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I broke my "no more CDs, you need to save money!" rule in Montreal, but in was for a good cause--Vincent Delerm has a new album out! (Maybe, maybe, noise knows about Vincent Delerm...) He's a modern-day chansonnier who writes songs about things like...his relationship with the picture of Fanny Ardant in his living room, leaving a boring play before the end ("on a posé un lapin au monologue shakespearien"), and girls who read Bukowski. And it was cheap! And it was cheap in Canadian money, which means it was like, $2 US money, or something.
Vincent Delerm--Kensington Square
But no more CDs until September, for real!
Vincent Delerm--Kensington Square
But no more CDs until September, for real!
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Mademoiselle Buenos Aires,
Oui, je connais Vincent Delerm. It's thanks to you actually. You recommended his album to me when my wife and I met you in Paris, along with Dionysos, Katherine, and Serge. I bought and adore all of them. Did you ever get to hear any of Dionysos' earler work? Western Sous La Neige is my favorite, but Haiku is very, very good. "Song for Jedi" is my son's favorite song in the world.
I'll have to track down the new Vincent Delerm. My favorite line on the one disc I have is:
"...A la table d'a cote ils ont vu un Beckett
Ils disent c'st pas mal joue mais faut aimer Beckett..."
That makes me laugh every time I hear it. Exactly how so many people react to Beckett.
Anyway, thanks. My cd player thanks you as well.
Oui, je connais Vincent Delerm. It's thanks to you actually. You recommended his album to me when my wife and I met you in Paris, along with Dionysos, Katherine, and Serge. I bought and adore all of them. Did you ever get to hear any of Dionysos' earler work? Western Sous La Neige is my favorite, but Haiku is very, very good. "Song for Jedi" is my son's favorite song in the world.
I'll have to track down the new Vincent Delerm. My favorite line on the one disc I have is:
"...A la table d'a cote ils ont vu un Beckett
Ils disent c'st pas mal joue mais faut aimer Beckett..."
That makes me laugh every time I hear it. Exactly how so many people react to Beckett.
Anyway, thanks. My cd player thanks you as well.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
--William Shakespeare
--William Shakespeare
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Exactly. Very precisely funny. I was in a production of Waiting for Godot once, and the director, practically daily, would say, "I don't know what the hell that line is supposed to mean....it's genius, of course."
So did you ever hear the other Dionysos stuff? It's edgier and more experimental, but not necessarily better than the more accessible later stuff. I got a box set in Paris of their first 3 albums for 30 euro. Might be hard to find stateside.
So did you ever hear the other Dionysos stuff? It's edgier and more experimental, but not necessarily better than the more accessible later stuff. I got a box set in Paris of their first 3 albums for 30 euro. Might be hard to find stateside.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
--William Shakespeare
--William Shakespeare
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J'aime Beckett. I haven't read every word he ever wrote, but not too far off. Hard to say if I love his prose more than his plays, but both are equally superb, I guess. This was very much a studenthood and early-post-studenthood passion, so something to return to and reassess, and in fact I haven't seen any plays other than on telly since studenthood, when I saw all the famous/longer ones. I very much want to read the big Knowlson biog. I read Deirdre Bair when that was current, but Knowlson is much more like Ellman is to Joyce: authoritative.
There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more
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Ms. BA, I love your outfit!
Today I bought Almost Blue only; they didn't have the others. The guy at the counter said they sold out of the other reissues. Unbelievable! Who are these elusive Elvis fans living in my midst, buying up what is rightfully mine?
So, in lieu of Kojak Variety and Goodbye Cruel World, I bought Stevie Wonder 'Innervisions' and David Bowie 'Ziggy Stardust'.
Impulse buy of the day: The Essential Monkees. $5.99!
Today I bought Almost Blue only; they didn't have the others. The guy at the counter said they sold out of the other reissues. Unbelievable! Who are these elusive Elvis fans living in my midst, buying up what is rightfully mine?
So, in lieu of Kojak Variety and Goodbye Cruel World, I bought Stevie Wonder 'Innervisions' and David Bowie 'Ziggy Stardust'.
Impulse buy of the day: The Essential Monkees. $5.99!
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I just ordered the recent reissues from the States (which means halfprice for me, even with shipping and gargantuan Swedish taxes) and to support the local stores went out and bought Safe As Milk, Babylon And On and Figure 8. Promising first listens to all of them.
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Otis W., it's just regular ol' Zig, as stupid, stupid Barnes & Noble didn't have the other, and stupid, stupid me didn't realize it existed! I need to pay more attention.... But I had it only on vinyl, and nothing with which to play it. Moonage Daydream has been inexplicably running through my head recently, and there was this vinyl, just taunting me. Had to have it today, couldn't wait. That'll teach me a lesson, won't it?
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Back to the Pretenders (because Noise and MBA have gone completely over my head!)
Loose Screw is an incredibly good record and I have to say I was a bit surprised because I wasn't expecting as much. I've been kind of lukewarm about the last few Pretenders records (but don't get me wrong, there are some very good songs there.)
I have to say that none compare to their first two records which, IMHO, are just about perfect (except for I Go To Sleep, for which as hard as I tried, I just never warmed up to.)
As far as new discs~ I picked up a bunch while in NYC for the Lincoln Center shows. All on sale except for the Joe Jackson Band Vol. 4.
And it's a good thing they were cheap cause I made a couple of poor selections.
Well, De-Lovely, but only because of the obvious. I did listen to it a few times. It's okay background music but I don't think I'll be reaching for it any time soon.
Dynamite Hack~Superfast, which I had loned out and never got back. I love that record.
The Distillers~Sing Sing Death House. Don't like it. (Should've got The Donnas instead.)
Jaime Cullum~Twentysomething. Never heard of him til I saw him do the title song on some songwriters award thing. Impressed me so that I went out and bought the disc. Very nice.
Aimee Mann~Bachelor No.2. Haven't opened it yet.
Refused~The Shape of Punk to Come. Haven't heard it.
BeastieBoys~To the 5 Boroughs. Always been a big fan. They still got it.
And by far the best two of the bunch~
The Hives~Your New Favourite Band and Tyrranesaurus Hives. Both so excellent!
Loose Screw is an incredibly good record and I have to say I was a bit surprised because I wasn't expecting as much. I've been kind of lukewarm about the last few Pretenders records (but don't get me wrong, there are some very good songs there.)
I have to say that none compare to their first two records which, IMHO, are just about perfect (except for I Go To Sleep, for which as hard as I tried, I just never warmed up to.)
As far as new discs~ I picked up a bunch while in NYC for the Lincoln Center shows. All on sale except for the Joe Jackson Band Vol. 4.
And it's a good thing they were cheap cause I made a couple of poor selections.
Well, De-Lovely, but only because of the obvious. I did listen to it a few times. It's okay background music but I don't think I'll be reaching for it any time soon.
Dynamite Hack~Superfast, which I had loned out and never got back. I love that record.
The Distillers~Sing Sing Death House. Don't like it. (Should've got The Donnas instead.)
Jaime Cullum~Twentysomething. Never heard of him til I saw him do the title song on some songwriters award thing. Impressed me so that I went out and bought the disc. Very nice.
Aimee Mann~Bachelor No.2. Haven't opened it yet.
Refused~The Shape of Punk to Come. Haven't heard it.
BeastieBoys~To the 5 Boroughs. Always been a big fan. They still got it.
And by far the best two of the bunch~
The Hives~Your New Favourite Band and Tyrranesaurus Hives. Both so excellent!
I'm not angry anymore....
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Oh god, guilty secrets time...I won The best of Cliff Richard in a pub quiz.
Some of the songs, by this bloke Tarner, are not bad songs per se (We don't talk anymore, Some people) but I know fully realise that Cliff Richard is a robot singer...everything sounds the same, with no emotion at all, and then there are some truly f**king awful songs on there, like Millenium Prayer, which just makes me want to nail red hot razorblades into my eyes. Ouch!
This CD will stay well hidden.
Some of the songs, by this bloke Tarner, are not bad songs per se (We don't talk anymore, Some people) but I know fully realise that Cliff Richard is a robot singer...everything sounds the same, with no emotion at all, and then there are some truly f**king awful songs on there, like Millenium Prayer, which just makes me want to nail red hot razorblades into my eyes. Ouch!
This CD will stay well hidden.
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Poppet, do you love the latter? Tell us your thoughts.
Finally, finally I have the Ziggy 30th reissue (sorry Goody2, not trying to rub it in or nothing). I was a bit pissed off to find 'maxiomg' (in Michigan, I think) had sent it just loose in a jiffy bag, so the minor wear and tear it was showing as a 'marketplace' item was probably worsened in transit, but as this is the only copy I've been able to get my mitts on, I ain't complaining. The booklet is brilliant. It has loads of great photos, including loads of extra shots from the cover shoot. It's my first time with a digital Ziggy, so that was fun. No experience in life can put me quite as in touch with my 11 year old self as this LP, and yet it still sounds so wonderful now. I find it hard to get my hand around how wonderful this LP is, and what a pleasure it is to know every note, beat and word of something, and still find loads more reasons to listen to it and discover new things in it. Haven't played CD2 yet, but ca't wait. It has some classics I've wanted to hear for years and never have, like Holy, Holy.
Finally, finally I have the Ziggy 30th reissue (sorry Goody2, not trying to rub it in or nothing). I was a bit pissed off to find 'maxiomg' (in Michigan, I think) had sent it just loose in a jiffy bag, so the minor wear and tear it was showing as a 'marketplace' item was probably worsened in transit, but as this is the only copy I've been able to get my mitts on, I ain't complaining. The booklet is brilliant. It has loads of great photos, including loads of extra shots from the cover shoot. It's my first time with a digital Ziggy, so that was fun. No experience in life can put me quite as in touch with my 11 year old self as this LP, and yet it still sounds so wonderful now. I find it hard to get my hand around how wonderful this LP is, and what a pleasure it is to know every note, beat and word of something, and still find loads more reasons to listen to it and discover new things in it. Haven't played CD2 yet, but ca't wait. It has some classics I've wanted to hear for years and never have, like Holy, Holy.
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