Council". The liner notes will inform you that it contains the version found on TSC6, implying that it's the UK 7" edit. It's not.

Okay. Now, who wants to slow dance to one of the best things to ever happen?

September 25, 2008 Earworm

After a conversion with Kmatt that started with her opinion of the recent Paul Weller concert and ended with conspiracy theories and other downtrodden reactions to the horrific state of US affairs, I turned back the hands of a seemingly more and more not so distant time and pulled out The Style Council's "Our Favorite Shoppe" to see if "Homebreakers" lyric was as currently relevant as I recalled.

It is.

So, what happens when clicking your heals together while saying "there's no place like home" no longer works? Not because you no longer believe in magic but because you no longer have a home.

I need to pull the covers over my head in an attempt to keep folks from trying to pull the wool over my eyes. Tomorrow will be better.

"Good morning, Day, and how do you do..."