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Cosmic Thing was one of my signature albums during college. Sure, I listened to my share of Pearl Jam, too, but there’s nothing like the B-52’s when you’re getting ready for a night on the town – or when you’re trying to wake up and get ready for an early class.
The whole album is filled with whimsical, head-bopping silliness. Most of the lyrics, when you really try to pay attention, make no sense at all – or perhaps they’re all in code – but they’ll make you laugh out loud at the absurdity of it all.
Cosmic Thing is all about chillin’ – about hanging out. It encourages you to “just sit on the porch and swing” (“Dry County”), “go skinny-dipping in the moonlight” (“Deadbeat Club”), take off on a road trip (“Roam”), or hop in your Chrysler and head on over to the Love Shack (it is, after all, a little place where we can get together). Then they end it with a trippy instrumental – “Follow Your Bliss” – which, I suppose, is like the cool-down at the end of a good workout.
I have to admit that I miss the crazy irresponsibility of 80s music. Don’t get me wrong – I love the heaviness of today’s alternative music, but one can handle just so much angst. Then it’s time to forget about the stacks of bills and the depressing responsibilities of growing up – and to pull out the old Happy Music again. Thank goodness for the B-52’s!
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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