25 Sunday May 2008
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From the ever-cheerful Nick Cave, a ballad, a lament, a curse.
To our love send a dozen white lilies
To our love send a coffin of wood
To our love let all the pink-eyed pigeons coo
That people they just ain’t no good
To our love send back all the letters
To our love a valentine of blood
To our love let all the jilted lovers cry
That people they just ain’t no good
People Ain’t No Good – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Image: Crying Man Mayo Mejia 1992 See more here.
11 Sunday May 2008
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I really want to do a proper feature on DeVotchKa but I’m tired and the chances are that you already know plenty about them anyway. I will say that, while I’m a relative newcomer to the wonders of DeVotchKa, I bloody love them and am keen to find out more. I’ve been trying to pick up a CD copy of A Mad And Faithful Telling but I haven’t found one at any of my local record stores – maybe it’s not out in Australia yet. I would google it and find out, but I’m feeling way too slack. The few tracks I do have include ‘Blessing In Disguise’ and oh my lordy, what an absolute cracker of a tune it is. Beautiful.
Blessing In Disguise – DeVotchKa
29 Tuesday Apr 2008
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23 Wednesday Apr 2008
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All the cigarettes that I’ve never smoked, all the letters that I have never sent
Acoustic singer songwriter Russian Red. She’s Spanish, her latest release is called I Love Your Glasses, and she’s currently touring Europe until June. Her distinctive voice is fantastic. I like her liting vocals in this track, backed by quiet melodies and the tiny chimes near the end. The only complaint I have about this song is that it’s too short – it clocks in at two minutes and I really think it deserves a longer run.
17 Thursday Apr 2008
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I think I’d love to take a drive
I want to give you something
I’ve been wanting to give to you for years
My heart
13 Sunday Apr 2008
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Woah. I knew I’d heard Citizen Cope’s stuff featured on Scrubs before, but I didn’t realise until today that his music has also been used in several commercials, as well as in films such as Fracture, The Sentinel, Alpha Dog and Coach Carter, and TV shows such as Criminal Minds, One Tree Hill, Cold Case, Entourage and CSI:Miami. What a busy boy.
Well, diamonds they fade
And flowers they bloom
And I’m telling you
These feelings won’t go away
They’ve been knockin’ me sideways
30 Sunday Mar 2008
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21 Friday Mar 2008
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Bored holes through our tongues
To sing a song about it
Held a breath for too long
Till we’re half sick about it
Tell us what we did wrong
Then you can blame us for it
Turn the clamps on our thumbs
We’ll sew a doll about it
16 Sunday Mar 2008
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Am a big fan of the Grab Bag category…it’s one that I use when I want to post something, but am feeling too slack to write too much about it, the idea being that I’ve just reached into a bottomless bag of colourfully wrapped lollies, and that I’m determined to eat whichever one I grab, regardless of it’s flavour. Luckily, the Grab Bag is only full of yummy lollies – no turkish delight or orange centres to be found here, so you’re always sure to find something tasty.
02 Sunday Mar 2008
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Gotta love it when your Ipod throws up a track you haven’t heard for a while…
There are millions and millions of people around
On my TV, walking my streets, making sounds
And I can walk with them I love them I need their love
There are others I have known as poor souls, sores exposed
The the run-of-the-mill, the destitute, and the cold
Sores exposed to the blisters and shards
Where any kind of kindness is as far as the sun
Factory – Martha Wainwright
