What are you listening to right now?

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:40 pm

see, you just have to ask!

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:43 pm

Ooh, here's an interesting singer I have listened to in my exile...Joanna Newsom...

She's great, really strange mewling vocals, Bjork meets Kate Bush with harps...her album The Milkeyed Mender is smashing, (I also heard her on an advert for Orange mobiles the other day - better than all those Over The Rainbow buskers )..anyone heard her?

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:03 pm

Who Shot Sam? wrote:That's great, but where's the song from? It's not on any of their albums - maybe a b-side?

must be as played on Jo Whiley's BBC Eadio 1 show.

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/enter ... elbow.html

What a hoot!

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:06 pm

miss buenos aires wrote:I like pictures of angry young intellectual singer-songwriters sucking on their glasses. Why don't we have more of those?

Ref to the utterly hilarious moment in No Direction Home (or is it actually in Don't Look Back?) where the preposterous photographer says to the Zimm 'Now could we do one with you sucking your glasses?'? Dylan's response is priceless.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:42 pm

Otis Westinghouse wrote:
Who Shot Sam? wrote:That's great, but where's the song from? It's not on any of their albums - maybe a b-side?
must be as played on Jo Whiley's BBC Eadio 1 show.

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/enter ... elbow.html

What a hoot!

That is outstanding. I love it when bands surprise you with unexpected cover versions - like E from Eels covering Prince on his recent tour.

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:24 pm

Otis Westinghouse wrote:
miss buenos aires wrote:I like pictures of angry young intellectual singer-songwriters sucking on their glasses. Why don't we have more of those?
Ref to the utterly hilarious moment in No Direction Home (or is it actually in Don't Look Back?) where the preposterous photographer says to the Zimm 'Now could we do one with you sucking your glasses?'? Dylan's response is priceless.

Otis: Yes.
LC: I have heard Joanna Newsom. Kind of like a screechier Cat Power. Me likey.
IP: Thank you.
Mr. Boom (on pic 2): Nice try, but...
Mr. Boom (on pic 1): Thank you thank you thank you.

I used to fall asleep under a poster of Jarvis making an obscene hand gesture. Ah, youth...

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 8:26 am

Keeping with the theme of unexpected cover versions (see the earlier posts on Elbow's Destiny's Child cover), someone sent me the link to Travis performing Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time". It does not reach the heights of insanity that the Elbow does, but it's pretty damn good (again, from BBC Radio 1 I think):

http://www.cix.co.uk/~lemoncurry/ra/onemoretime.mp3

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:50 am

I used to fall asleep under a poster of Jarvis making an obscene hand gesture. Ah, youth...

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:01 am

Mike Boom wrote:

I used to fall asleep under a poster of Jarvis making an obscene hand gesture. Ah, youth...

Actually, I think it was a different one. Different picture, I mean, same gesture. Keep them coming, Mr. Boom...

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:22 am

Its a whole thread on its own really innit?
I'll start one.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:51 pm

Great pic.

Yep, that's Mark Radcliffe introducing Travis on the BBC. Just been re-listening to last Thursday's MR show on which Elbow played three songs live. Forget Myself at the start, the immortal Great Expectations at about 1'15" and Fugitive Motel somewhere in the middle, and some nice interviewing interspersed.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:48 am

Earlier this afternoon:

- Ultimate Kylie Disc 2. Love At First Sight, Come Into My World... soothes the end of a workout.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:57 am

it's amazing how far she's come in her career, yet she still doesn't know how to dress herself.

this guy does!

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:39 am

Mood, she's got her own underwear line. One size does not fit all, unfortunately...

But old Nick still looks suitably impressed.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:06 am

Right now I'm listening to a Thomas L. Friedman podcast. I finally knuckled under and got New York Times select for $50 a year, and I think it's going to be worth it for the op-ed podcasts alone...

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:39 am

Dipping into my jazz collection:

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:21 am

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:42 am

bambooneedle wrote:[ - Ultimate Kylie Disc 2. Love At First Sight, Come Into My World... soothes the end of a workout.

Judging by that picture I'm wondering what type of workout you're talking about

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:46 am

Bad Ambassador · Post by **Bad Ambassador** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:47 pm

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:49 pm

Now this:

The recent jazz box sets from UK labels like Proper and JSP are astoundingly cheap and the re-masterings are as good or better than what you get from the likes of Sony or Verve. Four discs of incredible music for $25 - how can you beat that? This Parker set is amazing (the only one I know of that includes music from across the Dial, Savoy and Verve years), but the Duke Ellington set is equally good. JSP has reissues of Armstong's Hot Fives & Hot Sevens, as well as Django Reinhardt's early work, that are far superior to and much cheaper than anything offered by the major labels. If you're a jazz fan of any kind or are looking for an inexpensive way to experience this music, this is the way to go.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:30 am

verbal gymnastics wrote:Judging by that picture I'm wondering what type of workout you're talking about

Practicin' new dance moves...

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:38 am

"my" song is on it.

Bad Ambassador · Post by **Bad Ambassador** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:12 pm

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:13 pm

Now:

One of the essential collections of early west coast cool jazz, with Chet Baker on trumpet.