Has there been any talk of Kate Bush's new CD in here?
I bought it for S for Xmas and I'm really glad we did.
Well, then, this is a day I'll feel good to be me.
Mal ,'Trash'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Sean K - Dec 24, 2005 8:23:08 pm PST #1674 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Spidra Webster - Dec 26, 2005 9:37:20 am PST #1675 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I've bought it but have only listened to it one time through yet. It's the kind of thing I know I'll need to immerse myself in. I'm sure I'll love it.
Right now I've got the laptop hooked to the turntable and am digitizing songs I only own on LP to teach my accompanist what I want to do for my gig on Jan. 12. Sheesh, I should digitize at least a couple songs a day. I have a number of LPs that are out of print and have never been reissued on CD. Right now I'm doing some of the terrific '30s swing/string band stuff that Rambler Records issued.
Mr. Broom - Dec 27, 2005 8:02:08 am PST #1676 of 10003
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
"To: Elliott, From: Portland," a tribute album by Portland artists, is due out February seventh: [link]
I got a leaked copy online, and it's very pretty in places. The Decemberists' "Clementine" is inspired, and that's just for starters.
tommyrot - Dec 27, 2005 9:32:20 pm PST #1677 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I just downloaded a bunch of '80s tunes from eMusic. (I've heard of Suicide for decades, but never listened to them until now. Wow.)
Anyway, I also got some King Missile. Damn, but I had forgotten how beautiful the piano is in "Jesus was Way Cool."
Spidra Webster - Dec 27, 2005 9:34:25 pm PST #1678 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
If you're a fan of old jazz and world music, eMusic has the Yazoo and Shanachie Records.
Michele T. - Dec 28, 2005 6:52:23 am PST #1679 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
My friend who works at eMusic keeps telling me that they have really cool new signings ahead in the new year, stuff he's really amped about, and of course he can tell me nothing about it. Fie!
He does work with Craig Finn, of the Hold Steady, who is yet another good reason to be an eMusic member.
Kate P. - Dec 28, 2005 7:50:30 am PST #1680 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I got Lost in the Grooves for Christmas! Very excited to (finally!) get the chance to read it.
DavidS - Dec 28, 2005 7:59:33 am PST #1681 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I got Lost in the Grooves for Christmas! Very excited to (finally!) get the chance to read it.
Huzzah! FWIW, Kim has links up at our website if you're eager to order stuff IMMEDIATELY after reading about it.
Kate P. - Dec 28, 2005 8:08:35 am PST #1682 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Ach, don't tell me that! Now I will have to do battle between temptation and the reality of my post-Christmas budget. Good thing nobody gave me a copy of Book Lust on top of LITG...
DavidS - Dec 28, 2005 8:08:43 am PST #1683 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Heh. Slate writes about Enya:
On Amarantine, though, there's a different kind of linguistic stunt. Inspired by their Fellowship of the Ring experiment with Elvish, Enya and Roma Ryan decided to create their own language, Loxian. I wish I could report that this gambit involves smoked salmon; in fact, it revolves around the more banal topic of extraterrestrials. The Loxians, Ryan told the Guardian, "Are much like us. They're in space, somewhere in the night. They're looking out, they're mapping the stars, and wondering if there is anyone else out there. It's to do with that concept: are we alone in the universe?"
Ryan has written a book about the language, Water Shows the Hidden Heart (also the title of a song on Amarantine), in which we learn, among other things, how to ask a Loxian if he'd like a cup of tea ("Hanee unnin eskan?"). The lyricist claims that it was necessary to invent an alternative language because "some pieces that Enya writes, English will just not sit on." But judging by songs like "Less Than a Pearl," one of three Loxian numbers on the new album, Loxian is not appreciably more mellifluous than English or Gaelic or Latin or any of the other terrestrial tongues in which Enya has sung. I suspect other, cheekier motives: an effort to deepen Enya's reputation as a mystic and to tighten her grip on the Hobbit crowd. What's Loxian for "brand extension"?
I have an image of Enya babbling like Nell.
Though, to be fair, Liz Fraser might as well have been singing in Loxian for most of the Cocteau Twins catalog.