Recommended for anyone who has burned out on all the shite stores keep playing: Loreena McKinnit, A Winter Cafe (pretty sure that's the title). Bone-chillingly beautiful Christmas covers.
Willow: Happy hunting. Buffy: Wish me monsters.
'Beneath You'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2004: Well, I Wasn't Expecting That.
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2004? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
deborah grabien - Dec 22, 2004 7:26:50 am PST #442 of 962
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Kate P. - Dec 22, 2004 7:31:30 am PST #443 of 962
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Loreena McKennitt has two wintry albums, A Winter's Garden and... something else. I agree, they're both gorgeous. Sadly, I only had them on tape, and many of my tapes got lost in the maelstrom of moving, and I can't find either one anymore.
sumi - Dec 22, 2004 7:35:23 am PST #444 of 962
Art Crawl!!!
Is this the other one?
deborah grabien - Dec 22, 2004 7:36:58 am PST #445 of 962
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Winter Garden, not Winter Cafe. Check. It's that one, I believe. Her version of "God Rest Ye" raised all the nerves at the nape of my neck. Just exquisite.
DavidS - Dec 22, 2004 7:39:59 am PST #446 of 962
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Her version of "God Rest Ye" raised all the nerves at the nape of my neck. Just exquisite.
I put that one on the xmas mix for Jilli. It seemed Jilli-esque.
Kate P. - Dec 22, 2004 7:41:20 am PST #447 of 962
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Yep, sumi, that's the one. I think that one is the EP, and the other is full-length (or do I have that backwards?). Must track down CD copies, if not for this year, than for the next. My current heavy-rotation wintry album is Susan McKeown & Lindsey Horner's Through the Bitter Frost & Snow, sort of in a similar vein, though somewhat more spare and dark.
sumi - Dec 22, 2004 7:46:14 am PST #448 of 962
Art Crawl!!!
A Winter Garden is the ep -- one of my favorites too.
JohnSweden - Dec 22, 2004 7:50:34 am PST #449 of 962
I can't even.
I love Loreena. I've seen her at Massey Hall twice. The first time, I lucked into great tickets and they were 8th row, centre. When that concert ended, it was like waking from a dream, she was so good.
DavidS - Dec 22, 2004 8:05:23 am PST #450 of 962
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I love Loreena. I've seen her at Massey Hall twice.
Huh. I realize now that Massey Hall is a real place, and not just a Shangri La for the Greatest Jazz Concert Ever.
JohnSweden - Dec 22, 2004 8:25:08 am PST #451 of 962
I can't even.
Huh. I realize now that Massey Hall is a real place, and not just a Shangri La for the Greatest Jazz Concert Ever.
It is a terrific, intimate venue, the sort of place that disappeared in the 80s, except MH didn't.
Barenaked Ladies played there this week. I bet that was a fun show.