Things you were shockingly old when you learned

This kind of blew my mind

I didn't realize until about a year ago that the chorus of Run-DMC "It's Tricky" was interpolating the chant from Toni Basil "Hey Mickey" https://t.co/ZdqV93HefI

— jay smooth (@jsmooth995) September 3, 2018

because it was so fine?

and right on time

Did you also know "Mickey" is actually a cover of a song by Racey called "Kitty"? Cos I didnt until a couple months back.

Nope! I'm learning all sorts of things about this song today.

My fave Toni Basil fact is that she choreographed and co-directed the videos for "Once in a Lifetime" and "Crosseyed and Painless".

Ha yeah I learned that a while back and also thought it was awesome.

And she has great cameos in Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces

And Head

And Greaser's Palace

Did you also know "Mickey" is actually a cover of a song by Racey called "Kitty"? Cos I didnt until a couple months back.

― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, September 3, 2018 6:01 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I work with the bloke from Racey's wife and didn't know this!

^ Things you were shockingly old when you learned

My fave Toni Basil fact is that she choreographed and co-directed the videos for "Once in a Lifetime" and "Crosseyed and Painless".

― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, September 3, 2018 5:59 AM (sixteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Things you learned from the "Things You Were Shockingly Old When You Learned" thread: There was a video for "Crosseyed and Painless."

(looks video up on YouTube): Hmmm. I think I can see why MTV never played it. Racist bastards.

So weird that Toni Basil pops up here now! I just learned from watching a season 1 episode of SNL that she was in a mid-'70s street dancing troupe called the Lockers along with Shaba-Doo (of Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo fame) and Fred 'Rerun' Berry (and her troupe nickname was Mickey).

And here she was just few days ago celebrating a youthful 74 years

TONI BASIL IS 74 YEARS OLD AND STILL DANCING LIKE A CLUB KID!!! THIS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU NEVER STOP MOVING!! SHE WAS ALMOST 40 WHEN SHE DID "MICKEY"💗💗💗💗💗 pic.twitter.com/PfYpypQCar

— Ana Philaxis©®(^_−)☆ (@SkyeCreativeONe) August 24, 2018

saw Toni Basil in the credits of Dennis Hopper's awful 'The Last Movie' (1971). Don't remember if she was a performer or choreographer. Also saw Russ Tamblyn (Dr. Jacoby on Twin Peaks) in the credits.

I just learned today that Gene Kelly directed Hello, Dolly! It's not like I was unfamiliar with the movie or its history or its place in the declining days of roadshow musical movies, I just . . . never knew!

I've spoken French since high school and been familiar with the phrase roughly the same length of time, but it was only this morning age 48 that I realised the phrase "gay divorcée" rhymes. Having only seen it in print I guess I mentally voiced it with a clueless Aussie accent.

I never heard of the phrase "shave and a haircut, two bits" till my partner mentioned it last night

I can do the knock, I just didn't know it had words

That’s how the barber gets rich.

My office overlooks, among other things, a set of train tracks, and the other day a freight train passing by did "shave and a haircut, two bits" with its horn.

Chuck, did you never see "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDsgkRW2hDA

my second car was a pink toyota corolla with an air horn of the same riff, except that the pipes for the notes had been switched

it was hard to convey the correct motorist frustration with that as my warning bell

Chuck, did you never see "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

ha, so many times

this is one of those 2 + 2 = 0 zero moments

I was reading a novel about an old lady who keeps knocking on the narrator's door, "shave and a haircut, two bits" and I just assumed she was a barber

my second car was a pink toyota corolla with an air horn of the same riff, except that the pipes for the notes had been switched

it was hard to convey the correct motorist frustration with that as my warning bell

this brings me joy

That tune as a car horn is not uncommon among Mexicans 'cause it means "chinga tu madre, cabron"

Gumbo is derived from the bantu word for okra, though it doesn't have to contain okra.

LIma beans were originally imported from Lima, Peru.

Red beans and rice were traditionally eaten on a Monday prepared using meat left over from Sunday dinner.

cos they just turned up in a multiple choice quiz

Jambalaya is similar to Gumbo except it doesn't contain a thickener.

Lima beans are repulsive and my primary objection to Peru then. and peru has so much awesome acceptable food. no comment on cuy.

Because i could not get it.

denim originated in Nîmes, France i.e. "de Nîmes"

:o

a blue-dyed version of a similar fabric was made in Italy and distributed from Genoa; the French name for Genoa is "Gênes".... i.e. bleu de Gênes.. "blue jeans"

still today when you walk around France workmen wear blue trousers/overalls (though it is fairly bright blue rather than dark indigo)

What timescale was this? If you search for "Japanese boro" you'll find lots of pics of indigo dyed cotton from the 19th century (boro is actually the name of the patchwork technique they use for combining the scraps to make a complete piece but I was struck by the similarity to denim when I saw some examples a few years ago)

(Also: wikipedia points out https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungaree_(fabric) which almost certainly won't hyperlink correctly)

Elsewhere, today's guardian defines 'stan' as coming from the Eminem song and not south park as I'd imagined.

holy hell tracer thanks

koogs yeah, none of that is to suggest a hierarchy of authenticity, just that i'd never known the etymology of those words before and certainly never imagined that it was French

I got a twofer today.

The woman on cans of Sweetheart Stout is Venetia Stevenson, alibi girlfriend of both Tab Hunter and Anthony Perkins, married to Russ Tamblyn and Don Everley, and whose daughter was married to Axl Rose.

She was selected for the can by a member of the brewery family on work experience between getting his degree and choosing a career path. That career was politics and George Younger went on to be Defence Secretary and Scottish Secretary in a Thatcher cabinet.

Nice.

I always suspected she wasn't actually from Alloa tbf.

yeah, i knew the 'de nime' thing (maybe from QI?) but the genoa / jeans thing was new.

and the boro is different, i think, in that it's indigo cotton, looks very similar from a distance, but jeans fabric is woven differently, it's a twill, with diagonal stripes.

weaving is fascinating, i'd love to learn more about it.

Clarence White's real name was Clarence LeBlanc and his parents were French Canadians.

Is Big Black a pun on Steve Albini's surname translating as little white?

Woah!

thread just keeps bringing it, love these.

A tiny bit of white spirit can remove the gunk from stickers on cd cases/books etc

CD cases yes, but exercise caution with books because it can take printed colour right off too.

I use a white vinegar solution for books

When I worked at a record store we used goo gone for removing stickers from cd cases. You can also use it on hardwood floors if there is adhesive stuck there as well.

I always used lighter fluid.
Have heard that coconut oil works but not tried it

xxxp the full fabric name was “serge de Nîmes”

Former child actor Charlie Korsmo from "Dick Tracy" and "Hook" is now a lawyer and teaches law right down the street from me at Case Western Reserve University.

https://law.case.edu/Our-School/Faculty-Staff/Meet-Our-Faculty/Faculty-Detail/id/997