Soundtracks of our life 1
Portishead
Rediscovered the debut album of Portishead. I love it when you fall in love again with an older record that you haven't listened to in ages.
I tried to listen to the second Portishead album again too, but that album is still such a turn-off. I really dislike it.
I tried to listen to the second Portishead album again too, but that album is still such a turn-off. I really dislike it.
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Spookrijder
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The Blood Brothers
Longtime not posted around here for I found a temporary job ("security guy" for the biggest cultural center here in Brussels) and I'm rather tired, if surrounded by some fine masterpieces.
Right now quite enjoying "Burn, Piano Island, Burn" by The Blood Brothers. I think I prefer the later "Crimes", at the same time more accessible and more genuine. Great band anyway!
Right now quite enjoying "Burn, Piano Island, Burn" by The Blood Brothers. I think I prefer the later "Crimes", at the same time more accessible and more genuine. Great band anyway!
"We're keeping busy, yeah we're bleeding stones
With our machinations and palindromes
Anything but hear the voice that says we're basically alone"
With our machinations and palindromes
Anything but hear the voice that says we're basically alone"
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Spookrijder
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Andrew Bird and Leonard Cohen
While reading "Various Positions", a Leonard Cohen's brilliant biography, I'm of course listening to Cohen near entire catalogue. Now playing "Death of a Ladies' Man", infamously produced by Phil Spector. My favourite is still "New Skin for The Old Ceremony", that guy is lyrically a genius, and on his first four studio albums he showed himself a brilliant composer as well.
And Paul, If you dig Rufus Wainwright, you may try "Poses" and my favourite of all the first untitled one, quite slow and melancholic but gorgeous and with some lushy Van Dyke Parks arrangements, besides the very fact it was produced by Jon Brion, more well known for producing Fiona Apple and writing music for "Magnolia" and "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind". But furthermore, you should not miss the absolutely brilliant Andrew Bird and his two last albums "Weather Systems" and "The Mysterious Production of Eggs", the guy is maybe even more brilliant than Wainwright and with a little more humility in his interpretation.
Sorry for being so absent around here those days, but my job is taking much of my time and energy, although I quite like it. I'm surrounded by paintings, sculptures, art, art, art. A contemplative job to say the least
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And Paul, If you dig Rufus Wainwright, you may try "Poses" and my favourite of all the first untitled one, quite slow and melancholic but gorgeous and with some lushy Van Dyke Parks arrangements, besides the very fact it was produced by Jon Brion, more well known for producing Fiona Apple and writing music for "Magnolia" and "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind". But furthermore, you should not miss the absolutely brilliant Andrew Bird and his two last albums "Weather Systems" and "The Mysterious Production of Eggs", the guy is maybe even more brilliant than Wainwright and with a little more humility in his interpretation.
Sorry for being so absent around here those days, but my job is taking much of my time and energy, although I quite like it. I'm surrounded by paintings, sculptures, art, art, art. A contemplative job to say the least
."We're keeping busy, yeah we're bleeding stones
With our machinations and palindromes
Anything but hear the voice that says we're basically alone"
With our machinations and palindromes
Anything but hear the voice that says we're basically alone"
Thanks Christian. I will definitely check the earlier work of Rufus out as soon as I am done with these two albums, that will take a little while.
Anyone here heard Andrew & The Johnsons. Everyone says it's lovely but I think he sounds like Boy George dressed up like a woman with a shrimp in his throat. [:xx]
Anyone here heard Andrew & The Johnsons. Everyone says it's lovely but I think he sounds like Boy George dressed up like a woman with a shrimp in his throat. [:xx]
hahaha.. uhmmm.. sorry listening to the soundtrack of the movie *which i absolutely adore* Death Becomes Her. Meryl Streep performing an absolute hilarious song "Me". Love it. [crazy]
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Down Desire Avenue ..
No, no, I have not disppeared...if anyone wondered [:o]
Right now, P Gabriel best of. OK guy really.
Most played CD lately, the new Transjoik. Uneven CD, but some great stuff, maybe, actually probably, not ot everybody's taste. But it grabs me.
Latest discovery: Lucien Dubuis. A young Swiss blower (alto sax, bass and contrabass clarinets). No holding back, he really goes in in the music. Discovered him at the latest Cully Jazz Festival. Unfortunately, the sound was really crap (he did agree to that, and said that the sound engineer really fucked up the sound-check, although not in those terms). That evening at Cully, Julien Loureau was first off. Interesting at times, a bit surfing the trendy effect-box wave (which was linked to one of the 2 mixes he was using). But, God, the music was spoiled by the poor mix, the drums just overkilling, drowning both guitar and bass, even painful to my ears. Really, a shame.
Spook, have you heard the latest Dahl/Andersen/Heral? Supposed to be superb.
Right now, P Gabriel best of. OK guy really.
Most played CD lately, the new Transjoik. Uneven CD, but some great stuff, maybe, actually probably, not ot everybody's taste. But it grabs me.
Latest discovery: Lucien Dubuis. A young Swiss blower (alto sax, bass and contrabass clarinets). No holding back, he really goes in in the music. Discovered him at the latest Cully Jazz Festival. Unfortunately, the sound was really crap (he did agree to that, and said that the sound engineer really fucked up the sound-check, although not in those terms). That evening at Cully, Julien Loureau was first off. Interesting at times, a bit surfing the trendy effect-box wave (which was linked to one of the 2 mixes he was using). But, God, the music was spoiled by the poor mix, the drums just overkilling, drowning both guitar and bass, even painful to my ears. Really, a shame.
Spook, have you heard the latest Dahl/Andersen/Heral? Supposed to be superb.
i had been listening to Siboney, one of the tracks of 2046 OST, Bellissimo, by Ilya (the Revlon commercial track that goes "I believe in love, I believe in love..") and lots of other things downloaded from here
