As I said in my last post, I'm having to divide this in two... Saturday, April 19, 2008 My cousin has come from West Virginia to visit my grandmother because chances are very good that she won't go home again until we take her casket to be buried next to my grandfather's. Her health has been failing for a long time and the prognosis is not promising. I hadn't seen my cousin since before Cecily's born, since before his father, my uncle, died. [...]
Do do that voodoo that you do so well.
Today's episode of the contrast podcast is another edition of one of Tim's signature podcast themes. Usually we the common folk choose the songs and do the introductions ourselves. Every so often, however, Tim gathers together the musicians themselves to do the choosing and the introducing and it always produces a great mix of tunes. Go here to listen to and/or download the podcast and you can hear for yourself what I'm talking about. This week's podcast includes Temposhark [...]
You're not supposed to be here at all now - it's all been a gorgeous mistake. There's been days like this before, you know... Sinéad O'Connor - Jump in the River (3.9MB mp3) from the album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got ∞ ∞ ∞ [...]
I toyed with using today's post to address some of the unsung heroes of traditional Irish Folk Music, but I'm no expert on the subject. Berkeley Place got to Van Morrison first, I've only got a few good U2 covers left, and Wednesday's post on Celtic Punk was pretty thorough. And even with the SXSW posts starting to get a bit thick on the ground, there's still plenty of bloggers out there dropping diverse sets of Irish and Celtic music on you this weekend. [...]
These are posts from my 365 days of song project. I wanted to share the links before I take them down to make room for next month's songs. I hope you enjoy them. Thanks! Friday, February 29, 2008 As I was loading Cecily into the car after her class at The Little Gym, I was thinking to myself about how my ideas of what I wanted to be when I grow up have changed over the years, and now that I'm technically grown [...]
As stated before, I've been weeding through the 5000 or so music files on my hard drive. Came across these nice versions of some Sinéad classics. Hilary Scott ∞ The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance (live) Sinéad O'Connor ∞ The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance Bettye LaVette ∞ I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Sinéad O'Connor ∞ I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Which version do you prefer? or did I leave about your [...]
Seriously, this song has issues. Show me a newborn infant that is tender and mild. Better still, show me how the heck all can ever be calm or bright when you got Oh Young and Restless One pissing on your new duvet and squealing in your ear while you attempt to shake a bottle of powdered milk at 4.35am, because mummy said it's your turn. Want a silent night? Rear a cactus. Sinead O'Connor - Silent Night (from Fred Claus soundtrack ) You could drop the pin and pop [...]
October gets nick-named "Rocktober" for reason - 'tis the season for concerts. I attended at least two a week, making it hard to find time to write about all them as soon as I would have liked to. Here are quick rundowns of the latest happenings. Fog, Torche & Jesu @ Blender Theater, Saturday, Oct. 20 Openers Fog fit into the soft vs. loud aesthetic dominated by bands like Isis, Explosions in the Sky and headliners Jesu - however, Fog was less [...]
This one's for my sister Juliette. Notwithstanding my previous driving mix, I think if you make a driving sing-along mix and you don't include some Pet Shop Boys, you have no cachet whatsoever. As with my previous mix, this is intended to be played in the order given. I have however included single links for those persons unable to listen to mixes (*shakes head*). Juliette's Paid Off Mix (.rar file) 01. Madonna - Hung [...]
George W. Bush in between his parents. I'd like to see those three get...it...on. Part One (Rebecca Wiener) Part Two (John Gruen) Part Three (Tess Lynch) Part Four (Jess Grose) Part Five (Molly Young) Part Six The Beta-Alpha-Cal Guide To My Adolescence by Lucas Stangl [...]
"Fellas, one more time I wanna give the drummer some of this funky soul we got here. You don't have to do no soloing, brother, just keep what you got. Don't turn it loose, because "it's a mother." - James Brown (Funky Drummer) I own a lot of James Brown, but hands down In [...]
What? You want something patriotic? Cable & Tweed has you covered . 01. Michael Stipe - The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance (Sinead O'Connor) 02. The New Amsterdams - Thirty-three (Smashing Pumpkins) 03. Tom Jones - I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor (Panic! At the Disco) 04. Taj Mahal - Honky Tonk Women (the Rolling Stones) 05. Lambchop - Beyond Belief (Elvis Costello)
Look, y'all -- We hate to quibble the point, but posting cruddy, "leaked" mp3s of Interpol's Our Love To Admire to raise your profile on The Hype Machine is really, really lame. So is posting track-by-track "reviews" based on the snippets from the website, hoping to imply that you're rad enough to have received a promo. I mean, it's people like you that make record labels paranoid about sending out promos in the first place. Seriously. Furthermore, while I'm being crabby, you know we've flogged the "stop comparing Interpol to Joy Division" line long enough. [...]
Happy St. Patrick's Day to all the Irish, and wannabe Irish, alike. Disproving the "Irish are only good for their drinking" myth, the glorious nation (and their Northern brethren) have long had a rich tradition in the annals of music. From the days of ye old tin whistle to the indie scene of the 80s, 90s, and beyond, they've boasted a reputable number of notables. Such artists as U2 and Sinéad O'Connor have enjoyed incredible mainstream success, while The Pogues and My Bloody Valentine have reached godly status to punks and newgazers of today. So, it's only fair they [...]
THE LAST DAY OF OUR ACQUAINTANCE Sinead O'Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Chrysalis : 1990 [Buy It] GO WHERE YOU WANNA GO The Mamas and the Papas If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears Dunhill : 1966 [Buy It] A NEW ENGLAND Billy Bragg Life's a Riot with Spy Vs. Spy Charisma : 1983 [Buy It] [...]
Today Stereogum features the video for Peter Gabriel's duet with Kate Bush, "Don't Give Up." Check it out here . Not to be outdone, Timedoor features the video of the version done by Willie Nelson and Sinead O'Connor
Fight the real enemy It's slightly cheating because it's not really off vinyl, but since Liz didn't know "Fire on Babylon," I had to put this up today. Fantastically talented, but perhaps endlessly abrasive, Sinéad O'Connor has made a great deal of music since her cover of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U," much of it quite excellent, but all has paled in comparison to tearing up a picture of the Pope on SNL and her public spat with Old Blue Eyes over [...]
It's been almost three months since my father passed . Odd that, since my trip to New York , I'd not been thinking as much about it until this past week. This week has been filled with dreams that indirectly reference my father and/or his death. Angry ghosts demanding absolution so they can move on. Surviving relatives engaging in chest beating and bullshitting contests. My imbalanced brain envisioning what it would've been like had I actually attended his funeral. I might be coming closer to letting [...]
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