Regular readers know that I suffer from chronic ear problems brought on by congenitally small eustachian tubes, coupled with a permanent, high-pitched half-hissing, half-ringing noise which worsens significantly when my ears are blocked. Listening to music in this state, I once wrote, is like trying to hear the good stuff underwater, and surrounded by keening whales . What I may not have mentioned before is that several years ago I made the decision to manage these two related medical issues by having tubes installed in both of my ears - a [...]
Define Ed Banger All Stars for the Siberian Breaks remix : So Me, DJ Mehdi & Busy P Siberian Breaks (Ed Banger All Stars Remix) - MGMT I was waiting before Feb. 1st to finish up that post but I guess Xaphoon Jones didn't get enough time to release all his remixes for the cravicious Mixtape Vol. 2. Sophisticated Girl (Ride The Universe Remix) - Panda People [...]
Eric Lebofsky [ from " Things To Do In An Ice Age "] (2005) Other things to do if you find yourself in an ice age: Talk About the Old Days. Whisper Instead of Shout (Avalanche Avoidance). Use an X-Acto to Fashion a New Antenna for Your Short Wave. Talk To Your Pilates Instructor While Your Search [...]
Au saut du lit, la sélection sera déjà servie. Bonjour à toutes & à tous ! Et c'est avec Lisa Ekdahl que vous allez doucement ouvrir les yeux ce matin. Bien connue pour ses compositions jazz, Lisa est revenue fin mars avec Give Me That Slow Knowing Smile. Elle prend une nouvelle direction musicale, et offre un touchant album pop-folk, entièrement chanté en anglais & composé par cette charmante demoiselle. Une douce voix qui donne vie à 9 morceaux parfaits pour émerger en toute tranquilité... [...]
I hope you have enjoyed this year’s Jazz Week. I close the week with a couple of my favorite songs. Lisa Ekdahl ∞ Nature Boy (my favorite version of one of my favorite songs) Tribe Called Quest ∞ Check The Rhyme (one of the greatest jazz-rap songs of all time) Jennifer Hartswick ∞ You Own Me (thanks to Muruch for this one) Kate Schutt ∞ Wrecking Ball (thanks to Aurgasm for this one) [...]
An interesting challenge faces us this evening: my annual bout of virulent bronchitis has left me partially deaf, and the world is muffled, as if I was now living my life completely underwater. As if that wasn't bad enough, one of the side effects of the added sinus pressure has been a significant increase in volume in what was already a relatively permanent ringing in my right ear, which I can now identify as a piercingly high-pitched C#. Listening to music in this state is abhorrent. Midranges turn to [...]
Aftonbladet reports that Thorsten Flinck is releasing a duet with Lisa Ekdahl of "Where the wild roses go" ( "Vildvuxna rosor" på Svenska), a song originally done by Kylie Minouge and Nick Cave . Lars Winnerbäck is producing.
Coming up Monday March 31st, Stereogum is releasing its latest exclusive tribute album. Following up on last year's Radiohead and REM tributes, they've assembled 11 artists covering Björk's 1995 album Post . While I had been peripherally aware of Björk as Icelandic and swan-clad , besides hearing Venus as a Boy in the film Léon it wasn't really until I got the Directors Label DVDs of the work of Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry (brilliant DVD, by the way) , and Chris Cunningham that I was properly exposed [...]
The big news around these parts is we will be leaving these parts. For Thanksgiving , The Duchess, Duke Jr. and I are flying back to the Midwest. To stay at my parents house on the Mississippi River . To get me (and you all) in the mood for my time at the river, here are 30 “ river ” songs, and 3 “ Mississippi ” songs (1 overlap) and one named after the woman who is named after my hometown. Some you’ve heard here before, some you haven’t. [...]
This posts is dedicated to Marc, who will celebrate his first Father’s Day on Sunday. And every other dad out there, including myself. Loudon Wainwright III ~ Daughter Paul Simon ~ Father and Daughter Cat Stevens ~ Father and Son Wolf Parade ~ You Are a Runner and I am My Father's Son Sufjan Stevens ~ For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti Harry Chapin ~ Cat’s in the [...]
I am about 25% Swedish; but I feel 100% guilty for lovin’ the Swedish jazz singer Lisa Ekdahl. As for her musical style, she’s a little like last week’s guilty pleasure ( Carolyn Leonhart ) without the Steely Dan connection. A jazzy voice, cute smile and golden locks: everything I look for in a Swedish songster. (I know she's not holding a rose but it was the only pict with a flower that I could find) Sun Rose [...]
Here’s a mix CD that is full of romantic songs, both in sound and in lyric. And since The Duke loves the ladies, it is an all-female vocalist CD. I have given you ample time to download and burn as the 14th is a week and a half away. Throw this one on; and let the flames flitter in your loved one’s eyes. 1 ~ Kaki King: Nails We begin with a warm instrumental that conjures up a romantic evening starting with some peppermint tea. 2 ~ Beth [...]
SvD har en lång lista över kommande skivsläpp. Klicka på länken ovan för att se hela listan då jag bara delar med mig av de jag tycker verkar mest intressant. Länkarna går till tidigare Micke Orgel-poster om det kommande albumet. 4 jan: Sandy Mouche 18 jan: Lisa Ekdahl 30 jan: Nasum 1 feb: Nicolai Dunger 3 feb: In Flames 22 [...]
Cover Lay Down
on the spur of the moment
I'm Just Sayin Is All...
they say i have weird taste in music
Streetkiss Music
The Late Greats
It's a trap!
Fong Songs
Micke Orgel goes live - Om svensk musik
Kanye Debuts New Song Projected On Walls
MS MR- “Hurricane (CHVRCHES Remix)”
Kanye West to release new album Yeezus on June 18th
