I ran into this video while browsing YouTube the other day and I thought this bit by comedian Rob Paravonian was pretty clever. I like music, I like to laugh, so it’s nice when these two things come together. Lovely satire Rob, very well done.
Enjoy the holidays everyone. More music is being collected as I speak.
And for anyone who would like to get in touch with me, send me music to listen to and possibly promote, or just say hi I’ve obtained a new email address. From this point on this blog will use the email the_worldforgot@yahoo.com.
Well, today is offically Christmas Eve. And for this little slice of the internet that means that today marks the last day I will be posting Christmas music. I hope you’re all enjoying the holiday, no matter what country you live in. In fact, I hope you’re not reading this blog right now because you’re too busy preparing for the festivities or you are actually celebrating them already. If you are reading this on Christmas Eve I appreciate that you chose to stop by for a little while, now go and have some fun with friends and family.
We’ve all heard the buzz surrounding the new Arcade Fire album due out in 2007. And if you’re even one half as excited for it as I am you’re ready to buy the disc the day it hits the stores. My only fear is that it will lack the intensity, the sense of play that made their debut, Funeral, such an amazing album.
Anyway, here’s to hoping the long wait between albums has allowed them to skip right over the dreaded sophomore slump. Enjoy the music, the first nine tracks is the live recording off of KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic show. And I must say these songs sound amazing. The last track posted here is the new Arcade Fire single entitled Intervention as heard on BBC 1.
Recently Broc Stanage, possibly better known as the indie folk outfit Forgather, has been rereleasing some of his older material. I’ve taken to downloading his tracks and rehosting them on my blog as they’ll get a much wider ciruculation this way.
If you like good music you’ll love Forgather. Download and enjoy.
When I started this blog I never expected to post anything to do with the band No-Doubt. To be honest I liked their style and their sound a lot more back when Gwen was sporting pink hair and the rest of the band didn’t come across like some punk-rockers in a B-list movie. Apparently they still have an audience somewhere in the world, and guessing from Gwen’s latest solo efforts that somewhere is probably Japan.
This song is from way back, during the era when all you heard in the summer was Sugar Ray, Fastball, the Goo Goo Dolls, and of course No Doubt on the radio. It’s a solid acoustic effort and it showcases the idea that this band is made up of actual musicians, not just eye candy.
For the next couple of days, maybe even weeks, my life is going to be extremely busy. Therefore the frequency of my posting will probably drop a bit and for this I apologize. I’ll still try to throw up some music and some lovin for you all, but don’t expect anything spectacular.
All that being said I do have this one spectacular post for you all to enjoy. About every six weeks I get a little bored with the music I’ve been listening to. And when that happens I troll the internet to find what’s getting buzz, who the kids are listening to, and who deserves a mention on this blog. And after I’ve sampled hundreds of tracks I select the music I think you all should listen to.
So here it is, the first installation of what I hope will be a long series of posts. Because I find these files in various and sundry places, and then compile them all into one hopefully convenient post, I’ve dubbed this series One Stop Shop.
Today is a sad day because it marks the last of my Seven Days of Sufjan. It was a fun trip while it lasted and I hope I provided you all with some Christmas cheer and some harder to find tracks. Thanks for all the comments everyone. Also, merry Christmas to you all. Over the past week I’ve been getting hits on this blog from every continent but Antarctica, but I’m sure that’s just because it’s summer for them right now so they’re probably off sipping cocktails and chasing penguins.
Enjoy this track from Sufjan’s Songs for Christmas. If you’re interested in the man you should take a second and read the bio posted on his label’s website. here . It’s really a rather interesting biography.
Sorry kids but I’m strapped for time right now. I’m posting this real quick before I head out into the place some people refer to as the real world. Amazing, I know.
Something else that is amazing is this song by Sufjan. Yesterday I posted the instrumental ditty that is derived from this full length song. Both are great and worthy of space on your hard drive, but this one has words, you know, if that’s what you’re into.
Everything this man plays is golden. Here’s a clip of him playing Chicago; a simple and yet stunningly beautiful song.
I’m not sitting at my own computer right now so I cannot honor the comments I received yesterday with extra Sufjan songs right now. But fear ye not, I am a man of my word and tomorrow I will upload some extra rare tracks from the man who once called Michigan his home. For today I am posting a track that I’m not sure anyone else has put online yet. Probably because it’s an instrumental track that’s rather short and rather simple. But it’s precisely these musical interludes that make Sufjan who he is. These musical leftovers are what flesh out his albums and give us all a reason to actually buy full albums instead of settling for single song downloads.
This is a video of Sufjan playing an impromptu version of “For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti” at SXSW in 2004. And yes, he was famous then too. Watch the video, it’s simply wonderful.
Another day has come and another Sufjan song is posted. This puts us just over half way through Seven Days of Sufjan and I must say it has been an enjoyable run. As I stated in the first post, if there are comments left during this time I’ll post more than one song per day. On top of the Christmas music I also have some rare and largely uncirculated Sufjan songs that I think you all would enjoy. If I don’t get any comments I’ll just keep posting one song a day. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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