
Cultural Learnings of America for Make Docile Gullible Nation of South Africa. Dubious Musical Highlights from the Second Half of 2006. With our Best of 06 post coming out this week I thought I would share DJF's mix with all of you. I have been listening to it non stop for the last few days. Tara Jane O'Neil – This Beats Pere [...]
Dec 23, 2006, 4:51am
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1 of 2 guest posts from Manchester's Slow Joe Diane Cluck - Countless Times (Important Records 2006) Firstly, Diane Cluck's 'Countless Times'. Surprisingly, this album has been recorded in a much more low-tech manner than her debut. Her songs are phenomenally good and somehow seem to glide along that edge of doom and angst without ever being overcome by it. Comparisons are easily drawn to Nina Nastasia and Kristin Hersh's solo career, but I think [...]
The other day while discussing a very nice Brooklyn singer-songwriter with another Brooklyn resident, he suggested that I check out Diane Cluck. I did and the rest is history. At least it would be history if they kept records of people who heard songs and appreciated them a good deal. MP3: ...

diane cluck is one of those magicians=musicians that goes straight to my soul. every time she creates something, im instantly drawn to it. the quietness reminds me of being left alone and silent in an empty church, the way she so elegantly stands there and sings with her guitar. its as if yr naturally always wondering why yr where you are but this time it feels like home. devendra , antony , nomi , cocorosie and my brightest diamond understand how i feel. as they too believe so much class comes [...]
recently, i asked my brightest diamond 's shara worden the way she feels about music and art. this is how she answered. I was just in New Orleans on tour and that city feels like art itself. I want to simultaneously hold the city in my arms, smile from ear to ear and burst into tears. I kept thinking of Bjork’s Olympic dress, and how if she could come to New Orleans like a mother hen and cover the whole city with her [...]

d i a n e c l u c k not too long ago, i started to progressively listen to the works of a woman by the name of diane cluck . something inside of me clung onto her words like i was being nurtured and touched by someone who knew part of my heart. to some, im sure that sounds strange, but when i listen to music... i wait for the feeling. i wait for everything inside of me to breakdown, fall apart and just let [...]

d i a n e c l u c k will be performing at joe's pub 425 lafayette near astor place, nyc this friday july 21 @ 11:30pm ~ $10 [...]