| Lo Fun Fact #1 |
| "Lolita Files" is my real name. It is not a pen name, as incredible as that may seem. There are plenty of Files family members and people who have known me for years capable of validating this. As for the "Lolita" part, my mother named me after the movie based on Nabokov's book, although she saw or read neither. For as long as she lived, she had no idea there was anything sexual or seedy about being called "Lolita". |
| Lo Fun Fact #2 |
| I love fried chicken and fabulous shoes (although obviously I can't eat fried chicken nearly as much as I'd like). If you ever want to get on my good side, send Popeye's or Church's (that's right, I said Church's) and a pair of
Christian Louboutins. |
| Lo Fun Fact #3 |
| Never show up unannounced or without a Pepsi. Better yet, how about not showing up at all? |
| Lo Fun Fact #4 |
| I hate the telephone. Don't get mad if I don't call you or take a long time to return your calls. I don't call anyone. Don't call me asking why I don't call. Just don't call, okay? (Exception: I will happily take all calls related to business or to share fun/exciting/major news. I'm just not one for jawing on the phone just to be jawing.) |
| Lo Fun Fact #5 |
| I love the internet!!! I love communicating through the internet!!! You can e-mail me and odds are I'll e-mail you right back (if I'm not in the middle of a major project). Makes up for my hangup about the phone, doesn't it? See, I'm not so bad after all!!! |
| Lo Fun Fact #6 |
| I can't stand IMing. Please don't IM me. I'm always on my laptop and connected to the internet as I work and when IM's pop into my screen out of nowhere, they break my concentration and often startle the sh*t out of me in the process. So don't do it. You will get the cold shoulder. I don't like giving people the cold shoulder, so please don't put me in that position. |
| Lo Fun Fact #7 |
I have four five six wonderful, slap-happy dogs and a cat, all of whom I love to pieces. I had a bird (a Roller pigeon that I rescued in LA on New Year's Day in 2004) named B-Bird (what? that's a good name!) who passed away in February 2009, which broke my widdle heart in half. He loved me so, as I did him. If you meet me and ask me about my dogs and cat, we'll be instant friends, and if you ask about B-Bird, I'll probably hug you (unless you smell...wash first). If you meet me and ask me why the f*ck I have four five six dogs and a cat, see the above fun fact for how I will respond. |
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| In Praise Of Little Boys Who Need To Get Gone. |
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
I've been a fan of this woman for a very long time.
The great Marlena Shaw's music runs the gamut of jazz, R&B, pop, disco, and more, and she's got some of the most outstanding chops around.
My favorite song of hers is from her 1977 album, Sweet Beginnings.
The song, entitled "Go Away Little Boy," is a cover of a Carole King/Gerry Goffin hit, and Marlena's version was so soulful, so lush, so timeless, so...appropriate...that its beauty, fun, and downright truth lingers on long after the song is over. You find yourself humming it for the rest of the day. I think any woman who's ever heard it can relate because you've had that moment---or something close---with the man who came home with fourteen mirrors, some Afro Sheen, some Afro clean, some afro fluid, some afro do-it to-it and was gonna just sit up and look at you to do all the work while he "gets himself together." I'm just sayin.' This song is simply wonderful, from the extravagant arrangement, to Marlena's reflective introductory banter (nearly half the song) and ultimately soaring voice, to the feel-good sentiment it evokes in me of the late 70's. I will always love this song, will always sing along every time it comes on. Hopefully, y'all love it and will sing along, too. (Click the link below to listen.)
Amazon.com: Marlena Shaw: Sweet Beginnings |
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Dang Lo...that took me back to when my parents would have card parties, you know...a little bid whist here, some pinocle there! When my mother (RIP) would put this "album" on...my uncles would look at each other with this, ummm, look, and they'd keep it rollin' and talking shyt! Ahhh, the good ole days!
I love this song, especially now that I'm all grown up and I've lived a little. Now I've got to go back into the spider webs, in the garage and see if it's in my dad's albums!
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I just bought Carol King's hits...man...
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He may have been a "Little Boy" but she surely didn't want to let him go. Listen to the end of the song.
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Odd you should play this. I bought a compilation yesterday that has this on it. She actually first recorded the song in 1966 and I think she then re-issued it. I also bought Linda Clifford's compilation which reminded me of my one night of "celebrity" at Studio 54. Damn I miss my 20s.
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Yep, Juan. It was actually on her "Spice of Life" cd in the 60's, but most people really became familiar with it from the Columbia release in '77. How ironic that you just picked it up yesterday. Guess we're all connected on some deeper psychic level.
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Dang Lo...that took me back to when my parents would have card parties, you know...a little bid whist here, some pinocle there! When my mother (RIP) would put this "album" on...my uncles would look at each other with this, ummm, look, and they'd keep it rollin' and talking shyt! Ahhh, the good ole days!
I love this song, especially now that I'm all grown up and I've lived a little. Now I've got to go back into the spider webs, in the garage and see if it's in my dad's albums!