Song of the day: Sarah Jaffe - Even Born Again

Listen to it here: http://nightlifeblog.quickdfw.com/archives/2008/05/hot-and-fresh-even-born-again.html

or on her myspace page. (Better quality)

Press

NPR:

Jaffe conflates the personal and the spiritual throughout "Even Born Again," singing, "And I would gladly die for you / selfishly but willingly." It's a powerful statement of devotion, but it's also a clever bit of self-analysis: She understands that memory, like salvation through death, often works only to serve oneself. One of the two parties involved has gone missing for all future events, so in essence the relationship has achieved the permanence that eluded it in life.

She's what, 22 years old? Good song. Love the 'chorus' chord progression. Yes, Sarah Harmer vocal sounds but with a clearer, clouded edge, if that makes sense.

Ribfest 2008

The ugly, the bad, and the good.

So, get home in the evening last night and guess what, another black out in Parkdale. I really love this area... makes you feel. I was turning up my street and it was obvious, all lights were out.

Was supposed to watch and record the Jane Jacobs special on TVO finally... was all set up, except again plans change, maybe a sign, of, well, changed plans.

On the good side, finally, purchased the cart before the horse, once again. Got a lens for my eventual camera!! Got it used off RFD in mint condition. Now looking for that D90. So far, I'm ecstatic about this!:




...with another 3 years left on the warranty! Perhaps the only lens I'll need before moving up to full frame in a few years...

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/18200.htm

Song of the Day: John Prine - Crazy as a loon

Dakota tavern cover song. Can't find the original music yet btu working on it, so check back.

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prine

Lyrics: http://www.metrolyrics.com/crazy-as-a-loon-lyrics-john-prine.html

Covers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cMoCMQTF2A (Conor Oberst)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=257vcju03vs&feature=related

Official website: http://www.johnprine.net/


Chord pro:

{t:Crazy as a Loon }
{st:(John Prine/Pat McLaughin)}
#
{ci:Intro:}
#
[A] [D] [A]
[E] [A]
[D] [A] [E] [A]

Back before I was a [D]movie star
Straight off of the [A]farm
I had a picture of [E]another man's wife
Tattooed on my [A]arm
With a pack of Camel [D]cigarettes
In the sleeve of my tee [A]shirt
I headin' out to [E]Hollywood
Just to have my feelings [A]hurt

[A]That town will make you [D]crazy
Just give it a little [A]time
You'll be walking 'round in [E]circles
Down at Hollywood and [A]Vine
You'll be waitin' on a [D]phone call
At the wrong end of a [A]broom
Yes, that town'll make you [E]crazy
Crazy as a [A]loon

[A]So, I headed down to [D]Nashville
To become a country [A]star
Every night you'd find me [E]hangin'
At every honky-tonk and [A]bar
Pretty soon I met a [D]woman
Pretty soon she done me [A]wrong
Pretty soon my life got [E]sadder
Than any country [A]song

[A]That town will make you [D]crazy
Just give it a little [A]time
You'll be walking 'round in [E]circles
Lookin' for that country [A]rhyme
You'll be waitin' on a [D]phone call
At the wrong end of a [A]broom
Yeah, that town'll make you [E]crazy
Crazy as a [A]loon

{ci:Instrumental:}
#
[A] [D] [A] [E] [A]
[A] [D] [A] [E] [A]

[A]So, I gathered up my [D]savvy
Bought myself a business [A]suit
I headed up to New York [E]City
Where a man can make some [A]loot
I got hired Monday [D]morning
Downsized that [A]afternoon
Overcome with grief that [E]evening
Now I'm crazy as a [A]loon

[A]So I'm up here in the [D]north woods
Just staring at a [A]lake
Wondering just exactly how [E]much
They think a man can [A]take
I eat fish to pass the [D]time away
'Neath this blue Canadian [A]moon
This old world has made me [E]crazy
Crazy as a [A]loon
Lord, this world will make you [E]crazy
Crazy as a [A]loon

{ci:Ending:}
#
[A] [D] [A] [E] [A]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] [D] [A]

New Neko Case Album - Middle Cyclone

Torrent: http://www.newtorrents.info/down.php?id=57522&location=http://www.mp3nova.org/download.php?id=10074

"Legal" free listen here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100826714

Ultimately, Case says, the songs on Middle Cyclone are more about the universal need for love, regardless of what form it may take.

Neko talks about her new album here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m1A20283IBV9RY

Why I have no problems uploading/downloading/sharing music

http://www.negativland.com/albini.html

Beyond that, sharing gets the music out. If I like it, I think others may too. From there, simple exposure will lead to indirect sales of the album, band paraphernalia, and perhaps most importantly, attendance at live shows, which will increase. These kinds of sales are what ultimately support the artist, not the album sales.

I don't know, maybe I'm wrong here... any differing opinions?

Poem: Leonard Cohen in New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/03/02/090302po_poem_cohen

I used to be your favorite drunk

Good for one more laugh

Then we both ran out of luck

And luck was all we had

You put on a uniform

To fight the Civil War

I tried to join but no one liked

The side I’m fighting for

So let’s drink to when it’s over

And let’s drink to when we meet

I’ll be standing on this corner

Where there used to be a street... (con't)

Good idea. Too bad it looks like crap.

Expanding / contracting bookcase.

http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/plus-bookcase-expands-to-meet-your-storage-needs/

Re: Elvis Costello's and Bill Shatner's talk shows

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2008/12/22/081222crte_television_franklin

see clips here: http://www.sundancechannel.com/series/spectacle

New M. Ward - Hold Time

It's as majestic and lonely as his previous albums (the ones I've listened to), so it's gonna be great, just giving limited listenings now cuz the sound isn't as original as it once was. If you're a first timer to M. Ward, you're gonna love it. I'd love to hear him do an old country album, or something along the lines of The Burrito Brothers, he'd kill it.

Torrent download: http://isohunt.com/download/66689481/m+ward+hold+time.torrent

Metacritic review: http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/wardm/holdtime

The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/recordings/2009/02/23/090223gore_GOAT_recordings_greenman

NY: ... When Ward sings “So draw back your bows, you hunters,” it’s impossible not to think of Leonard Cohen, just as when he sings “absolute beginners” it’s impossible not to think of David Bowie....

Artist asked for payments countersues.

In a pre-emptive strike, the street artist Shepard Fairey filed a lawsuit on Monday against The Associated Press, asking a federal judge to declare that he is protected from copyright infringement claims in his use of a news photograph as the basis for a now ubiquitous campaign poster image of President Obama...

..According to the suit, A.P. officials contacted Mr. Fairey’s studio late last month demanding payment for the use of the photo and a portion of any money he makes from it.

The suit asks the judge to declare that Mr. Fairey’s work is protected under fair-use exceptions to copyright law, which allow limited use of copyrighted materials for purposes like criticism or comment.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/arts/design/10fair.html?_r=1

A better look: http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/02/shepard-fairey-sues-associated-press.html

-- Bob Clarida, an expert in copyright and intellectual property laws, has stated that, “This would be a tough fair use argument (for Shepard Fairey) to win because the 'transformation' is purely in the look of the work, not the purpose. There's no commentary going on.

_ I disagree. I think it's quite clear that a purposeful transformation has taken place. The message of the work has changed with significant value added.