Anya ,'Touched'
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've seen EC twice and as a bonuc MC of the first Down from the Mountain, pre that title, show. I love him live. "I Want You" can go on forever, but I kinda expect that.
He is on my Lyle, Emmy Lou, David, Nanci, Dwight - list of go see them as often as you can when they come to town. It doesn't mean I catch them every time they come, but I usually try.
New CDs have arrived from Australia. Aside from the hard-to-find tracks of Euphoria's "Love You Right" and Chocolate Starfish's "Mountain", I have also received the Chess musical soundtrack, an old Kevin Johnson (Rock and Roll I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) and The Essential Bob Dylan. I'm finding this surprisingly affecting, even the early acoustic work.
REM will be playing two nights in Seattle and one night in Vancouver in November. I'd love to go to all three, but I just learned that tickets are $78 frickin' dollars.
And yet, I will pay, because it's REM. I may not see many concerts anymore, but I have vowed to myself that I will always shill out whatever it costs to see two bands: U2 and REM.
blows Angus a kiss.
Thank you. I couldn't find much on that one, and I think Mr. H will like it a lot.
Last time I saw Elvis was at The Bronco Bowl- I loved that place and have never seen a bad concert there. It was a while back. I haven't seen him playing around Dallas lately.
Re Wiley, what Angus said. I like the album, but Dizzee is just so stupidly head and shoulders above the whole genre. Showtime might finally be the UK rap album that breaks in the US, because he's a genuinely great rapper who actually sounds British.
Have written the name down, and will begin searching.
I have to say that I can't understand half the words on The Streets' recent album. That last song is pretty clear, and yes, sad, though.
Squeeeeee! I'm going to see the Cure next week!
(The Curiosa festival was supposed to be here last weekend, but was cancelled due to an emergency. To make up for it, the Cure are playing a 3-hour show next week. Just the Cure, no other bands. The reason I didn't buy a ticket for the Curiosa festival was because I didn't know enough about the other bands to be willing to pay $50 for a ticket. However, $50 for 3+ hours of just the Cure? Oh yes, I am going.)
Hey, alt-country fans: Jimmie Dale Gilmore TODAY on Leonard Lopate's "Survival Kit" segment. (What would you take to a desert island or sonwbound cabin if you had to be stranded?) For whatever reason this segment doesn't get archived, so if you want to hear it you'll have to listen at 1:30 EDT.