La musique n'est pas qu'une question de pognon. L'ère digitale et la gratuité qui en découle en est la preuve même par cent. Mais qui dit profusion, dit surtout nivellement par le bas : les moutons de Panurge n'ont jamais été aussi nombreux à squatter les quelques bribes éphémères de renommée. C'est une voie médiane qu'emprunte Microcultures , structure faisant le lien entre artistes fauchés et public curieux notamment par le biais d'appel à souscriptions (de 1 à 450 euros). Et Tim Howard, aka Soltero , d'en profiter à bon escient pour financer son sixième album, 1943 . Songwriter vagabond, [...]
so i've just finished the third revision of my top 100 albums list - which to avoid confusion/arguments is a personal selection, not an attempt at a best of all time list - and to build some interest/excitement in the list beyond myself and the 1-2 other people that have traditionally cared about this i've decided to do a ten day countdown leading up to my number 1 album choice, vh1 best [whatever] of [decade] style. [100 - 91] [90-81] [...]
so i've done two volumes of this "songs featuring felines" thing, but i've never actually had a feline of any sort. well... tomorrow that will change. we're getting a kitten! i wasn't too keen on the idea at first, but i guess i'm starting to come around. i don't know what we're gonna call it yet, though i've got plenty of great (unappreciated) ideas. so i figured i should make a playlist to welcome the kitten home. unlike past volumes, several of these songs really don't feature felines too much at all... they are [...]
Podcast Page Direct Link RSS Feed Fanfarlo, " Harold T. Wilkins " Website Myspace Rock Plaza Central, " (Don't You Believe the Words of) Handsome Man " (from their management site) Website (More mp3s available here) Myspace The End of the World, " This Little Theater " (From their Label Site) Website Myspace Mull Historical Society, " Final Arrears [...]
since i've now posted lyrics for soltero's first three albums, i've decided its about time i put up some mp3s to go along with them. here are three of my favorites. mp3: soltero - the priest ...... [buy] science will figure you out has several standout tracks, but this one was a no brainer. shortly after i picked up the album, i taught myself "the priest"'s three chords and eventually got in the habit of playing the song daily for a good [...]
continuing through the soltero catalog, here are the lyrics for tim's third album, the tongues you have tied . when i first heard this album, i was not overly impressed with it -- with the exception of the title track, which i took to immediately. the tongues you have tied is a modest, laid back affair, as tim's liners notes attest to, and coming off the magnificence of defrocked and kicking the habit , i don't think i was ready for it... my ears' expectations precluded impartial listening. in the years since though, i've [...]
many months ago, realizing that there were no lyrics online for all but a handful of soltero's songs, i decided to undertake the project of transcribing each of soltero's 5 albums. i probably spent an hour or so on it, got most of the way through science will figure you out , then got distracted and forgot all about it. well now i've remembered, finished the first album at least... and intend to get working on the rest of them shortly. the obvious draw of soltero for me -- particularly going back to this simply arranged first effort -- [...]
[buy defrocked and kicking the habit ] as promised , here are the lyrics for my favorite soltero album, defrocked and kicking the habit , currently sitting at #55 on my top 100 albums list . ironically, this was the only soltero album i didn't physically own for a long time... my first exposure to soltero was through a promo copy of defrocked "borrowed" from the college radio station... a disc that must have been passed all around town based on the strength of opening track "i'll [...]
many months ago, realizing that there were no lyrics online for all but a handful of soltero's songs, i decided to undertake the project of transcribing each of soltero's 5 albums. i probably spent an hour or so on it, got most of the way through science will figure you out , then got distracted and forgot all about it. well now i've remembered, finished the first album at least... and intend to get working on the rest of them shortly. the obvious draw of soltero for me -- particularly going back to this simply arranged first effort -- [...]
Dans la grande famille des tops, il y a d'un côté ceux qui considèrent qu'il faut hiérarchiser la musique sortie entre le 1er janvier et le 31 décembre et ceux qui à l'inverse listent la musique qui est entrée dans leur vie sur la même période sans prendre en compte la date effective de sortie des disques en question. Le problème, c'est que d'un côté, il serait imbécile de mettre un N°1 d'un top 2008 un Village Green Preservation Society que j'ai enfin découvert en entier cette année sans m'en tenir aux tubes évidents ou le Songs [...]
friday marked the end of my 3rd year using last.fm. as i mentioned last year , i've been capturing my complete artist and song charts on 12/12 each year to track how my listening habits change over time. in addition to tracking the progression of my overall charts , i also note the top songs and artists of each 12 month period. so here are the 5 artists and songs that i listened to the most from 12/12/07 to 12/12/08... top 5 artists -- 2008 1) destroyer (911 plays) 2) silver jews [...]
Most Likely To: take some time to work its magic but be worth the wait. Oh, La Societe Expeditionaire, is it possible that you can do no wrong? For as long as I've been party to the goings on and aesthetic musings of that wily band of Pennsylvanians, they've never ceased to rekindle my fascination with music in general just at the very time that I would begin to lose faith in it. What is most remarkable, however, is that La Societe seems to continually test the limits of their own expansion not necessarily by [...]
es ist nicht ganz ungewöhnlich, wenn sich 'einfache' blogger dazu versteigen, auch anderweitig im musikbusiness fuss zu fassen. schnell haben sie herausgefunden, welche mechanismen das geschäft regieren und so gieren sie nach erfolg, um ihre profunden kenntnisse in bare münze umzuwandeln. nee, vielmehr ist das ansinnen, geliebtes auf scheibe verewigt zu sehen, manchem in die puschen zu helfen, das sonst garantiert nicht das tageslicht erblickt hätte. und wer hätte ein feineres näschen als so mancher musikfreak, der nebenbei einen blog betreibt, in dem er seinen freuden ausdruck verleiht und andere daran teilhaben lässt. ich habe [...]
This is a song that doesn't really want to be one. It could quite easily have been a conversation were it not for the understated musicianship and pretty vocal patterns weaved by eternal wanderer Tim Howard (he used to be in the Mobius Band). But for all its awkward posturing it leaves an impression, one that won't be all that memorable initially but as the play counts add up it'll slowly encase
mp3: soltero - bottomfeeder i picked up a bottomfeeder last weekend, thinking my algae filled tank would be a pretty nice home for it. and it was, little cat stevens has had a great time sucking on every inch of the place just like i hoped. but what i didn't know when i got it, is this particular species gets tired of eating algae as it grows and will eventually take to relentlessly sucking on the other fish in the tank, injuring or maybe even killing them. so as much as hate to do it, [...]
I was very influenced by the makeup of Claudia Cardinale in a film where she had very dark eyeliner. As soon as we hit on that for Penélope, everything changed. It was also very important to have an ample cleavage enhanced by strategically placed medallions, because that's one of the key images of Spanish motherhood, and motherhood is one of the key themes of this film. It was also very important that this woman have an ample arse. The arse is a symbol of optimism. I'm really sorry for those who do not possess a bottom but they can always [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Chris Bathgate : 2008-04-09, Planet Claire [mp3] "Serpentine" [mp3] other Chris Bathgate music blog posts at Largehearted Boy Dam-Funk : "Sidewayz" [mp3] from B-Ball Zombie War other Dam-Funk music blog posts at Largehearted Boy Fastball : 2008-06-27, San Antonio [mp3,ogg,flac] "Dancing [...]
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