Ordering The Funsterment
Ass Kicking | Posted by Jannie on 13 May 2009 @ 9:29 AM 64 Comments
MY FABULOUS NEW P.O. BOX !!!!!! - what a thrill. Now I’m more than ever a semi-somebody!
(Thanks Cedar’s Mountain blog for the ”semi-somebody” contribution.) 
Have you noticed the new buttons on the kind-of-upper-right-area of this page?! Yes, three ways to add Jannie’s award-winning songstressing to your realm. (CDs $10.00, plus low S&H.)
1. By Paypal / credit card (that yellow “Buy Now” button)
2. Send money to MY FABULOUS NEW P.O. BOX !!!!!!
3. Buy the CD here in Austin at Waterloo Records.
(I’ll work on that i-Tunes thing next.)
My aim is to get my hands all sticky with HTML code and replace those 3 buttons to the right with one gloriously feng shui ”Buy Jannie’s CD!” button, to whisk you to my Buy CD page where you’ll commune with my spirit while ordering CDs to your heart and wallet’s content any time of the day or night, in any weather, in any manner of dress or undress.
And now… a total non-sequitur… what album(s) have you worn out playing?
I’ll go first… U2s “The Joshua Tree.” Carole King’s “Tapestry.” And Bach and Handel’s “Greatest Hits.”
And have you noticed a fair amout of ass-kicking around here lately??
On 13 May 2009 at 10:31 am Lynn said,
How’s this for variety? In my car, so getting worn out.
- Emmylou Harris’s “Heartaches and Highways” (I love to imagine that I sing like her, but sadly, not.)
- Mendelssohn – Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5 “Reformation”
- 100% Disco. In my car for a road trip and I kept it in there for general happiness during regular days.
Lynn’s last blog post..Greens, glamour and roses
On 13 May 2009 at 10:43 am Karyn said,
The Little White Duck (as sung by a raspy voiced Duck.)It’s a an 45 and it now sounds like an old record.. with scratches and popping noises.
On 13 May 2009 at 10:58 am Talon said,
Look at you all official and sooo organized! Awesome!
I’ve worn out a few – and Carole King “Tapestry” is for sure one along with The Alan Parsons Project “Eve”, Pink Floyd “Dark Side of the Moon”, Supertramp “Breakfast in America”, Jann Arden “Living Under June”, Michelle Branch “The Spirit Room” and The Platters “Very Best of The Platters”…and I could go on and on…lol…
I anticipate wearing out Jannie Funster’s “I Need A Man” very soon!
Talon’s last blog post..Random stuff…
On 13 May 2009 at 12:05 pm Lane Savant said,
Frank Zappa “Chunga’s Revenge”
Charles Mingus “Black Saint and the Sinner Lady”
John Lennon “Rock and Roll”
Lane Savant’s last blog post..Mothers Day 2009
On 13 May 2009 at 12:08 pm Jeanne said,
Jannie,
Hmm. So many choices… How do I narrow it down?
I will just list a few faves but I will surely feel guilty about those I didn’t list. These are in no particular order and you’ll notice there is a wide variety once I get past my double Tori selections. (It was extraordinarily difficult to pick any Tori CDs over any others!)…
1) Tori Amos’ “Little Earthquakes”
David Bowie’s “Best of Bowie”
2) Tori Amos’ “American Doll Posse”
3) Sarah Maclachlan’s “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy”
4) Depeche Mode’s “Violator”
5) James Taylor’s “James Taylor Live” (double)
6) Joni Mitchell’s “Hits”
7) Queen’s “Greatest Hits”
9) Enya’s “Watermark”
10) INXS’ “The Best of INXS”
11) I’m going to cheat and put your CD down here simply because every day when my daughter gets home from school now, the first thing she asks is to listen to your CD snippets. So we will surely be wearing out your CD once it arrives and since I already mailed you my order (I betcha you receive my mail order 1st)… I know that we’ll get your CD soon. Woo hoo!
Jeanne
Jeanne’s last blog post..Fibromyalgia Awareness Day And M.E./C.F.S. Awareness Day
On 13 May 2009 at 2:23 pm Vered - MomGrind said,
Mostly Queen, The Police, and The Beatles.
Now I listen to soft rock stations on the radio.
Vered – MomGrind’s last blog post..Make Everything Taste Like Bacon!
On 13 May 2009 at 2:31 pm Liara Covert said,
Jannie, the journey to sharing love and expanding how you experience it is full of meaningful opportunities. You sense joy all along. Everything is working in your favor, even apparent glitches. They challenge you to stay focused on the positive energy you generate from the soul. Simply be willing to release thoughts that do not work for you. You are the captain of your own ship.
Liara Covert’s last blog post..Reconnect with your core frequency
On 13 May 2009 at 2:46 pm Jannie said,
Lynn: Emmylou Harris’ voice is as if from another world. Sara McLaughlin is up there like that. Patty Griffin too. However, we all do have our unique and equally powerful voices to be heard as much as we want them to be heard. I do not have any Mendelsshon. I’ll check for those at the library. Ah! New classical music to blast and dance to in the car. Disco for general happiness during regular days – lol. It’s true tho. Do you have the one about putting on my-my-my-my-my boogie shoes??
Karyn: Wait let me Google that! Hey, I know that song. Is that lately you are listening to it with your kids? Or as a kid yourself? Quack, quack, quack.
Talon: Yes, oficialy organized, that’s me to a never ending tee!
Me too on The Dark Side Of The Moon and Breakfast in America. Could we have kippers for breakfast, Mommy Dear Mommy Dear? Oh yes, totally -it’s all coming back to me now. Did you ever have S.T’s “Even In The Quietest Moments” album? Some great great cuts on there too. Oh and Alice Cooper’s Flush The Fashion was another I played non-stop for a while. And Boston, what was their really really BIG record? Classic.
Lane: I don’t know if I’ve ever heard any of those 3. just so much amazing, amazing music in the world.
Jeanne, my lovely Jeanne: I must go check my mailbox!! Nope, not yet. I’ll watch every day and ship the next day! And how funny you guys are listening to my snippets, I hope the whole songs will live up to your expectations! I knew Tori Amos would have more than one on your list for sure. And love all the other artists you mentioned too, for sure! Sara McLaughlin’s voice is a miracle.
Vered: Was that in Israel where you grew up, or after you moved here to The States?
Liara: Yay! I love when you come over here to remind and guide about all the good things in life. Release the thoughts that don’t work. Release the thoughts that don’t work. Got it!
On 13 May 2009 at 4:21 pm G said,
Jannie, many thanks for the mention and the linkage. I will be putting that check into the mail tonight.
To answer your question, the only CD I really overplayed was “Girlfriend” by Matthew Sweet.
When I used to be able to play my vinyl, I would wear out individual songs.
“Why Me?” by Planet P comes to mind.
G’s last blog post..Sunday At G’s (pt 1)
On 13 May 2009 at 5:39 pm debbie said,
I want to learn some html too. I dabble, but mostly it is ineffective.
Hope the CD sales go well.
debbie’s last blog post..The benefits of being a mother
On 13 May 2009 at 5:59 pm TheWeyrd1 said,
I guess I’ve been a semi-somebody for a really long time then…heh.
Worn out ALBUMS? As in VINYL??? Um, well, I wore out a bunch of Osmond albums as a kid, though I must admit I liked my Donny and Marie album the best…I think it may have been due to Marie…heh.
As for CD’s…I’ve worn out a few Melissa Etheridge ones and currently I have KT Tunstall in my car’s CD player.
TheWeyrd1’s last blog post..Sunday Surf – Happy Mother’s Day…now watch this…
On 13 May 2009 at 6:22 pm Momisodes said,
I really wish I knew some HTML.
This is all so exciting! I hope it sells like hot cakes
Momisodes’s last blog post..Ten Rules for Being Human
On 13 May 2009 at 7:28 pm Jeanne said,
Jannie,
So… are you plugging your CD on twitter yet? I am!
I’m tellin’ ya… twitter is gonna help make you even more famous than your current semi-somebody status. Far more well known than Post Office Box Queen.
Just remember you told you TweetDeck makes it much faster and easier to tweet, retweet, etc. Trust me… TweetDeck makes twitter from the web look downright ancient.
If I were you, I’d set up a hashtag specifically for your CD. Yup. People can devote an entire TweetDeck panel to retweeting your messages. I know I would. Right now I’m just retweeting the @janniefunster panel but if you kick things off with a hashtag for all your readers to follow and retweet your promotional messages (your sense of humor could make for the best promo tweets ever), your only problem would be keeping up with the orders. Seriously.
Jeanne
Jeanne’s last blog post..Fibromyalgia Awareness Day And M.E./C.F.S. Awareness Day
On 13 May 2009 at 8:32 pm Karyn said,
Myself as a kid. I found it on Ebay and regot it and my nephew wore it out.
On 13 May 2009 at 8:35 pm Jannie said,
G: Glad to give you a link. It was a funny thought, semi-somebody. Never heart of Matthew Sweet, nor Girlfriend. I’m curious and will be Googling him. I heard vinyl’s coming back. You think?
Debbie; Any code I’ve learned so far has been mostly stumbling upon discoveries or good old trial and error. I’m relaly excited about the CD sales. Just to have an actual product is a dream come true. All else is gravy.
Weyrd1: You have a P.O. Box too!!! Oh, I never knew the full depth and breadth of your allure until just now. I love my P.O.box key, all golden and shiny, with just the right tinkling sound against my car and house keys. Heaven! (But hey who’s supposed to be the weird one here?) Marie was a little cutie, for sure. Still an attractive woman today.
Momisodes: What would you like to change about your site via HTML? Even if the CDs sell like frozen waffles I’ll be pleased as punch.
But is punch really pleased? And how would one know? 
Jeanne, Jeanne the Tweetdecking Machine!! That is on my list for tomorrow! Seriously. Gonna take this falling-apart laptop to a coffee shop with WiFi, sit there smoking my cigar, swilling my brandy and kick some Tweetdeck butt. Again – what would I ever do without you?? I sure do get by with a lot of help from my friends.
Karyn: Ah you as a kid! And how does the tune affect you today? Irritating or like water off a duck’s back?
On 13 May 2009 at 9:24 pm Patricia said,
My youngest burned me a CD of favorites for a long road trip in the flat lands and I just cracked it on my last drive…
It is currently raining so hard I walked up and down the stairs for 30 minutes for my exercise to Dixie Chicks “Not ready to make Nice.”
I have given up listening to Opera since I can’t sing along, but I try to on Josh Grobin’s Awake and a Sarah Brightman I have somewhere…
Music is such a good ship…
Patricia’s last blog post..Dawn and Release
On 14 May 2009 at 1:12 am Carla said,
You’re far more than a semi-somebody, but congratulations on the new box.
Carla’s last blog post..Forgiveness
On 14 May 2009 at 7:48 am Glenn Buttkus said,
Jannie,pardon me, but I’m a tad confused. IF we were to send you at your new PO Box a check or money order, do we make it out to JANNIE FUNSTER? We all sort of know that is your blog and performance name, but will the bank cash it as such? Maybe I will just be brave and use Pay Pal. I have been forced to use it on Ebay lately. They will not accept checks or money orders now. I have worn out several Yo Yo Ma CD’s, bunches of Beatles, Joy Harjo, and all of the Joanie Mitchell. I also play movie scores. LORD OF THE RINGS, BRAVEHEART, SPARTACUS, BEN HUR, ALIEN, JURASSIC PARK, and like that.
Thanks for reading my Mother’s Day poem and commenting on it.
Glenn
Glenn Buttkus’s last blog post..Trapped
On 14 May 2009 at 7:59 am Glenn Buttkus said,
Well, hell, I was brave and went with Pay Pal. I need a Jannie singing I need a man, the long version! And by the way, please autograph it too. I play CD’s in the morning here at the office to get my juices flowing, and to keep me company. Now Jannie can join Alex Shapiro, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Doug Palmer, and all the other friends who look out my window over American Lake at all 14,410 feet of Mt. Rainier over Silcox Island and McChord USAF base.
Glenn
Glenn Buttkus’s last blog post..Trapped
On 14 May 2009 at 8:11 am Tammy said,
Hello ass kicker! Ha ha I just wanted to say that. I can’t say that on my blog. Well, I could, and I almost let some things fly last night because of my mood. I surfed the urge Jannie. I surfed the urge.
T
On 14 May 2009 at 9:00 am Lynn said,
Dancing in the car to Mendelssohn – I like the sound of that. Boogie shoes is not on this Disco CD. It’s one of those compilation CDs I spotted walking through Target. My favorite: Thelma Houston “Don’t Leave Me This Way.”
Lynn’s last blog post..Delicious, sleep and found
On 14 May 2009 at 10:12 am Jannie said,
Patricia: Oh no, the CD cracked? I guess they don’t last forever, boo hoo. Stair walking, way to go! Do you come down frontwards or backwards? Did you put that Sixie Chicks song on repeat? I love putting songs on repeat — some have been L.Cohen’s “First We Take Manhattan”, Dylan’s “The Highlands,” and loved dancing to Madonna’s “Over & Over”
Carla: Yes, I guess now that I have my own P.O. Box I may well have moved into the prestigious realm of Advanced-Beginner Semi-Somebody.
Tammy: Greetings, fellow ass-kicker. Surfin’ the urge, eh? Well you come on over here Tammy, whenever you need to let things fly! Or e-mail me. Just never be too hard on yoruself for you are very well and deeply loved.
On 14 May 2009 at 10:35 am Jannie said,
Glenn & Lynn: Sorry – I think I made you guys have to re-log-in? Sorry, I was fiddling (and violining,) last night with some settings on my blog to hopefully try and filter all the spam comments I get and I obviously did not know what I was doing. Hope it’s fixed now?? Please let me know if it let’s you back in as usual.
Glenn: Yes, duh of me on not putting to whom a check or M.O shouldst go to. I changed that – yep Jannie Funster. Yay – you ordered my CD!! And it’s special because it’s the First Edition – the “I Need A Man” second edition will be adding in Jim’s voice credit on Motorcycle Cop. Can’t believe I’d forgotten that!! But I hadn’t listened to the recordings in months. You are so kind to order a disk! Thank you. I’ll mail it tomorrow. First class! With extra aromatic moonbeams. What’s your fav Joni Mitchell? Me “Court & Spark” but “Blue” is right up there too. And your Mothers Day poem was very very very touching and well written. (I like your own poems better than the other ones you post. And wish you’d post more. Do you not post many becuase you are not “prolific” or are you just shy?)
Lynn: “Ooooh, baby, my heart is full of love and it’s all for you! So come on down and do what you gotta do…. !” Rockin’! Do you have “Disco Duck?” Gol, remember that?? Or “Disco’s in the garbage, right where it belongs?” lol. I’d say “I Will Survive”‘ is the best and longest-lasting one from that era. You think?
On 14 May 2009 at 11:34 am Danifer said,
Wow, look at you! I take a 3 month break and I come back and everything is different. Glad to see you are doing good.
Danifer’s last blog post..Dusting Off The Cobwebs
On 14 May 2009 at 11:34 am Sara said,
Jannie,
I love U2. I actually went to one of their concerts with both of my daughters, which was amazing because we all have such different tastes in music…but Bono gets to all of us:~)
I also like Peter Gabriel, Josh Groban, Van Morrison’s “Have I told you that I loved you?”, and Jethro Tull.
Be patient…your music will be heard (and sell). It’s too good not to be:~)
Sara’s last blog post..In Switzerland
On 14 May 2009 at 11:36 am Tess The Bold Life said,
Janie,
I hope you know how freakin talented you are with your music and writing. Semi-somebody! What a hoot! You have one of the busiest blogs on my reader! You are well on your way and I’m glad to be part of it.
Oh and let’s not forget about changing your own buttons and code. OMG why can’t I do that?!? My brain doesn’t work that way…that’s why!
I love the photo as well…a stroke of genious. There is power in those 3 colors and I hope it gets so stuffed they call you down to come and pick up orders.
Thanks for sharing all details on your journey. That’s what keeps us coming back!
Tess The Bold Life’s last blog post..Somebody’s Daughter
On 14 May 2009 at 11:39 am Tess The Bold Life said,
Ooops I forgot to tell you my kids were between the ages 6-10 and they used to jump on their beds to the Carol King Tapestry CD. I think I’ll go get it today.
Natasha Benningfield is who I’ve worn out over the last year. My daughter gave it to me last Memorial Day Weekend. I hope she has a new one for me!
Tess The Bold Life’s last blog post..Somebody’s Daughter
On 14 May 2009 at 12:27 pm Lynn said,
LOL! No Disco Duck – but I do remember it. My all time favorite disco music is Abba. I’ve seen Mama Mia the play and Mama Mia the movie twice each. Love it.
Oh – and I didn’t have to log back in – it just said the comment was awaiting moderation. I figure it’s because I’m such a wild thing.
Lynn’s last blog post..Delicious, sleep and found
On 14 May 2009 at 12:45 pm J.D. Meier said,
Way to go … you are in the biz and you’ve paved the path!
I’ve worn the heck out of U2, Vanhalen, and Aerosmith … who doesn’t want to go where the streets have no name or jump or love in an elevator?
J.D. Meier’s last blog post..Author a Distinctive Story
On 14 May 2009 at 1:51 pm Jannie said,
Danifer: Well, well — out of the bloggy mists of time comes you once again to grace this humble page. Welcome back! Really? You find things look different? My big eye’s still the same, tho, right?
Yeah, (puffs up chest, beams profusely,) got my very own P.O. Box now. Big big changes at Jannie Funster.com. Plus, got my CD done, had my big little show. And just ate some coffee Haagen-Dazs. Way too much of a somebody now.
Sara: I shall perhaps see a U2 concert when my cosmic energy has transmuted to “the other side.” Or I buy a ticket. Whichever comes first!! (Hopefully the former.) Or maybe see their concert in 3-D at an IMax. My hubby as a real thing for not liking Van’s voice, so my Van in this house, even to I do like him. is irst album! Whoa. Funny, I am just so happy with my music now if I never got any “further’ I’d be as happy. For me just doing it and reaching outside my comfort zone makes me feel like Song Queen of the universe! yay.
Tess: I am not exactly sure how a reader works as to “busyness.” Do you mean that you can actually see my traffic or something? This whole blogging / internet thing is still such a mystery to me in sooo many ways. I’ve only ever checked my stats once, so I might venture at that again. Be good for a chuckle, see what funny phrases people are finding me by. As to code, I stumble along a lot on my own. And when I get really stuck I hire Kim Woodbridge. Her fees are very reasonable and she’s a real crackerjack at Wordpress. Oooo, my P.O. Box photo a stroke of genius? That compliment will hold me for a good few hours. Well, Tess, I’m just a regular gal who realized I maybe have a knack for turning a melody and lyric and all the rest is elbow grease! Thanks for your eternal support, inspiration and friendship. And I don’t think I even have a copy of Tapestry anymore so we’re both on the same path with that! Never heard of Natasha Bennington. She must be good. Youtube…..
Lynn: Well, yes, now that you mention it, I must admit you do tend to get a little rambunctious over here in this puritanical ass-kicking bra-flinging zone. So tone it down, will ya??? My mom could drop by here any minute.
J.D.: Yes, I singlehandedly have gone where no Jannie Funster has gone before! I totally have to remember to order me a commemorative medal, or some fancy $10.00 a can caramel corn or something. Kiss was another band I wore out. And Oh. My. God. AC / DC Hells Bells – how could I have forgotten that? Me and Ruthie playing cards all weekend and drinking hot tea with milk back in high school.
On 14 May 2009 at 2:03 pm Mama Zen said,
I just wanted to comment on the EXTRAORDINARY amount of ass kicking going on around here!
Mama Zen’s last blog post..It’s A Pandemic!
On 14 May 2009 at 2:19 pm Kristi said,
Thanks for the comment on my girlies! They keep me very busy, but I always find time to blog! Love your music… we will watch for your upcoming show schedule!!!
Kristi’s last blog post..3 Months Old!
On 14 May 2009 at 4:16 pm Christine Gallagher said,
Oooh I love this topic!
Jeanne–another Toriphile here!!
Tori Amos: Boys For Pele (and seriously, like all her albums)
Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream
The Sundays: Blind
Fiona Apple: When the Pawn
U2: Achtung Baby and The Joshua Tree
so many more I am blanking on right now…
On 14 May 2009 at 4:20 pm G said,
Matthew Sweet had a monster hit with “Girlfriend” and a semi-monster with “Evangeline”. He just recently re-released the CD last year (after being out of print for about a decade).
The entire CD has a good power/pop feel to it.
The cover of the CD has a vintage picture of Tuesday Weld on it.
Can’t get enough of that CD.
G’s last blog post..Train, Train
On 14 May 2009 at 6:37 pm Tammy said,
awwww Jannie, what a sweet comment…..
On 14 May 2009 at 7:16 pm Chris said,
I’ve been listening to Carole King Tapestry since it first came out and it was the ONLY thing my mother played on the record player. Now, my oldest son’s bird (Wren) listens to it during the day when no one is in his room. Carole is a Goddess. So are you!
Congrats on the Fab new P.O. Box and all the cool buttons. You’re not a semi-somebody… you’re a somebody!
Chris’s last blog post..Girl Hair
On 14 May 2009 at 7:22 pm Jannie said,
Mama Z: Really quite extraordinarily abundant, isn’t it?
Kristi: Well, what a surprise you “answered.” Cool! Thanks for dropping by and commenting. And your babies are some sweet lille 3-month-olds.
Christine: I know about blanking. There has been so much wonderful music over the years for me too, albums I wore out and forgot. But just waiting to relive again. Soemtimes I’ll hear a song on the radio and it takes me back, a lot of tiem to tears. Simon & Garfunkel. Jim CRoce. Harry Chapin. Am I a sap, or what?
Well, thanks, G for the song tips! I can’t wait until Kelly goes to sleep tonight to Google it. Everything is available on YouTube these days. I imagine I’ll be at least familiar with the melodies. I better be!
Tammy: Anytime, girl. Anytime!!
On 14 May 2009 at 7:27 pm Renee said,
Jannie, I’m excited to have my CD on the way! Yeah!
So since I don’t have YOURS yet, my most worn CD’s (or albums) to date: My first record ever: Michael Jackson Thriller (I was 8!)
Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack, Pearl Jam (all of them), Everclear, Amos Lee, Goldfrappe… it just goes on and on….
Congrats on the CD!!!!
Renee
Renee’s last blog post..Now it is just funny….
On 14 May 2009 at 8:19 pm Thomma Lyn said,
Yay! I can comment now.
For some reason I couldn’t comment yesterday — maybe my computer had the hiccups.
Nice P. O. Box! I’ll be getting one of those puppies soon, too.
Bach and Handel’s greatest hits? YYYYES! Love ‘em. I’ve been listening to a lot of Rachmaninoff and Beethoven lately, too.
Gonna order your CD soon — can’t wait!! xxxx oooo
Thomma Lyn’s last blog post..Woodland Friends, Foliage, and Fungus
On 14 May 2009 at 9:42 pm joaquin said,
i said…..i’m almost afraid i’m going to get my ass kicked, what with all the ass-kicking going on around here. not that you would on purpose, but i might get in the way and get my ass kicked on accident. (and i did! how crazy is that?!)
when i was a kid i wore out a 45 of “snoopy vs. the red baron” by the royal guardsmen. my ac/dc “back in black” album got destroyed at a high school house party, and a james mcmurtry tape – “where’d you hide the body” – is mostly hiss now. but i was a mix-tape person, so most of my vinyl is still in decent shape.
joaquin’s last blog post..Dones Capped
On 14 May 2009 at 9:55 pm Heather Happymaker said,
Still laughing about filing this under ass kicking!!!
I’ll get back to you on the records. It’s been so long since I’ve been able to lose myself in music in a meaningful way. I dabble. A bit of this, a bit of that, I don’t tend to obsess over one artist the way I did in my younger years (The Cure, Live, and many others.)
I will, of course, continue to obsess about you and your artistry!
On 14 May 2009 at 10:00 pm Jannie said,
Chris: The ONLY thing your mother ever played? And was that a good thing for you? With all this loot I’m getting for my CDs, I can’t wait to get me my Tapestry… You’re so faaaaar away. Doesn’t anybody stay in one place anymore? Oh, Kelly’s gonna LOVE it!! Can’t wait until tomorrow. But wait — your oldest son’s bird?? What? Does he sing the songs or put on the player himself?
Renee: So excited to be sending it out tomorrow! I have 4 to mail in the morning. Whee-hoo!! Gonna get cracking on those at 5:30 a.m. Maybe even 5:25 a.m.! My only wish is my CD doesn’t wear YOU out. Yikes. Yes, it does just keep going on and on with the music doesn’t it?! Please don’t stop the music.
Thomma Lyn: Sorry about you not being able to comment last night. I fiddled with something in my settings to hopefully stop spam comments and accidentally flipped a funny switch. Hopefullly it’ll be back to normal again soon, if not already. Eeek. Love your Sally, btw.
On 14 May 2009 at 10:04 pm Jannie said,
Heather! Shoot, musta just missed you. Yes I have in many circles caused wild wild obession over my sheer artistry, mostly in laundrymats and fried chicken places — they just fawn all over me in there, I can hardly get a breath in between their constant undulations and adorations of me.
On 14 May 2009 at 10:17 pm Jannie said,
JOAQUIN CAME BACK! MY LIFE”S COMPLETE!!!!! MY LIFE’S COMPLETE!!!
I have accidentaly spammed 3 comments since I started this blog and I lied awake at night crying over the agony of the pain I’d no doubt caused each of the 3. How they’d felt the sting of Jannie rejection and went on to a life of misery and crime, and certain premature death on the cold mean streets.
Joaquin: I would only ever kick your posterior bodily region under extreme circumstances such as to get you out of the way of an on-coming bus or into a fleeing taxi. Only life and death situations.
And you did get your ass kicked here, yes. Inadvertantly. But resoundlingly when your masterpiece comment lay rent asunder on the rocks of my blog’s seedy underbelly.
Back in Black yes, that was the album’s name, right?
Cut loose from the noose.
And vinyl’s coming back right? Or growing, so they say.
On 14 May 2009 at 10:59 pm Jeanne said,
Grannie Jannie… I mean “Funster Management”, please pass this along…
Message for Christine Gallagher,
1) Thanks for the tweet. I do think we need to start a twitter movement promoting Jannie’s CD.
2) Yes, as I tweeted you back… I can’t get enough Tori. I have every CD (not counting the 100s of imports and dance mixes, of course, because I’d have to be made out of money for that).
The only thing I’m lacking is her boxed set — but someday I’ll scrape up enough cash to afford that. In the meantime, I pre-ordered Tori’s new CD from Amazon via my blog (it’s out in a few short days)!
That should tide me over for awhile. Woo hoo! Best live performer I have EVER seen… and I’ve seen a lot of them.
3) Thank you for reminding me that I have a couple of Fiona Apple CDs that I need to dig up because they’re great!
4) When I picked the Tori CDs I did, I tried to pick LE for those who want to start with the basics and I picked ADP because I just really love it… (but I love all of them. Yes, Pele is a keeper for sure.
5) Gosh, haven’t heard Smashing Pumpkins in so long. Used to work in a big city with a cool alternative station that played them all the time.
6) U2… hard not to like. I like old U2 (i.e. War, Sunday Bloody Sunday).
Whew. I couldn’t resist responding when I saw your comment. Ask Jannie… I get very passionate about all things music!
Jeanne
Jeanne’s last blog post..Fibromyalgia Awareness Day And M.E./C.F.S. Awareness Day
On 14 May 2009 at 11:19 pm Lane Savant said,
And Captain Beefheart’s “Trout mask replica”.
I like music that fights back.
Lane Savant’s last blog post..Round
On 15 May 2009 at 1:53 am Ching Ya said,
Hi Jannie,
Thanks for dropping by, always a joy to see you. And yes, I did play the guitar, so was yesterday. ^^
Recently listen to quite alot of Daughtry; also some of the mix-hits back in the 80’s till today: Police, Reo Speedwagon, U2, Rick Springfield.. Boyz-Man, Lifehouse, Lincoln brewster, Bryan Adams… Yup, music is everywhere. ^^
Agree, you should definitely check out some Twitter desktop clients. I’ll be covering about those soon in my coming post. ^^ In the mean time you could get adapt with Tweetdeck first. Jeanne made a good point, and the hashtag idea is splendid. Twitter is definitely a place to start with especially you’re promoting the CDs. We’re lucky to have social media to make things happen. ^^
@wchingya
Social media/Blogging
On 15 May 2009 at 4:23 am Rhett said,
Hello Jannie.
Can I pirate-download it from the internet? Thats what we traditionally do in India.
On 15 May 2009 at 6:07 am brandi said,
congrats on being a semi-somebody!! Did I ever tell you that I used to manage a band here in dallas? Ahh…the days of moving up from nobody’s to semi-somebodys.
I remember them well.
your CD is on my list of things to buy soon-and now I have the option to send my money to a PO box-woot!!!
brandi’s last blog post..the unofficially official joy rebel day
On 15 May 2009 at 12:10 pm Blond Duck said,
Can’t wait to listen to your CD when I get home from work!
Blond Duck’s last blog post..The Dance
On 15 May 2009 at 4:23 pm G said,
Font big?
Hardly.
But nevertheless, tweaking a setting to keep everyone on their toes is a very good thing to do.
Yes, vinyl is making a comeback. With some of the newer bands, you can actually get the vinyl version of their latest release.
Managed to pick up ‘Vitalogy’ by Pearl Jam, ‘The Man Comes Around’ by Johnny Cash, and an album by the Offspring (sorry forgot the name) that way.
G’s last blog post..Train, Train
On 15 May 2009 at 5:59 pm Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching said,
Yuck, HTML code — I’d make sure to put on the surgical gloves and booties. As far as albums, I’ve worn out the Rocky IV soundtrack to get all supercharged more times than I care to admit. But now I’ve gone and admitted it.
On 15 May 2009 at 11:22 pm robbi said,
Frestoon, As it is I am a born again dyed in the wool Luddite I does not have many cd’s. I have tho the very first LP Hortense and the robbi purchased, (buddy greco/let the sun shine in) That I does have many giga-thingy’s of music stuffs stored on my PC watcha-m’callit is a yes an also some of them funny little hoozits you stick inna PC wot plays MP3’s they also have music in there. Once a time we sat in the very front row at a Tori Amos concert ‘cos I told Hortense Tori wos a red-hot piano player but wen Tori swung her legs around an faced the audience Horty put her hand in front of my eyes and made us leave at interval. I did ask why so and all Hortense would say was she wasn’t, inna funny voice, so we dint get to see anymore although Horty said she had seen enuf.Yu knos I doesnt speak lady all that well but yu also knos Horty has a strong will so I dussn’t argue. Leonard Cohen has see Tori play an we (horty an me) likes Leonard heaps so I ’spose that is okay. Lens olderanyways so I reckon the way Tori plays piano might jus suit a real old bloke,dint go down all that well with horty tho.
robbi’s last blog post..ink marks on a blank page Sunday 10th May
On 16 May 2009 at 3:58 am SnaggleTooth said,
Dave Mathews Under the Table & Dreaming
Beatles Revolver
U2 Greatest Hits
Crosby Stills Nash & Young So far
This week,
Seals n Crofts Greatest Hits
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On 16 May 2009 at 7:55 am Jannie Funster said,
Jeanne: You know that line form Tori Amos from Crucify? “Every finger in the room is pointing at me…” that runs through my head sometimes. And her line about “God, sometimes you just don’t come through. Do you need a woman to look after you.” And of course, “When you gonna make up your mind – when you gonna love you as much as I do?” The latter as CLASSIC a lyric line as ever there were one!!! Gotta get on the olde Tweetdeck train. Just didn’t buckle down to it yet. btw, your CD went out yesterday!!! Sunday Bloody Sunday – yes GREAT FREAKING SONG!! P.S. now that I now your address – expect that load of wood very very soon!
Lane: Trout mask replica. Did they steal that line from you?
Ching Ya — always a joy to see YOU here too. You and Jeanne, you’re gonna get me Tweeting like a pro yet! Thanks. And play your guitar today too! I took mine to the river yesterday around 5:00 but it was too darn hot to play. No more polyester in Texas until mid-November I do believe. Whew. The river is best in the cool of the morning dew.
Rhett: Pirate away!
Brandi: What you doing in Dallas, Girl? Get you on down here to Austin, Live Music Capital Of The Whirled. Have you ever lived here? Actually, somedays I can’t even believe I live here even, tho I’m coming up on 19 years of residence here.
Blond Duck: Just make sure you’re sitting down to listen, my audaciously loud sounds might well knock you off your feets.
G: That’s it exactly! I keep my funstering friends paying attention. And have more attention-getting tricks up my sleeves too — working on the formula to have cheesecake and baking brownie scents waft from your screen each time you log onto my site. Think I’ve almost got it, so far the aroma comes out like peach cobbler. Wow, you quite the music-lovin’ man, for sure! you been like that long?
Edgar: Da-da-DAH! Da-da-DAH!! (Those first notes to Rocky’s theme.) Classic music. I needs to get me a copy of that. And Edgar, luckily all admissions here are kept in strict funstering condfidence. What’s admitted here, stays here, right Peeps??
Robbillio: The Tori leg- swinging and gyrating is a phenomenon, yes. I remember a reviewing male who wrote he felt as if he’d just cheated on is wife, watching a Tori concert. I too have seen these manner of rectangular flat-ish electronic acoutrements with earbuds attached and have oftimes contemplated the aquisition of said-same article. But of late I’ve also been witnessing the telephonicular 3G phenomenon — my mind is becoming enraged with too, perhaps to even contemplate owning one.
Snag: CSNY. Be still my aching heart for the sound of those voices blended in harmonious and evocative eternal ecstasy. Did you see “Because of Winn Dixie?” Matthews was in that, and a pretty good actor too!
Dudes, it’s coffee time!!
Jannie Funster’s last blog post..Ordering The Funsterment
On 16 May 2009 at 8:13 am Cathy said,
so exciting–I can’t wait to see the video of your performance! I loved The Joshua Tree too, and this past year I’ve discovered Weezer, even though they’ve been around since the 90’s. I love their Blue Album.
Cathy’s last blog post..Meandering
On 16 May 2009 at 8:40 am Jewel/Pink Ink said,
Jannie- you’re on your way up and then some, girl
!
Right now playing my new Keith Urban CD I got for Mother’s Day. Stuck on song #3, Sweet Thing!
Jewel/Pink Ink’s last blog post..Writer’s Remorse
On 16 May 2009 at 12:25 pm wade said,
It was fun buying your CD at Waterloo. The guy took me right to it. So now I have been playing you as I drive around town.
Three albums huh ?
Sinatra,”The Concert Sinatra”
Cash, “American Recordings lv ”
Dire Straits “Brothers in Arms”
On 16 May 2009 at 2:50 pm sheila said,
Schweet jannie! Congrats on everything! Only my very best wishes for much success!
sheila’s last blog post..Pretty in Pink (and Black)
On 16 May 2009 at 5:16 pm Jannie said,
Cathy: I had a bit of a technical glitch, this computer is perhaps getting filled up, so a buddy is coming to help me free up some hard drive space, then bob-your-uncle, it’ll be song video heaven on this site!
Jewel: I saw Keith Urban once on CMT, quite the hit with the ladies. Moving upwards? Well as long as I just keep moving forward, I’m happy!
Wade: Yay! A Waterloo Records sale! Whee-hoo. My favorite Sinatra is “The Main Event.” And forgot about Brothers Arms. Wore that one out too!
Sheila: Thank you for your warm and wonderful wishes. It’s friends like you that keep me inspired and moving along. And I feel so successful already!!! Actually, I think I have totally arrived.
On 17 May 2009 at 10:59 pm Jeanne said,
Jannie,
Yes, Jannie, I know every lyric of every Tori song… but of course.
Yes, I am very familiar with all of the ones you mentioned.
Yes, this is a true CLASSIC line, “When you gonna make up your mind – when you gonna love you as much as I do?”
You talk about self-esteem commentaries and calls for people to engage in self-care. Phew! CLASSIC for sure.
Another one I like is,
I’ve found the secret to life
I’ve found the secret to life
I’m okay when everything is not okay
Is not okay…
Talk about how to sum up inner peace…
Now, I should warn you that TweetDeck takes a fair amount of memory. I had a friend today write me that she had to break down and buy a fan for her laptop and she was attributing her laptop’s difficulties with her recent installation of TweetDeck. So just a heads up on it.
Yay! My CD and jasmine moonbeams are en route. My pre-order Tori Amos CD is en route too. I wonder which one will reach me first? Woo hoo… I’m going to be in good shape.
Plus…. BRACE YOURSELF… my hubby just bought us an early anniversary present to each other (11 years):
The Tori Amos boxed set (have wanted this a LONGGGGGGGGGGG time). Dear heaven you should hear it! We just got it and I’m telling you it’s a slice of heaven!
Sunday Bloody Sunday… Yes, old U2 is just so amazing, isn’t it?
P.S. Yes, I expect you’ll be making a full-fledged wood delivery ASAP because I would like to meet you eye-to-eye.
Jeanne’s last blog post..MCS Awareness!
On 18 May 2009 at 1:19 pm Jannie said,
Jeanne: YOU GOT THE TORI BOXED SET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O. M. G.
What more is there to say in life than that?
Oh, remember Tori’s line… “Peace love and a ____ ____?!!”
On 18 May 2009 at 10:11 pm MiaHysteria said,
Always the fiddler. Love the fiddling. Love the changes, even if you’re not sure how they got there. I’m SO jealous of the P.O. Box. I want one. But then I’d probably only get bills in there too. No need for me to boycott 2 mailboxes!
MiaHysteria’s last blog post..Not Me Monday
On 20 May 2009 at 12:56 pm Jannie said,
Mia: Sometimes you fiddle and sometiems you just have to bring out the violin. Eiter way, we rosin up our bows and prepare for the dance. Shoot, I need to open up the bils – shed a little light into those scary corners.