Laurie Anderson, “Excellent Birds”, from Home Of The Brave, 1984. (I also like the duet version with Peter Gabriel on his album So.) I dig this song. I’m going to steal the idea of having lights on your palms. That looks cool.
Tag Archives: Music
Currently Listening, 05-10-08
The Magnetic Fields, Distortion: Lovely goodness from Stephin Merrit & Co. Sonically very Jesus & Mary Chain, but pure Merrit in terms of songwriting. Feist, The Reminder: Yeah, I know, late to the party, but this is an amazing and beautiful album. Nine Inch Nails, The Slip: I love Trent Reznor again. Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling […]
More Sonic Youth, Less Paul Simon
Listening to the mixes I’m making, I’m surprised by how dissonant and raw these songs are sounding in the end. “Berlin Floor Show” was written on an acoustic guitar, but this version sounds a lot like recent Nine Inch Nails, and “Scarecrow” sounds like Radiohead meets Massive Attack meets TV On The Radio. They’re really […]
"Berlin Floor Show" and "Scarecrow" Are In The Can.
I recorded vocals last night, all hot and sweaty ’cause I had to turn off all the house fans so they didn’t register on the mics. Mixed “BFS” and “Scarecrow” tonight. I think the mixes are pretty much perfect, or as close as I’m gonna get. When I’m done with all of the songs, I’ll […]
Sigh.
So I may make the India trip, but not until August or September. I feel so fucking stupid — I’ve flown literally fifty times or more in my life, and I’ve never missed a flight before, ever. I simply misread my itinerary — I was flying from Vegas to Chicago to Delhi, and I read […]
Currently Listening: 04-29-08
Joe Pug — his “Hymn 101” is gorgeous. Reminds me of Dylan, Springsteen and early David Grey. Definitely worth the free download. The Black Keys, Attack And Release — Like the White Stripes, but I like this better. More bluesy. Sally Shapiro, Disco Romance — I heard the Holy Fuck remix of “Find My Soul” […]
ScarJo and DaveBo doing Tom Waits
Here we have Scarlett Johannson and David Bowie covering Tom Wait’ “Falling Down”, from Ms. Johannson’s new album Anywhere I Lay My Head, which is an entire album (minus one original) of Tom Waits songs. I’m personally not interested in the debate about actors making music. Waits is a musician who acts in movies. Nick […]
Ghosts In A Burning City
Everybody I’ve asked likes this title better than Architectures + Empires. Including me. So the album will be called Ghosts In A Burning City. If I ever have time to finish it. Sigh. (I don’t mean that. It’s still getting finished soon. I’m just crazy busy right now.)
Sad Discovery
I was rather sad to read, in an interview with Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin, that Paul Simon didn’t actually write most of the songs on Graceland, took credit for writing them, and then told Los Lobos to sue him and see what would happen. Although I think what probably happened was that Los Lobos wrote […]
Another Alternative Album Title
From a poem by Stephen Vincent Benet: Ghosts In A Burning City. I really like that. I think it captures the sound and mood of the album perfectly. Whaddya think?