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Saturday, May 26, 2007

The Sky Has Claws

Themed parties should be the artistic celebration of something awesome. One of those things awesome things worth glorifying through this art form is the Scissor Sisters.

Look at them. They're just asking for it aren't they?

However, they have only released two albums so far. It's important to use all aspects of a themed party to celebrate the theme, so of course only Scissor Sisters would be the soundtrack. This would mean the party would run for about an hour and half.

Which leads me to the idea of having mini-parties. Fewer guests, smaller locations, shorter running time. Could call it a "partette" or a "mini-party". You choose. Since there are only five Sisters, and you'd want to double up just once with costumes, you'd have a partette sized guest list; 9. Of course you'd want OTT, flamboyant, magical decorations. So don't stretch you valuable resources over a ballroom. Your bedroom will do (and if you're cool enough to love the Sisters, you'll have a funky bedroom anyway). So, how about it, a Scissor Sisters "Partette"? I think it sounds rather cute, don't you?

Other "small" things could be celebrated through a mini-party. They're not in my head right now, but maybe they're in yours? What do you suggest?

But back to the greatest band of the 00's. Or 000's even.



My favourite tracks are! (From the first album)

"Take Your Mama"
Their cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" (better than the original. I will fight you.)
Tits on the Radio
Return to Oz


(From the second album)

I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
She's My Man
Land of A Thousand Words
Everybody Wants The Same Thing



And my favourite track lyrically would have to be "Return to Oz". Go listen.

posted by The Borg at 5:18 PM

9 Comments:

  • I really, really like "Return To Oz". It reminds me of driving home to Kingston at 3:30am after a night out, usually with a bit of rain around. It's such a nice chilling-out, cruisy song.

    But I think my favourite track from both albums is "Mary". It was written about Jake Shears' best friend Mary, and the lyrics make more sense when you know that. All the stuff about "Mary, after all the pain is gone, I'm always gonna live to be your man" etc etc. Sadly, she died of a brain tumour last year, well after the album was released.

    Enough sadness! I would go to a Scissor Sisters party. I think the drummer has the best name ever (Paddy Boom), and he's also straight. I could probably go as him. Of course, Jake Shears would be more fun as he is ridiculously outrageous.

    By Blogger Angus, At 6:20 PM  

  • 1. I think "Land of a Thousand Words" is also about Mary, written in memory of her. In fact, the whole second album is (but not dedicated to her). Yeah, it's pretty sad. But "Land of a Thousand Words" is such a good song.

    2. You'd make a great Jake Shears.

    3. Talking of Songs Reminding, most of the second album reminds me of being in America, in the coldness, the toughness and sometimes bleakness (especially the midwest).

    By Blogger The Borg, At 7:51 PM  

  • I like the idea of the "partette".

    I have some ideas:

    1. I guess you could call it a "Return to Oz" partette, to keep in theme with your post... The guests dress up in psychedelic 70s gear and/or munchkin, tinman, dorothy outfits. They watch 'Wizard of Oz' whilst listening to 'Dark Side of the Moon' at the same time (has anyone tried this? I've heard it works). The partette would last for the duration of the film which I think is about 90 mins. If you have 9 guests you could allocate costumes - Tin Man, Scarecrow, Lion, Dorothy and the members of Pink Floyd.

    2. I haven't really thought this one through but a "Royal Tenanbaum's-Wes Anderson-Absurdist-Tribute/Pisstake partette". Guests come in ironic costume shop attire; cowboy, tennis player, running tracksuit etc. Lyrca is also good (cycling, rock climbing, wrestliing outfits).
    There must be 60s b-sides or Velvet Underground on constant rotation in the background. The guests are restricted to speaking only every 5 minutes. When they do speak it is with a 2 sentence restriction and MUST NOT make any sense. Perhaps pre-made "conversation cards" could be distributed at the door. This would probably be quite boring but that's partly the idea.

    3. "Emo" party. Self explanatory, I think. Black comb-overs, AFI t-shirts, tight pants, eye-liner and awful music.

    By Blogger Cabernet Leather, At 10:52 PM  

  • Everyone loves a big party, so, to spice things up, you could have several themes and it could be a theme "face-off".

    So we have seven people representing the emos, another seven on the Eurovision theme, another seven on the psychedelic sixties. Each team is responsible for
    a)dressing up
    b)decorating their "section" appropriately.

    And you need the food to be in character too (if it tastes good).

    It could be a round robin contest with three teams turning up each night: two competing themes in the partette and the adjudication team.

    Then the grand final of theme partettes... You would need to get CNN or CBS or Nine, or PBL or BBC or France 2 to cover it. And you could have SMS voting for the grand final and charge 55c/vote or more from public phones and mobiles...

    ...And even more from landlines.

    By Blogger BSJ-rom, At 5:43 PM  

  • Their cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" (better than the original. I will fight you.)

    That's just being silly...

    By Blogger Craig Schwarze, At 3:31 PM  

  • You're silly.

    By Blogger The Borg, At 6:57 PM  

  • And I will fight you. Even if I loose, because you're tough and all that.

    By Blogger The Borg, At 6:58 PM  

  • And I will fight you.

    I don't fight girls...

    By Blogger Craig Schwarze, At 11:27 PM  

  • Very wise Craigs. The woman is always right. Especially when she says she's not.

    By Blogger BSJ-rom, At 6:56 PM  

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