~There it is.
All my dirty Postcard love.
Iām on catch-up hereā¦insanely gifted manā¦
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Never really got Aztec Camera, but Frame is a much better guitarist than I realised.
But I did get Neil Finn. Here with his brother.
Crowded House at Pompey Guildhall many years ago still one of my favourite gigs.
Wiki tells me itās nearly 10 years since Grant McLennan died.
So hereās a tributeā¦
And anotherā¦
Been playing this a lot on 6music of late (and just now), everytime I hear it I seem to love it more. Cracking track this:
Django unchainedā¦
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Astor unchainedā¦
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I see your Astor and raise you a Gustavo.
I tried to hire this guy to score a documentary on string theory (get it?) but was blocked by the most unimaginative (and then some) executive Iāve ever worked with. The next time I heard him was on his debut film composerās gig, doing the soundtrack to Brokeback Mountain.
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Just back from Green Man Festival. A couple of honourable mentions (Bill Ryder-Jones/Hookworms/The Fall).
Stand out performance thoughā¦Father John Misty. Just brilliant showmanship. Talented man.
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Originally posted by @TheCholulaKid
Just back from Green Man Festival. A couple of honourable mentions (Bill Ryder-Jones/Hookworms/The Fall).
Stand out performance thoughā¦Father John Misty. Just brilliant showmanship. Talented man.
I really enjoyed him at Glasto, too. Shame, I only knew a couple of songs. But, as you say he is very entertaining on stage. His album has since become something I listen to fairly often, I find it odd I like it so much as it isnāt really my usual thing.
Originally posted by @TheCholulaKid
Just back from Green Man Festival. A couple of honourable mentions (Bill Ryder-Jones/Hookworms/The Fall).
Stand out performance thoughā¦Father John Misty. Just brilliant showmanship. Talented man.
Did you check out Calexico on Friday?
Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
Astor unchainedā¦
Piazzolla is indeed brilliant. To tie two threads togther, you can hear his work to incredibly haunting effect on the Argentinian movie Sur, a deeply troubling dreamscape of a film about the damage wreaked by the Junta.
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Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
Originally posted by @TheCholulaKid
Just back from Green Man Festival. A couple of honourable mentions (Bill Ryder-Jones/Hookworms/The Fall).
Stand out performance thoughā¦Father John Misty. Just brilliant showmanship. Talented man.
Did you check out Calexico on Friday?
I did. Friday seems a long time ago now - they shouldāve been on my shortlist. They were great - but then I knew they would be. Both my kids loved them too.
Forgot Tom Robinson tooā¦
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Thatās lovely - you can see Cole is really enjoying being let loose as a musician. I think the guitarist is Oscar Moore, who is HUGELY influential.
I came to Piazzolla quite by accident whilst skipping the few TV channels we had in the mid '80s. He was playing a live studio concert on BBC2 and the emotional intensity of his music just smashed me in the guts. I hit him at his peakā¦instantly accessibleā¦his Nuevo Tango Quintet were at the peak of their collective powers having just recorded āTango Zero Hourā.
If I need an emotional release I always turn to him. If anyone wants an introduction the1984 gig he played at the Montreal Jazz Festival is available in its entireity on YouTubeā¦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2EgoGBzi2s
Is Sur on YouTube Furball?
Donāt think so LITSL, itās hard to find at the best of times. I have a DVD thatās a few generations away from the original.
Now hereās a track I DID get to use in a film, and I find it the most transcendently beautiful piece of music.
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And hereās a piece I produced (with Vic Coppersmith-Heaven, producer of The Jam) in a flea-bitten studio in Madagascar - since covered by John Williams, the classical guitarist. (Quality is a bit youtube-rough, sorry).
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Originally posted by @TheCholulaKid
Just back from Green Man Festival. A couple of honourable mentions (Bill Ryder-Jones/Hookworms/The Fall).
Stand out performance thoughā¦Father John Misty. Just brilliant showmanship. Talented man.
Was my favourite set at Glasto as well, heās a very engaging performer. Sounds better on the album as his songs are quite high-production but heās great to watch. Really funny as well!
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