Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
What's funny to me about Alex Ross' post is that I read Angus' thing to a friend of mine who's mom is an opera singer (and knows far more about opera than me), and he made some kind of LePage joke too.
eta: (Or was the Lepage joke about the Opening ceremonies...?)
Angus is back at it! Great news!
corwood, what are some of the last things you downloaded. I think I can find you that way and add you too.
Yesterday, I downloaded
Hey, I need to hear about your last downloads so I can add you, too!
It's the Cowsills less than great year:
William Cowsills died on Friday -- it sounds like he was very sickly.
no luck finding you yet Corwood. emusic really should make it easier to search for users.
Happy Birthday, Jon B.!
emusic really should make it easier to search for users.
This is what I am saying.
Also:
Happiest of B-days to you, Jon!
Thank Yew!
Over at Bradley's Almanac, a Boston-based music blog, you can download the entire Undertow Orchestra set I saw the other night: [link]
Happy happy to Jon!
Trying to keep it musical, I described The Pernice Bros. to my DH as being "a smarter Wilco". (He then said "Dammit! I'm not smart enough for Wilco!") How would you-all describe them?
If we're being totally honest - I would describe them as brainier but less melodramatic than the Smiths and less catchy than Wilco. And more forgettable than both. I don't mean to diss. I loooove Joe Pernice, but I almost never find myself going back to listen to whole Pernice Bros. albums though there are some singles that stick out ("7:30" and "Let That Show" especially).
That's probably rougher than I mean to be - I had a shitty day.
To make myself feel better I am making mixes for a friend who busy being a big time lawyer and hasn't made time to listen to new music for three years. So far I have expanded my Best of 2005 mix to THREE discs. It's kind of ridiculous.
(He then said "Dammit! I'm not smart enough for Wilco!") How would you-all describe them?
"So smart that even people who aren't smart enough for Wilco will get them"? I'm not familiar enough with them to know if that's true, but it seems the obvious argument to make given his objection.
Happy birthday to Jon, ASH, Robert Altman, and Billy Zoom (that one's for Hec) among many others.
I had a relapse and had to avoid typing for the last couple weeks, but I'm better now. Not fully healed (and leery of excessive typing and/or writing since the recovery was first set back by the former and then by the latter) but mostly okay and planning on returning to work next week. Should take a good day or two before I start slacking off and posting here again...