The Contrast Podcast - Skin

I have a poem to post so I hope I can get to that soon.  But today is about tunes because there's a new Contrast Podcast out.  This week we continue our musical exploration of the human body with an episode about skin.

I'm always pleased when I can play something by Palo Alto's finest:

The Donnas - Skin Tight

Actually, I can almost always think of a Donnas song to fit any CP theme. They sing about the same thing all the time, but they do it in so many different ways.  This is one of my favorites though.

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And while I'm here, a little SNL detour. Motherlover was fine, but the best thing about it was that it got me to finally watch the first one.  Now this is funny:    

 

One of the reasons this gets me is that it's only slightly more outrageous than a lot of real R&B songs. They quote a bit of R. Kelly, from this:

R. Kelly - Your Body's Callin'

and it's perfect because he has released songs almost as crazy as  D*** In A Box, only not as comedy.  My friends and I used to belt this one out at the top of our lungs whenever it came on the radio, no alcohol necessary, partly because it we thought it was hilarious and partly because we really liked it.

Anyway, I like that Justin Timberlake can see the humor in his own genre of music. 

Comments

[James!]

I think it's amazing how good JT makes SNL. Like, the season finale had Will Ferrell as the host and it was amazing, but it's not that surprising, since that's where he's from. JT has some pretty amazing comic timing for not being from the comedy sphere, you know? And he still lets his talents come to the fore for maximum humor achievement.

[Greer]

I know, he really is surprisingly funny. I missed Will F., I'll have to watch it online. Now I know what I'm doing tonight :)!