Wednesday, June 07, 2006
babe you bring my smile on like no other
blogger must have something against me. crashing my firefox going down for maintenance when i finally come to post
i totally understand
Went out for Nikka Costa at Largo last night. I put it that way because the most notable thing about it is probably that I left the house, I realized how much i fucking need live music to survive. It was a fucking shot in the arm like nothing else could have been. Id gladly give up the cigarettes if someone promised to feed this addiction with some regularity. I hadnt been to a proper concert since midway through last September. Seriously tragic.
Nikka was awesome too, but I still would rather be going on Friday for Daaaahveeeeeeed Garza and Colin Hay. Shes about five months pregnant and still the funkiest bitch around. You could tell she was holding enough soul for two. She pulled out some covers (though if you're a fan of hers you know she does the same damn set for every "tour") A couple old ones that I'd never heard live from her a tune off the Color Purple ost , "Miss Celie's Blues" and Nina Simone's "I'm Gonna Leave You". Also a couple others that shes just thrown in for this run of shows, John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" and The White Stripes "Denial Twist". They were alright. Id been told they were coming and kind of expected more. I guess I can't fault the pregnant lady.
Speaking of Jack White...Paste magazine featured a list of their 100 greatest living songwriters in this months issue. It was decent (not great) for the first fifty. It got pretty ridiculous from there on. White was 59, i dont count him among the ridiculousness, hes pretty kickass (but 59?). They threw in a lot of trendy picks in the latter half, clearly pandering to their readership. Even considering something like this is kind of absurd, but they gotta fill pages i guess.I dont think I've ever posted anything from Nikka here and im too lazy to check so here goes.
Butterfly Rocket (1996)
Get Off of my Sunshine
Come Clean
Grab Hold
Everybody Got Their Something (2001)
Some Kind Of Beautiful
Hope It Felt Good
Can'tNeverDidNothin' (2005)
Funkier Than A Mosquitos Tweeter
On &On <---- you must have sex with this song on. MUST! at least once
gimme some mo...
When My Man Cries
Miss Celie's Blues
I'm Gonna Leave You
After seeing every one of Nikkas shows that was within driving distance for a few months I went on something of a hiatus. Not so much by choice. I actually stopped listening to her completely. Im a sensitive little twit. I went out for a smoke before the show started and ran into her guitarist, Josh Lopez. We talked mostly about his difficulty in picking up ass but also about my long absence
JLo: Hey we haven't see you in a while!
me: yeah i missed you guys i havent been able to come
JLo: You havent been able to come? what do you have a baby or something
me: NO! just stuff...
stuff was there last night. I was under the impression she wouldnt be. i was under the impression the only reason i was invited to attend was that she wouldnt be. oh well
heres to not so pleasant surprises.
at least i didnt throw up this time
Nikka will be at Largo again next Tuesday. and then a couple dates supporting Van Hunt, whose album is getting much better reviews than i expected. I thought maybe id missed something the first few listens so i gave it another shot.
I hadnt.
I'm going to have to post some garza and hay so you all understand why im so sad about missing them. Theyre in residency, taking over Jon Brion's usual friday nights while hes off being a genius.
I've just caught up on the last couple months Bishop Allen EPs. ive been somewhat dissapointed so far this year. heres my favorite track from them just for kicks, off of charm school
Things are what you make of them
and for laughs
i redid this sober. it may actually be a little better though im still pretty congested. the composer and i are quibbling over the vocal melody right now (also my ill-advised ornamentation but hes right about that). i prefer my way damn it. i did completely fuck the bridge though
Walls
and lolz of all lolz heres my nina simone cover. i think i dislike it more and more each time i play it. i also fuck it up worse each time i play it. i actually made up that wonderfully fucked chord sequence on my own. its the first time ive covered a song i couldnt find a tab for not much of an accomplishment considering
Be My Husband
im going to throw my guitar out the window
the world will be a better place for it
wars will end tears will cease to fall
i totally understand
Went out for Nikka Costa at Largo last night. I put it that way because the most notable thing about it is probably that I left the house, I realized how much i fucking need live music to survive. It was a fucking shot in the arm like nothing else could have been. Id gladly give up the cigarettes if someone promised to feed this addiction with some regularity. I hadnt been to a proper concert since midway through last September. Seriously tragic.
Nikka was awesome too, but I still would rather be going on Friday for Daaaahveeeeeeed Garza and Colin Hay. Shes about five months pregnant and still the funkiest bitch around. You could tell she was holding enough soul for two. She pulled out some covers (though if you're a fan of hers you know she does the same damn set for every "tour") A couple old ones that I'd never heard live from her a tune off the Color Purple ost , "Miss Celie's Blues" and Nina Simone's "I'm Gonna Leave You". Also a couple others that shes just thrown in for this run of shows, John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" and The White Stripes "Denial Twist". They were alright. Id been told they were coming and kind of expected more. I guess I can't fault the pregnant lady.
Speaking of Jack White...Paste magazine featured a list of their 100 greatest living songwriters in this months issue. It was decent (not great) for the first fifty. It got pretty ridiculous from there on. White was 59, i dont count him among the ridiculousness, hes pretty kickass (but 59?). They threw in a lot of trendy picks in the latter half, clearly pandering to their readership. Even considering something like this is kind of absurd, but they gotta fill pages i guess.I dont think I've ever posted anything from Nikka here and im too lazy to check so here goes.
Butterfly Rocket (1996)
Get Off of my Sunshine
Come Clean
Grab Hold
Everybody Got Their Something (2001)
Some Kind Of Beautiful
Hope It Felt Good
Can'tNeverDidNothin' (2005)
Funkier Than A Mosquitos Tweeter
On &On <---- you must have sex with this song on. MUST! at least once
gimme some mo...
When My Man Cries
Miss Celie's Blues
I'm Gonna Leave You
After seeing every one of Nikkas shows that was within driving distance for a few months I went on something of a hiatus. Not so much by choice. I actually stopped listening to her completely. Im a sensitive little twit. I went out for a smoke before the show started and ran into her guitarist, Josh Lopez. We talked mostly about his difficulty in picking up ass but also about my long absence
JLo: Hey we haven't see you in a while!
me: yeah i missed you guys i havent been able to come
JLo: You havent been able to come? what do you have a baby or something
me: NO! just stuff...
stuff was there last night. I was under the impression she wouldnt be. i was under the impression the only reason i was invited to attend was that she wouldnt be. oh well
heres to not so pleasant surprises.
at least i didnt throw up this time
Nikka will be at Largo again next Tuesday. and then a couple dates supporting Van Hunt, whose album is getting much better reviews than i expected. I thought maybe id missed something the first few listens so i gave it another shot.
I hadnt.
I'm going to have to post some garza and hay so you all understand why im so sad about missing them. Theyre in residency, taking over Jon Brion's usual friday nights while hes off being a genius.
I've just caught up on the last couple months Bishop Allen EPs. ive been somewhat dissapointed so far this year. heres my favorite track from them just for kicks, off of charm school
Things are what you make of them
and for laughs
i redid this sober. it may actually be a little better though im still pretty congested. the composer and i are quibbling over the vocal melody right now (also my ill-advised ornamentation but hes right about that). i prefer my way damn it. i did completely fuck the bridge though
Walls
and lolz of all lolz heres my nina simone cover. i think i dislike it more and more each time i play it. i also fuck it up worse each time i play it. i actually made up that wonderfully fucked chord sequence on my own. its the first time ive covered a song i couldnt find a tab for not much of an accomplishment considering
Be My Husband
im going to throw my guitar out the window
the world will be a better place for it
wars will end tears will cease to fall
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