This song is essentially uncoverable. Or so I thought. But they do a more than respectable job with it, and the vocals are great. It’s a nice touch taking such a masculine song and having a very feminine woman do it up like she means it.

What I always liked about RHCP when I listened to them is that they are unafraid of sex being primal and wild, but were also not misogynistic (though in the modern, wrong sense, they would probably be seen that way). Modern “progressives” treat sex either like clinicians or think it should be regulated sharply, though in different ways than conservatives. But the song is about more than sex and has a quite cool story behind it.

Also, that’s a nice five-string bass.

I like the unfussy athleticism of the dancers and skaters, how this video by its very existence stands against the puritanical prudishness of this “progressive” era. And it’s just fun.

Also, it’s shot beautifully, both in technique, lighting and equipment. I’ve had no luck finding what sort of gear the video was shot on, but I did in the process of that search discover this interview with Candice Heiden, the main roller skater in the video.

We still use a toaster that was bought for $7 in Target in 2005. It’s lasted 14 years and has toasted bread in 9 different houses.

If you want my toaster, come and take it. If you make it out the door alive, it’s yours. 😉

The first ten on today’s playlist:

Understanding Why the Green New Deal Won’t Really Work.

What a load of horseshit. Spreadsheet wankery of the worst type. This is holding all else steady and assuming the GND and all of society itself will not adjust, and that battery tech won’t improve and that in-fill power sources can’t be used to cover gaps.

This isn’t a ceteris paribus situation. It’s more an acta non verba and mutata erunt omnia sort of thing. And other Latin shit. Use a phrasebook, English too limited.

You can use spreadsheet wankery to “prove” all sorts of garbage. I remember getting kicked off peak oil and energy forums in the late 90s and early 2000s for asseverating we should look into solar and wind and being told that it’d never be cheap enough to be used for anything. And they had the spreadhseets to prove it!

But they were wrong.

So is Yves. Garbage in, garbage out.

I wish people were smarter.

Saw Julie Fowlis in concert a few years ago. Great concert; if you ever get the chance, do go see her. She has a lovely stage personality and is absurdly talented.

In this video, though it’s all great, if you really want to be blown away go to the three minute mark. That someone can sing so quickly while enunciating so well and staying on pitch is some kind of miracle. Julie’s vocal control is unbelievable.

I now utterly despise dogs for just this reason.

I sold my previous house precisely because of noisy neighbors (or rather their dogs). Their three dogs lived in the backyard permanently no matter what the weather – never seen them walked. Talked to the neighbors twice about the noise – no action. Called the cops at 3 in the morning – still nothing. Finally, I decided to sell the house and move somewhere where there is low dog density. I developed a dislike for dogs because of my previous neighbors. Even now, three years later, a barking dog drives me nuts, gets my heart going fast and blood boiling.

I just need to hear a dog barking once and I get immediately enraged. I don’t mean mildly angry. I am talking I can barely contain myself. The reason? In NC, we had a place where various neighbors’ dogs barked sometimes for 18+ hours straight. Constantly, unrelentingly, at all hours and for any and no reason.

When we first moved in, it was a very quiet neighborhood. That all changed. For whatever reason people with dogs moved in. Many, many dogs. At least three close neighbors had 2+ dogs each and they all barked constantly.

So if you wonder why I utterly loathe all dogs, that is why. If a dog barks I am immediately triggered into a rage storm that I can barely control. If every dog and dog person on the planet disappeared, I’d love that so much.