'War Stories'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
From the 33 1/3 site:
NMH chat on WNYC, Monday March 27th
Kim Cooper, author of our Neutral Milk Hotel book, will be discussing the book and the album on WNYC's Soundcheck radio show on Monday afternoon, 2-3pm Eastern Time. 93.9FM if you're local, online if you're not.
I only caught the last couple minutes. Should be archived within the next couple hours.
In recent articles about Morrissey and Wayne Coyne I was reminded that they are about my age. So I checked in wikipedia for people born in 1961 to find people born the same year. Here's some of my cohort.
Todd Haynes
George Clooney
Lloyd Cole
Henry Rollins
Camryn Mannheim
Don Mattingly
Wayne Gretzkey
Chris Meloni
Tim Roth
Enya
Melissa Etheridge
Boy George
Princess Di
Laurence Fishburne
Heather Locklear
Dave Mustaine
Scott Baio
Dan Marino
Dylan McDermott
Larry Mullen Jr.
The Edge
k.d. lang
Meg Ryan
Ann Coulter (ptooie)
Eddie Murphy
Peter Jackson
Douglas Coupland
They don't feel like they fit together because they peaked at different times.
Side note: Neil Gaiman is one year older and Eddie Izzard is one year younger.
huh, I thought Larry was a good 4-5 years younger than everyone else in the band.
He was a year behind them in school msbelle. I thought he was born in 1962, but my sources confirm Wikipedia.
Hello, Musicistas! I have been consigned to lurkage through the magic of threadsuck the last week or so. Luckily, auditioning cuts for the Buffistamix is much more low-profile work-wise than merrily posting here. I think I have mine finalized and am working on liner notes.
Corwood, I would like to throw my name into any mix slacker list you may be considering.
Kate, you were a big help in finalizing my mix! "Who Is He And What Is He To You" was a strong finalist for the bassline category, and now I can indulge myself with a cut from a local band. Plus, everyone still gets to hear that sexay song. Also, your comment about mandolins cemented my choice for the non-guitar cut. It was too tough until then - I have so many non-guitar, non piano things to choose from.
Tina, sadly, it is not all-Winfield, all the time. But I've got a few campground recordings on there. Whee!
DX, just when I think it's not possible to love you any more, you go and add Benny Goodman to the mix. As soon as I read the song title, I was hearing the drums in my head. Made me think of my Dad - he would put a stack of Benny and Glenn and Fats on the turntable to do dishes by - I can't hear those drums without seeing him at the sink, snapping his fingers with the soapsuds flying. t mwah! and that's a tag that just won't seem to close
I have to confess I am really close to putting together a track list, if not an actual mix, of cheesy R&B songs in all the mix categories.
I have to confess I am really close to putting together a track list, if not an actual mix, of cheesy R&B songs in all the mix categories.
I want to see this!
Now Playing: The Bunch. This is a Fairport side project from the early 70s. Sandy Denny and Linda Thompson (then Linda Peters) duetting on "When Will I Be Loved"? Bliss.
One of my all-time favorite records was Fairport Chronicle a two-LP collection of their work put together with the loving care of the truly obsessed. Best single band overview ever. But it's never been released on CD (or if so, only briefly in Japan). But I think I now have the necessary tracks to recreate the whole thing. If I do, I'll post it and you can listen to one of the soundtracks of Teen Hec's college days.
iTunes is playing the "Dead Skunk" song on my work computer right now. It matches my mood perfectly.
Jesse: do it do it do it. If you don't have the technology we'll talk. :-)
Um, could I ask a musically naive question? What is a bassline, or rather, how do I determine what is is?
Some songs that I'm trying to determine if they are or not:
Here is a handy YSI file if you need to listen to them rather than rely on memory (if you know them):
[adding -- it's whether the song qualifies as starting with a bassline that I'm interested in! But I may be mistaken about what the quality I'm looking for IS.]