a.k.a. the Thursday Takeover.
Today we take a break from thoughts of Rock Band.
Plus, it is time to introduce the other critics. Potentially, their opinions might be more akin to your own.
Click on their mouths to hear them pontificate (hit CTRL click to open in a new window).
Tags: JACKSON BROWNE | JOE WALSH | JOHN COLTRANE | MILES DAVIS | SHE'S LOST HER MIND | TALKING CATS | TALKING DOGS
12:35 PM ET | 11-29-2007 | permalink
I knew this was sponsored by Purina...it has come to this!
I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. Thanks for that almost Friday pick me up. :)
I thought it was difficult to get into shows when I was under 21, but I bet it's even tougher if you're a dog. Until just now, I never realized how totally unfair that is.
wow.
haha, this b-l-o-g was brought to you by purina. i love that you, carrie brownstein, blog more than my teenage friends. admirable.
This was hilarious, thank you Carrie! I especially liked the cat lying on the boxes.
Thank You for the personal touch, and curve. That really was cute, and funny. Hector is just all around suave isn't he? I can picture Tobey becoming immortalized as a Disney character. Better than the Fox & the Hound, but not having that total street edge that the Tramp so easily exuded. He may not be a Dalmation but I'd keep him away from Cruella DeVille, just for the mere fact of who she is. I'll second Kirie's 2nd sentence too. Speaking of Joe Walsh. Isn't it strange when you hit one particular note off the bat, (yes a guitar is on lap at the computer tonight) and it immediately registers as a familiar sound. Pick a few notes following it and you've got a line from a song that you know you've heard but can't pin-point the name of. Now how a Joe Walsh lick just crept & lept up off of the High E tuned to E flat is totally beyond me, but it was there nonetheless. You still mentioned music, but I'm dropping the GH, or RB. The animals definitely got the best of me hook, line, and sinker...
Oh, the animals! Hector looks like he's saying, "You woke me up for this?"
By the way, the new Prime Minister of Australia announced his cabinet. Australia's new environment minister is Peter Garrett from Midnight Oil. It belongs to us all, man. Let's give it back!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7118265.stm
Best. Blog. Post. Ever.
That fourth cat is impressive. Dylan does make a good pillow.
oh frick. i'm so out of the loop- what's wrong with purina? i just bought a ton of it for my cat! guess i have some googling to do..
p.s. i wanna make one of those talking pet things for my cat lucy, but i always get the feeling that rather than the gift of speech, she would want to roll her eyes at me.
Clearly a subtle hint [[subliminal message/free advertisement]] that Purina is Carrie's new favorite holiday commodity. I knew that once Oprah entered the browser frame it would be all downhill from there.
Toby, can't wait to rock the 70's with you this x-mas. Willow, we miss you. Hector - not so much.
There is nothing wrong with Joe Walsh you dumb cat.
This is absolutely fantastic!
I wrote a poem using this device:
http://www.petcentric.com/doggiemail/?id=24722024
Now, just how good is it?
I've always thought my dog liked Jackson Browne. This confirms my suspicions.
wow. this is one of the funniest things i've seen on the internet in a while. and one of the best subversive uses of a corporate marketing tool! thank you for making friday morning so much better, i really needed a good laugh!
Very interesting post. Hope to hear more from your pets...how do you deal with an animal that that likes Jackson Browne?
And definitely no Purina!
Music, talking animals, Carrie Brownstein - this is hands down the best blog ever! And here I was thinking I was the only one with with a cat named Hector. Did your Hector come with his name? My guy often gets told he has a very strange name for cat.
... HAHAHAHAHAHA.
Wow. What do i have to do now? Make one of those. Holy pogosticking 8lb 14oz baby jesus.
That was both disturbing *and* hilarious. Can one do a parakeet message? Let's find out!
"Please do not feed me Purina." Good god, of course not. So what to feed the animals? I've been feeding my cats this Trader Joe's holistic stuff. Any pet food suggestions? Is there a pet food that will enable my cats to speak English and/or sing Tom Waits?
I can't figure out if I'm frightened or amused, especially by the mouth in the wall.
I concur with the kitty whose head is resting peacefully on the Pylon album. If the kitty could let me know where I can find a copy of Pylon: Hits (that won???t involve taking out an additional mortgage) that would be most helpful.
What the hell was that all about? More importantly, who am I going to send one of these to?
Wouldn't dogs be able to get into clubs when they're 3 years old? That is 21 in dog years.
I agree with the disturbed/amused comments. I don't know how I feel about this. Is it Dylan or Pylon? I think it's Pylon.
this was absolutely beautiful.
kudos.
thanks, from an athens, georgia expat, for affirming the love of pylon.
the cover of running on empty is one of my all-time favorite album covers
this is so damn adorable.. I already sent like 3 emails due to this.. too cute
Sorry to comment on a comment (everyone else's said what I felt re: talkin' pets), but OMG! Peter Garrett's linked pic. (scroll down...) looks like he was cut from the sandstone of Uluru (Ayer's Rock) and...Bill Clinton's face.
What a startling image. A Mapplethorpe.
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