tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15333720251109100372024-03-05T05:10:49.414+00:00The 'SpillBlimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2748125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-80266233883768561842012-03-14T17:58:00.002+00:002012-03-14T18:03:20.170+00:00<a href="http://i.imgur.com/5fhrD.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 620px; height: 388px;" src="http://i.imgur.com/5fhrD.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />Hello, hello, hello. I hope everyone is well.<br /><br />I promised Debby that i'd check in to mention when a new article in the series i've been doing for The Guardian is up. There was <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/mar/14/pop-musik-sound-charts-russia?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9385">one on Russia</a> today.ShariVarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637611154303070631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-3923005676330357862010-04-02T20:11:00.001+01:002010-04-02T20:11:22.330+01:00The 'Spill has moved!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0z9khaQEzymcpQsWRK1f_Fa7Z3RlFcezOIaR6eNEHi-NT2ct92M8_0LkhGjSB9HdOvDKTgadmHmK8gjYQx8JGqbWQKuB3Xxn7-63zYX1buVMWe7HMZ-IQVJlDrDR3bYA85l-pKyCFQz4/s1600/newspilllogo2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452299835851996994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 75px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0z9khaQEzymcpQsWRK1f_Fa7Z3RlFcezOIaR6eNEHi-NT2ct92M8_0LkhGjSB9HdOvDKTgadmHmK8gjYQx8JGqbWQKuB3Xxn7-63zYX1buVMWe7HMZ-IQVJlDrDR3bYA85l-pKyCFQz4/s320/newspilllogo2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b>The 'Spill has moved! </b></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Please go to <a href="http://readersrecommend.wordpress.com/">thespillblog.co.</a>uk </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">for all the usual fun and debate! </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b>See you over there! </b></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Blimpy </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><i>The 'Spill</i> Admin. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">x</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div></span>Blimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-36377798057430080072010-03-29T12:46:00.003+01:002010-03-29T20:03:18.096+01:00Little Miss Indie<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWRC4r4T8Ed3quY_M7yAp4oO9RkyYaU1-FwJd_lo30YodZY9byqMtJHbI6cV3AjxKO_sll2u82JlR3DDV52Vyv8X5F9mdIDNpsGrl4f_QoLwFOhviweXjmSyTynGgsASnMJIlCvlaS2I/s1600/littlemissindie+copy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 371px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWRC4r4T8Ed3quY_M7yAp4oO9RkyYaU1-FwJd_lo30YodZY9byqMtJHbI6cV3AjxKO_sll2u82JlR3DDV52Vyv8X5F9mdIDNpsGrl4f_QoLwFOhviweXjmSyTynGgsASnMJIlCvlaS2I/s400/littlemissindie+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454020933349731154" /></a> buy <div>Another Beerplease</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Little Miss Indie was the indiest person you've ever met in your whole life.</div><div><br /></div><div>She looked indie because she was indie, in everything she did.</div><div><br /></div><div>You could always tell where Little Miss Indie had been because she left a trail of indie records wherever she'd been.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh yes, Little Miss Indie was indie by name, indie by nature!</div><div><br /></div><div>Little Miss Indie lived in a particularly indie looking house.</div><div><br /></div><div>Posters of Damon on the walls.</div><div><br /></div><div>7" singles spread out on the floor.</div><div><br /></div><div>Fan club membership cards held together with hair clips in a secret drawer.</div><div><br /></div><div>You know what she looks like don't you, because you've seen her picture at the start of this story... watching Gorillaz in a little indie club.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531950/indie/Gorillaz%20-%20Some%20Kind%20of%20Nature%20%28feat.%20Lou%20Reed%29.mp3">how happy was Little miss Indie</a><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/js"></script><br /><br />oh well - I can't post on the new one - it sends me straight to other things I'm working on - so if anyone see this enjoy.. (or does it redirect?)saneshanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876333195233262885noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-18092047304224501372010-03-25T09:09:00.003+00:002010-03-25T09:13:07.266+00:00The 'Spill Has Moved!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0z9khaQEzymcpQsWRK1f_Fa7Z3RlFcezOIaR6eNEHi-NT2ct92M8_0LkhGjSB9HdOvDKTgadmHmK8gjYQx8JGqbWQKuB3Xxn7-63zYX1buVMWe7HMZ-IQVJlDrDR3bYA85l-pKyCFQz4/s1600/newspilllogo2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452299835851996994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 75px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0z9khaQEzymcpQsWRK1f_Fa7Z3RlFcezOIaR6eNEHi-NT2ct92M8_0LkhGjSB9HdOvDKTgadmHmK8gjYQx8JGqbWQKuB3Xxn7-63zYX1buVMWe7HMZ-IQVJlDrDR3bYA85l-pKyCFQz4/s320/newspilllogo2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b>The 'Spill has moved! </b></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Please go to <a href="http://readersrecommend.wordpress.com/">thespillblog.co.</a>uk<br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">for all the usual fun and debate! </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b>See you over there! </b></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Blimpy </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><i>The 'Spill</i> Admin. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">x</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div>Blimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-58312479354539413902010-03-25T00:57:00.013+00:002010-03-25T09:57:26.797+00:00Bouncing Round An Empty House.<br />Look which squatters are moving in ...<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ojC0mg2hJCc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_detailpage&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ojC0mg2hJCc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_detailpage&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><div>.</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><b>DarceysDad</b> passes the last cardboard box of LPs out of the door for <b>ejaydee</b> to put it in the removal wagon. He watches as Ed passes the heavy box up to <b>gremlinfc</b>, who says "Don't Drop'box, Frenchy!" as he takes it off him. Gremlin then flicks it nonchalantly up into the last bit of space on the pile. “Top corner: get in!” he cries, pulling the front of his Sheffield FC top up over his face. He then pulls the van shutter down from the inside, and Ed walks around to the passenger door, where he climbs in next to <b>sonofwebcore</b>. As <b>tincanman</b> grinds the gearbox into first (“Bloody manual box, ayh?”) and pulls away, the three of them wave at DsD and <b>gordonimmel</b>, who salute back from the porch. Inside the house, <b>ToffeeBoy</b> brushes the cobwebs off the front of his Aztec Camera T-shirt, and reaches three bottles out of the coolbox that <b>Abahachi</b> & <b>CaroleBristol</b> had filled up earlier, and sits down on the hall stairs.</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">As he wipes the melted ice off the outside of the bottle of Lovely Ginger Beer, he looks around him, at the now empty<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>interior of No.1 Spillers Way, Bloggerville. He's not sad to leave town: since those bleedin' Google police moved in at the top of the hill, it hasn't been the same. This happy communal house that’s become a home, on the other hand ….</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">He runs his fingers over the nick in the banister that <b>saneshane</b> made (when he got over-boisterous with the flying monster <b>steenbeck</b> had sent the Z-boy), and blinks his moistening eyes rapidly.</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">“You getting all sad about leaving here, mate?” asks DsD as he opens a bottle of Sheppy’s. “Or has StripeyBrat been on the phone again about her child support payments?” </p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><b>gordonimmel</b> sighs as he opens the last bottle of ‘Spill ale. “Haven’t you had enough foot-in-mouth disease this month, Richie? Ignore him, TB.” But as he takes a long drink of Abahachi’s finest, there’s definitely a tear and a faraway look there too. The memory of trying to figure out how to explain the definition of ‘dond’ to <b>debbym</b> in German takes Gordon back, and his eye is inevitably drawn through the doorway to the music room, where he can see the jarringly unfaded rectangle of wallpaper, exposed now that <b>nilpferd</b>’s House Rules And Definitions poster has been taken off the wall.</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">A loud bang from behind them makes all three men jump. An unmistakable French/Geordie accent exclaims “Merde!” They look around to see <b>frogprincess</b> emerge from the kitchen holding a LeCreuset pan handle in each hand. Unfortunately there’s no pan left between the handles! “I’m afraid the leftover Pork Filet in Roquefort Sauce is off the menu, gents.”</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">“Never mind” calls <strong>TracyK</strong>, her voice muffled as she reaches into the back of a cupboard, “I’ve found a packet of Vesta Chow Mein that <b>treefrogdemon</b>’s forgotten to pack. Put the kettle on!”</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">As the boys play rock/scissors/paper for who has to tell Tracy not to bother, they’re distracted by <b>TonNL</b> coming in the front door. “The newsagent wasn’t very pleased at getting no notice to cancel the papers” he grins. “He asked what the hell he was supposed to do with 77 copies of today’s Grauniad! I’ve told him it was all double Dutch to me, and to put them on Brian Speng’s account …”</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">Their laughter almost drowns out the sound of a Jonathan Richman ringtone, but whilst Toffee looks quizzically at his mobile, <b>sourpus</b> walks down the stairs talking on his phone. “It’s <b>Blimpy</b>”, he says to the others, “He wants to know how long we’re going to be, only <b>SatanKidneyPie</b> has to hand in the keys for this place, and sign off the contract for the new place in Wordpreston by noon. He’s tried ringing <b>Japanther</b> to get SKP’s direct dial, but the little swine must’ve sloped off to that underground vinyl emporium again, because his mobile’s coming back as uncontactable.”</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">They all look at each other, as it dawns on them that this really is the end of a chapter, an era even. No-one wants to say it, but they all know it’s time to leave. So in a symbolic and emotional last act here, the first house they got together after fledging from their Guardian mother[ship], they go out into the garden to join <b>Chris7572</b> & <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><b>Mnemonic</b> by the flowerbeds over the cats’ final resting places. Chris presses ‘Play – Shuffle – Repeat All’ on the 80gb iPod (the one with the broken case that <b>goneforeign</b> has loaded up with reggae, dub, jazz, every Nina Simone record he could find … and one other tune), and pushes it into the crevice under the deckboards of the patio. He plugs it into the extension cable that <b>barbryn</b> ran out from the house, and turns up the volume. </p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">As they all turn and walk away towards the bus stop, a familiar refrain sounds gently from their now ex-home . . .<br /><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/550863/Run%20JAMC.mp3">"All together now ..."</a><br /><br />;o}</p>DarceysDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03127535982454288939noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-66197354131124111292010-03-24T20:27:00.005+00:002010-03-24T21:21:50.946+00:00The 'Spill has moved!<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0z9khaQEzymcpQsWRK1f_Fa7Z3RlFcezOIaR6eNEHi-NT2ct92M8_0LkhGjSB9HdOvDKTgadmHmK8gjYQx8JGqbWQKuB3Xxn7-63zYX1buVMWe7HMZ-IQVJlDrDR3bYA85l-pKyCFQz4/s1600/newspilllogo2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0z9khaQEzymcpQsWRK1f_Fa7Z3RlFcezOIaR6eNEHi-NT2ct92M8_0LkhGjSB9HdOvDKTgadmHmK8gjYQx8JGqbWQKuB3Xxn7-63zYX1buVMWe7HMZ-IQVJlDrDR3bYA85l-pKyCFQz4/s320/newspilllogo2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452299835851996994" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The 'Spill has moved! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Please go to <a href="http://readersrecommend.wordpress.com">www.thespillblog.co.uk</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">for all the usual fun and debate! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>See you over there! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blimpy </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The 'Spill</i> Admin. </div><div style="text-align: center;">x</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Blimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-65681560817661380472010-03-24T13:01:00.004+00:002010-03-24T15:49:49.633+00:00The 'Spill Blog - Housekeeping & Housemoving<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Vanetsov_Moving_House.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 894px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 720px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Vanetsov_Moving_House.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Hi 'Spillers - we're moving house! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>To get away from G00gle's clutches and for a general shift to something a bit more modern, The 'Spill is migrating to Wordpress. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>If you have a look at the new site <a href="http://readersrecommend.wordpress.com/">here</a> you'll see that it's pretty much the same, with all the old posts and comments in place. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I'm in the process of inviting all 77 authors to contribute, this is taking a wee while so don't worry if your invite hasn't shown up in the mail yet. Once you're added as an author, I can change the name associated with your past posts (they all say Ed at present, but won't always) </div><br /><div></div><strong>***update*** all invites have gone out, if you've not got yours please let me know!!</strong><br /><br /><br />I also intend to buy a domain name for the new site, so if anyone has any objections of me using a small bit of 'Spillharmonic cash to do this, please let me know asap.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>***update*** I've purchased the </strong><a href="http://www.thespillblog.co.uk/"><strong>www.thespillblog.co.uk</strong></a><strong> address!! we'll have a 'proper' web home very soon!</strong><br /><br /><br />Cheers!Blimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-77303256203338418842010-03-24T09:58:00.003+00:002010-03-24T10:04:42.974+00:00'Spillharmonic Records - Update!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5JlYVyfYWsaLd6TWXWDWbqQK3tGcT2f2EmzgYtBMn5WUZPxJEAyHwurVfJ0tEgnK_pXjf4Wm8sd9Xj-yDQ2jViizPlz6hYIpgX0c03TeWbhdO31o9pHBz5WRj_uoVlpXI6f1OfghV8A/s1600/Arigato.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452137836705692034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5JlYVyfYWsaLd6TWXWDWbqQK3tGcT2f2EmzgYtBMn5WUZPxJEAyHwurVfJ0tEgnK_pXjf4Wm8sd9Xj-yDQ2jViizPlz6hYIpgX0c03TeWbhdO31o9pHBz5WRj_uoVlpXI6f1OfghV8A/s400/Arigato.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">There's no turning back now 'Spillharmonic Shareholders cos I've ordered the sleeves!!<br /><br /><em>"The Arigato Pak! is a Stumptown Printers original. This unique structure doesn't require adhesives for assembly, has four spines (approximately 3/16" thick), and finished dimensions 4 3/4" square. Made of thick (18pt.) brown 100% PCW recycled chipboard. Ready for your custom silkscreen/stamp/label/stencil artwork. Shipped to you flat with folding instructions" </em></div><p align="center">600 of these beauties are in the post, and I''ve got my eye on a local artist who has been producing some top notch hand-printed art cards of late! </p><p align="center"><strong>Suggestions for a striking cover image in the comments please!</strong> </p>Blimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-18439119352096309452010-03-24T00:52:00.003+00:002010-03-24T01:56:18.399+00:00Every Thing But The Frog?Big Question. Are these sound effects or alternative instruments? Pretty catchy earworm & addictive visually. I'm on my 4th viewing. Also proves Nilpferds' point that sometimes a video works with the music. If anyone here has already seen this I apoligize. I've looked for a frog to no avail. The link goes to you tube HD version (recommended) or you can use the small player.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w">OK Go - This Too Shall Pass </a><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwIq9Va4dlrqzWSMNNbVIawfXXGc-CV071_7y8zngxlzdV8HFuBE63GCYZj2IBiIq7tehBBIjCv3NmXjm-eiA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Fintan28http://www.blogger.com/profile/06161092971385788461noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-46429199270393256142010-03-23T22:15:00.002+00:002010-03-23T22:35:37.536+00:00C is for Conquering Animal Sound<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyllphSr131qb0wbh.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyllphSr131qb0wbh.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div>Euan at mini50 records mailed me about a band called Conquering Animal Sound from Edinburgh, so, they're filling the "c" slot in the A-Z of Scottish Indie. Though I don't think they sound Scottish - more like a beautiful broketronica Bjork and amazing with it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Very promising indeed, hopefully I'll get to see them if I get to the Meursault album launch. The song <a href="http://www.gizehrecords.com/CAS_AliceShoeslive.mp3">"Alice Shoes"</a> is for sharing, and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/conqueringanimalsound">if you go to their myspace here</a> you can hear a song called "Giant" which I think is fab and is going to be on the single that's about to come out. The other tune on their myspace is "Maschine" which is even better still! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Blimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-7331015852226239082010-03-23T21:10:00.003+00:002010-03-23T21:32:12.420+00:00Exile on Sao Paulo Street<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWwawF_xEEA5PyA-X64XHI4X13Kjy2_GurZOWNQaPPAbOb9NUDWMftQZC3nPhNlMQ2WPUxLoes70afh1JpJpJ1WtYRWhl9hbrZRhgYQo3HVyuW5WQIkYkKiY40q_qudSsVe3oPdj19DsY/s1600-h/saopaulo.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWwawF_xEEA5PyA-X64XHI4X13Kjy2_GurZOWNQaPPAbOb9NUDWMftQZC3nPhNlMQ2WPUxLoes70afh1JpJpJ1WtYRWhl9hbrZRhgYQo3HVyuW5WQIkYkKiY40q_qudSsVe3oPdj19DsY/s200/saopaulo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451943882867860098" /></a>Say you've got a bit of a band going. You've done a couple albums and they've sold so-so. The alt-country/blues/rock field is crowded these days. Reviewers say you can sound a bit like mid-70's Stones, which is great 'cause you loved those albums. So when someone - and we don't know who; it's not like minutes were taken - says maybe we should try and sound <i>even a bit</i> <i>more</i> like the Stones, no one puts their hand up and says ''surely you're taking the Mick.'' Someone else, maybe even the same person, says why not have a go at making a record that sounds like a follow up to <i>Exile on Main Street</i>? Or the missing tracks fromwhich thereby?<div>Now, would you do it? </div><div>Woulda ya?</div><div>Would ya have a go?</div><div><a href="http://www.myspace.com/deadstringbrothers">The Deadstring Brothers</a><a href="http://www.myspace.com/deadstringbrothers"> </a>have, and its called <i>Sao Paulo</i>.</div><div>There's nothing wrong with the album. It's capably done.</div><div>But would you have done it?</div><div>Would I?</div><div>Well I picked <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133513/archives/Deadstring%20Brothers%20-%20Smile.mp3">Smile </a>as the representative sample because it's the shortest song on the album. You've got stuff to do. I've got stuff to do. We're all busy.</div>tincanmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12200557175717172969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-65947547469780758722010-03-23T20:17:00.003+00:002010-03-23T20:25:30.198+00:00New Fannies!<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.teenagefanclub.com/shadows400border.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 450px;" src="http://www.teenagefanclub.com/shadows400border.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Teenage Fanclub are back, after what seems like eternity, such a long time that it feels weird that they even have a website. I feel weird looking at their website, but I don't however feel weird listening to their music. </div><div><br /></div><div>The preview track from their new LP is called<a href="http://www.teenagefanclub.com/Baby%20Lee.mp3">"Baby Lee"</a> </div><div><br /></div><div>I love Teenage Fanclub and have loved them since I was wee. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you want to know more about the new record and the tour you could go to their website <a href="http://www.teenagefanclub.com/">by clicking here</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm sure there's lots of Fannie fans amongst us 'Spillers, <b>so let's try the impossible and pick our favourite song by them please, in the comments!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b> </b></div>Blimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-15810225679857432302010-03-23T14:53:00.002+00:002010-03-23T15:04:12.098+00:00Dream-Folk RadioheadRegular readers with a vaguely unhealthy interest in my musical preferences will know I consider <a href="http://shyonelung.vox.com/library/post/gillian-welch-david-rawlings---black-star-live.html">Gillian Welch's version of Radiohead's Black Star</a> to be one of the most beautiful things in the history of beautiful things.<br /><br />I came across this while trawling YouTube the other day. It's not quite in the same league, but it's still rather beautiful. <br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FnkvljZsNTQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FnkvljZsNTQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />My wife was asking for a definition of "ethereal" recently; I played her a Marissa Nadler song.<br /><br />Next week: Beach House do Idiotecque, Fake Plastic Trees by Alela Diane and Joanna Newsom's Paranoid Android...barbrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03868299522572895432noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-57610636385593173952010-03-23T02:34:00.003+00:002010-03-23T02:58:28.251+00:00For those who like to play....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOGMdH4D-2kULrSxWsspznxDcE6TeK0DX9LN8D13G7nCEpl0dL1UTnX49VKaKiZqxyTYAUTgzhnC_hQZ07og8dOmpv_QzWgZQU0Jmh1lq_DSV61nxGT_G8uvdvUYscFNzxc6T7vTpVzoW/s1600-h/shane+spill+post.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOGMdH4D-2kULrSxWsspznxDcE6TeK0DX9LN8D13G7nCEpl0dL1UTnX49VKaKiZqxyTYAUTgzhnC_hQZ07og8dOmpv_QzWgZQU0Jmh1lq_DSV61nxGT_G8uvdvUYscFNzxc6T7vTpVzoW/s400/shane+spill+post.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451652285617505794" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">This is a very new media player called </span></span></span><a href="http://www.getmusicbee.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">MusicBee</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">. It promises so many things that it all sounds too good to be true, but I've been using it for 2 days now and so far it's kept its promises.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(149, 149, 149); font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "></p><blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>If you are looking for an application geared toward managing extensive music collections, easy to use and with a comprehensive </i></span></span></span><a href="http://www.getmusicbee.com/features/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>feature set</i></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i> - MusicBee is that application. MusicBee makes it easy to organize, find and play music files on your computer, on portable devices and on the web.</i></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">The screenshot above is Shane's spillpost. When you load any web page, a list of song files on the page is generated and you can listen to them as you read, download and/or add them to your library - all at the same time. There's also a lyrics/song info box. You </span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">can </span></span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">see the whole width of the web page - I just collapsed it in a bit for the photo size</span></span></span></span></span></p></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Plays all formats, converts between formats, and if you search for a song you don't have, it will supposedly (haven't checked this yet) look for it on last.fm and play it from there for you. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">It isn't the fastest player to load, but its faster to use than other players with browsers built in. It says it can sync with all sorts of portable media players and allows drag and drop updating, but I haven't had the courage to plug in my iPod yet.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">I'm not endorsing this as something to switch to. Early days yet. But the guy doing it has been very responsive to suggestions, and if you want to be the coolest kid in your class, I'd check it out. (For those who follow these things, the long-promised songbird is emerging ... from someone else)</span></span></span> </div></div>tincanmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12200557175717172969noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-62723371116508043782010-03-23T00:41:00.002+00:002010-03-23T00:43:18.130+00:00O is for Over The Wall<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f_meDV_-RnM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f_meDV_-RnM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div>I never knew there was a video for this bit o' Scots indie, but there is, and it's a good place to start. </div><div><br /></div>Blimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-66688007238018040382010-03-23T00:25:00.001+00:002010-03-23T00:30:23.278+00:00Owls, liveShoot, I can't seem to embed the right code, but <a href="http://www.sportsmansparadiseonline.com/Live_Owl_Nest_Box_Cam.html">this</a> is a live owl nest box cam. It's beautiful, you can see her breathe!steenbeckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14870117999742670522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-46825597704359086482010-03-22T22:30:00.001+00:002010-03-22T22:32:40.927+00:00New "Four Lions" Trailer<div><br /></div><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yGk2TojOd-4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yGk2TojOd-4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div>Ho boy, that was funny - and I never thought I'd be happy to hear a song by Toploader in my life. . . </div>Blimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-23423688837859737662010-03-22T20:47:00.003+00:002010-03-22T22:46:55.346+00:00Marling Monday / Songs About Shagging<div><br /></div><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EZxqBXax6Aw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EZxqBXax6Aw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div>I think you all know how much I like the music of Laura Marling. Her debut was in my top 10 of the 00s, and its very likely the follow up will show highly in this years top ten. </div><div><br /></div><div>Marling has taken the folk-pop songs of her past and given them a 4000volt-mumfordite shock, boosting them into the realms of the unreal, like at the 1.20 mark of the song above when things really go stratospheric. The closing song of the LP "I Speak Because I Can" is so emotionally charged that it quite took me aback the first time I heard it. </div><div><br /></div><div>I couldn't post the official video for "Devil's Spoke" but this recent live session version is very good. Why is it that when women write songs about shagging it turns out awesome, but when men do, it turns out Def Leppard. Answers on a postcard, please, or a blog comment. </div><div><br /></div>Blimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-87478768511257099452010-03-21T21:41:00.004+00:002010-03-21T21:50:24.190+00:00Trip-Hop Ping-Pong Sing-Song<p align="justify"><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zdVVuIqYgUE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zdVVuIqYgUE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />This - I'm sure - doesn't really fit this week's RR topic, but for those who haven't heard it before, see what you think: is that percussion the sound of someone on the table tennis table in the studio back room, or what?!<br /><br /><strong>;o)</strong><br /><br />. </p>DarceysDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03127535982454288939noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-45207557574809917572010-03-21T21:13:00.003+00:002010-03-21T21:52:58.001+00:00I've got a....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSqhRbMlM4a6WXwdUkNov1hiOXxNWfcUOdE0rUInZlLfTqGYOr9LDeU1jVMbpVS_Ln6znHaurNMiLRC0aFHHF9wylOBB2MvuqZDYGg9x_J3N39-t2jgE5CMl9gWeO6y1WLD1YyY3jh2w/s1600-h/fuzzbox+copy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSqhRbMlM4a6WXwdUkNov1hiOXxNWfcUOdE0rUInZlLfTqGYOr9LDeU1jVMbpVS_Ln6znHaurNMiLRC0aFHHF9wylOBB2MvuqZDYGg9x_J3N39-t2jgE5CMl9gWeO6y1WLD1YyY3jh2w/s400/fuzzbox+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451198458777606738" /></a><br />and just like my artwork.. if you've got some F/X .. why don't you use them?<br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531950/sound%20effect/01%20Bathtime%20In%20Clerkenwell.mp3">Bathtime In Clerkenwell</a> - bubbles<br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531950/sound%20effect/02%20Mashin%27%20On%20The%20Motorway.mp3">Mashin' On The Motorway</a> - my bad<br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531950/sound%20effect/03%20Colourbox-%20Looks%20Like%20We%27re%20Shy%20One%20Horse%20-%20Shoot%20Out.mp3">Looks Like We're Shy One Horse - Shoot Out</a>- yes it's got horses<br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531950/sound%20effect/04%20Terrible%20Angels.mp3">Terrible Angels</a> - piggies.. so many piggies.. all those piggies<br /><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531950/sound%20effect/05%20%20Loose%20Fix%20%28Perfecto%2012_%20Mix%29.mp3">Loose Fix (Perfecto 12" Mix)</a> -anyone seen my dragon?<br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531950/sound%20effect/06%20%20Purrfect%201.mp3">Purrfect</a>- you want cats, I'll give you..... footsteps.<br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531950/sound%20effect/07%20Art%20of%20Noise-%20Close%20%28To%20The%20Edit%29.mp3">Close (To The Edit)</a> -and the kitchen sink - really.. if I could find Max Headroom... altogether now "where's my teasmaid"<br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531950/sound%20effect/08%20Hanne%20Hukkelberg-%20The%20North%20Wind.mp3">The North Wind</a>- papa 'wots that sound?' 'that's a typewriter boy' 'wot's a typewriter..wear do they keap da spelchek?' ''how do I save" "arrrggggggg"<br /><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531950/sound%20effect/09%20Pram-%20Sea%20Swells%20And%20Distant%20Squalls.mp3">Sea Swells And Distant Squalls</a> - it sounds....(well, like the GLOVE - Sex-Eye-Make-Up).. not a bad thing.. just a thing... like a lost thing thats just been found, but isn't really in the right place.<div><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531950/sound%20effect/10%20Relax%20%28Club%2069%20Future%20Anthem%2C%20P.mp3">Relax (Club 69 Future Anthem, Pt. 1)</a> if you are going to have a sound effect - let's get spunky! hit me with those lazar beams - why don't ya.<br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531950/sound%20effect/11%20Groovejet%20%28If%20This%20Ain%27t%20Love%29%20%5BR.mp3">Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)</a> - it's touchdown in Ibiza circa 2000..whoosh. sing posh blue peter daughter sing.<br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531950/sound%20effect/12%20Kik%20Off.mp3">Kik Off</a> - did I fit in the bells.. well here's the whistles.</div><br /> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/js"></script>saneshanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876333195233262885noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-40636977484049418062010-03-20T01:54:00.004+00:002010-03-20T13:08:35.935+00:00special effects!<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RdWfBdf39ho&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RdWfBdf39ho&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/534327/Clarence%20Gatemouth%20Brown%20-%20Alligator%20Eating%20Dog.mp3">Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Alligator Eating Dog</a><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/534327/Mandrill%20-%20Bro%27%20Weevil%20and%20the%20Swallow.mp3">Mandrill - Bro Weevil and the Swallow</a><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/534327/Belle%20%26%20Sebastian%20-%20If%20You%27re%20Feeling%20Sinister.mp3">Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister</a><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/534327/M.I.A.%20Paper%20Planes.mp3">M.I.A. - Paper Planes</a><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/534327/K%27naan%20-%20Wash%20It%20Down.mp3">K'Naan - Wash It Down</a><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/534327/Jungle%20Brothers%20-%20Sounds%20Of%20The%20Safari.mp3">Jungle Brothers - Sounds of the Safari</a><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/534327/Lupe%20Fiasco%20-%20Superstar.mp3">Lupe Fiasco - Superstar</a><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/534327/Jurassic%205%20-%20%20Remember%20His%20Name.mp3">Jurassic 5 - Remember His Name</a><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/534327/Pharoahe%20Monch%20-%20When%20The%20Gun%20Draws%20%28Ft.%20Mr.%20Porter%29.mp3">Pharoahe Monch - When the Gun Draws</a><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/534327/Common%20-%20Payback%20is%20a%20Grandmother.mp3">Common - Payback is a Grandmother</a>steenbeckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14870117999742670522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-63528281200722743552010-03-19T05:34:00.005+00:002010-03-19T13:19:27.544+00:00On-U Blowout.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvCmhGhwAh3OqL8Wen15F-VY6cj-RECckUH1qFcIbY6HusviXkIxVlj-et1-vgZDG9AyBmQ9n9B-h40N5KOYGBgC0Cct0wDAW8gYkGUaru7fmVj83L_HvZTc57Bqgdi8Qha9jiT0Hp5DYa/s1600-h/On-USound.jpg"><img style="float:right; 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Here's some of what I found. 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On a Thursday night? Yup - and there will be a quiz<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmXS9orX8StmlkqiSp1jvra0dxkS4DibsP1MV5QKQMqde2FQvGpsTYfytH_Sg_2WIaxY_aZxc1qDNe1dosD9c4xlmvfFdGZZLrZiqa_QXeVFydqVgOdvw_RxIoAjIjZjC1p-E6nhXai7M/s1600-h/secrets.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmXS9orX8StmlkqiSp1jvra0dxkS4DibsP1MV5QKQMqde2FQvGpsTYfytH_Sg_2WIaxY_aZxc1qDNe1dosD9c4xlmvfFdGZZLrZiqa_QXeVFydqVgOdvw_RxIoAjIjZjC1p-E6nhXai7M/s200/secrets.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450108701015697426" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133513/covers%20mar%2017/Blue%20Hawaiians%20-%20Jockey%20Full%20Of%20Bourbon%20%28Tom%20Waits%20cover%29.mp3"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Blue Hawaiians - Jockey Full of Bourbon</span></b></a></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">According to the </span><a href="http://www.tomwaitslibrary.com/discography/discocovers-overview.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tom Waits Library</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> this is Tom’s most-covered song. More than Ol’ 55 or Downtown Train. It's from </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Rain Dogs</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, and the </span><a href="http://covermesongs.blogspot.com/2010/03/full-albums-tom-waits-rain-dogs.html"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cover Me</span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> blog has tracked down a cover for each song on the album. Like the Dylan below, covers bring Waits' songwriting to greater light.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133513/covers%20mar%2017/Shaye%20-%20No%20Mermaid%20%28Sinead%20Lohan%20Cover%29.mp3"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Shaye - No Mermaid</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One of the people in this song runs with scissors. The other spends a lifetime on the sidelines watching people run with scissors. Which are you?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">...Shaye was a Canadian pop-rock band who dropped from sight after two albums. </span><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133513/covers%20mar%2017/Sinead%20Lohan%20-%20No%20Mermaid.mp3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The original</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is by Ireland's Sinéad Lohan, who ... dropped from sight after two albums. Motherhood, sigh.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Superb song which may not have been done to its full potential yet.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133513/covers%20mar%2017/Sharleen%20Spiteri%20-%20Windmills%20Of%20Your%20Mind.mp3"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sharleen Spiteri - Windmills Of Your Mind</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Timeless songs should be, well, timeless. An 1968 Oscar winner for Noel Harrison from The Thomas Crown Affair, it is given a new outlook - love the latin elements - by Scottish singer Sharleen Spiteri (ex of the band Texas; bonus track </span><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133513/covers%20mar%2017/Texas%20-%20Sleep.mp3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sleep</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> ) on her second solo album, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Movie Songbook</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. It's a labour of love for her and I was lukewarm at first (too Olivia Newton John in places), but it's becoming a keeper.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133513/covers%20mar%2017/Bob%20Dylan%20-%20To%20Ramona.mp3"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bob Dylan - To Ramona</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">er, Tin, that's his own song. Hey, good spot! This is where an </span><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133513/covers%20mar%2017/Sin%C3%A9ad%20Lohan%20-%20To%20Ramona%20%28Bob%20Dylan%20Cover%29.mp3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">an inviting cover</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (by Sinéad Lohan, with more Latin treats) can raise the standing of the original. Listening to Lohan after finding </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">No Mermaid</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, her </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ramona</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> sent me scurrying to hear a song I did not know, and I was astounded by the fullness of the lyrics. It's still too 'old nasally Dylan' for me musically, but too lightweight without him. Maybe I should stop listening to Dylan and just read him.</span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133513/covers%20mar%2017/Andy%20Clockwise%20-%20Taking%20Over%20The%20World%20.mp3"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Andy Clockwise - Taking Over The World</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is not so much a cover as a piss take. How many bands does he spoof? Comments below.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.... Watch for Mr Andy (too clever, not) Clockwise, though. Roguish charm generally only gets you so far, but this Austrailian comic turned (self-procliamed) pop star may be poised to take over the world on chutzpah alone.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Many will tell you this album (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Are You Well?</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">) is too frivolous to buy; I disagree. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bonus</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: </span><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133513/covers%20mar%2017/Sin%C3%A9ad%20Lohan%20-%20To%20Ramona%20%28Bob%20Dylan%20Cover%29.mp3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Socialite</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (with Lissie), well up on my songs of 2010 list. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133513/covers%20mar%2017/Jerry%20Garcia%20%26%20David%20Grisman%20-%20The%20Thrill%20Is%20Gone.mp3"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - The Thrill Is Gone</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Something to wind down with and echo the Latin scents above.</span></div><div><br /></div></div>tincanmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12200557175717172969noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-54204022070184917822010-03-18T20:34:00.002+00:002010-03-18T20:37:07.800+00:00A touching tribute from the floor of Congress<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H9LGwzGnx5w&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H9LGwzGnx5w&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>sourpushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064481502321883887noreply@blogger.com2