queer and loathing in the nation's capital
Really, who didn’t spend every waking moment of their life in 1986 listening to Licenced to Ill? I remember singing Paul Revere in the cafeteria with Christian Olavesen once, trying to figure out WTF the word “fly” meant. I thought this was kind of a cool version.
You’re probably tired of hearing me talk about Katrina – but it was kind of a big deal. Anyway, this song was all over the place after the storm and it was pretty amazing at the time.
New Orleans, straight up. I like Beyonce and all, but this is real dance music.
This song was played a LOT at Lafitte’s after Katrina. My friend Randy Bush and I would do the little dances and sing the little “dip dip diddydip dip dip” parts and crack each other up all night. Randy even stayed with Alberto and I for a while after I moved to DC and he …
I bought “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning” the day after New Orleans flooded and I didn’t listen to it for 6 months. Then, one day I was doing dishes in the kitchen and this song started playing on my computer. I let the dirty cup fall into the sink of water, sat on my bed, …