My friends Joel and Liz just got married in Philly. Before the wedding they asked me to make a tracklist of songs for their dj to play.
Couldn't be more flattered.
Big points to Marc Sobier's initial response to this email: "how do you remember what (was or) wasn't played? weren't you dodging lawn chairs naked?"
The email: "If anyone was curious about the section of music that Joel and Liz let me recommend to the DJ, here's the descriptions and the links. NOTE: some of the ones listed here weren't played:
links to songs about 10 lines below:
Hey Joel'n'Liz
tried to balance between hipster cred and dance floor fillers. think this splits the difference and makes it better.
can't tell you how much I love the Jens Lekman song. So, so, so great. I'd play it 8 times in a row if I were in charge of this wedding. sweet and fun and drunken. i.e. the UnWard.
call me with questions or difficulties.
much love,
m
Don't You Just Know It- Huey 'piano' smith - Snatch Soundtrack
DOWNLOAD HERE
Singalong - without it being painful
Express Yourself - Charlie Wright & the 103th St. Band
Classic Funk. Sampled by NWA.
DOWNLOAD HERE
Bang Bang - Dizzy Gillespie
Horns. And horns. Did I mention horns?
DOWNLOAD HERE
A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill - Jens Lekman
DOWNLOAD HERE
the ultimate boozy horn-filled drunken singalong 2 beers before Ward morphs from laughing drunk to angry drunk.
Ever since I've heard this song, I've wished we could sneak it into your DJ's set late night at the wedding. If this doesn't become a bona fide memory song for your wedding, well, I'm mistaken again.
I'd rather play this one song than all the others combined.
Northern Lites - Super Furry Animals
DOWNLOAD HERE
bossanova indie spectacular - even Jews can samba a little
Chewing Gum - Annie Hey Willpower mashup
Poptastic. Even money as to whether it's Radcliffe, Howell or me that pulls a Sonny Corleone during this song.
DOWNLOAD HERE
ABC - Jackson 5
Let's not get too crazy
DOWNLOAD HERE
Praise You - Fatboy Slim
Everyone starts going bonkers
DOWNLOAD HERE
Brimful of Fatboy Asha - Cornershop remixed by Fatboy Slim
Continue bonkers
DOWNLOAD HERE
It Takes Two - Rob Base & DJ EZ-Rock
Bonkers goes completely fucking bonkers. Ward throws a bottle of champagne.
DOWNLOAD HERE
Walk Like an Egyptian (Xpress 2 mix)
Bonkers meets nostalgia. Bonkers wins. Shelley dances like an Egyptian, Ward assumes sarcophagi position.
DOWNLOAD HERE
Young Folks
Grabs the whistling and brings everything back to non-bonkers levels but keeps a mellow fun flow going.
DOWNLOAD HERE
Cinnamon Lips - Prince
Man, I hope your relatives are home or too drunk to notice semi- perverted Prince lyrics (listen to it if you're actually worried, tho you shouldn't be)
DOWNLOAD HERE
Crazy times - Prince vs. Gnarls Barkley
Sweet mash-up.
DOWNLOAD HERE
should segue into Crazy the full song. should kill.
So much more I could add.... "
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Friday, September 29, 2006
Lazy Blogger Friday
Some new videos from YouTube. Usually, they'd just be embedded here on the site, but the interwebs don't seem to be communicating well together today.
YouTube - Gnarls Barkley "Gone Daddy Gone" Music Video
More hugs, this time from Badly Drawn Boy - Year of the Rat.
Dancing miners! from the Avalanches. (Who are currently enjoying Stereo MC's level 'what the hell happened to them?' level absence from your local music store.)
And speaking of the MCs, here's Connected. Which, if it had come around 10 years later, would've made them about 6 billion with various phone companies around the world.
Have a Bill Withers day.
YouTube - Gnarls Barkley "Gone Daddy Gone" Music Video
More hugs, this time from Badly Drawn Boy - Year of the Rat.
Dancing miners! from the Avalanches. (Who are currently enjoying Stereo MC's level 'what the hell happened to them?' level absence from your local music store.)
And speaking of the MCs, here's Connected. Which, if it had come around 10 years later, would've made them about 6 billion with various phone companies around the world.
Have a Bill Withers day.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
a PLAGUE of ANGELS: THE MAGIC NUMBERS (NEW SINGLE)
If you've listened to 'Close Your Eyes' by The Chemical Brothers or 'Forever Lost' by The Magic Numbers and liked it, jump over to the blog Plague of Angels and download the new Numbers single 'Take a Chance'. And no, near as I can tell, it's not an Abba cover.
Harmony laden, 60's inflected British guitar pop.
a PLAGUE of ANGELS: THE MAGIC NUMBERS (NEW SINGLE): "
The Magic Numbers will release their second album, Those the Brokes, on November 6. You will find the first single a couple inches or so below...
Oct 9 8:00A/Melkweg/Amsterdam
Oct 11 8:00A/Debaser/Stockholm
Oct 16 8:00A/Le Boule No/Paris
Oct 19 8:00A/Lido/Berlin
Oct 21 8:00A/Atomic Cafe/Munich
[MP3] 'Take a Chance'"
Harmony laden, 60's inflected British guitar pop.
a PLAGUE of ANGELS: THE MAGIC NUMBERS (NEW SINGLE): "
The Magic Numbers will release their second album, Those the Brokes, on November 6. You will find the first single a couple inches or so below...
Oct 9 8:00A/Melkweg/Amsterdam
Oct 11 8:00A/Debaser/Stockholm
Oct 16 8:00A/Le Boule No/Paris
Oct 19 8:00A/Lido/Berlin
Oct 21 8:00A/Atomic Cafe/Munich
[MP3] 'Take a Chance'"
YouTube - Inspiring Story! Free Hugs Campaign (music by sick puppies)
The music on this clip just doens't do it for me. Does it for you? Nah.
So, let's add a little unbridled goodness, maybe even some say *appropriate* lyrics and make it a little better.
DOWNLOAD: The Polyphonic Spree - 'Hold Me Now'
Then cue up The Spree in iTunes, press play on the YouTube cut and mute their music. Voila.
Added goodness.
YouTube - Inspiring Story! Free Hugs Campaign (music by sick puppies): "Sometimes, a hug is all what we need. Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, A man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.
In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.
As this symbol of human hope spread accross the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as awe inspiring.
In the Spirit of the free hugs campaign, PASS THIS TO A FRIEND and HUG A STRANGER! After all, If you can reach just one person.."
So, let's add a little unbridled goodness, maybe even some say *appropriate* lyrics and make it a little better.
DOWNLOAD: The Polyphonic Spree - 'Hold Me Now'
Then cue up The Spree in iTunes, press play on the YouTube cut and mute their music. Voila.
Added goodness.
YouTube - Inspiring Story! Free Hugs Campaign (music by sick puppies): "Sometimes, a hug is all what we need. Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, A man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.
In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.
As this symbol of human hope spread accross the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as awe inspiring.
In the Spirit of the free hugs campaign, PASS THIS TO A FRIEND and HUG A STRANGER! After all, If you can reach just one person.."
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
YouTube - Herman Dune 'I Wish That I Could See You Soon'
This is ridiculously fun and cute and you shouldn't be reading this blog if you don't go watch it right now.
Having trouble deciding whether or not I want the green guys to be cgi'd out or not.
YouTube - Herman Dune 'I Wish That I Could See You Soon': "New Herman Dune video 'work in progress' directed by Toben Seymour for 1st single 'i wish that i could see you (soon' taken from new album 'Giant' out the 16th of October "
Having trouble deciding whether or not I want the green guys to be cgi'd out or not.
YouTube - Herman Dune 'I Wish That I Could See You Soon': "New Herman Dune video 'work in progress' directed by Toben Seymour for 1st single 'i wish that i could see you (soon' taken from new album 'Giant' out the 16th of October "
Monday, September 25, 2006
Sweeter than Frango: The Shelley Ward story
We only have 3 firm rules here at AgainAgain, and for the life of me, I can't remember the first two.
But the absolute for sure rule that we will never break is this: You give us Frango mints, and I will dedicate a post and a song to you.
In this case, "Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!" for Shelley Ward, who brought a box of Frango mints to the BloomKing wedding.
For Shelley, who loves to dance, and loves the 80s and is as sweet as can be:
DOWNLOAD ESPECIAL DE FRANGO CHOCOLATE POR SHELLEY - "Walk like an Egyptian (Xpress2 mix)"
Marshall Field's : What's New: Forever Frango: "There are other mints and other chocolates, but only one Frango mint chocolate. The taste is instant seduction. Frango has maintained a fiercely loyal following through 75 years of changing tastes and food fashions."
But the absolute for sure rule that we will never break is this: You give us Frango mints, and I will dedicate a post and a song to you.
In this case, "Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!" for Shelley Ward, who brought a box of Frango mints to the BloomKing wedding.
For Shelley, who loves to dance, and loves the 80s and is as sweet as can be:
DOWNLOAD ESPECIAL DE FRANGO CHOCOLATE POR SHELLEY - "Walk like an Egyptian (Xpress2 mix)"
Marshall Field's : What's New: Forever Frango: "There are other mints and other chocolates, but only one Frango mint chocolate. The taste is instant seduction. Frango has maintained a fiercely loyal following through 75 years of changing tastes and food fashions."
I'm from Barcelona
Happy review of Swedish band "I'm From Barcelona" from DotMusic, below.
If we were going to have MagellanFest or Joyfiend Festival, we'd hold our breath until they, Jens Lekman, Herman Dune and The Spree showed up. Someone call the fire marshall because the bands alone will put attendance in triple digits.
DOWNLOAD> I'm from Barcelona - "We're from Barcelona"
DOWNLOAD> I'm from Barcelona - "Treehouse"
LAUNCH, Music on Yahoo! - I'm From Barcelona - Let Me Introduce My Friends: "I'm From Barcelona - 'Let Me Introduce My Friends'
September 15th, Brixton Jamm. A stripped down version of I'm From Barcelona (a mere 22 members, as opposed to their full complement of 29), is bouncing through the Gig Of The Year. Frontman Emmanuel Lundgren dusts the dancing fans with handfuls of confetti, balloons bobs across the 250-strong crowd, band members rattle fruit maracas and work handheld bubble machines, guys with kazoos are hauled out of the audience, the atmosphere the happiest thing this side of The Flaming Lips. 'It's like a children's party', observes Lundgren, with a grin.
Depending on your temperament, this translates to either the Feelgood Band Of 2006 or a horrific saccharine overdose. Reviews thus far have been strangely polarised - critics either buy into the charm of a collective that was originally started as a bit of holiday fun by web designer Lundgren and wasn't meant to last longer than a week, or react viciously, sneering at the primary colours of the music and the supposedly twee subject matter. Can a band that sings about stamp collecting, chicken pox and treehouses be cool? Apparently not.
But like all true originals, I'm From Barcelona exist in their own parallel universe, a realm where petty notions of cool hold little sway. Sling all the names you want, because - la la la - they can't hear you, they don't care. Like the Polyphonic Spree before them, Lundgren and co are their own self-contained party, a gang of mates cheering each other on. But while you had to climb into a robe to really join the party with the Spree, IFB are a far more ramshackle and inclusive affair, a stage invasion that's spilled back off the stage.
The lyrics, therefore, are an open-hearted reflection of this ethos. Treehouse uses the concept of a "you and me house" to celebrate solidarity and outsiderdom ("nobody can see us"). "Collection Of Stamps" isn't so much about philately as optimism, the stamps representing the boundless possibilities of life ("Every stamp in my collection is a place we could go"). "Chicken Pox", meanwhile, isn't really about chicken pox at all but heartbreak, the line "You can't have it once you've had it" referring to Lundgren's capacity for falling in love.
Like The Flaming Lips, then, IFB are bruised optimists, but ones with just a few bruises and their wide-eyed sense of awe in the world very much intact. Whereas Wayne Coyne is obviously an adult trying to reclaim a sense of childlike joy, there's something genuinely childlike about these songs.
September 17th, the End Of The Road festival. While Richard Hawley plays on the main stage, IFB snake through the back of the crowd, singing and making merry, leading the curious to a wooded path for an impromptu gig. You either join in with something like this or let life pass you by. Hand us a kazoo please."
Me again: Complimentary Kazoos at JoyfiendFest.
If we were going to have MagellanFest or Joyfiend Festival, we'd hold our breath until they, Jens Lekman, Herman Dune and The Spree showed up. Someone call the fire marshall because the bands alone will put attendance in triple digits.
DOWNLOAD> I'm from Barcelona - "We're from Barcelona"
DOWNLOAD> I'm from Barcelona - "Treehouse"
LAUNCH, Music on Yahoo! - I'm From Barcelona - Let Me Introduce My Friends: "I'm From Barcelona - 'Let Me Introduce My Friends'
September 15th, Brixton Jamm. A stripped down version of I'm From Barcelona (a mere 22 members, as opposed to their full complement of 29), is bouncing through the Gig Of The Year. Frontman Emmanuel Lundgren dusts the dancing fans with handfuls of confetti, balloons bobs across the 250-strong crowd, band members rattle fruit maracas and work handheld bubble machines, guys with kazoos are hauled out of the audience, the atmosphere the happiest thing this side of The Flaming Lips. 'It's like a children's party', observes Lundgren, with a grin.
Depending on your temperament, this translates to either the Feelgood Band Of 2006 or a horrific saccharine overdose. Reviews thus far have been strangely polarised - critics either buy into the charm of a collective that was originally started as a bit of holiday fun by web designer Lundgren and wasn't meant to last longer than a week, or react viciously, sneering at the primary colours of the music and the supposedly twee subject matter. Can a band that sings about stamp collecting, chicken pox and treehouses be cool? Apparently not.
But like all true originals, I'm From Barcelona exist in their own parallel universe, a realm where petty notions of cool hold little sway. Sling all the names you want, because - la la la - they can't hear you, they don't care. Like the Polyphonic Spree before them, Lundgren and co are their own self-contained party, a gang of mates cheering each other on. But while you had to climb into a robe to really join the party with the Spree, IFB are a far more ramshackle and inclusive affair, a stage invasion that's spilled back off the stage.
The lyrics, therefore, are an open-hearted reflection of this ethos. Treehouse uses the concept of a "you and me house" to celebrate solidarity and outsiderdom ("nobody can see us"). "Collection Of Stamps" isn't so much about philately as optimism, the stamps representing the boundless possibilities of life ("Every stamp in my collection is a place we could go"). "Chicken Pox", meanwhile, isn't really about chicken pox at all but heartbreak, the line "You can't have it once you've had it" referring to Lundgren's capacity for falling in love.
Like The Flaming Lips, then, IFB are bruised optimists, but ones with just a few bruises and their wide-eyed sense of awe in the world very much intact. Whereas Wayne Coyne is obviously an adult trying to reclaim a sense of childlike joy, there's something genuinely childlike about these songs.
September 17th, the End Of The Road festival. While Richard Hawley plays on the main stage, IFB snake through the back of the crowd, singing and making merry, leading the curious to a wooded path for an impromptu gig. You either join in with something like this or let life pass you by. Hand us a kazoo please."
Me again: Complimentary Kazoos at JoyfiendFest.
www.myspace.com/superbroke
Took an hour break yesterday and walked around the Abbot Kinney Festival. Found these guys playing and followed them around laughing and dancing.
They're like March 4th, but, um, crazier and more ramshackle with their instrumentation.
www.myspace.com/superbroke: " About superbroke
United in the attempt to uphold the rights of every citizen of this Earth to create, to freely pursue, and to fulfill his or her destiny in this life and all others, and in order that each citizen of this Earth might freely endeavor to fully live in the now each and every now of his or her life, and that each and every being is availed ample space and opportunity to dance the dance of newandexcitingthings with the SuperFlow of the Universe, whom we adore, the league of superheroes known as The Superbroke Brass and Tin and Strings Electric Marching Band Ensemble pledges to battle the forces of oppression, deception, corruption, etc. collectively known as the Evil Anti-Groove, who is the bane of all things creative.
We stand for truth, justice, and the elevation of the human spirit. We believe in the SuperFlow of the Universe and in the pursuit of ones destiny as a means of participating in this SuperFlow. We believe in the power of laughter, spontaneity, and any gesture of love as a means of equalizing the Anti-Grooves nefarious influence in this world.
We believe in loosening the Sphincter of the world.
We pledge our assistance and offer our superpowers wherever the Evil Anti-Groove perpetuates injustice, oppresses the human spirit, or otherwise connives to disrupt the natural and precious Flow of the universe, amen.
The Superbroke Brass and Tin and Strings...'s Friend Space"
They're like March 4th, but, um, crazier and more ramshackle with their instrumentation.
www.myspace.com/superbroke: " About superbroke
United in the attempt to uphold the rights of every citizen of this Earth to create, to freely pursue, and to fulfill his or her destiny in this life and all others, and in order that each citizen of this Earth might freely endeavor to fully live in the now each and every now of his or her life, and that each and every being is availed ample space and opportunity to dance the dance of newandexcitingthings with the SuperFlow of the Universe, whom we adore, the league of superheroes known as The Superbroke Brass and Tin and Strings Electric Marching Band Ensemble pledges to battle the forces of oppression, deception, corruption, etc. collectively known as the Evil Anti-Groove, who is the bane of all things creative.
We stand for truth, justice, and the elevation of the human spirit. We believe in the SuperFlow of the Universe and in the pursuit of ones destiny as a means of participating in this SuperFlow. We believe in the power of laughter, spontaneity, and any gesture of love as a means of equalizing the Anti-Grooves nefarious influence in this world.
We believe in loosening the Sphincter of the world.
We pledge our assistance and offer our superpowers wherever the Evil Anti-Groove perpetuates injustice, oppresses the human spirit, or otherwise connives to disrupt the natural and precious Flow of the universe, amen.
The Superbroke Brass and Tin and Strings...'s Friend Space"
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
DOWNLOAD Calexico - "Alone Again Or"
Sometimes a song gets so woven into my cortex that it brings me joy to sing along to the synapse frequency and melancholy to think that no one can hear the tenor of the joy that it brings.
So download this, fuckers!
DOWNLOAD: Calexico - "Alone Again Or"
Comments from Drowned in Sound, and hello to newest reader and Portland friend KellyMo.
Drowned in Sound - Reviews - Singles - Calexico - Alone Again Or: "What with the current appreciation for the dusty doom of sixties anti-hippies Love, this cover of ‘Alone Again Or’ is a deservedly attention-attracting if not slightly zeigtgeist-y release by Calexico.
Fortunately its a wonderful take on a classic song; crossing the American border, it’s a taco-flavoured mariachi effort with a beautiful trumpet weaving its patterns with free abandon over the top, underpinned by tequila-soaked guitars and percussion. It combines tasy tex-mex drama with a hazy, widescreen outlook, and is really rather great.
"
So download this, fuckers!
DOWNLOAD: Calexico - "Alone Again Or"
Comments from Drowned in Sound, and hello to newest reader and Portland friend KellyMo.
Drowned in Sound - Reviews - Singles - Calexico - Alone Again Or: "What with the current appreciation for the dusty doom of sixties anti-hippies Love, this cover of ‘Alone Again Or’ is a deservedly attention-attracting if not slightly zeigtgeist-y release by Calexico.
Fortunately its a wonderful take on a classic song; crossing the American border, it’s a taco-flavoured mariachi effort with a beautiful trumpet weaving its patterns with free abandon over the top, underpinned by tequila-soaked guitars and percussion. It combines tasy tex-mex drama with a hazy, widescreen outlook, and is really rather great.
"
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Stretching
About to be picked up to go see The Spree.
Stretching out my calves so as not to be sore from jumping around.
8^)
Stretching out my calves so as not to be sore from jumping around.
8^)
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Lupe Fiasco - Could've Been
Digging the new album by rapper Lupe Fiasco. You might know him from the skater song 'Kick. Push.' Worth a YouTube visit, at least.
He's got a laid-back flow that's smart, witty and generally abstains from the booty'n'bling viewpoint. He also forgoes the Kanyé self-aggrandizement.
One of the first rap discs I've listened to all the way through in ages.
DOWNLOAD: Lupe Fiasco - "Could've Been"
He's got a laid-back flow that's smart, witty and generally abstains from the booty'n'bling viewpoint. He also forgoes the Kanyé self-aggrandizement.
One of the first rap discs I've listened to all the way through in ages.
DOWNLOAD: Lupe Fiasco - "Could've Been"
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Smalltalk - a Jens Lekman mix
New favorite artist Jens Lekman (see 'A Summer's Night on Hammer Hill') has posted his own little summer mp3 mix at his website.
Unfortunately, his bandwidth is slow as fuck, so we reposted here. Fun, gorgeous pop music. He calls it 'The Death of This Summer MP3' but it sounds more like Holding onto Summer Picnic Sunshine MP3 to me.
DOWNLOAD: Jens Lekman - The Death of This Summer MP3
And if anyone's reading this by way of the Unofficial Polyphonic Spree forum, welcome. Stay a while, won't you?
Smalltalk: "Sometimes I get stuck in the recording and writing but instead of cutting my wrists I open the window, bring out my records and put together little mixes for my friends. This one is a mix of some of my favourite songs from this summer and previous ones, some are cut up and put together into new songs, new remixes or whatever. They form a perfect response to the death of this summer.
Jens Lekman - The Death of This Summer MP3
But I'm a Prisoner of This Moment (short sample) /// TTA - Silly Crimes /// Arthur Russell - Lucky Cloud /// Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens - Kazet /// One , Two , Three... /// Ennio Morricone - Mon Nom Est Personne /// Simmar vi , Sv�var vi , �lskar vi /// Most Valuable Players - AC in HCMC /// America - Ventura Highway /// Julien Jabre - Swimming places /// Action Biker - Farrah"
Unfortunately, his bandwidth is slow as fuck, so we reposted here. Fun, gorgeous pop music. He calls it 'The Death of This Summer MP3' but it sounds more like Holding onto Summer Picnic Sunshine MP3 to me.
DOWNLOAD: Jens Lekman - The Death of This Summer MP3
And if anyone's reading this by way of the Unofficial Polyphonic Spree forum, welcome. Stay a while, won't you?
Smalltalk: "Sometimes I get stuck in the recording and writing but instead of cutting my wrists I open the window, bring out my records and put together little mixes for my friends. This one is a mix of some of my favourite songs from this summer and previous ones, some are cut up and put together into new songs, new remixes or whatever. They form a perfect response to the death of this summer.
Jens Lekman - The Death of This Summer MP3
But I'm a Prisoner of This Moment (short sample) /// TTA - Silly Crimes /// Arthur Russell - Lucky Cloud /// Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens - Kazet /// One , Two , Three... /// Ennio Morricone - Mon Nom Est Personne /// Simmar vi , Sv�var vi , �lskar vi /// Most Valuable Players - AC in HCMC /// America - Ventura Highway /// Julien Jabre - Swimming places /// Action Biker - Farrah"
LA Times article on The Spree
have to admit i've got a bit of trepidation when i comes to the new Spree's 'more political, more rock album'.
i fear change. 8)
love the last quote. i've got difficulty with taking care of myself...
calendarlive.com: FAST TRACKS - Another Spree begins: "Now, the Spree returns with 'Wait,' a five song EP that includes covers of the Psychedelic Furs' '80s chestnut 'Love My Way' and an ecstatic-sounding cover of Nirvana's 'Lithium' produced by Jon Brion (who is behind hits for Fiona Apple and Kanye West).
And all two-dozen members will pull in to the scene of the group's earlier breakdown, the Fonda, on Sept. 10 — part of a two-week U.S. tour — with a new perspective.
'Things most definitely have changed,' DeLaughter says. 'It's evolved into this community property. Before, it was more about my personal space. Now it's more about a community of ideas.'
He also seizes the opportunity to correct a common misperception about the Polyphonic Spree: 'A lot has been misconstrued about us: that we have this happy, clappy situation where everyone is in a constant state of zeal,' DeLaughter says. 'Not true. There are major dynamics in a five-piece band. Can you imagine the issues when you have five of those bands as one?'
...
As if mounting a tour and releasing new music weren't enough, the Spree has remained busy for the last year recording a highly politicized, more "rock-oriented" album, "The Fragile Army," which it will release next spring. Also, DeLaughter and his wife and bandmate Julie Doyle are expecting their fourth child in December.
"We're used to overwhelming ourselves," DeLaughter says in his lazy, Texan drawl. "Hence, the four kids, label, record store and 24-piece band.""
i fear change. 8)
love the last quote. i've got difficulty with taking care of myself...
calendarlive.com: FAST TRACKS - Another Spree begins: "Now, the Spree returns with 'Wait,' a five song EP that includes covers of the Psychedelic Furs' '80s chestnut 'Love My Way' and an ecstatic-sounding cover of Nirvana's 'Lithium' produced by Jon Brion (who is behind hits for Fiona Apple and Kanye West).
And all two-dozen members will pull in to the scene of the group's earlier breakdown, the Fonda, on Sept. 10 — part of a two-week U.S. tour — with a new perspective.
'Things most definitely have changed,' DeLaughter says. 'It's evolved into this community property. Before, it was more about my personal space. Now it's more about a community of ideas.'
He also seizes the opportunity to correct a common misperception about the Polyphonic Spree: 'A lot has been misconstrued about us: that we have this happy, clappy situation where everyone is in a constant state of zeal,' DeLaughter says. 'Not true. There are major dynamics in a five-piece band. Can you imagine the issues when you have five of those bands as one?'
...
As if mounting a tour and releasing new music weren't enough, the Spree has remained busy for the last year recording a highly politicized, more "rock-oriented" album, "The Fragile Army," which it will release next spring. Also, DeLaughter and his wife and bandmate Julie Doyle are expecting their fourth child in December.
"We're used to overwhelming ourselves," DeLaughter says in his lazy, Texan drawl. "Hence, the four kids, label, record store and 24-piece band.""
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Banksy - Indoors
Banksy is the guerilla artist who slyly hung up one of his pieces of work at The Tate (?) in London.
He's doing a 3 day graffiti extravaganza here in LA over the BloomKing wedding weekend.
Banksy - Indoors
He's doing a 3 day graffiti extravaganza here in LA over the BloomKing wedding weekend.
Banksy - Indoors
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