Songbird
Jan
16
Bound in blue…
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I doubt everything… I can’t help it. It can be an issue at times and I try to let go but it always comes back to rear it’s ugly head… Frustrating… Tiring.
mp3: Honest Doubters
Words Are Dead 2006 (Lucky Madison)
Horse Feathers on myspace
Jan
13
Contrast Podcast – The Feet
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It is a new week and that means a new Contrast Podcast… Weeeeee! I just have to say I have a lot more songs with the word Feet in them than I originally thought. It was not an easy decision which is why I have to share a couple of my other favorite tracks with reference to the feet.
Go on over and check out the Contrast Podcast where you can listen to a bunch of us all talk about feet hehe and you can listen to my intro as well as my selected track… Feet are awesome.
mp3: Music Moves My Feet
Liam Finn, I’ll Be Lightning 2007 (Yep Roc Records)
mp3: Yer Feet
Mojave 3, Out Of Tune 1998 (4AD)
Jan
11
This Weekend of Mine…
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I got pulled over yesterday with my mom in the car… Yes, that is right, oh dear. My mom is a funny lady, but good god she is nuts! I knew he was going to pull me over as soon as I saw him behind me because my registration tags are expired. Fucking registration… It is going to be the death of me… Every year? Really? You would think my registration would be cheap by this point however, I think I am a parking ticket magnet. Actually, it is not really that bad but I had a short stint at this job in LA and well some of us had to park on the street and blah blah I forgot about them so add those to my registration and it is expensive. Anyways so there my mom is sitting next to me going, “OMG! Why is he pulling you over?” I tell her that my tags are expired… “Oh well you have to take care of that.” Thinking to myself, “no shit”. So my window goes down and I put on the charm and he didn’t give me a fix it ticket because I really could do without any more tickets in my life.
On another note… I am staying in tonight to watch the Golden Globe Awards… Yes, I am a little bit of a celebrity whore sometimes. But damn it so many good shows up for awards such as Californication, The Office, 30 Rock, Weeds. Speaking of television The Coral Sea was featured on last weeks new episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Santogold’s Lights Out was also featured (love it).
I missed this new album from The Coral Sea, it is pretty good. It has a handful of songs on it that made it on to the pod. Worth checking out.
mp3: Ah, Ah, Ah
mp3: Northern Crime
Firelight 2008 (Red Clover Records)
Jan
4
Another Fav Song of 2008
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Along with my concern with my use of ellipses. This is an ellipsis (…) and I think I am addicted to using them. Just look at this page, I use them all the time! This is not a good thing. I need ellipsis rehab I think.
Benoît Pioulard released another album in 2008 entitled Temper, it contains another one of my favorite songs of 2008 that I have not yet shared here on Untitled Records. Enjoy!
mp3: Hesperus
Also available on emusic
Jan
2
Happy New Year
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Rather than posting a long list of some of my favorite tracks I thought I would post one of my favorite songs of 2008 that I have not posted on Untitled Records this year. It is from the always beautiful Aimee Mann , since hearing her in Magnolia, I have had a sweet spot for her graceful intimate songs. This song is far too short and I never want it to end I could listen to it over and over again, and I do.
Happy New Year, even though I am a day late… Looking forward to 2009 and all the wonderful music and film that this new year will bring. Cheers!
@#%&*! Smilers 2008
Aimee Mann on myspace
Dec
23
Contrast Podcast Festive Fifty
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I am compiling a list of some of my favorite songs of 2008 unfortunately it is taking me a little while… Plus I have so many I think I may have to do something different this year. We will see. Expect that over the Holidays.
I have not participated in the Contrast Podcast for quite some time but when I heard Tim was going to do the Festive Fifty I decided to jump on it. The Festive Fifty is awesome because quite frankly I had some catching up to do, it got me to sit down and listen to some tracks I had previously ignored or just had not gotten to yet. When Tim asked if I would be open to introducing one of the songs, I thought what the hell!
Then he told me what song it was… Devotchka. My first thought was, have I even heard their band name pronounced? No… Shit. Research time. It pretty much sounds just as it is spelled but it still got me nervous. Anyways, go wander over to the Contrast Podcast and check out Part 1 and then Part 2 of Festive Fifty. I know you will enjoy. :-)
#32 on the CP’s Festive Fifty List:
A Mad Faithful Telling 2008 (Anti)
P.S. Happy Hanukkah!
Dec
17
Still Working…
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I am halfway done with my fav list, but I still have some more work to do. I spent too much time fucking around with a graphic tonight… It was stupid, I will never get those couple of hours back. Meanwhile, I looked up and it is almost midnight so in the mean time listen to a little diddy from Frightened Rabbit.
mp3: It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop
Frightened Rabbit (Fat Cat Records)
Nov
7
Synecdoche, New York
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It’s pronounced sin-NECK-doh-key. Say it fast and you got it. Don’t let some punk kid at the box office correct you condescendingly as if he’s used the word in conversation the last decade. The great Charlie Kaufman, who is responsible for this, is also responsible for some of the most outrageous and inspiring scripts made in mainstream Hollywood. If you go down the list, he’s literally never taken a misstep tying his material with the proper director. He’s been blessed with Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry and of course George Clooney as directors.
I walked out of this complete and total mindfuck not really knowing which way as up, let alone if I liked it or not. I knew I had seen something stunning, but I wasn’t sure if Kaufman was making fun of me or bowled me over with a work of such staggering genius my poor mind trembled before him. You see, this film is his directorial debut and he flexed that power as if he’s been doing this his life entire. He not only created a total world of fantasy while retaining reality, but he also created a world for his actors to live in and poop in.
The damn film was just so blazingly sad and depressing and winding in upon itself with time going by decades per cut and confusing and like a Chimera that had the penis and vagina fused together locked eternally in a staring contest. I can almost compare it to an extremely well done and high budget student film that’s more like visual poetry than anything. Yes there is a cohesive story, but the line between reality and the main character’s fantasy was so blurry it might as well have been a part of the scenery.
I’m rambling on purpose, brevity being the soul of wit and method to the madness and all that. I recommend two types of people to see this film: those that are snooty and would see such a film anyway and those that are curious about a car accident on the freeway. You see, I’m so confused about this masterful work of art that I really do need to let it stew some more… catch it on the flip side in the comfort of my living room… throw back a beer and let it happen.
Maybe I’ll write a real review then.
P.S. Hoffman was a god yet again.
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Rachel here: The soundtrack was written by the genius Jon Brion, music which sounds inspired from a smokey jazz club with a pinch of class. Little Person, sung by jazz vocalist Deanna Storey and I must add that Ms. Storey is quite the mysterious one… I found her old CD Baby bio and a very sparse IMDb page… Quite elusive indeed. Little Person is just a wonderfully sad but beautifully touching song. An absolute perfect marriage of music and film.
mp3: Little Person
Synedoche, New York 2008 (Lakeshore Records)
Album available digitally at Amazon
Nov
6
A Somber Night With Winterpills
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Pretty quiet tonight… I guess I am in a bit of a funk. I have been so angry lately… But what is worse is that I have yet to really pin point why. Sorry folks, I don’t mean to be so blah this evening, I think it would be best for all of us if I just let the music speak for itself. Good night.
mp3: Secret Blue Thread
mp3: Gentleman Farmer
Winterpills on myspace
Central Chambers 2008 (Signature Sounds)
Album available on eMusic
Oct
31
Halloween With The Electric President
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Sorry I have been so sparse lately, it has been hard finding the time or the energy to post… But my schedule is changing next week and it will allow me a bit more time in my day… I am looking forward to it, I have really missed blogging everyday, it is an outlet for me and we all need some sort of outlet. I will have more on that later but for now lets kick off the weekend shall we? What are your plans? Halloween party? And if you are dressing up you must tell what you have come up with.
Nothing special planned for me… I am just ready for the weekend, I plan to kick back and share a few drinks with the company of friends. Electric President have set the tone. Happy Halloween! Be safe.
mp3: Monsters
mp3: Bright Mouths
Electric President on myspace
Sleep Well 2008 (Morr Music)
Available on eMusic and Amazon
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