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Why Should You Be Fighting Me?
Seriously, I am such a sucker for a cappella versions of songs. I remember about eight years ago I had a barbershop quartet version of When I Come Around on the computer and it was awesome. Sadly, it's now long gone ( Read more... ) -
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Brian Eno, via Geeta Dayal, via Jones, via Warren Ellis:
If you walk around with the idea that there are some people who are so gifted - they have these wonderful things in their head but you’re not one of them, you’re just a normal sort of person, you could never do anything like that - then you live a different kind of life. You could have ( Read more... ) -
Maybe I'm Wrong, Maybe You're Right
New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down has been on repeat in my mind these past few days. I always liked this clip, it just makes me smile.
After work this afternoon I go to Tiger Tiger for Friday night drinks with some co-workers. I am looking forward to it and apprehensive at the same time. -
Don't Forget The Songs That Saved Your Life
From an article on Pitchfork - What's The Matter With Sweden? - about grants for music and concerts, and providing health care to musicians:
Could the best health-care policy be a strong arts and culture policy? Lindgren invokes the possibility. "There is a big debate in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark," he says. "In which way do cultural experiences ( Read more... ) -
I Never Go Far Without A Little Big Star
I can't believe Alex Chilton is dead...So many talented musicans have died since Christmas, it's just shocking. They say these things come in threes, but we're already well past that point...
Below is the Big Star song Thirteen which is just achingly beautiful. It's been covered by a whole bunch of people, probably most notably Elliott Smith, but ( Read more... ) -
Drunken Master
Ages ago I saw a YouTube clip of the 10 Best Jackie Chan Stunts and last night I found it again. Check it out.
I’ve got my morning coffee so I’m going to start writing company profiles for housing organisations. I know, I know; this is the life.
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Stupid, But Brave
Because I'm silly and because I like making best of compilations, I am going to be posting mixtapes of bands I like. The general idea will be to create samplers for new listeners, but mostly it's just because I really like trying to distill the best of a band's work.
This first mix is for The Boy Least Likely To. I've tried to capture in equal ( Read more... )
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