The Swollen Goiter of God wrote:Didn't know the name, but I looked her up, and I've heard the song she's famous for. It sounds like the kind of song that would have played in an American Eagle Outfitters store in the early aughts.
I don't mean that as a slight or as a compliment. For some reason, it just transports me back to 2002. I'm in the mall with an ex-girlfriend. She's looking through stacks of overpriced shirts for something that'll fit her. She's scolding me for poking a mannequin's boob. She wants me to stay close, but for God's sake, not that close. Go to the other side of the store. Stop touching everything. Jesus, Goiter. You know what? Just go to the food court.
I think American Eagle Outfitters used to sell CDs full of the songs they played in the stores. I wonder if getting on an American Eagle Outfitters CD was a big deal for a band. I bet it was.
I knew Abby Elliott was Chris Elliott's daughter, but I guess the name makes that a little more obvious.
The rawness of her vocals in parts of that "Exes and Ohs" song kind of reminds me of this:
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 17th, 2016, 6:25 pm
by The Swollen Goiter of God
I think the fuzzy guitars and all the processing and reverb applied to her voice are what reminded me of the American Eagle Outfitters tracks from the early aughts.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 17th, 2016, 10:33 pm
by neglet
I remember when American Eagle Outfitters was just American Eagle and a great place to get your preppie gear.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 17th, 2016, 10:34 pm
by neglet
Yes, I know I'm old.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 17th, 2016, 10:40 pm
by Jubbers
Dalty wrote:In Japan, Lord Voldermorts middle name is Elvis.
It is in France, but not in Japan.
トム・マールヴォロ・リドル
tomu ma-ruboro ridoru
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 18th, 2016, 6:11 am
by Mal Shot First
Ma-ruboro looks like the Japanese transcription of Marlboro.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 18th, 2016, 8:59 am
by Dalty
Jubbers wrote:
Dalty wrote:In Japan, Lord Voldermorts middle name is Elvis.
It is in France, but not in Japan.
トム・マールヴォロ・リドル
tomu ma-ruboro ridoru
I thought it has to be in order to make the "I am Tom Marvello Riddle" anagram from Chamber Of Secrets work due to the vagueries of the Japanese language?
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 18th, 2016, 10:31 am
by Jubbers
They didn't try. They present the anagram in English, with the literal Japanese in parentheses.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 18th, 2016, 10:32 am
by Jubbers
I have the first, second, and fourth books in Japanese.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 18th, 2016, 10:48 am
by Mal Shot First
Mal Shot First wrote:Ma-ruboro looks like the Japanese transcription of Marlboro.
I was actually only slightly off:
マールボロ (Marlboro)
マールヴォロ (Marvello)
But then again, I guess I was about as much off as Marlboro and Marvello are in their English spellings.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 18th, 2016, 12:13 pm
by The Swollen Goiter of God
It appears you were less slightly off than Dalty, at least.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 18th, 2016, 5:02 pm
by Dalty
Jubbers wrote:They didn't try. They present the anagram in English, with the literal Japanese in parentheses.
Jubbers is my go to Japan SME on all things that don't involve being crazily Japanese. So her word is basically Japanese Law from where I am standing.
So...... FACT DENIED!
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 18th, 2016, 5:05 pm
by The Swollen Goiter of God
I was going to ask if you studied Japanese at the Sorbonne, but I waited too long.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 19th, 2016, 4:31 am
by Dalty
Why would I study Japanese at a small, ice-cream like, iced dessert?
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 19th, 2016, 6:05 am
by The Swollen Goiter of God
Because it's such a sure bet.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 19th, 2016, 6:06 am
by The Swollen Goiter of God
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: February 19th, 2016, 7:34 am
by Dalty
I knew you wouldn't let me down.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: March 1st, 2016, 11:18 am
by Dalty
The flag of Hawaii includes the flag of the United Kingdom.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: March 1st, 2016, 12:48 pm
by Dalty
In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: March 1st, 2016, 9:41 pm
by neglet
Dalty wrote:In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
I had one of those! No matter how much I spun my arms, it never worked in real life.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 12:24 pm
by Dalty
Welsh for microwave is "pop-di-ping".
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 3:57 pm
by Dalty
Johnny Depp was in Platoon.
Re: Fun Facts
Posted: March 10th, 2016, 5:24 pm
by Mal Shot First
That synth-whistling sound you hear in a lot of West Coast rap from the 90s is called G-funk whine.
