okay, so first let me say that my music collection is pretty diverse. i have over 5000 mp3's on my computer, and it grows constantly. i know most of you have more than that (damn nerds), but i still feel i have a substantial collection. granted, a large portion of that is every nine inch nails song ever, every elliott smith song ever (including EVERY b-side and rarity, and live performances), etc.
a lot of the music i listen to, other than the above mentioned, is female vocalist stuff. this consists of 98% indie music, and some trip hop. i love female vocalists. not the poppy stuff, but the COOL stuff, you know? especially le tigre. i guess this comes from my past in choir through junior high and part of high school.
so here's some stuff i've been listening to lately, with lyrics.
jenny owen youngs - "fuck was i"
Love grows in me like a tumor,
parasites bent on devouring its host.
I'm developing my sense of humor,
till I can laugh at my heart between your teeth,
till I can laugh at my face beneath your feet.
Skillet on the stove is such a temptation,
maybe I'll be the lucky one that doesnt get burned.
What the fuck was I thinking?
Love plows through me like a dozer,
I've got more give than a bale of hay,
and there's always a big mess left over.
What did you do?
What did you say?
Skillet on the stove is such a temptation,
maybe I'll be the special one that doesnt get burned.
What the fuck was I thinking?
Love tears me up like a demon.
Opens the wounds and fills them with lead,
and I'm having some trouble just breathing.
If we werent such good friends I think that I'd hate you.
If we weren't such good friends I'd wish you were dead
Oh it's so embarrasing
I'm this awkward and uncomprable thing,
and I'm running out of places to hide
regina spektor - "hotel song"
Come in, come in
Come into my world I've got to show
Show show you
Come into my bed
I've got to know
Know know you
I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
You will never be my
You will never be my fool
Will never be my fool
Floaters in my eyes
Wake up in an hotel room
Cigarettes and lies
I am a child, it's too soon
I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
You will never be my
You will never be my fool
Will never be my fool
A little bag of cocaine
A little bag of cocaine
So who's the girl wearing my dress
I figured out her number
Inside a paper napkin
But I don't know her address I wade downstairs
The porter smiles to me a smile
I've bought
With a couple of gold coins
A sign that I've been caught
I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
You will never be my
You will never be my dear
Will never be my dear, dear friend
Dear dear friend, dear dear friend...
A little bag of cocaine
A little bag of cocaine
So who's the girl wearing my dress
I figured out her number
Inside a paper napkin
But I don't know her address
Come in, come in
Come into my world I've got to show
Show show you
Come into my bed
I've got to know
Know know you
I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
You will never be my
You will never be my dear
Will never be my dear, dear friend
Dear dear friend, dear dear friend...
regina spektor - "that time"
Hey remember the time when I found a human tooth down on Delancey
Hey remember that time we decided to kiss anywhere except the mouth
Hey remember that time when my favorite colors were pink and green
Hey remember that month when I only ate boxes of tangerines
So cheap and juicy, tangerines
Hey remember that time when I would only read Shakespeare
Hey remember that other time when I would only read the backs of cereal boxes
Hey remember that time I tried to save a pigeon with a broken wing
A street cat got him by morning and I had to bury pieces of his body in my building's playground
I thought I was going to be sick, I thought I was going to be sick
Hey remember that time when I would only smoke Parliaments
Hey remember that time when I would only smoke Marlboros
Hey remember that time when I would only smoke Camels
Hey remember that time when I was broke
I didn't care I just bummed from my friends
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum...
Hey remember that time when you od'ed
Hey remember that other time when you od'ed for the second time
Well in the waiting room while waiting for news of you I hallucinated I could read your mind
And I was on a lot of shit too but what I saw, man, I tell you it was freaky, freaky
regina spektor - "your honor"
I kissed your lips and I tasted blood
I asked you what happened and you said, There'd been a fight.
You said I've been fighting for your honor but you wouldn't understand
I said hold on your honor I'll get ice for your hand
Oh you been fighting for my honor and I don't understand
But hold on your honor I'll get ice for your hand.
You said come on baby let's just make love it's the only thing to make me better
You said come on let's just get you out of that sweater
I said I don't kiss losers and I don't kiss winners
And I don't fight for honor cause we all are born sinners
Gargle with peroxide a steak for your eye
But I'm a vegetarian so it's a frozen pizza pie
You tell me that you care and you never do lie
And you fight for my honor but I just don't know why
Mary had a little lamb with fleece as white as snow
You've got me and I'm just a common ho
But I know what I am and I know what I ain't
So don't get cut cause I still won't be no saint
Gargle with peroxide a steak for your eye
but I'm a pizzatarian so it's a frozen pizza pie
You tell me that you love me and you never do lie
and you fight for my honor but I just don't know why
You fight for my honor and I don't understand
but hold on your honor I'll get ice for your hand
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Jason Yudoff just released his second studio album, Tragic Hero last Tuesday, May 13th. Apparently this album's been hitting the music industry rounds for a while now, because, despite just officially released to the general public, it's already been nominated in the 2008 Grammy Ballot in four categories: "Best New Artist", "Album of the Year", "Record of the Year" (for the song "Personal Addict") and "Producer of the Year" (Ron Thaler).
Since the song "Personal Addict" is nominated for "Record of the Year", I thought it that would best represent him: a little funk and jam. Even his funky voice on this song sounds a little like Jamiroquai, doesn't it?
I also really liked the frantic piano-driven song, "Locked in a Box", which really shows off Yudoff's piano-playing skill.
There's also a studio version of "Too Late Janie", which originally appeared on his live album, LIVE at The Cutting Room, which sounds a little more controlled. It even sounds better in the studio, but I did missed the improvised piano in the middle of the live version.
Tragic Hero is out now, you can find his music on amazon and itunes as well as cd baby. He's playing one show in New York at the Make Music at the Waterside Plaza on June 21st.
Links:
jasonyudoff.com
myspace.com/jasonyudoffandthenewhotness
The experimental live studio video feed from Yahoo! Live
may have caused some problems last week, but we're going to give it one
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New music featured today during "480 Minutes" will include The Fashion (Denmark), Low Vs Diamond (Los Angeles, CA), Port O'Brien (Oakland, CA), Miniature Tigers (Phoenix, AZ), Raised By Tigers (Denton, TX), Madelia (San Francisco, CA), William F. Gibbs (SC), Walter Meego (Los Angeles, CA), The Cure (Crawley, UK), Whatfor (Madison, WI), N*E*R*D (Virginia Beach, VA), Oppenheimer (Belfast, UK), Styrofoam (Antwerp, Belgium), Baskervilles (New York, NY), The Ting Tings (Salford, UK), and Mates Of State (CA).
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One of these days I will once again find the time to edit, tag, and post photos from the shows I've been attending. Promise.
The Otherside/ Gliss -at- Edinburgh Castle 5/16
The Kills/ Child Ballads -at- Slim's 5/17
Etta James -at- Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorim 5/17
Dresden Dolls/ Smoosh -at- The Fillmore 5/18
El Perro Del Mar/ Lykke Li/ Anna Termheim -at- Bimbo's 5/18
French Kicks/ The Weather Underground -at- The Independent 5/18
Arcadio/ Mist & Mast/ Definite Articles -at- Rickshaw Stop 5/21
Dizzee Rascal/ El-P/ Busdriver -at- 1015 Folsom 5/21
M.I.A. -at- Concourse Exhibition Center 5/21
The Black Hollies/ The Jizz!/ The Invasion! -at- The Hemlock 5/21
M83 -at- Great American Music Hall 5/21
The Cave Singers/ The Botticellis/ Triumph of Lethargy/ Skinned Alive To Death -at- The Independent 5/22
Mates of State -at- Slim's 5/22
Vitamin Party -at- House Of Shields 5/23
The New Centuries/ The Dont's/ Man-Miracle -at- The Hemlock Tavern 5/24
Dead Meadow -at- Slim's 5/24
Beirut -at- The Grand Regency Center 5/27
Ladytron/ Datarock/ The Delta Fiasco -at- The Fillmore 5/27
The Cure/ 65DaysofStatic -at- HP Pavillion 5/28
Asteroid #4/ Quarter After/ The Otherside -at- The Rickshaw Stop 5/28
Jamie LIdell -at- Bimbo's 5/28
Swervedriver/ Film School/ Mezzanine Owls -at- The Fillmore 5/29
Sybris/ Ex-Boyfriends/ Unwed Sailor -at- The Rickshaw Stop 5/29
The Fiery Furnaces -at- The Great American Music Hall 5/29
Ladyhawk/ Neva Dinova/ The Parish -at- Bottom of the Hill 5/30
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# The Heavenly States/ Sistas In the Pit/ The Dimes -at- Bottom of the Hill 5/31
20 Minute Loop/ Tartufi/ Yes Oh Yes -at- The Hemlock Tavern 5/31
R.E.M./ Modest Mouse/ The National -at- The Greek Theatre 5/31 & 6/1
Peter Murphy -at- The Grand Regency 6/2
The Long Blondes -at- The Great American Music Hall 6/2
The (June) Rumble -at- Harlot 6/4
Joan Of Arc/ 31 Knots/ Maus Haus -at- The Rickshaw Stop 6/5
Vauxhaul Broadcast/ Lemon Sun -at- The Hemlock Tavern 6/5
The Warlocks/ The Black Angels -at- 12 Galaxies 6/6
Los Campesinos/ Parenthetical Girls -at- Bimbo's 6/6
I'm back! I've been totally neglecting my blog here, but I've been super busy with weddings, shows, and just everyday life. I've also been working in a new website, and should have it up and running soon.
As for 80's music Friday, here is some Megadeth, one of my favorite bands from back in the day. I am photographing them on Monday in San Jose, and am looking forward to seeing them and High On Fire!
So fucking nice in San Francisco today. Good call by Simon Wistow to go get pissed at Zeitgeist with some good peeps and talk some shit. Now I'm chillin' on the couch with Rudy, who is fully worn out from his long day at work, waiting for my sweet to get home from her happy hour so we can watch Hellboy and have a private party. It's a good day!
