I've been listening to more Tom Waits lately, since my iTunes seems to love him. iTunes also loves the Decemberists, who are my total new band crush.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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.
I'm going to see Portastatic on 9/29 and New Pornographers on 9/30. Woot!
They play Waits a lot on the Wire...I believe he did one of the theme versions...before that I knew his music as "that stuff your Dad likes" that my mother didn't. Not to be all "The Wire like carrots!" again.
It's up (Gangsta's Paradise). Enjoy.
I believe he did one of the theme versions
That's his song, chica. The others are covers.
OK...then I stand corrected. So to speak.
I am listening to What's He Building in There
This is our catchphrase whenever a wierd noise comes through on the baby monitor. I love that track - "they say he had a consulting business in Indonesia..."
Still, I'm on the list for pitches.
Book-ma to you as well, H!
If I had to pick, I would pitch The Soft Bulletin. A co-worker I was discussing this with mentioned that they haven't done a hip-hop album yet. I would pitch the first Roots album if I was to pick a hip hop album - that is based on personal preference, of course, and not what I think is the most important and book-deserving of all hip hop albums.
My real point in posting was to remind folks to watch/tape/Tivo American Masters on PBS tonight to catch the two-hour Scorcese-directed Bob Dylan documentary (which finishes up with another two hours tomorrow night).
Interesting review from Slate: [link]
Thanks, Tina!
My real point in posting was to remind folks to watch/tape/Tivo American Masters on PBS tonight to catch the two-hour Scorcese-directed Bob Dylan documentary (which finishes up with another two hours tomorrow night).
Oh, I didn't know this was going to be on PBS so I bought the DVD as a present for my husband.
It's quite good, though I would have liked to see more live footage.