My initial reaction was that I was holding out yesterday, but there are some damn good songs on yesterday's post. However, one plus for today, none of my blathering! R.E.M. - Academy Fight Song (This is a Mission of Burma song that I have long thought the Foo Fighters could absolutely own) Ryan Adams - Revelator (This Gillian Welch tune was recorded in 2000 with Gillian & David Rawlings just before the Heartbreaker sessions. Nowhere nearly as powerful as the [...]
Today is the 9th anniversary of the luckiest day in my life. The day my extraordinary bride said " I do ." I did too of course. Anyway, this post and these songs are for the sweetest, funniest, kindest, most beautiful and most patient woman I know. I Love You. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Good Good Day John Coltrane - In a Sentimental Mood [...]
This week, the contrast podcast embraces all things Elvis . Not tunes by him, mind you--that would be too obvious--but anything to do with him. As long as there's Elvis in the mix somehow, it meets the criteria. I came up with the theme a while back after listening to "Elvis Presley Blues" by Gillian Welch . In my mind, I see her sitting in a rocking chair on her front porch one evening, [...]
I had so much fun compiling my Surf's Up: 2007 Summer Mix , that I have decided to drop a few more songs with summer in the title. Arranged in no particular order. Lucky Soul ~ One Kiss Don't Make A Summer Gillian Welch ~ Summer Evening (Greg Brown cover) Morcheeba + Hubert Lewis ~ Summertime Polaris ~ Summerbaby (yep, that "I was around" song from Pete & Pete) Kathleen Edwards ~ Summerlong [...]
Gillian Welch ~ I Dream A Highway RIYL: Bob Dylan, Jakob Dylan, Woody Guthrie or Arlo Guthrie Further study: website myspace Wiki Hype Machine elbo More Jaw Droppers What makes your jaw drop? Leave a hullabaloo. Buy it from Amazon or try Or better [...]
GMS would like to register hearty approval of feted directorial wunderkid Paul W.S. Anderson's plan to remake The Long Good Friday with "contemporary overtones", and to set it in Miami, "the melting pot of crap", according to one imdb commentator . This floats our large, gleaming-white party boat for five distinct reasons: (i) after early career misfires like Shopping and Event Horizon , Anderson hit his stride with Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat and Alien vs Predator [...]
Authors Note: I am getting out of Florida for a few days to do some mountain biking up in North Georgia. Regular posting will resume on May 22nd assuming I get through the weekend with no major injuries. Last month I posted the rejected songs to this comp. To paraphrase: I am a member of the International Mix Tape Project a global community of music-oriented souls that exchange monthly compilation tapes and CD-Rs. You can visit the site at www.InternationalMixtapeProjec t.com , then click on Rules to find out [...]
I love Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. "Time (The Revelator)" maybe one of my top three favorite albums of all time. Here are two songs from that recording that are kinda about April 14th. April The 14th (Part 1) Ruination Day (Part 2) Further study: website Hype Machine elbo Buy it from Amazon Or Try [...]
You may remember I featured Gillian Welch's genre bending cover of Radiohead's "Black Star" a couple of years ago while the Drunkard blog was still in it's infancy. If you grabbed it back then, cheers, if not, this re-up is for you. As a lover of both Radiohead's The Bends, as well as Gillan Welch's [...]
All right stop, collaborate and listen The Duke is back with a brand new mission 20 cover songs that flow real mighty better than originals, day and nightly Super cool post from a blogsphere twosome knocking out tunes far from gruesome Some Velvet Blog and my main man Bruce gots the other ten covers on the loose Gillian Welch & David Rawlings ~ Summer Evening (Greg Brown) Toots & The Maytals ~ Take Me Home, Country Roads (Bob Denver) Beth Orton & Terry Callier [...]
Tom Waits - Lucinda This song sounds like something people would sing on a chain gang. It's just Tom singing, and then beatboxing in the background for the rhythm section, and a faint guitar line; during the breakdown, there is a harmonica part. It's about leaving home to follow a woman (Lucinda), and going down the path of sin because of her. They call me William the Pleaser. I sold opium, fireworks and lead. Buy Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards [...]
photo credit: www.chriszasche.com Sera Cahoone is a singer/songwriter out of Seattle but her voice and picking would fit in just as well in the deep south. Sera has a rich musical past as a former member of the seattle band Carissas Wierd as well as contributing to the Band of Horses debut album last year on drums. If this debut disc is any indication though, you may not see her spending much time behind the kit from here on out. She has been compared to many of the best females in the alt-country game [...]
I'm behind on Christmas! I'm behind on posting! So? I half-ass it! Here's the trilogy "Trapped in the Claus-et," two Christmas songs, and a cover! [...]
I'm not in a talky mood. Class "Yuko & Hiro" (Blur cover) Many thanks to Peter of Class for sending this my way, as I could not locate my copy anywhere. The Droyds "North Country Boy" (The Charlatans [UK] cover) Ether Aura "I Speak Every Word" (Curve cover) Katscan "Connection" (Elastica cover) [...]
Today, I'm ceding the stage to introduce my friend Sarah, who's contributing Nerd Litter's first-ever guest post. And what a great post it is, striking up a potent mix of the provocative and evocative, not to mention incorporating some excellent musical selections. Enjoy. Neko Case - Favorite from Canadian Amp [ Buy it ] he said my name, over and over again, and then he whispered, "I'm going to give you bruises," his [...]
Like I said back in August in my first posting of these tracks: If I had to listen to one album and only one album for the rest of my life, it would be Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch. Not only does it have the 14:39 minute magnum opus "I Dream A Highway" but also ballads, love songs and reflections on the past whether it be music or American history. Here are five tunes off that incredible album played live for KCRW, just Welch and Rawlings (who is phenomenal with the acoustic guitar). I stand [...]
Newgrass youngins Nickle Creek are calling it quits, uhmmm next year. I guess this is a reason why the fire should die? Dearest Listener, After seven years of extensive touring in support of three records (seventeen years as a band), we've decided to take a break of indefinite length at the end of 2007 to preserve the environment we've sought so hard to create and to pursue other interests. It has been a pleasure to write, record, and perform for you through the [...]
radio head will always hold a very special place in my heart and no matter what, with the more music i listen to, its great to enjoy and stumble back to what ive already known. over the years, ive listened to terrible, interesting and meaningful radiohead covers. when one is performed, its important to me when artists have strength to forget and give into someone else's vision, show their own feeling, are open-minded and most importantly, are respectful of others creativity. theres something about the way music and melodies feel so [...]
If I had to listen to one album and only one album for the rest of my life, it would be Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch. Not only does it have the 14:39 minute magnum opus “I Dream A Highway†but also ballads, love songs and reflections on the past whether it be music or American history. Here are five tunes off that incredible album played live for KCRW, just Welch and Rawlings (who is phenomenal with the acoustic guitar). I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll [...]
I decided to take a somewhat different approach to this theme. See, I've taken more road trips in my life than I can count on all my fingers and toes combined; and I always make mixes for them because I am the type of person that needs to have a perfect soundtrack for everything. I have so many favorite road trip songs that it would be way too hard to narrow them down. Instead, I decided to give you all the (partial) soundtrack to one of the more recent road trips I went on - ten days [...]
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