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Monthly Archives: August 2004
Tuesday, August 31st:
Figured I’d giv’er another old kick at the can before August is all over and done with, shipped up, boxed off, and trundled toward a neverending precipice of disingenuous sobriety. I’ve been kept pretty busy in the last few weeks, … Continue reading
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Absent Minded Friends
Moloko – Absent Minded Friends from Things to Make and Do (2000) /quirky dance pop/((“Have you ever smiled for too long?Till you’re achingHave you ever laughed till you cried?Till your heart is breaking. Well it’a a silly thing that I’ve … Continue reading
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The Wrens – Meadowlands
I’ve had this album for a while. Last year I listened to it once, was impressed, listened to it again, thought ‘this has good chance of becoming a contender for top 10 albums of 2003 or some such silly nonsense … Continue reading
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Ex-Girl Collection
The Wrens – Ex-Girl Collection from Meadowlands (2003) /indie rock/((“why/ into why not,into what else you got?it’s just how men mark time. Ann slams in,another lightning round begins,this could get interesting.Where’s Ann been?She pours herself a don’t-ask gin,no ice and … Continue reading
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Kate Rogers – St. Eustacia
Canadian songstress Kate Rogers is probably best known for her collaborations with artists Aim and Rae&Christian. Her work on Aim’s truly monumental “Sail” got her some attention, and proved beyond a doubt that her voice is among the leaders in … Continue reading
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This Collective
Kate Rogers – This Collective from St. Eustacia (2004) /alternative folksy country pop/((“Faith and illusion. Power, the movement, all the eccentric believers await. Bless this collective losing perspective, praying their way to forgiveness today. Watch as the people they’re gathering … Continue reading
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Roslin Castle, Miss Gordon of Gight
Alasdair Fraser & Tony McManus – Roslin Castle, Miss Gordon of Gight from Return to Kintail (1999) /celtic/((The wind billowed out before him, throwing the long green weeds so they bent against the ground. He knelt on the wet, rich … Continue reading
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Street Spirit
Radiohead – Street Spirit from The Bends (1995) /whiny sap shlock (beauty defined)/((“This machine will not communicate these thoughts and this strain I am under.Be a world-child.. form a circle before we all go under. And fade out, fade out … Continue reading
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Thursday, August 12th:
Another Celtic Roots Festival come and gone. And I feel it pretty necessary to sing its praises to the mountains and brooks. This folk festival feels like a living entity like none other, but perhaps its unfair to say that … Continue reading
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Anything
Martina Topley-Bird – Anything from Quixotic (2003) /bluesy triphop/((“My half.I thought I’d be stronger.But my pathto you just seems longer.You fake me to a highof just no other kind. I don’t want anything (but you)I don’t need anything (but you)”A … Continue reading
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