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Tag Archives: Music
Not In This World (Or The Next One)
All right. A few of you asked, so here’s the extremely rough demo I recorded for this song. It’ll probably end up being about a half-step higher and with more arrangement — this is just me getting it down on disk. So don’t expect great singing or high fidelity. Not In This World (Or The […]
Jesus.
I took a break from my other projects tonight and wrote the saddest song I’ve ever written. Not melancholy, but just plain heartbreakingly sad. I didn’t even mean to write something like this. It just came out. It’s called “Not In This World Or The Next One”. It’s about a soldier in Iraq, singing a […]
Bands Playing At Coachella 2008 That I Would Cheerfully Stab You To See
The Verve The National Múm Portishead M.I.A. Hot Chip Roger Waters Spiritualized Metric Les Savy Fav …and a lot of bands I might just beat you up for.
Making Me Happy Right Now…
…Toots and the Maytals doing “(Take Me Home) Country Roads” by John Denver. This makes me really happy.
Random Thought Of The Day
I think whatever it is the rest of you are hearing in The Arcade Fire, I’m hearing in The National. The only track off that last AF album I really like is “(Antichrist Television Blues)”, and even that feels too affected, too preciously Springsteen-ish without the naturality of Springsteen. No dynamics. Same problem I had […]
Things I'm Listening To These Days
Music I’m digging on at the moment: My own stuff, of course, since I’m recording my album. Bat For Lashes, Fur And Gold. Superb. Matthew Dear, Asa Breed. Also excellent, and similar to some of what I’m doing. The National, Boxer. I met a couple of these guys at SxSW 2004, and I’m delighted to […]
God, I Need A Copy Of Ableton Live
Really, really bad. Mom was gonna get it for me for my last birthday, but it didn’t end up working out. I can’t afford $499 for a full copy (and I need a full copy, not the Lite version, which won’t do what I need it to do). I need it for live Red State […]
I'm DJing New Year's Eve @ Freakin' Frog
If you’re in Vegas and you’re not up for cruising the Strip and hunting an expensive club or bar to hang out on for New Year’s Eve, stop by the Freakin’ Frog on Maryland Parkway (between Tropicana and Harmon on the east side of the street, next to the as-yet-unopened barbecue joint with the highly […]
A Musical Christmas Card
So I’m obviously not much of a Christmas guy. Nor do I like most Christmas music (the Phil Spector Christmas album notwithstanding). But there are two Christmas songs I adore: “Fairytale Of New York” by the Pogues, mentioned a couple of days ago, is one of them. And so, since there’s no feasible way for […]