tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91034162980131742572024-03-14T03:23:52.614-04:00Broken TambourineTalburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-71175493932877177752010-08-30T20:06:00.004-04:002010-08-30T20:33:36.188-04:00The Strokes - A Secret Song<div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zcze-UD1D4w?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zcze-UD1D4w?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><div>
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Strokes are fucking awesome. I try to rarely cuss in my blog, a complete departure from my everyday life, but they deserve it. One of their more recent songs is actually one of my favorite, "You Only Live Once" from the 2006 album </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">First Impressions of Earth </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(I don't want to even hear it music nerds, this was album had some gems). It is upbeat, catchy, and has the trademark Julian Casablancas vocals. However, this was not the original song they were going to feature on the album. The demo was much slower, more of a rock lullaby, a collection of mottos and past experiences. The song was called "I'll Try Anything Once". This title/statement is certainly in my constitution and is on a short list for epithets. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I did not know about it until a Julian Casablancas solo show, promoting his 2009 album </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Phrazes for the Young, </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">on March 24. In the middle of a set that was exclusively songs from his album, he played "I'll Try Anything Once" with only a little keyboard to help him. It was poignant, he sounded great, and just fucking awesome. The high from attending the show ended up launching one of the crazier nights I have had since moving to NYC where Miller High Life, A Black Key, A Moldy Peach, a Yeah from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, expensive cigarettes, and a basement bar were all part of the background.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I have since recovered but only been able to find the song on YouTube. I have included the video with the best quality and a video montage. You can try some of the Live videos if you don't mind the chatter of the audience, the outfit and the stage presence Mr. Casablancas has almost makes it worth it. I listen to this song a few times a week, it fits any mood, and I finally thought it was time to share.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It also good vacation packing music, just keep hitting replay or work it into a Casablancas-heavy playlist of your own. I will credit this song for the efficient bag I have packed for Colombia, assuming I make the 6:30am flight...</span></span></div><div>
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</div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-10607326690479220872010-08-02T22:56:00.007-04:002010-08-02T23:29:10.032-04:00TV That Inspires Music and Vice Versa<object width="320" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hbo.com/bin/hboPlayer.swf?vid=1101662"><param name="FlashVars" value="domain=http://www.hbo.com&videoTitle=Snoop Dogg - " copyshareurl="http%3A//www.hbo.com/video/video.html/%3Fautoplay%3Dtrue%26vid%3D1101662%26filter%3Dtrue-blood%26view%3Dnull"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.hbo.com/bin/hboPlayer.swf?vid=1101662" flashvars="domain=http://www.hbo.com&videoTitle=Snoop Dogg - " copyshareurl="http%3A//www.hbo.com/video/video.html/%3Fautoplay%3Dtrue%26vid%3D1101662%26filter%3Dtrue-blood%26view%3Dnull" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="240"></embed></object><div><a title="Snoop Dogg - " href="http://www.hbo.com/video/video.html/?autoplay=true&vid=1101662&filter=true-blood&view=null">Snoop Dogg - "Oh Sookie"</a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I would not have thought Snoop Dogg and TrueBlood would collaborate but then again, who expected to see Jaime Foxx at the Country Music Awards last year? The fact that HBO either paid for this music video to be made or fully endorsed it once it came out makes them even cooler than I already knew them to be. The marketing team behind TrueBlood have been crafty since the beginning - getting Tom Colicchio to hock the Tru Blood beverage like a Diet Coke commercial, selling the Merlotte's uniform that provided another option to the girls that are typically nurses, angels or devils for Halloween, to even building a complete site for the <a href="http://americanvampireleague.com/">American Vampire League</a> (<a href="http://www.trubeverage.com/">Tru Blood</a> also has a functioning web site!). </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;">Whether you are a fan of the show, of Snoop Dogg, or both you have to give him and the marketing team for TrueBlood credit for crossing a show with a growing fan base with an unexpected music character/pop culture mainstay. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">By the way, I would kill, or at least maim, to meet any of the music supervisors HBO has employed for their hit shows starting with The Sopranos, placing Treme at the top of the list. TrueBlood features some great music placement; they are particularly good at fitting the perfect song to the end of an episode and the opening song is a perfect fit with the montage of images. If background music and song placement in shows is not something you pick up on regularly, try tuning into it for HBO, Showtime, AMC, and Current TV shows. I think The Hills and The City have taken it too far and too mainstream though; displaying the song and artist at the bottom of the screen every time there is music on is just annoying and it all sounds alike anyway.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Some of my favorite lines from the song:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Order you a gin and juice at Merlotte's"</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"We can do it in the daytime, Bill won't know a thang"</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Snoop is a thug, I smoke true bud"</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Enjoy!</span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
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</span></span></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-68668387716080224652010-07-07T15:52:00.004-04:002010-07-07T16:07:09.835-04:00Wedding Soundtrack<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Wedding season is in full swing, I have attended three already. Several of my friends in the planning stages have asked my recommendations on controlling the DJ, my favorite songs, and how to keep a good vibe going on all night. I am pretty sure I gave them an overwhelming amount of songs and artists to play. So in the spirit of all things white, disgruntled relatives, abusing fashion and disregarding the dress code, open bar, forgetting to eat, expensive cake, and thoughtful speeches - here is the soundtrack to fit the big day (hopefully).</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: medium;"> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><b>Top Songs<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Shout – any version<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Jump for my Love – The Pointer Sisters<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">I Want to Dance with Somebody – Whitney Houston<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">You Never Can Tell – Chuck Berry<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Crazy In Love – Beyonce<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Pokerface, Bad Romance – Lady Gaga<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Smooth – Santana<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Get Off My Cloud, Beast of Burden or anything from Exile on Main Street – Rolling Stones<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Don’t Stop Believing – Journey<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Respect – Aretha Franklin<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Mess Around – Ray Charles<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Ring of Fire, Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Love Shack – B-52s<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Marvin Gaye – all of it<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Al Green – Let’s Stay Together or anything he does<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (Sam Cooke?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Piano Man, Only the Good Die Young, Uptown, Still Rock n’ Roll – Billy Joel<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Hard to Handle – The Black Crowes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Once In a Lifetime, This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody) – Talking Heads<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Right To Be Wrong, Fell In Love w/ A Boy – Joss Stone<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">In The Morning – Junior Boys<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Foundations – Kate Nash<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Shame – Lilly Allen<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Somewhere Only We Know – Keane<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><b>Dance Songs<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Rehab, Tears Dry On Their Own – Amy Winehouse<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Paranoia in B Major, I and Love and You – Avett Brothers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">11<sup>th</sup> Dimension – Julian Casablancas<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Hard To Explain – The Strokes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Like A Prayer – Madonna<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Walk of Life – Dire Straits<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Old Kind of Rock n’ Roll – Joe Cocker?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Caravan – Van Morrison<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Bonified Lovin’ – Chromeo<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Paris – Friendly Fires<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Calling Baton Rouge – Garth Brooks<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Silver City – Ghostland Observatory<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Crazy – Gnarls Barkley<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Play Your Part – Girl Talk – explicit lyrics<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Yr Mangle Heart – Gossip<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Sunlight – Harlem Shakes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">The Passenger – Iggy Pop<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Silver Lining – Rilo Kiley<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Lyrics Born /U2 Mash up<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Valhalla – K-os<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">D.A.N.C.E – Justice<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Gold Digger/Stronger/The Good Life – Kanye West<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Let It Rock – Kevin Rudolf<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Mr. Brightside/Read My Mind/All The Things I’ve Done/Can’t Stay/Sam’s Town – The Killers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Fight for your Right to Party – Beastie Boys<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Are You Gonna Go My Way – Lennie Kravitz<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Light My Fire – Doors<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Something to Talk About – Bonnie Raitt<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Shama Lama Ding Dong<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Daft Punk is Playing At My House – LCD Soundsystem<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Rich Girl – Hall & Oates<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Rebel, Rebel – David Bowie<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Animal – Miike Snow<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Marcy – Duffy<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Real Love – Mary J. Blige<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">1,2,3,4 – Feist<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Dog Days Are Over – Florence & The Machine<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><b>Miscellaneous</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> – cocktail or reception<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Kings of Leon – Only By The Night, Because of the Times<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">All Van Morrison<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Frank Sinatra<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Coldplay – Viva La Vida or X&Y<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Jackson Brown – greatest hits<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Cat Power – The Greatest<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Demond Dekker - reggae<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><b>Cocktail/Gearing Up Songs – </b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">friendly background music with some jump and fun to it<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">(songs, artist) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Trouble, Long Time Gone – Dixie Chicks<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Move By Yourself – Donovan Frankenreiter<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Son of a Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Mykonos – Fleet Foxes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">‘Till I hear it from you – Gin Blossoms<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">There She Goes – So I Married An Axe Murderer soundtrack<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">See The World – Gomez<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Sweet Child O Mine – Guns n’ Roses<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">2 Point for Honesty - Guster<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">All My Friends – LCD Soundsystem<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Melissa, Ramblin’ Man – Allman Brothers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Rebellion (Lies), Arcade Fire<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Do You Realize?, Flaming Lips<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Naïve Melody (This Must Be The Place), Talking Heads<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Goodnight & Go – Imogen Heap<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Flake – Jack Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Dr. Feelgood, Multiply – Jamie Lidell<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Last Goodbye – Jeff Buckley<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Golden – Jill Scott<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Life’s Been Good – Joe Walsh<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Crawling Up a Hill – John Mayall<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">My Stupid Mouth – John Mayer<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Daniel, Bat For Lashes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Wouldn’t It Be Nice, Beach Boys<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Devil’s Haircut or New Pollution or Que Onda Guero, Beck<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">My Night With a Prostitute in Marseilles or Scenic World, Beirut<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">White Collar Boy, Belle & Sebastian<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Tiny Dance, Elton John<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Landed or One Angry Dwarf…, Ben Folds<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Songbird or Wish You Well, Bernard Fanning<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Bittersweet, Bog Head Todd<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Wicked Messenger, The Black Keys<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">This Modern Love, Bloc Party<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">That’s The Way It IS, Bruce Hornsby<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Lay Lady Lay, Queen Jane Approximately, I Want You or Going to Acapulco Bon Dylan<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">God Bless The Child – Eva Cassidy<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Love Me, Leave Me – Nina Simone<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Love Is Everywhere , Bob Schneider<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Skinny Love , Bon Iver<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">You’re So Vain , Carly Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Case Of You, Carrie , Joni Mitchell<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">If I Had A Boat , Lyle Lovett<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Hospital Beds, Audience Of One , Cold War Kids<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Holiday In Spain , Counting Crows<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Cannonball, Damien Rice<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Grey Street, Dave Matthews Band<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Trouble, Ray LaMontagne<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Falling Slowly – Swell Season or The Frames<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Young Americans, Golden Years, David Bowie<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Be Mine, Babylon , Please Forgive Me– David Gray<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Marching Band of Manhattan, Death Cab for Cutie<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Smoke on the Water, Deep Purple<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Bamboleo, Gypsy Kings<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Friday I’m In Love, Love Song, The Cure<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight – Amos Lee<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">True Colors, Treehouse Song – Ane Brun<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">No One – Alicia Keys<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Glass, Concrete & Stone – David Byrne<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Walking After Midnight – Patsy Cline<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Just The Two Of Us, Lovely Day – Bill Withers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Somebody to Love – Queen<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Obstacle 1 - Interpol<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><b>Cocktail Album</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> – where most of the songs on it are good<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Infinite Arms - Band Of Horses<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Eric Clapton – grtst hits<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Live Album – Ben Harper<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Betty LaVette – anything she does, a more funky Lena Horne<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Blonde On Blonder or Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">The Last Waltz – The Band, disc 4<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">The Temptations – greatest hits<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Sam Cooke– greatest hits<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Stevie Wonder– greatest hits<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Dave Matthews Band – Crash or Live with Tim Reynolds<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Radiohead – In Rainbows or The Bends<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Mumford & Sons<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Gabriel y Rodrigo<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Manu Chao<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">She & Him<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Dark Was The Night – indie collection album<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Annie Lennox - Diva<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Fitz & The Tantrums<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Puppini Sisters<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Ella Fitzgerald<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Edith Piaf<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Buena Vista Social Club<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Louis Armstrong greatest hits<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Billy Holiday<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Adele – 19<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Aimee Mann – Magnolia soundtrack<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><b>Slow Songs</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Boulder to Birmingham – Emmylou Harris<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Do Right Woman, Do Right Man – Aretha Franklin<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Landslide – Dixie Chicks<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">If It’s The Beaches – Avett Brothers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">God Only Knows – Beach Boys<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">The Luckiest – Ben Folds<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Rome & Juliet – Dire Straits<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">I Could Hold You – Ray LaMontagne<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Midnight Train to Georgia – Gladys Knight<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">A Song For You – Gram Parsons<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Daughters – John Mayer<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Collide – Howie Day<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><b>End of the night</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Forever Young – Bob Dylan/The Band<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"></span><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-16909502940163313672010-06-09T00:16:00.005-04:002010-06-09T00:38:15.338-04:00A Challenging Assignment<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I was recently tasked with a fun little assignment by my cousins. There was wine involved so maybe no one took it that seriously but I sure as hell did. You can't ask a music nerd their top 10 albums of the past decade AND the top albums of the past year and expect them to blow it off. It immediately went on my list of things to do, I made a mental list of friends I would need to consult and most importantly, time to think it over. It took me over a week and now that it has been sent to all parties involved, I will share it.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I will state a caveat: these are MY top albums. I picked each one because of the value I have placed on them - in my memories and in sheer volume of listening hours. Also, I didn't want to narrow it to a specific number nor did I want to rank them - my rules.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So while I ponder how to spend the +$200 that Lala is giving me to spend in iTunes (because of the amount of money I spent on web albums) - enjoy!
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</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Top Albums of the past 10 years</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b></b>Ryan Adams - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Love Is Hell</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Radiohead - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In Rainbows</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kings of Leon - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Only By The Night</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> & </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Because Of The Times</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Phoenix - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(came out in 2009)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Coldplay - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A Rush of Blood to the Head</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Strokes - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Room On Fire</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Veils - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sun Gangs</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">White Stripes - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Get Behind My Satan</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kanye West - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The College Dropout</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dave Matthews Band - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Crash</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Florence & The Machine - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lungs</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> (came out in 2009)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bon Iver - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For Emma, Forever Ago</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lady Gaga - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Fame</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack - Baz Luhrman directed</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jay-Z - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Black Album</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My Morning Jacket - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Okonokos</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> (Live Album)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Flaming Lips - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The National - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Boxer</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Maroon 5 - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Songs About Jane</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> (I was an early adopter of them)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Counting Crows - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This Desert Life</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> (barely made it in there but it has memories tied to it)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">
</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Last Year Loved Albums</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Florence & The Machine (see above)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Phoenix (see above)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Passion Pit - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Manners</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Beach House - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Teen Dream</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Local Natives - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gorilla Manor</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mumford & Sons - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sigh No More</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">LCD Soundsystem - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This Is Happening</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Yeah Yeah Yeahs - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It's Blitz!</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Julian Casablancas - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Phrazes For the Young</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miike Snow - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Miike Snow</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Antlers - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hospice</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The XX - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">XX</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Avett Brothers - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I And Love And You</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Alberta Cross - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Broken Side Of Time </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(the album from 2008 is great too)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Black Keys - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Brothers</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">
</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A last minute addition would be Surfer Blood - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Astro Coast</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. What validated this was my membership with the UK's Rough Trade album of the month and it just arrived. Last month was Free Energy - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Stuck On Nothing</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, very solid as well.</span></div></span></span></div></div></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-37183496989375383342010-05-17T23:36:00.010-04:002010-05-18T00:24:35.928-04:00Death To Lala<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"Lala is shutting down. What this means for you."</span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Lala was recently bought by Apple to ideally help boost their iTunes platform (though there have been no new announcements about any incorporations to the iTunes platform). The deal was most certainly made to kill competition and the end result has finally reached me and all end consumers. As of May 31, 2010 I will receive $275 in iTunes credit because of the sheer volume of $1.00 web albums I bought over the past 15 months. I will certainly need it to rebuild my playlists, all of which I had to cut & paste into a spreadsheet like the true anal music collector I am - nothing left behind, no meticulous playlist building efforts lost.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">So...moving on! I have decided to put my chips down for Grooveshark now - <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com">http://listen.grooveshark.com</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Grooveshark is similar to Lala; you can listen to any song for free. It also has elements of Pandora in that you can build your own internet radio station based on artists you like and they will find similar songs to expand your horizons. Also like Lala, you can tap into anyone's collection to discover new music and build a community. It is free to sign up though they have a $25 annual fee for an enhanced platform that gets rid of the ads. I am not yet sure it is worth it because I have had no trouble using the free version so far. Grooveshark seems to be climbing the ranks of sites to find new music, stream music all the time and find fellow music heads around the world. 50 to 60 million songs are downloaded everyday and since last year their audience was growing 2-3% daily (the source: <a href="http://blogcritics.org/music/article/musicians-find-fans-at-grooveshark-artists/">http://blogcritics.org/music/article/musicians-find-fans-at-grooveshark-artists/</a>)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">While I continue to figure out how I can build playlists to keep feeding all of you with new songs, I am going to start suggesting and tagging all of the many artists' web sites that stream their new albums before they come out, fellow bloggers that put up free songs and mp3s, </span><a href="http://rcrdlbl.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">RCRD LBL</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and </span><a href="http://pitchfork.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Pitchfork.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> for the newest music and remixes (although the latter also used Lala so we shall see what they offer).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here is my first find for all of you - Band of Horses is streaming their new album </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Infinite Arms</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> on their web site now before it officially comes out on May 18th. Visit their </span><a href="http://stream.bandofhorses.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">web site</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> to listen; they organized the songs into a really cool picture pinwheel that rotate like a slideshow. I saw them at the New Orleans Jazzfest recently and their new songs sounded great live, particularly </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Compliments</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. For those in and around NYC, they are playing the Williamsburg Waterfront with Grizzly Bear on Sunday, June 20th and there are actually still tickets available so go get them: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/h2oshows/">http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/h2oshows/</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">I am about to jump into wedding attendee season but I promise to write soon - maybe even collect my favorite songs to hear at a wedding reception and make a playlist? Comment/e-mail me your favorites for consideration!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
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</span></span></div></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-28759308051848657432010-04-26T21:57:00.007-04:002010-04-27T00:12:33.957-04:00I Don't Speak French BUT I Can Speak Music<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>La Blogotheque</b> - </span><a href="http://www.blogotheque.net"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">http://www.blogotheque.net</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> - talk about another way to share music and view intimate versions of some of your top indie artists, new versions of great songs often with other well-known collaborators in unique settings throughout Paris (think Andrew Bird adding his violin and whistling for St. Vincent in a top level apartment with 30 people at sunset). Another</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">really cool thing about these mini concerts is that they are filmed in one take, anything can happen, it is guerrilla film making where musicians are the protagonists. Calling them 'Takeaway Shows" (in French it is <b>Les Concerts A Emporter</b>); is very fitting.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It only make sense that Phoenix, the French band from Versailles that finally got their big U.S. break with their last album, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">recently performed for the web site. They picked one of the most visit sites in Paris, the Trocadero Square in front of the Eiffel Tower, then they hopped on top of a double decker tour bus, performed a song and continued singing as they hopped off at the base of the Parisian landmark.</span></div><div>
</div><div><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7916182&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7916182&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7916182">Phoenix - Lizstomania / One time too many - A Take Away Show</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/blogotheque">La Blogotheque</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></div><div>
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My other favorite posting featured Bon Iver, the band created by Justin Vernon, the falsetto indie singer that made one of the great albums of 2008 (actually came out independently in 2007) - </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">For Emma, Forever Ago</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, in his father's northern Wisconsin cabin in three months during winter. Peter Gabriel recently covered Bon Iver's song <i>Flume</i> in his recent album of covers (scroll down the blog to hear it).</span></div><div>
</div><div><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6895097&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6895097&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6895097">Bon Iver - Wolves (act I & II) - Une Soiree de Poche</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/blogotheque">La Blogotheque</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Get on the web site, they have such a catalogue of musicians they have filmed - Wilco, The Antlers, Yo La Tango, and even Tom Jones.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If you want to check out the English's version of rogue performances, visit Black Cab Sessions - </span><a href="http://www.blackcabsessions.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">http://www.blackcabsessions.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> - the name is very appropriate.</span></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-39163186796727037462010-03-29T23:22:00.008-04:002010-03-29T23:42:27.927-04:00New Music in 2010 (thus far)!!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In a flurry of album releases, these are some of my favorite songs after listening to each album a few times. The good news about albums that get released early in the year - they will spend the rest of the year touring to support the album so there is a good chance you will get to see the bands you have recently discovered and will see how good they are live.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;font-size:medium;">
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I can vouch for how good Local Natives are live and they are making the festival rounds for maximum exposure - everything from Isle of Wight to Coachella and Bonnaroo. Their voices are impeccable live, it is refreshing. I have heard great things about Phantogram's live show and have tickets to see them in May; they have sold out all of their shows to date in NYC. Beach House is selling out their own shows and supporting The National; their music is perfect for an outdoor venue at the witching hour. The Morning Benders are also selling out in NYC and have landed a pretty great opening slot for The Black Keys in Central Park. Finally, the Drive By Truckers are always a good show and if you get close enough to the stage, Mr. Patterson Hood just might give you a swig of the Jack Daniels bottle that is on their stage every night (which was my luck at a private party on Obama's inauguration night in D.C.)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">April and May are going to be big months too - LCD Soundsystem, The National, Caribou, Liars (check out their web site for a trippy video to accommodate their single </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Scissor </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- </span></span><a href="http://www.liarsliarsliars.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://www.liarsliarsliars.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">)</span></span></span></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-10364147772362853642010-03-01T23:24:00.007-05:002010-03-02T00:40:48.240-05:00Bon Iver vs. Peter Gabriel<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Peter Gabriel is back! Well, sort of. Rather than come out with a CD of new and original material he thought he would wail a variety of songs from other people in his own way, call it a new CD, get a ridiculous amount of praise and call it a day. A bit scathing I know but is this really going to be the trend now - borrow the sounds of the youngsters and sing your same old, same old?</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
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</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of the first singles off Gabriel's new CD, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Scratch My Back</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, is Bon Iver's song</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Flume</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> from the album </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For Emma, Forever Ago. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">This album</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> launched Bon Iver into the high court of the indie world - Pitchfork ranked it 29th in the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Top 200 Albums of the 200s </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and NPR named it among the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">50 Most Important Recordings of the Decade</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A little background helps a lot: Bon Iver is a band founded by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. In 2007, after the end of a relationship, the breakup of a band, and a bout with mono, Justin spent three months alone in his father's cabin in Northwestern Wisconsin. He ended up writing and recording the entire album, which is a collection of beautiful, melancholy songs sung in a distinct falsetto enriched by layers of voices, which is now duplicated wonderfully live by a full band. The single </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Skinny Love</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is best known and I think explains the mood of the album very well. It is a good story and one that follows Bon Iver everywhere they go, which most recently was the soundtrack for the second </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twilight</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> movie (the song is </span></span><i><a href="http://lala.com/zajR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Roslyn</span></span></span></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Bon Iver with </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">St</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. Vincent). Yeah, even the vampires are hip to the know about Bon Iver.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: medium; white-space: pre;">
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The great Peter Gabriel covering his song, this has to be a topping cherry for Mr. Vernon and</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">a nice wave of publicity for the band -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> the song is up on the <a href="http://www.boniver.org"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Bon Iver web site</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.boniver.org/"></a>and Gabriel made it available on his own </span></span><a href="http://petergabriel.com/flume"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">web site</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. I am excited for Bon Iver, that</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Peter Gabriel loved his song en</span>ough to cover it and that Bon Iver will become known</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">to the masses. I won't even do my typical, petty 'I have liked them for so much longer and</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">of course you like them now that they are everywhere' as I hear from the new wave of fans. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I'll try at least, I can't make promises if it is a bourbon drinking night though. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I just have to say though, I like Bon Iver's original version better, WAY better. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Let's try an experiment - listen to Gabriel's version of Bon Iver's </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Flume </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">first.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Comment on this post and tell me which one you prefer.</span></span></span></div><div class="topspin-widget topspin-widget-bundle-widget">
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</span></div><div class="topspin-widget topspin-widget-bundle-widget"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The original </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Flume</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> by Bon Iver:</span></span></div><div class="topspin-widget topspin-widget-bundle-widget"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><a href="http://lala.com/zznI"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">http://lala.com/zznI</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> or on</span></span></span></div><div class="topspin-widget topspin-widget-bundle-widget"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><a href="http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10709-for-emma-forever-ago/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Pitchfork</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> or BEST YET on</span></span></span></div><div class="topspin-widget topspin-widget-bundle-widget"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><a href="http://www.blogotheque.net/spip.php?page=recherche&recherche=bon+iver&x=18&y=10"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">La Blogotheque</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (more to come on this fucking amazing web site on the next post)</span></span></span></div><div class="topspin-widget topspin-widget-bundle-widget"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></span></div><div class="topspin-widget topspin-widget-bundle-widget"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I will leave the album review of Gabriel's </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Scratch My Back</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> to the LA Times:</span></span></div><div class="topspin-widget topspin-widget-bundle-widget"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
</span></span></div><div class="topspin-widget topspin-widget-bundle-widget"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><a href="http://shar.es/mXASR" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(20, 102, 52); font-weight: 100; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Album review: Peter Gabriel's 'Scratch My Back' </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
</span></span><span style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Source: </span></span><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(64, 100, 128); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">latimesblogs.latimes.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span></div></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-60936250295969111382010-02-24T22:17:00.008-05:002010-02-24T23:20:01.200-05:00A Lecture By David Byrne<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size:medium;"><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/David%2520Byrne%2520-%2520011110/David%2520Byrne.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/events/&usg=__ecd7w5VwD2e6c0fmBiu_6bGW9O4=&h=1041&w=800&sz=158&hl=en&start=1&sig2=OaJHXi-BtDxfilUv2LRRdQ&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ra-GRuuG-es4hM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=115&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddavid%2Bbyrne%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=LeyFS_ChM87d8QaEzv2YAg" id="apf0" style="color: rgb(34, 0, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ra-GRuuG-es4hM:http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/David%2520Byrne%2520-%2520011110/David%2520Byrne.jpg" id="ipfra-GRuuG-es4hM:" width="115" height="150" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; " /></span></a><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://readymadeblogs.mydevstaging.com/blogs/readymade/files/2009/10/david_byrne1991.jpg&imgrefurl=http://readymadeblogs.mydevstaging.com/blogs/readymade//category/work/&usg=__BwCcYobe7iryqYVOkLjJkXY0xU4=&h=493&w=500&sz=54&hl=en&start=6&sig2=ap4xM_07wQSEPm3Ty0ew2g&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=LiFlIsV-hvkJhM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddavid%2Bbyrne%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=f-yFS9buNY6n8Abj4ZWqAg" id="apf5" style="color: rgb(34, 0, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:LiFlIsV-hvkJhM:http://readymadeblogs.mydevstaging.com/blogs/readymade/files/2009/10/david_byrne1991.jpg" id="ipfLiFlIsV-hvkJhM:" width="130" height="128" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; " /></span></a><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://g8.undercoverhd.com/imgsresized/article/070317DavidByrne1403071a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx%3Fid%3D6948&usg=__DQu_ib7bSl7yiBlweOnjnFEXmQo=&h=250&w=250&sz=9&hl=en&start=48&sig2=8-TI809a6Kscv20B85HsyA&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=mGbwaOv_S7nJSM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddavid%2Bbyrne%26start%3D36%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=YuyFS9vwNMul8Aac07mZAg" id="apf11" style="color: rgb(34, 0, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:mGbwaOv_S7nJSM:http://g8.undercoverhd.com/imgsresized/article/070317DavidByrne1403071a.jpg" id="ipfmGbwaOv_S7nJSM:" width="111" height="111" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; " /></span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">I recently attended a night of stories at the Bowery Ballroom</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">with David Byrne as the headliner. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">It was called </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Stories in High Fidelity</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">New York writer Alan Light told a wonderful story of his 6 year</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">old's obsession with the Beatles. Dan Kennedy discussed his summer</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">working in a record store in the Midwest as a 'project' for his next novel</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">- he reflected on the perils of filing punk and metal albums and how to tell</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">the difference by the cover art or elements of the band name</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">(Ex. where does one put an album where the cover art features skeletons</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">with gas masks on standing over a pool of blood? - Metal).</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">The main event was Mr. Byrne, his laptop, a screen behind him</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">and a sound guy on cue. He was engaging and intelligent as I</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">have always seen him in interviews though he seemed a bit more</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">scattered even nervous for this particular showing. That said, the ideas</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">and views he shared during his speech was fascinating. He focused on</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">music (obviously) but started with music hundreds of years ago</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">- how music used to be created for a particular environment such as</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Mozart and Beethoven performing in beautiful performance halls with</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">meticulously built acoustics eventually leading to huge car speakers</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">being a popular vehicle for rap music. He talked about how the</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">portable music player changed a listener's experience; you now have</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">the ability to hear very intricate arrangements and every lyric of a song.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size:small;">
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">He transitioned into how this change of music affects how musicians</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">create and are ultimately compensated for their creations</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">(records, performances, etc). He made this transition by explaining</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">how birds that keep low to the ground have a lower pitched song when</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">calling each other and higher flying birds, a higher pitch to their call.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">However, for the birds living in and around San Francisco, as the traffic</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">and noise of the city has increased their pitch has gotten higher in order</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">to hear each other's call. I thought it was a very creative way to say that</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">even though the environment can change for a musician, the need to create</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">sound and be expressive through song will always exist and music will always</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">be made. Humans are just like birds in that they will adjust because we</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">need and love the sound. Well put, la resistance musicians!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size:small;">
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">The night was wrapped up well by singer Nicole Atkins performing an</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">acoustic set, just her and her guitar, where cartoonist Michael Arthur</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">drew a scene related to each song and it was projected on a screen behind Nicole.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">With every song he started a new drawing off the last one so by the end</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">of her set was this cool little cluster of images. My friend said Bright Eyes</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">had done a similar stunt at a concert she had attended. It reminded me of this</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">artist that was very popular in Denver, Denny Dent, who would perform</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">publicly painting these huge murals in three songs or so. They were often</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">the pictures of the artist he would play though the way he painted you did not see</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">the likeness until the very end - when he painted Jimi Hendrix he had to turn</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">the painting upside down to see that it was in fact Jimi. Coming back from</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">that tangent, Nicole Atkins has a pretty great voice and the cartoons actually</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">helped to understand the stories of her songs.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">
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</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Go see David Byrne whenever he is speaking, no matter what he</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">is speaking about. This one lecture gave me a new way to say the music</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">industry will survive and new awesome music will always be</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">there to discover.</span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-26464604162589806172010-02-10T23:05:00.003-05:002010-02-10T23:17:48.227-05:00LCD Soundsystem is Coming!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I admit, I am a new devotee to LCD Soundsystem though I am glad I am getting into them right before their next album comes out and hopefully(!) make it to see them at the Coachella festival - both in April. I had known about LCD Soundsystem, most notably their song "Daft Punk is Coming to My House" (it was stuck in my head for days! days! a few months ago), though I have to admit I did not know much. For example, I did not know that the producer that IS LCD Soundsystem is James Murphy, who is also the co-founder of DFA Records and at one time was hired as a writer for Seinfeld, though he quite to pursue music because he didn't think the show would be successful (reruns must make him cringe to this day).</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Here is a clip from the <a href="http://lcdsoundsystem.com">LCD Soundsytem web site</a> about the upcoming album. I can't exactly tell you why I like it so much, the funny part at the end maybe? I can tell you it started an entire week of only listening to LCD Soundsystem, watching videos and live shows on You Tube and it added another point for team Coachella on what music festivals to attend this year - don't worry Jazzfest, I don't think I can miss another year of your dirty bourbon and hot sauce with music goodness.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Enjoy.
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8939826&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8939826&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8939826">clip 1</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/lcdsoundsystem">lcd soundsystem</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p></span></div></div></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-56395784080837176492010-01-30T12:30:00.007-05:002010-01-30T13:36:09.429-05:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This is the last thing I will say about the end of 2009, with all the 'best of' lists of the year and decade - by song, by album, by artist, etc. That is because I found the coolest one, a perfect combination of art and music.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Check out what Hype Machine put together:</span></span></span></div><div><a href="http://hypem.com/#/zeitgeist/2009/albums"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">http://hypem.com/#/zeitgeist/2009/albums</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> AND </span></span><a href="http://hypem.com/#/zeitgeist/2009/artists"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">http://hypem.com/#/zeitgeist/2009/artists</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#111111;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#111111;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What is Hype Machine you ask?</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#111111;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"To put it simply, the Hype Machine keeps track of what music bloggers write about. We handpick a set of kickass music blogs and then present what they discuss for easy analysis, consumption and discovery. This way, your odds of stumbling into awesome music or awesome blogs are high. </span></span><a href="http://blog.hypem.com/2009/02/how-we-pick-blogs/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 99, 220); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Click here to read more about how we select blogs</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">."</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#111111;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#111111;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hype Machine does a great job of consolidating music blogs and making sense of the hype and what the world of music lovers are saying, yours included. So for their 2009 'best of list' they ranked the top 50 artists according to how often they were blogged about and then asked 50 visual artists to create something 'inspired by and including the band name'. The results are very cool and original as you can see. For the top albums of 2009 they also did something cool, they selected a quote from a blog that explained the album, how they experienced the album, made comparisons, etc. As a result the list feels much more personal while still being informative.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#111111;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-size:medium;">
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</span></span>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-24170532463688668142010-01-05T22:11:00.005-05:002010-01-06T00:10:28.004-05:00NPR Song of the Day<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Subscribe to NPR 'Song of the Day'. It will be the little sunshine burst amidst the crap e-mails, Facebook evites and of course the never ending e-mail chains at work arguing over minutiae.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Here is the link to subscribe (for free). Start receiving your 'smart' song of the day from the knowledge wealthy NPR folks:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4703895">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4703895</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">The songs they pick are old and new, across genres and across the globe. They also always feature a nice little blurb explaining the artist and the specific song they picked. The last four days have rendered songs that have all ended up on the newest playlist I am building and led me to further investigation and downloading:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>1. </b><i><b>Nova Onda</b></i><b>, Nova Onda Do Pelo</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">A Swedish drummer that collaborates with Seu Gorge, the Brazilian singer from the Wes Anderson film <i>Life Aquatic</i>, where he sang David Bowie songs in Portuguese. <i>Fique vibrante!</i> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>2. </b><i><b>Beachcomber</b></i><b>, Real Estate</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Mark my words, this New Jersey band is going to be a band to watch in 2010, they are already drawing substantial crowds in New York and Brooklyn, which is the new epicenter of cool, you didn't get the memo? Well the Avett Brothers tell you clearly, listen to their song <i>I And Love And You </i>the next time it is playing on the radio which is in 4,3,2,1...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>3. <i>Man On the Moon</i>, Cloud Cult </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">A Minnesota band that has been around since the early '00s but just reissued their most popular two albums. The more you listen to them the more you realize where a lot of these new indie darlings learned their tricks.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>4. <i>My Wife, Lost in the Wild, Beirut/Realpeople</i></b></span></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"In "My Wife, Lost in the Wild," Condon (lead singer) constructs, bit by bit, a remarkable sonic structure, built around whirling synths and swirling beats. He layers one of his strongest assets — his clear, gorgeous crooner's voice — on top of itself, piling on in a round robin with himself to dizzying effect, culminating in an </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">a cappella</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> ending in which Condon serenades, "You'll send your heart to me" over and over as he harmonizes with himself. The result melds a bedroom </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">singer-songwriter's humility with an artist's desire to top his own beautiful best work." - NPR</span></span></span></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">An added bonus is their 'Best of 2009' lists. They are only ten songs long, each song based on the overall quality of the album, and fucking spot on. They also feature diverse lists like: 'Best British Bands of 2009', '10 Albums You're Too Cool To Like', and 'Judging By the Cover: The Best Cover Songs of 2009'.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
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</span></span></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-20266518136308936062009-12-28T23:19:00.006-05:002009-12-29T00:17:46.705-05:00What I Eat For Dinner, Mostly<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">With all of the 'Best Of' lists circulating around not only because it is the end of the year but the end of a decade, a pretty rocky one at that, I thought I would give you my very personal list. My criteria for judging each song had nothing to do with what <i>Spin</i>, <i>Rolling Stone</i>, <i>Billboard</i>, friends nor any other source said. I did not look at albums sold, concert tour earnings, or award winners (although I did enjoy going to the MTV Woodie Awards). I simply reviewed my lala.com collection and sorted by sheer number of times I played the song, and picked the top 25.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This is certainly not scientific - I have a large iTunes collection, listen to NPR music and woxy.com, and have a stocked iPod that were not consulted. I also had a slight bias towards keeping a few songs from albums that came out this year over a few older, more played classics; however you will see pre-2009 dates below that I could not bear to remove. Finally, as my last defense, several of these songs come from my 'she goes' playlist that is my favorite chill mix that I play late at night when I am working, writing, a little drunk or in need of comforting background music; it only makes sense that my relaxed mood music finally gets the praise it deserves.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">I may very likely follow suit and follow this posting up with another one listing my top songs or albums of 2009, of the decade or go negative with my most hated songs. However, I decided to first give you a more intimate look into my music collection. I feel exposed, and maybe even a little embarrassed, or is that vulnerability? I suppose that is the feeling that anyone gets when sharing their preferences although, music is the throne for personal preference. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Enough of my rant, enjoy! The playlist is free to listen to, at least until Apple decides what to do with their new purchase - lala.com.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>KEY: (Song, Artist, Year the album was released, Number of plays I have for the song)</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">1. <i>Glass, Concrete and Stone</i>, David Byrne - 2004 - 66 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>2.</b> <i>The House She Lived In</i>, The Veils - <b>2009</b> - 51 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">3. <i>Two</i>, Ryan Adams - 2006 - 46 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>4.</b> <i>Tightrope</i>, Yeasayer - <b>2009</b> - 41 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>5.</b> <i>Dog Days Are Over</i>, Florence & The Machine - <b>2009</b> - 40 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">6. <i>Jacksonville Skyline</i>, Whiskeytown - 2001 - 39 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>7.</b><i><b> </b>Growing Up Beside You</i>, Paolo Nutini - <b>2009</b> - 37 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>8. </b><i>Sit Down By The Fire</i>, The Veils - <b>2009</b> - 34 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>9. </b><i>Sunlight</i>, Harlem Shakes - <b>2009</b> - 35 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">10<i>. Goin' To Acapulco</i>, Jim James, Calexico - 2007 - 33 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">11. <i>Goods</i>, Mates of State - 2004 - 28 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">12. <i>Paranoia in B Major</i>, The Avett Brothers - 2007 - 27 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">13. <i>Skinny Love</i>, Bon Iver - 2008 - 27 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>14.</b> <i>Whispered Words (Pretty Lies)</i>, Dan Auerbach - <b>2009</b> - 26 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>15.</b> <i>Burial</i>, Miike Snow - <b>2009</b> - 25 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>16. </b><i>Eet</i>, Regina Spektor - <b>2009</b> - 23 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>17.</b> <i>My Girls</i>, Animal Collective - <b>2009 </b>- 21 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">18. <i>Boulder to Birmingham</i>, Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler (Live) - 2006 - 21 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>19.</b> <i>Hysteric</i>, Yeah Yeah Yeahs - <b>2009</b> - 21 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>20.</b> <i>Winds Of Change</i>, Fitz and The Tantrums - <b>2009</b> - 21 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>21.</b> <i>Lalita</i>, The Love Language - <b>2009</b> - 21 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>22.</b> <i>Daylight</i>, Matt & Kim - <b>2009</b> - 19 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>23.</b> <i>The Giant of Illinois</i> - <b>2009</b> - 18 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>24.</b> <i>Intro</i>, The xx - <b>2009</b> - 14 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b>25.</b> <i>Little Secrets</i>, Passion Pit - <b>2009</b> - 11 plays</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Back in high school Rob was our school's resident guitar virtuoso so it makes sense that he is working to become a successful musician. He is getting popular in our hometown of Denver and after this tour, his first national tour, I expect great things from him.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What was surprising about his show is how strong and clear his voice was; surprising because he never sang in high school and if you read his bio on his web page (below) he only recently decided to incorporate singing with his guitar playing. I was also impressed by how well constructed the lyrics of his songs are, they are fun to listen to but always have a much deeper meaning.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">You can get his CD on iTunes or through his web site: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.robdrabkin.com/">http://www.robdrabkin.com</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; "><img src="http://www.robdrabkin.com/images/pics/Rob_8PnlP_1.eps-1.jpg" style="width: 246px; height: 247px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">A few good reviews of Rob:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; ">"The surprise of the night was the middle act, Denvers Rob Drabkin. Taking the stage armed with an acoustic guitar, a djembe (small acoustic drum) player and an afro that would have made a Will It Go Round In Circles-era Billy Preston proud, Drabkin lit into the first of many short stories told with guitar and drum....His intricate finger picking method and character driven songs got our attention. With a voice and song structure not too far from Dave Matthews, just this side of Jack Johnson, Drabkin won me over... By the end of his set, I was a fan, bringing his cd home for closer inspection." - A.J. Crandall, KINK FM Radio. Show Review Oct 6th, 2008.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px;">
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; ">"Rob Drabkin somewhat mirrors Jack Johnson. Not so much in a musical way, but in a singer/songwriter way that will shoot him from MySpace to MTV faster than he can cut his distinctive hair. People were obsessing about Jack Johnson in 1997 when he appeared on Napster and now, almost 10 years later, his name is as common as a hipster drinking a PBR and riding a Vespa. If he keeps this up, he will shoot out of the local scene faster than The Fray"
--The Colorado Daily.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-1909408897210286102009-11-23T00:09:00.009-05:002009-11-23T00:50:57.071-05:00There are some dynamic and smart m*&^%r f@#$%rs out there<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">During a recent trip home my family <span><span></span></span>did something unusual, we cleared the clutter off the dining room table and ate like The Civilized. My brother was quick enough to switch out my ipod (I am as controlling as Madonna when it comes to the soundtrack for any occasion) and put in his new discovery of his - Gnawlede, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Granada Doaba.</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Gnawledge is comprised of two dynamic and smart members of this planet:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Canyon Cody - Research</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Gnotes - Production</span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
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</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I am going to start by giving you the background on Gnawledge straight from their web site (</span><a href="http://gnawledge.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">http://gnawledge.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and </span><a href="http://canyoncody.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">http://canyoncody.blogspot.com/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">) and the biggest thing to note is:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THIS ALBUM FOR FREE!!! You can even remix it yourself.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"Granada Doaba </span></span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">is a flamenco hip-hop collaboration album recorded in Spain, produced by Gnawledge and funded by a Fulbright Scholar research grant."</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"Granada Doaba</span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> explores the broad roots and divergent branches of flamenco hip-hop. Inspired by the religious </span><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">convivencia</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> of Al-Andalus, the album features 16 musicians from around the world who all currently live in Granada, Spain.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Spain’s history of multicultural confluence dates back to the early morning of mankind. Andalusia, the birthplace of flamenco and southernmost region of Spain, sits at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and the New World. Until the Christian </span><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">reconquista</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> of Granada in 1492, southern Spain was known as Al-Andalus, a Muslim Empire that controlled Andalusia for 800 years.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Flamenco is Andalusian Gypsy music and dance with a diverse history of Arab, Jewish, Indian and Afro-Latin influences. As a result of convergent paths of immigration, rhythms from around the world have come together in Andalusia, where they evolved into an indigenous musical culture:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">flamenco."</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"Hello! My name is Canyon Cody. In 2008, I was awarded a Fulbright Scholar research grant to study multicultural fusion and collaboration in Andalusian music. In concert with the Fulbright program’s mission statement, my project engaged the local Granada community by organizing a series of collaborative recording sessions in our home studio.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Gnotes is my partner in grime. He’s a multi-instrumentalist rapper who produced the 14 songs on </span><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Granada Doaba</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, which correspond with the 14 chapters of my accompanying academic text about the global roots of local music. Though the historical theory of convivencia initially motivated the recordings, the resulting songs eventually took up a life their own, which forced me to re-orient my thesis. In the end, we made an </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">album in the dark and then I studied the result in order to shine some light on the process.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This a work in progress, both the music and my writing. Please send us a postcard with any criticism, questions or suggestions. Thank you for listening."</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Contact Canyon Cody, he is responsive! - info@gnawledge.com</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Granada Doaba </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">took 4 years to produce, 4!!!! Take that all of you seeking instant gratification. Reading his blog about the experience is really cool and introspective; it presents the personal journey of someone that is so dedicated to a daunting task but doesn't want it any other way. I really admire this stranger because he is living exactly like I decided to starting with this year and will be ending...never!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Read the blog if you like details and want to learn how songs are built and mixed. There is also a really interesting theory on plagiarism, copying, biting, etc. and how it affects music vs. academia.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My point overall: Download the album and pass it around. Support this project because music is academic, it transcends history and borders, your music collection should be as diverse and dynamic as possible and because this is fucking good music.</span></p></span></span></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-78038550524106729692009-11-22T23:50:00.005-05:002009-11-23T00:53:18.772-05:00She Goes...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I can't believe I have not shared this playlist yet (at the top of the page or if I have moved it, just write a comment asking to get the link sent to you). I have been building and listening to it this entire year. Now that the year is almost over, somebody call me if you find 2009 btw, I think I should be a nice little girl and share. I end up listening to this playlist most nights as I bump around my room getting ready for bed, whether drunk or just exhausted. It clearly displays my love for both Ryan Adams and his Whiskeytown days but you will find some newcomers, especially as you get down the playlist.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If you want to buy a few albums that are chill, good for hanging around the house, an afternoon party, or while trying to drown out the crying baby and flight attendants when flying to wherever you need to go to really feel home during the holiday season, try these:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(Artist, Album Name)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Swell Season, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Strict Joy</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Paolo Nutini, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sunny Side Up</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Mark Knopler & Emmylou Harris, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">All the Roadrunning</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Bon Iver, either album</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Iron & Wine, any album</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Atlas Sound, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Logos </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(solo album of the frontman of Deerhunter)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Ane Brun, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Changing of the Seasons</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
</span></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-23341158025703102372009-11-06T00:06:00.005-05:002009-11-06T01:19:46.308-05:00My Pet Project: A Good Christmas Gift<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6tJNgFoAOUt4qAAq8W9zW2NOU_AmKvkkGjrC0jCd0cM6arbKDUrk3fsU9ls6kh0tchtlDm3J5UB6NM37eOU3M6qP3hoUdaYtsGUTxQFzth24t9V236mTbWxXYlOdu16V19B-AW6MkZlU/s1600-h/IMG_7732.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6tJNgFoAOUt4qAAq8W9zW2NOU_AmKvkkGjrC0jCd0cM6arbKDUrk3fsU9ls6kh0tchtlDm3J5UB6NM37eOU3M6qP3hoUdaYtsGUTxQFzth24t9V236mTbWxXYlOdu16V19B-AW6MkZlU/s320/IMG_7732.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400854515428874274" /></a>
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here friends, meet a good gift.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">With the giving/gifting season approaching along with a bigger pant size, I thought I would share one of the better gifts I have received this year. A very good friend gave me this Ticket Stub Diary when I moved to New York and it fit me and my interests perfectly, obviously. Over the years I have not kept as many ticket stubs of great concerts as I have wanted to so this gift was an opportunity to start cataloguing my ventures regularly and it has done a wonderful job. I put all kinds of tickets in here - Top of the Rock and museum entrance receipts, sports games, print out tickets, etc. I also put in any remaining stubs I had floating around my childhood home. Looking through the book says A LOT about me and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">my tastes.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So as you start thinking and then ultimately panicking and scrounging up last minute gifts for the people on your list, be a little creative and think of the simple charmers, the gifts that reflect that person - how you know them and what you like about them most. (Maybe pick up a few of these diaries for the inevitable people that get you a gift when you had them nowhere near your gift list - you chump).</span>
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</div></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-57418582968553511992009-11-05T23:18:00.006-05:002009-11-06T00:04:34.291-05:00FLO - That Girl Can Sing<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My biggest band crush and band du jour for awhile now has been - <i>Florence and The Machine</i>. Last Tuesday, October 27, it came to fruition by seeing Flo play to a sold out crowd in New York's famed Bowery Ballroom. I felt privileged not only because the Bowery is one of my favorite music venues ever but also because Florence only played this show and David Letterman. In early 2010 she is headed to Australia; she has no scheduled dates in the U.S. right now. Ya hear that, the crowd was selective and I was there! THIS is why I live in New York to all you hating on the Big Apple and it's rain, crazy prices and the smell of hot trash in the summer. The added perk was that the crowd was mostly crazed POMs (property of the monarchy) that had been fans for awhile since she is massive in Europe. One of my favorite attendees was a Scottish girl was a dead ringer for Jennifer Saunders' Edina Monsoon from <i>Absolutely Fabulous</i>. I sought her out at the after party and made friends, which was conveniently at BEAST, the late night bar around the corner from my Lower East Side abode. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">My early favorite song on the album was <i>Dog Days Are Over</i>. It just makes you want to sprint in escape and I discovered it at the perfect time when summer was coming to a close and you could feel the leaves growing restless and preparing to make an exit and sweaters making their way into the popular clique in my closet again.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">It was at the concert, however, that I discovered how awesome her song <i>Cosmic Love</i> is; a tour de force that was the perfect encore song. The song as a noun yelled at us in perfect pitch ' You had a good time tonight, go get drunker than you should for a Tuesday and moving forward remember to live with more conviction.' Pretty intense right, well I told you I really REALLY liked her.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">I made a lala playlist of Flo's album and stuck it to the right of the page - just be sure to click the grey play/arrow button on the top and you can listen to it for free on my site without visiting lala.com. However, for the last bloody time, go visit lala and get a world of music that falls right smack between Pandora and iTunes, blending the best of both worlds. Then start following me - Katie M. - and you will be privy to all of the playlists I make and what songs I listen to and when - enter my weird little world amigos. (Disclaimer: Yesterday was a weird day, I think I channeled a 15 year old with braces from Omaha, so please disregard me listening to the entire new Carrie Underwood album and then switching it up by listening to the <i>New Moon</i> Soundtrack. I listened to the new <i>Fanfarlo </i>album all today to get back on track, which is sooo good).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Finally, I HAVE to love Flo and her Machine because I made the ginger oath long ago: <i>To defend and champion your fellow red haired beauties. Make eye contact across whatever room, let them be the first person you try to meet at a party, share stories, discuss the genius of Ann Margaret and abhor the connection to Lindsay Lohan, and when applicable compare freckles.</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><i>
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</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Here is a short little interview and Florence playing a stripped down version of the song <i>Boy Builds Coffins</i>. Her drummer 'plays' the park railings.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvMfbfZKVbY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvMfbfZKVbY</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I have to share a few good ideas that I recently witnessed at the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Port O'Brien</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> show at The Mercury Lounge on October 14th. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Port O'Brien</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">, a California acoustic/indie rock band recently came out with their third album </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Threadbare</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> on October 6th and have been touring to support the album. The indie powerhouse that is M. Ward (part of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">She and Him </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Monsters of Folk</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> in addition to a solid solo career) recently named Port his 'favorite new band'. I would check out their new single 'I Woke Up Today' to taste the flavor and see if you like them.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, they brought Mad Libs to the show! The greatest vocabulary game of our youth aka hard evidence that we were all little perverts on the playground. In between songs Port asked the audience for nouns, adjectives, etc. to fill out a page that they read at the end of the show. They have been doing one Mad Libs for each show across the past few weeks. A few interesting notes - Boston was WAY more dirty and politically incorrect than New York was and there was way too long of a pause before someone tried their hand at yelling out a pronoun, it should embarrass every third grade teacher. Overall, Mad Libs was a really cool way to engage the crowd and fill time in between songs to allow band members to quickly tune or switch out instruments. They were kind enough to give me the one from the show, see photo. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Another really cool thing that Port did was encourage a kitchen crazy end to their show. Before their last song, 'I Woke Up Today', they passed around wooden spoons, pots and pans, aluminum pie holders, and a whole bunch of noise making fun out to the crowd. It was a great way to end the showI am pretty impressed that they haul around a big heavy bag of all that crap from city to city.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The moral of this story is it pays to be creative with your shows and how you interact with your audience. It makes you memorable, it helps to show your personality as a band and it helps to shake things up from one gig to another.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Bonus - you can buy a whole bunch of different Mad Libs on this web site: </span><a href="http://www.madlibs.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">http://www.madlibs.com</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">A fun little stocking stuffer or office present this year.</span></div><div>
</div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-53159929724591669812009-10-20T01:29:00.006-04:002009-10-20T01:51:05.354-04:00If you are sick of your ipod...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here are some artists I recommend checking out, downloading and changing up your music a bit. Give Pandora a rest and invest in some exploratory music time. You can listen to most of their songs for free on </span><a href="http://www.lala.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">www.lala.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, a lot are also on </span><a href="http://www.pitchfork.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">www.pitchfork.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, or you can go to itunes - expensive house. Look to the playlist on the right for my favorite songs of these groups/artists.<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="579" style="border-collapse: collapse"><col width="148" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:5412"><col width="199" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:7277"><col width="232" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:8484"><tbody></tbody></table></span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">Artist<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros</span> - These guys should make the next Wes Anderson soundtrack</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Jack Peñate</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Little Joy</span> - side project of Fabrizio Moretti of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Strokes</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Volcano Choir </span>- side project of the guy from Bon Iver</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Santigold </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Islands - </span>This whole album is pretty solid</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Temper Trap</span> - so is this album</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Wild Beasts</span> - a very well respected music friend says this makes his top 5 albums of 2009</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Mew - </span>warm up to them, they are worth it</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Dutchess & The Duke - </span>they sound a lot like The Kinks, so they can't go wrong in my book</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Karen O and The Kids</span> - whether you like the movie or not, this soundtrack is pretty sweet</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Mayer Hawthorne</span> - this guy is super hot in London right now so says my ex-pat friends</span><o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></div><div><div> <!--EndFragment--> </div><div>
</div></div></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-45692382731263211002009-10-13T23:50:00.005-04:002009-10-14T01:35:15.734-04:00One Ring to Rule Them All...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZU_1WbbgmtdSsknMRsNG0OGZ76vu2SMA4w_o3DCcwLBsNtRKMgMGaguc8OkYq5_20Zh2kaoNEFMWiJu5ST-fBCtADS97xPk9D6c5PTA6P28z4geibYV3zbY_6eF1BrH_pqPdDebPOdaB/s1600-h/IMG_7625.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZU_1WbbgmtdSsknMRsNG0OGZ76vu2SMA4w_o3DCcwLBsNtRKMgMGaguc8OkYq5_20Zh2kaoNEFMWiJu5ST-fBCtADS97xPk9D6c5PTA6P28z4geibYV3zbY_6eF1BrH_pqPdDebPOdaB/s200/IMG_7625.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392323707213643106" /></a>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Five months after buying the tickets I finally got to see </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> at Radio City Music Hall this past SAturday on October 10th. There was a live orchestra, two adult choirs and one child choir for a total of 300 people under an Imax screen showing the movie. We had 6th row seats because we bought them right when they went on sale in May - I know we are nerds but nerds have great ideas and follow through with them.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The entire movie they were spot on with the music, it was really impressive to see all those people work together and make it look effortlessly. At any part of the movie they had parts of the choir standing up, kids going to the microphones for solos, a lady in a satin prom dress singing the elfish songs, and the conductor looking at a small screen with the movie showing to ensure the orchestra's timing. You could opt to see the violinist's fingers move rapidly, look up and see Legolas (aka Orlando Bloom in the role that made him a heartthrob) fighting Orc, notice how patiently the children in the choir wait for their time to sing or back to see all of the people that had filled the performance hall; there was not a boring moment. The whole experience gave me a new appreciation for composers especially movie composers - they have the ability to heighten the drama and really make the moment and create the world for a movie. Well done Howard Shore.
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It was worth it to get the $90 dollar seats. I am already on the e-mail list for the 2010 tickets to see </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Two Towers</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. It was a total experience and I highly recommend it. For the record, we are not the biggest nerds on the planet, the people that are going to the concert of all popular video game theme songs with a live orchestra in a few weeks at Radio City win the prize.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here are some pictures of the event.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">PS - NEVER wear jeans to Radio City Music Hall. It is too beautiful, has too much of a history, and proves to everyone you are a tourist, took the train in, and support the slobification of America. OK, I am done being bitchy and will stick to music and musician outfits from now on.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here are a few of my favorite movie scores:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Braveheart</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> - James Horner, also did </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Titanic</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Last of the Mohicans</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Star Wars - </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">John Williams, the greatest</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- E.T.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> - also John Williams (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jaws</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is his too)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Gladiator</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- The Lion King</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Sound of Music</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- This is Spinal Tap</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Purple Rain</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">- Phantom of the Opera</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic;font-family:arial;">- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">Anything Danny Elfman does</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"> - Most Tim Burton movies including <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Beetlejuice, </span>he was the voice of the oompa-loompas in the 2005 version AND he was the lead singer of Oingo Boingo</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Forrest Gump</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> - not the soundtrack but the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Forrest Gump Suite</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, the scene with the feather, so pretty</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
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</span></div></div></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-688479694045519322009-10-05T21:32:00.008-04:002009-10-06T01:21:01.392-04:00U2 & How to Snag a Better Seat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2-LjpM-ub00W3Wposqos6fZbTwqlyE9NPj-eGnc6N8lSh5QPQ3S-qYKZ5DgKTnkQq4ReYrHsVDoeO5dZy6gq2GMlUtcBLxbaJfX9k7061FpdZJJVL30X2tsb4KxYxuBuuEaI_ydQFRwf/s1600-h/IMG_7551.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2-LjpM-ub00W3Wposqos6fZbTwqlyE9NPj-eGnc6N8lSh5QPQ3S-qYKZ5DgKTnkQq4ReYrHsVDoeO5dZy6gq2GMlUtcBLxbaJfX9k7061FpdZJJVL30X2tsb4KxYxuBuuEaI_ydQFRwf/s200/IMG_7551.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389348038121358050" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaANu6PmW3ZHrUbtwvYqb1EgckxCsH6iyVHEZacRf-8y63a41xIOMlfog7Bhy-KuNT-nCftzQJ6uvZLJwmmcpwV_pOFOcyv9IqVlBVysIt611B91xogYZci6TjQwguQbuKpZ3lMNJbPSZ2/s200/IMG_7542.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389348029460723170" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJrOJZo3h509TsiSpmup1zxztT77tEE9VPqdMdcE-WESSyfMjYK6q0cUCOZM8mZfcKhZVkETYArInmoXpf1mfizOAwiMKWeWhHeBpN1ySWzE9iItcfjMVzAxtS7tDmFYnUeYDSHe7vCpr9/s200/IMG_7541.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389345744496203634" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial;"></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial;">
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I keep a short list of bands I have yet to see and would be willing to pay their high price, do you?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial;">
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Red Hot Chili Peppers – I want to be part of their energy</span><p><span><span style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Rolling Stones – Even though Charlie Watts is the only one left that can hold it together</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- U2 - I am Irish after all</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Madonna - To feel bad about my body</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Lady Gaga – Still pissed she rescheduled her NYC show for a weekend I was out of town</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- R.E.M. – Not even a big fan but have heard of the magnetism Michael Stipe can yield</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Justin Timberlake - We all have our guilty pleasures</span></p><p><span><span style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It was because of this list that I was pretty excited when the opportunity to see U2 with a group of friends came up. So I can now cross U2 off my list and you know what? It was an experience I now recommend to anyone, particularly if you like U2 and/or if you attend enough sports events or concerts where you can take the sheer volume of people you will see the concert with. There are downsides – it is an elitist environment with the VIP packages, the limos lined up, the stadium prices, the box seats, $9 dollar beer night hence the long line, etc. Also, as a person that is a tenured concert goer this was clearly a crowd that was not well versed on the rules of concerts. You get a very different crowd attending then a 300 person venue where the concert starts at 10pm on a Wednesday, etc.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That said, the upsides were immense - they rocked out for 2 hours and 15 minutes, they have such a catalogue to choose from and did a great job of combining the new with the old, the unknown songs with the overplayed (even though it was still fun to sing them word for word). Plus their sound, voices, and stage presence is varsity all the way. They passed the crucial 10,000 hour practice point about 20 years ago so you can imagine how comfortable they are on stage.**</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My favorite part of the night was when I pulled a grand caper with my friend Captain Fabulous (actual nickname). We snuck out of our section 404 seats on a mission to get as close as we could to the stage and stay there. We brilliantly made it to section 138, had plenty of room and watched the entire concert from our elitist seats. Here is how we did it and here is how you can too, I have proven this many times over the years:</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- When you go to a stadium/arena show there are so many seats that go to season ticket holders, corporations, etc. and so many of them go unused even if the concert is sold out.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Wait until after the opening act and then go down to the area you are shooting for and wait until just before the headlining act comes on. It is good to get a beer, food and go to the bathroom, it may be your last opportunity.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Wait until 30 seconds into the first song that the headliner plays, you want to get caught up in the rush of people getting to their seats. Weekend concerts can throw a wrench in the plan because some people hang out in the parking lot until the headliner starts and then rush in after 2-3 songs.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Power walk and get behind a group of more than two so they will crowd the ticket checker and this is key - quickly, looking straight ahead/stage, power walk to the side and down away from the group and ticket checker. Keep walking but start slowing down after you are in the clear and look for openings of more than 2 that you can get into.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Only do this with two people, it gets tricky with more. Getting to the floor level is more difficult because they often make you get bracelets and the checkers are more strict. We tried to get to the floor for U2, played dumb about bracelets, acted like we were headed back to get them and spotted an opening of +6 seats two rows above general admission. We were above the floor crowd and had direct eyesight to the front of the stage. No one came to claim the seats and we were super nice to the people around us, acting like we belonged there. It was perfection and we giggled about it all night.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This isn't rocket scientist and don't try to do it every time but have the guts to give it a try when it is a band you really want to get close and experience, be part of the vibe.</span></p><p><span><span style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**The 10,000 hours of practice is referencing a well-known theory that in addition to ability you must have dedication and a solid work ethic; citing that every top professional, regardless of their field, will not reach their peak before practicing for 10,000 hours. Malcolm Gladwell references this theory in his newest book </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Outliers</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. He uses The Beatles and how they obtained their crucial practice hours, check it out!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;">
</span></p></span></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-4567460573825734932009-09-23T00:08:00.006-04:002009-10-02T19:00:18.353-04:00Why it is fun to pay $20 to sit in the back and bullshit with your friend<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I went to see Owl City at the Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday, September 15th but I couldn't tell you the setlist, I don't have pictures or any video footage and I didn't really take stock of the crowd. However, I did have a really good time even if I spent $20 to have background music. I had a great time because one of my closest friends was visiting and since I already had the tickets I took him. He also happens to be one of my favorite music nerds, one of the first people I tell when I have a new musical discovery. We have grandiose conversations that turn into debates about our favorite songs and bands and have done so for years. While we don't always agree - he always needs a band to have a 'sense of urgency' and I can take a lot more singer/songwriter and experimental indie rock - we always have a great time. So this is why I did not pay attention to you Owl City, sorry. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">I don't think you cared that much because you were clearly thrilled to see Taylor Swift doing her gawky/baby giraffe arm waving dance to most of your songs up in the balcony with a few friends and a beefy bodyguard. Congratulations on the sold out show in the U.S., you are following in the footsteps of other Euro boy band acts like Aqua, you should be grateful. We also congratulate on providing a perfect first date scenario – dark, not too loud you can’t hear each other but don’t talk too much because the rest of the crowd is into it, and there is a fucking string section which always plays into your sentimental side.
What I can tell you about Owl City is the hilarious comments both of us fired at each other from the back bar aka the bourbon soaked peanut gallery:
- Owl City, aka ----, looks exactly like Todd, the creepy artist brother in Wedding Crashers. We called him Celebration the entire night.
- After a few songs Owl City said ‘I have a bit of a cold so I want everyone to sing.’ To which we reply, ‘You pay us then.’ At this point we realized we should stop trying to focus on the concert and revert to the back bar to entertain ourselves and stop destroying date night for the people surrounding us.
- A new addition to an ongoing joke we have – “Just a girl and her piano, just a boy and his laptop.”
- Owl City would do a great job of playing the soundtrack to a Volvo commercial. “Conservative but fun loving, expensive but popular, safe for kids, recommend driving if you live in a college town.” Robin Williams always said a radical conservative was a Volvo with a gun rack, which reminded us both of our favorite Robin Williams jokes, which filled up at least 20 more minutes of chat time during the concert.
- I say, pretty loudly in the direction of our Euro boy band leader “Hey, how do you put this dresser together.” Friend joins in, “I love the new Birchwood line.”</span> </span>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-89714298515740871722009-09-13T11:55:00.007-04:002009-09-13T13:45:10.869-04:00Foresighting The XX and Family of the Year as two bands that will get BIG<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I am calling it now - The UK band </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The XX</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> and LA/Silverlake band </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Family of the Year</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> are going to be big and popular by the end of the year. Both don't have that much information out about them and are newcomers but the buzz has been hitting me wave after wave and I am continuing the trend. I will have official confirmation of how good both bands are when I see them back to back on October 20th and October 21st when they come to New York.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Right now </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The XX </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">are killing all over Europe, playing some of the dates with </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Florence & The Machine</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, which is another band I have really been into. The band is comprised of two boys and two girls from South London, they are only twenty but have producing abilities well beyond their years. Their sound is kind of like Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation or Hot Chip but more lyrical and they have that distant, slightly creepy, spacey sound down perfectly. It is perfect music to play while you are chilling with friends, bumping around the house doing little tasks or while getting some action (which makes sense since the tracks are chockablock full of sexual references). Their influences clearly come from R&B; they garnered a wave of buzz from covering Aaliyah's </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hot Like Fire.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> These are the influences they list on their MySpace page: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Aaliyah</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">CocoRosie, Rihanna</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Cure, Missy Elliott</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chromatics, The Kills</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ginuwine</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pixies</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mariah Carey</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Justin Timberlake </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Tracy + the plastics</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Check out </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The XX</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> album in the playlist on the right side of the screen - </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Intro</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Basic Space</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Heart Skipped a Beat</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> are my favorites. Also, look them up on MySpace for more tracks and other cities they are playing in November and December - </span></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thexx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.myspace.com/thexx</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Family of the Year</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> is a brand new find. I was told about them by their manager that lives in New York this past week. They are about to self-release their EP </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Where's The Sun</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> on September 22nd, which is pretty incredible given that they have had such a huge response to their music even though they don't have an official album out yet. Ben Folds just asked </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Family of the Year </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">to open for him on a few upcoming dates. The band is comprised of four guys and two girls; they describe their sound as 'post-teen spirit' and claim such influences as </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Chumbawumba, Barenaked Ladies, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">and</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> System of a Down. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">They aren't on itunes or lala.com yet but you can hear several tracks on their MySpace page - </span></span></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/familyoftheyear"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">http://www.myspace.com/familyoftheyear</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. They only have a few gigs in New York and LA up on their page but stay tuned, it is about to be packed with appearances. You will all have your chance to see them in a small venue the first time around and I suggest you take it. We all have stories about liking a band and not seeing them the first time around and the next opportunity you have is a big venue full of more late to the party teeny boppers than you can stomach.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Check out these other newcomers to my rotation:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Fitz and The Tantrums</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> - good old soul with a modern twist a la </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Amy Winehouse</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> or </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">B</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">l</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">ack Joe Lewis & The Honeybears</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. Their album title is genius </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Songs for a Breakup Volume 1</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">YACHT</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">- like </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The XX</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> but a bit more pop, get up and dance.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Antlers</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> - </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">a darker</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> Explosions in the Sky</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> at some points, a dash of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Radiohead</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> and pinch of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Yeasayer.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Ramona Falls</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">- </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Menomena</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> side project. Good, creepy rock.</span></span></div></div>Talburtthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16750727084941917972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103416298013174257.post-35313327060049972372009-08-12T00:58:00.010-04:002009-08-12T02:16:46.878-04:00Finn Can Live in My House<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieLPlhRuKcurR40A9SAfsQb9d80Kccvrc9V2A-1JqMfc6glvUDGn1LjwHm_Zw7u5Od30858Ut5bYw9Of78QLRYY5iNjw0IsVPEWpkjijZPc8-WO1sylduDJjnKiLQbHovsVMEGNIHzAZmg/s1600-h/IMG_7165.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieLPlhRuKcurR40A9SAfsQb9d80Kccvrc9V2A-1JqMfc6glvUDGn1LjwHm_Zw7u5Od30858Ut5bYw9Of78QLRYY5iNjw0IsVPEWpkjijZPc8-WO1sylduDJjnKiLQbHovsVMEGNIHzAZmg/s200/IMG_7165.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368944075581002626" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">- I peed my pants a little when he looked directly at me while I was taking this picture.</span></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Have you ever seen a concert by yourself? I have come close a few times, such is the life of the avid music fan that always buys two tickets first and then finds people to go with later. My friend Evan once saved me from having to see Cat Power by myself at the 9:30 Club in D.C. - a fellow music fan, he understood and allowed me to give him the extra ticket as his upcoming birthday present (which kind of makes me sound like a selfish asshole now that I think about it). Anyway, I officially went to my first concert alone on July 30th - The Veils at the Mercury Lounge. You want to know what? It didn't even fucking matter I was by myself, Finn Andrews (frontman, songwriter) and Company were that good. I do have friends and there was a plan - my friend Jenny unfortunately moved to Chicago before we could see the band she loves so much and can be credited with bringing me into and my replacement friend bailed last minute - I am talking while I was walking to the venue I got the 'I have to bail' text. RUDE! (I am channeling Bon Qui Qui from Mad TV - 'Seccurrrityy!', watch it on YouTube, it is some funny shit.)</span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">However, I sold my extra ticket, used bourbon for a little confidence, and marched right up to the front to watch The Veils. I had my camera and pen and pad and looked the part of the music journalist - take notes if you plan to go to a concert solo, this was a good idea. I was only a few feet from the stage because I wanted to see what Finn was going to do, he has a reputation for being a bit erratic onstage, singing with possessed passion and sweating his ass off. Here is the set list I ripped off the stage at the end:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBSN2pE5gWXZN1hcLn54ewdDCqPyOGeXRhxdPWuuRWbuAgs4eMEexgsFOqqWBtXy6Y5EJ5gJiZTkugvazvmu0n1z84DMrck0oc3bO7Ky1dd08_y1UCa9Mw7gwUrSWHXwNmwafBQiZCeXR/s200/IMG_7309.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368941869373801938" />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My personal favorite going into the concert was </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The House She Lived In</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, because it is so much fun to sing. However, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Calliope</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sun Gangs</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Tide that Left and Never Came Back</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> were killer songs live and have been solidly stuck in my head since. Here is a video of Jenny's favorite song - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sit Down by the Fire</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. To provide a little context, the video starts out while Finn is explaining that couples always think it is a love song (just like they do with U2's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">One</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> or The Police's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Every Breath You Take - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">I think these are the same couples that wear matching outfits on a vacation to Disney World childless</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">). He always tells them it is explaining the death of a relationship, when everything is burning there is nothing left to do but sit down and watch it, get a little warmth from it when it is cold all around you. Good story, great song, but maybe don't listen to it when you are in that early post-breakup phase, might be kind of brutal for you.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Finn Andrews was born in London but spent part of his life in New Zealand, making him a Property of the Monarchy (POM) through and through. He has a thing for Sylvia Plath, the band name is said to have taken their name from the Plath poem </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A Birthday Present</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and has a song called </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Death & Co.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> which another poem title. The band members have changed a few times, I think for the better because the bassist Sophia Burn is hot and brings a good sound to the band. I would get their most recent CD </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sun Gangs</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and work your way back, or download the songs from the set list. Either way, take note that this is a band du jour of mine.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
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