I Just Read About That…

SOUNDTRACK: PRIMUS-“South Park” Theme Song (1997).

In 1997, Trey Parker and Matt Stone asked Primus to record a theme song for their new show South Park.  They joked that the show might not even be picked up, but whatevs–it could also be a hit.

Of course, it turns out that this show has probably made Les and the boys more money than anything else they’ve done.

Interestingly, the original song they submitted was 1 minute long (way too long for an intro) and rather slow and creepy.  Rather than have them edit it or re-record it, the South Park team just sped it up (and removed the solos, which they put at the end) and then asked Les to re-sing it.

So here is the original, rather creepy version of the theme song.

And here is the final product

[READ: January 10, 2015] “Ordinary Sins”

This is the story of Crystal.  Crystal works at a local parish as secretary.  She took the job thinking it would be temporary. Then she got pregnant unexpectedly (there’s no father around) and now she is stuck (and grateful that the church is keeping her on).

Her co-worker, Collette, totally disdains her and tries to make things unpleasant for her.  In fairness, Collette tries to make things unpleasant for everyone.

The priest at the Parish, Father Paul, is super nice and quite kind, especially to Crystal.  He seems to give her little bits of encouragement throughout the day.  He is a former alcoholic and from what Crystal can tell, he has more than made up for his sins and (since she knows everything about him, really) he seems pretty devoid of all sin at this point.

He encourages her to go to confession.  Eventually she does.  But during the confession, she confessed a bit more than she meant to, .  And since she knows he knew it was her–how could he not?–she tries to hide from him, believing that things will be weird.  And things do get weird, but they seem to be more weird because of Father Paul not what she said.

A new Nigerian priest, Father Leon, has recently been sent to the parish.  He is more serious, less warm and seems to have no time for kindness towards a sinner like Crystal.

Since Father Leon’s arrival, it seems like Father Paul is slacking somewhat–late for appointments and generally not being available as much as he used to be.

One day, Father Paul is supposed to counsel some newlyweds and he is very late.  I love that the woman is really into it and the guy is totally mad that he has to wait.  When he jumps up and yells at Colette for having to wait, she just stares him down and tells him he can leave. Then she tells Crytsal to go get Father Leon.

While looking for Father Paul, she runs into him and he gives a confession to her.  The story goes in a different direction than I expected.  And I liked the new direction more than the old one.  But the story felt a bit unfinished–I wanted to know more about how the stories would play out with this new information.