let me be self-indulgent.

in the path of our friend jason @ productshopnyc, lady jaded wants to come up with her own BESTS of 2006 LIST.

i decided this just now while in the shower cuz i'm absolutely positively 100% addicted to the song "la vie bohem" from rent which i saw for the first time this year (and have seen 3 times in the theater and countless times on the t.v. and i don't think you'd believe how many times i've listened to the cd. today alone. seriously). i mean, this song has changed my life in a way a song hasn't done in so long. i cannot remember listening to a song so obsessively since...honestly since blur's "boys and girls." in 10th fucking grade. so anyway, keep your eyes out for that list of me telling you what i love (cuz seriously i haven't even heard of the songs on most of the Best o' 2006 Lists that are out). (not cuz i suck, but cuz i just like MY stuff). (am i old and irrational?)

but for now, just bask in the beauty that is "la vie bohem:"


Dearly beloved we gather here to say our goodbyes
Dies irae dies illa
Kyrie eleison
Yitgadal v' yitkadash, etc.
Here she lies

No one knew her worth

The late great daughter of mother earth

On this night when we celebrate the birth

In that little town of Bethlehem

We raise our glass- you bet your ass to-

La vie Boheme

To days of inspiration

Playing hookie, making something out of nothing

The need to express

To communicate,

To going against the grain,

Going insane

Going mad

To loving tension, no pension

To more than one dimension,

To starving for attention,

Hating convention, hating pretension

Not to mention of course,

Hating dear old mom and dad

To riding your bike,

Midday past the three- piece suits

To fruits to no absolutes

To Absolute- to choice

To the Village Voice

To any passing fad

To being an us-for once-, instead of a them -

La vie Boheme

To hand-crafted beers made in local breweries

To yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese

To leather, to dildos, to curry vindaloo

To huevos rancheros and Maya Angelou

Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion

Creation, vacation

Mucho masturbation

Compassion, to fashion, to passion when it's new

To Sontag
To Sondheim

To anything taboo

Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham and Cage

Lenny Bruce


Langston Hughes

To the stage

To Uta

To Buddha

Pablo Neruda, too

Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow

To blow off Auntie Em

La vie Boheme

Bisexuals, trisexuals, homo sapiens,

Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men, Pee Wee Herman

German wine, turpentine, Gertrude Stein

Antonioni, Bertolucci, Kurosawa

Carmina Burana

To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstasy

Vaclav Havel - The Sex Pistols, 8BC,

To no shame - never playing the Fame Game

To marijuana

To sodomy,

It's between God and me

To S & M

La vie Boheme

To Dance
No Way To Make A Living,massochisms,
Pain, Perfection,
Muscle Spasm, Chiropractors, Short-
Careers, Eating Disorders
Film
Adventure, Tedium, No Family, Boring
Locations,
Dark Rooms, Perfect Faces, Egos,
Money, Hollywood And Sleaze
Music
Food Of Love, Emotion, Mathematics,
Isolation,
Rhythm, power, feeling, Harmony,
And Heavy Competition
Anarchy
Revolution, Justice, Screaming For
Solutions,
Forcing Changes, Risk, And Danger
Making Noise And Making Pleas
To Faggots, Lezzies, Dykes, Cross
Dressers Too
To Me

To Me

To Me

To You, And You And You, You And You
To People living With, Living With,
Living With
Not Dying From Disease

Let He Among Us Without Sin
Be The First To Condemn

La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme

Anyone Out Of The
Mainstream
Is Anyone In The
Mainstream?
Anyone Alive - With A
Sex Drive
Tear Down The Wall
Aren't We All
The Opposite Of War
Isn't Peace...
It's Creation

VIVA LA VIE BOHEM!