Pop Quizzz Mkii

Well, I know one at least: "Girlfriend in a Coma" by Douglas Coupland.

"Well, I know one at least: "Girlfriend in a Coma" by Douglas Coupland"

Correct.

A clue for the second will follow when I have a moment.

Timo

The second book is also by an American. The song is off a (very good) 1977 English new wave album.

The novel I remember as being considered pretty cool/culty when it came out (mid 80s), the author's first I believe. I've just pulled the following review:

"Set in Los Angeles in the early 1980's, this coolly mesmerizing novel is a raw, powerful portrait of a lost generation who have experienced sex, drugs, and disaffection at too early an age, in a world shaped by casual nihilism, passivity, and too much money a place devoid of feeling or hope."

Sounds depressing, but the following extract from a synpsis puts "casual nihilism etc" in context:

"X comes home for Christmas vacation from his Eastern college and re-enters a landscape of
limitless privilege and absolute moral entropy, where everyone drives Porches, dines at Spago,
and snorts mountains of cocaine."

Timo

That would be Bret Easton Ellis' "Less than zero" then. Funny, I never made the connection until now, despite the fact that "My aim is true" is sitting on a shelf less than two feet behind me.

BTW, Coupland is Canadian

Does this mean I have to come up with a question? Oh joy, all this worthless knowledge is finally being put to use. *g

Rents

Bret Easton Ellis' "Less than zero" off "My aim is true" by Elvis Costello & the Attractions is correct. As far as I can remember Costello is name-checked or acknowledged in the book.

"BTW, Coupland is Canadian"
Doh! These quizzes serve only to demonstrate how little I really know.

"Does this mean I have to come up with a question?"
Yes, but if that was your question I've got it right and it's my turn again ;-)

Timo
(go ahead with Q.18)

Can somebody please supply a question?

Rents

It's your turn. I suggest if you can't think of anything by 9 a.m. (GMT) tomorrow, Rico gets to ask a question since (i) he resurrected this thread and (ii) I said he couldn't answer the previous question.

Timo

Sorry about the delay, haven't been able to access this board with any great success over the last couple of hours ('Database unavaible..' etc etc), but here goes:

Which Swedish indiepop group "co-wrote" a song with Springsteen in the mid '90s?

Hey gang, we did have two simultaneous questions going. so to keep the rapid-fire nature of the thread going, here's

Q.19: Which one-time Chillie Pepper, often slagged off by Beavis & Butthead, was recently replaced by a back-from-the-dead guitarist?

PS - remember to reference your question number.

Rico - musichead

Q18 - Cardigans/

"Q18 - Cardigans"
Nope.

Hint: they collaborated with Stina Nordenstam on her album "And she closed her eyes"

Rents, you spun a difficult one there. Not having heard of Stina before, I checked it out on AMG, and promptly ordered the album on the strength of the comment "let's just say that if there's a place with an interesting jukebox, Nordenstam's second release would sit nicely with David Sylvian's Brilliant Trees." Thanks!

Rico - musichead

PS - oh bloody hell, if that's not enough, for my pennance there's a Sarah Brightman reference in her biography! Argggh, Vuk! Heeeeeelp!

Rico asked:

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Which one-time Chillie Pepper, often slagged off by Beavis & Butthead, was recently replaced by a back-from-the-dead guitarist?

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If said guitarists were/are still in the Chillies then did not Dave Navarro replace John Frusciante (who was then reported as dead) and did not John Frusciante then in turn replace Dave Navarro?

Or am I talking bollocks?

cheers

Nigel

10 points, Nigel. Over to you.

Rico - musichead

Who followed in her mother's footsteps by singing backing vocals on a Dave Gilmour album, also sang with Pink Floyd, has released four albums in her own right (but not as a box set - that's a bit of a clue) and recently sang with Deep Purple in concert with the LSO?

cheers

Nigel

Ooooh, that's easy, Sam Brown.

So, Q21... How many different ways (and we might as well ask what they are) is the title portrayed through images on the sleeve of Rush's jolly good "Moving Pictures" album?

Pete

"Oh oxford, stop stalling! Come on!"

As no answers on Q 20 and Q21 for well over a week: Pete, Cav - new questions please?

Rico - musichead

Q22 5 years ago Mr. Apollo was a "4 stone apology". What is he today?

(A21, btw, the removal men are physically moving pictures by carrying them. The pictures are moving the watching people to tears. On the rear cover this is shown to be a movie set, so they're making a moving picture. the inner sleeve has stop-motion multiple exposure shots of the band to give an indication of movement.)

Pete.

...and I don't.

Mr. Apollo was a Bonzo Dog track and Viv Stanshall is dead but that can't be it?

cheers

Nigel

This is for folkies but easy enough if you want to do some quick research:

The song "Ride On" is usually attributed to Christy Moore, but who wrote it?

cheers

Nigel

You're on the right line, Nigel. The outro lyric to "Mr Apollo" contains "5 years ago I was a 4 stone apology, today I am..." and all you have to do is fill in the gap. Is available with fairly obvious search terms through the web, I just checked.

Pete.

"Five years ago, I was a four stone apology
Today, I am two separate gorillas"

Took time but I have been busy and our system at work has been very cranky.

My q 23 stands but this thread is getting a bit tired perhaps?

cheers

Nigel