Songbird
Mar
8
Personal Update
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A lot has been going on behind the scenes…2007 was a tough year for me work wise. After the company I was working for sold and everyone lost their jobs, I had a really hard time finding work that challenged me and kept me busy and I also had a hard time finding people I enjoyed working with! That is a big deal for me, because quite frankly I am an only child and I just don’t play well with others. Anyways I was even considering going back to school full time to finish off my BA but I just couldn’t do it financially (but that doesn’t mean I won’t be going part-time). In January I got a job working on websites in LA and I was working there for a few weeks but the traffic was killing me and I didn’t feel challenged at all and I knew I was not going to be happy there in the long run.
So I went South to the OC and I found a job working at a printing company, as an account executive doing a little bit of everything and I immediately felt I fit right in, I am happy. This is why it has also been so quiet around here, since I have been adapting to this new job but I will find the groove. :-)
In the mean time I wanted to just post a cover of Arcade Fire, done by the lovely Calexico. Enjoy! I will be back tomorrow with some new music.
mp3:Â Ocean of Noise
Intervention Single (Merge Records)
Mar
3
Waiting For Radiohead
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Yeah I am waiting on pins and needles for Radiohead’s Los Angeles or San Diego shows to go on sale…This gem: Radiohead performing Bodysnatchers, off their 2007 album In Rainbows, at BBC2’s Later… with Jools Holland.
Feb
25
Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
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I was actually in tears after watching Markéta’s acceptance speech at the Academy Awards last night. I was so thrilled to see this duo win an Oscar for their song, Falling Slowly. So well deserved and that makes me smile. So I had to post their acceptance speech, actually Markéta got cut off but they brought her back out so that she could actually have her moment and boy did she shine. So in honor of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová…
mp3: Falling Slowly
Feb
8
Scrabbel, Emily I
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I thought I would post some new music today…And it being Friday and all I thought what better than to post this fun, happy new single from a little band called Scrabbel. Dan Lee and Becky Barron are the two members behind the music and I just love their fun energetic pop.
Hope everyone has an excellent Friday! Mine is much better now that my terrible headache went away.
mp3:Â Emily, I
Scrabbel on myspace
Emily, I Single 2008 (Three Ring Records)
Available HERE
Feb
7
Paste Music Sampler Pick #2
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I am kind of in a less is more mood this evening…Where you don’t feel like typing and you certainly can’t even fathom actually putting together constructive sentences…Do you ever find yourself in this place?
Paste Music Sampler Pick #2 from Paste Magazine issue 3/2008 is a bit of a dreamy pick, the kind of music I would want to accompany me while I was horseback riding on the sands of Bali or maybe something a little less dramatic…
mp3:Â A & E
From their forthcoming album Seventh Tree
Album available February 25/26Â Pre-Order
Jan
23
Just Call it Fornication
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Californication: imdb /season 1 preview
Hey folks, Pip here. Since Duchovny won a well deserved “Golden Globe Newsletter Award” for his role as Hank Moody, we thought a little shoe polishing was in order. This show is basically, in a nutshell, the whole reason to pay for Showtime when it was running, for season 1 has since finished. Granted, there are copious amounts of beautiful naked women gloriously sprawled about, but I’ll tell ya that’s like the number three reason to watch! Seriously!
All kidding aside (seriously guys, beautiful and naked) the show deserves all the praise it’s gotten to date including the Golden Globe. Duchovny is spot on perfect as the artist who had everything and lost it all and then some. His depressing adventures seem like he’s going through the motions of what a hugely successful author should be doing in the city of angels. He likes this place as much as I do, plastic smiles, sunshine, sports cars and all. Not only has his heart and soul been torn apart by Hollywood by way of a terrible silver screen adaptation of a seemingly glorious novel, but his other heart and soul has been ripped out because he’s just too damn smart for his own good.
Really this show is about Hank and the women, including of course the two closest to him, his ex-wife and his daughter. Most of the time there’s a new sex interest each episode, but it’s far from sexy when you get down to it. It’s similar to watching a train wreck, with a depressing factor of 5.0 on the Fujita Scale. Really, the entire time you see just how good a couple his ex-wife and he were once upon a time and how much you so desire them to get back together. At the same time, through a few flashbacks, you see what a clusterfuck Hank made of just about everything. He really does mess everything up mostly because his mouth works faster than his conscience, but that conscience has a heart of gold once you get passed the alcohol on his breath.
I have high hopes for Californication’s future and I hope it will not follow the path of most other series, but I can see that it may overstay its own welcome if it goes on for too terribly long. The first season was almost perfect enough to just let it lie as it is so everyone can bow out with grace and dignity. I hope one day I don’t regret that they ever made a second, or more seasons.
Hey everyone! Rachel here and I just wanted to add how much I love this show, it is seriously one of my favorite shows on television to date. I can’t wait ’till the second season which is set to premiere this summer. But not only is this show well written it also has a pretty cool soundtrack to accompany. And I thought I would share one of my favorite songs from Temptation Volume 1 a cover of Elton John’s, Rocket Man:
mp3: Rocket Man – My Morning Jacket
Temptation Volume 1 available on iTunes
Jan
18
The Submarines
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I don’t normally post a track from an album that is not released yet but since it is a legal download to help promote their new album which is set to be released this year. And I currently have no more emusic downloads for this period (it doesn’t refresh until tomorrow) and nothing that has been released this year so far has really tickled my fancy; I figured what the hell!
You may have come across The Submarines on this blog before way back in the day, you can find that post HERE. But to refresh everyone’s memory The Submarines are a Los Angeles based band consisting of two members, John Dragonetti and Blake Hazard. They make wonderful music together and their new album, Honeysuckle Weeks comes out soon. I will keep you posted on the actual release date but for now enjoy their new song!
mp3: You, Me, and The Bourgeoise
The Submarines on myspace
Honeysuckle Weeks 2008 (Nettwerk Music)
Jan
16
Cat Power, Wild Is The Wind
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Man, what a rough day…Just rough. And as I recover I thought what better to help wash away this day then Cat Power’s cover of Nina Simone’s, Wild Is The Wind. Cat Power’s new album Jukebox comes out next week, January 22nd and I can’t wait.
mp3: Wild Is The Wind – Cat Power
The Covers Record 2000 (Matador)
Album available HERE
Jan
14
Stephen Lynch Comedy
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Over the weekend I watched a Comedy Central stand-up special that cracked me up and I immediately thought I have to post this on the blog! Stephen Lynch combines music and comedy to make some funny stuff. Stop by his myspace and read his bio about himself, also quite amusing. And of course here is my favorite sketch…
Stephen Lynch – D & D
Jan
1
Favorite Records of 2007
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So it is the end of 2007 and what a year it has been in the music world, so many great albums. The following list is a compilation of albums which I felt stood out the most in 2007. This year I really tried to concentrate on records in which I felt were filled with great songs all the way through from the first song to the last song. A list of music that varies containing everything from French chanson to R&B soul. I have really enjoyed writing for you all this year, it has been a rough transition into Word Press and I am still trying to find my bearings and I appreciate the constant support I receive from my readers; tis what keeps me going. Thank you to all and I look forward to sharing a new year of music in 2008 with you. Happy New Year!
1. Beirut, The Flying Club Cup
mp3: Nantes (Original Post)
2. Explosions In The Sky, All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
mp3: Welcome Ghosts (Original Post)
3. Radiohead, In Rainbows
mp3: All I Need (Original Post)
4. Caribou, Andorra
mp3: Melody Day (Original Post)
5. Andrew Bird, Armchair Apocrypha
mp3: Sythian Empire (Original Post)
6. The Cinematic Orchestra, Ma Fleur
mp3: To Build A Home – Feat. Patrick Watson (Original Post)
7. Shannon Wright, Let In The Light
mp3: In The Morning (Original Post)
8. Sharon Jones & The Dapkings, 100 Days, 100 Nights
mp3: Let Them Knock (Original Post)
9. Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
mp3: My Body Is a Cage (Original Post)
10. Pela, Anytown Graffiti
mp3: Waiting On The Stairs (Original Post)
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