Rather than blogging, my online procrastination this month will take the form of ludicrous MP3 filled emails to friends. Enjoy the copy-and-paste chaos, sans the actual music. The fuzz wouldn't like that.
According to Chris, I review music as if it was a fine wine. He couldn't be any more right.
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Ok Sharelle,
The mix CD is only 4 or 5 months overdue. As "consolation", get ready
for a month of semi daily messages filled with MP3s, fully annotated.
To you "cc" folks, I know that you guys like music as well, so I
thought that I may as well send this to ya. Let me know if you want
me to stop filling your inboxes full of copious amounts of music.
This "premier issue" features two of my favorite tracks from the last month:
First is "Searching For My Love", by Ted Hawkings. This is the
opening track to a highly recommended CD given to me by my uncle Rob.
He was right - Ted Hawkins voice drips with the soul and the track is
a throwback to days past. Hawkins was a famous busker from Venice
Beach who tragically died the year he was discovered in the early
90's. This song is culled from a CD released posthumously of his
busking songs.
Second is "Leslie Ann Levine" by the Decemberists, off of their first
full length. Last years Decemberists' album "Her Majesty's..."was in
my top 5 last year, so I decided to download some of their earlier
stuff, only to find that it was AT LEAST as good as the last. This
song stands out as a demonstration of the quirky lyrical style of the
band. The vocals are fairly nasally, which I find actually
compliments the bands well read demeanour.
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