Showing posts with label the blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the blues. Show all posts

Friday, January 8, 2010

Youtube binging on E. Smith

I tend towards excess in some things like, Bravo shows, HBO series, and playing the same artist for an insanely long time. Freud would say that this is a sign that I peaked at infancy. Oh Freud! You're probably right.
Anyway, I'm not so blue today. In fact I'm very excited for the weekend ahead. I'll be seeing many of my favorite people (you know who you are!) and there is ramen in my near future. Despite, this I'm still hooked on some moody-ass music, but it's great music! Well, at least I think so. Today, I am posting Elliott Smith's "Say Yes." This is the first song I ever heard from him, which I discovered through my old roommate in Memphis, Bryan. I am so very infinintly grateful to you my dear (pun intended, for any philosophers reading).
Inevitably, of course, I fell very deeply in love with Smith's music and got a couple of records, including his last record From a Basement on the Hill, released after his death in 2003, which was and still is very tragic. So, about this video that I want to share with you,I like it because you get to hear him chat it up a bit, something I always like. I've spent the whole day listening to various versions of his songs. All day people! And, well, I liked this video the best for that small snippet of a conversation. Okay, enjoy, maybe catch the bug and binge a little on E. Smith yourself, but whatever you do, definitely have an awesome weekend!!!


Tuesday, January 5, 2010

This is my pulse: part II

January blues? I don't know, but my pulse is still low. The scientists say the cold lowers the heart rate, so maybe that's why. I'm posting Cat Power's Metal Heart. The first version she released in 1998. The video plays a collage of what she looked like back then. I'd only ever seen her with the long hair. She looks so young in these shots. Anyway, I saw her play "Metal Heart" live in 08 for the Jukebox tour up at Terminal 5. It was a trying concert, there were a lot of sound problems, but she made it work. The venue isn't great for her, it's too gigantically cavernous. I wish I'd caught her when she played at the High Tone in Memphis. I totally regret it. It's the perfect space for her. Anyway, to get back on topic, this is my shade of blue today: