Thursday, May 20, 2010

Where did the band Better Than Ezra get its name?


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Why
: I am listening to the album Friction, Baby, which I own in addition to a great many other dynamite albums (like New Miserable Experience by Gin Blossoms and Coil by Toad the Wet Sprocket).

Answer
: They won't say! Jerks. A good theory points to a line in A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway:
Anything was better than Ezra learning to play the bassoon...
Source: Wiki Answers

The More You Know
: Lisa named her son (10 days old!) Ezra Estlin. He is supercute.

This song is not on Friction, Baby, but it was on a trailer for The Baby-Sitters Club, which Lisa and I actually watched like 3 weeks ago. A fun game is to count how many times Kristy ends a thought with an exasperated "OK?"

1 comment:

  1. not only is your blog truly fascinating, fun and addictive, but you apparently have kickass taste in 90's music. "Friction Baby" is an all time classic. i remember rushing out in the summer of 96 to get it... damn, i wish i was still in high school.

    keep up the good work.

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