adrian is rad

They’re releasing all of the Motown single ever on CD. The first volume, 1959-1961 is out. It’s 155 tracks and 6 discs. It’s expensive but I’ve been thinking about getting.

I imagine the 1961-1963 and 1963-1965 sets will be really awesome (assuming they keep going in the same pattern) and some of the later sets will be not as great.

Another awesome set that I want to get is Back to Mono a collection of Phil Spector’s work from 1958-1969.

This idiom dictionary is awesome.

My favorites:

• as the actress said to the bishop (UK) This idiom is used to highlight a sexual reference, deliberate or accidental.
• between the devil and the deep blue sea If you are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, you are in a dilemma; a difficult choice.
• fine words butter no parsnips This idiom means that it’s easy to talk, but talk is not action
• Hoist with your own petard If you are hoist with your own petard, you get into trouble or caught in a trap that you had set for someone else.
• Close the stable door after the horse has bolted If people try to fix something after the problem has occurred, they are trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted.
• How long is a piece of string? If someone has no idea of the answer to a question, they can ask ‘How long is a piece of string?’ as a way of indicating their ignorance.

And a few everyday ones that are just strange:

• by the skin of the teeth
• a bone to pick
• dressed up to the nines
• last-ditch (effort/ attempt)
• let the cat out of the bag

All this idiom talk has also gotten me looking for idiom stuff in German, because if idioms can be this foreign in English, they must be hell in German. Here’s one German-English idiom dictionary.

I’m tired and about to go to bed, but I wanted to make a note on time sensitive material.

One of the bands that opened for the Mates of State was the Aqueduct and they’re going to be on Conan O’Brien later tonight (Friday, the 25th). Check them out if you’re around.

They play some fun music.