"There's a time in life for Hoagy Carmichael. There's a time in life for Claude Debussy. There's a time in life for Jerry Lee Lewis. There's a time in life for Destiny's Child. All these things have their moment." ~Elvis Costello
02 Mar 2012 2 Comments
Another example of the camera capturing more than the eye. Caught with an iPhone.
02 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
A cymbal hit, recorded at a thousand frames per second, looks like a seismic event. A Keith Moon solo would probably look like the end of the world.
02 Mar 2012 1 Comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: blow wind blow, dzintars, latvian women's choir
Dzintars: The Latvian Women’s Choir: “Blow, Wind, Blow” (1983)
Here’s a palette cleanser. From an album entitled Songs of Amber, another of Mickey Hart’s World Music projects (“Dzintars” is the Latvian word for “amber”, which is richly symbolic in Latvian culture). This collection of traditional and modern Latvian, Yiddish and Russian songs was recorded during the Dzintar choir’s 1989 US tour, when they were an opening act for AC/DC (kidding).
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/03/02/songs-you-may-have-missed-349/
02 Mar 2012 2 Comments
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: once blue, stardust and snow
Once Blue: “Stardust and Snow” (1996)
From the one and only album by the duo of Rebecca Martin and Jesse Harris known as Once Blue. If you like the Rickie Lee Jones-Lite sound and Martin’s smooth vocals, you can pick this album up for about 3 bucks on Amazon. Used copies sell for literally pennies. Well worth it. Perfect mellow-mood jazz-tinged pop.
02 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: a hit in sweden, say hi to your mom
Say Hi To Your Mom: “A Hit In Sweden” (2004)
Say Hi To Your Mom play ubersimple guitar-and-synth tunes that make Weezer sound like Steely Dan. They can’t, or at least don’t, sing on key. They’re not exactly pushing the musical envelope. But the lyrical point of view is amusingly skewed. And the melodies can be catchy. “A Hit In Sweden” just has a chorus I never get tired of hearing:
But it’s never been clearer, just dance in the mirror/And the party will look twice as big//And you can DJ if you bring that record/You said was a hit in Sweden.
If that brings a smile, you might like this band. If you think it’s stupid, well…of course it’s stupid. That’s the point.
