Anyone have Tom Wait's "Sea of Love"? Or know where I can find it on something other than the soundtrack to the movie Sea of Love? I'm all for supporting Tom Waits, but I really don't want that entire CD of over-wrought 80s thriller music. It's not on iTunes.
Can you help a brother out?
Monday, April 10, 2006
Assuming He's Alive
My friend Todd would love this.
Or would have. If he's past tense. He might have been swallowed by a Caldera.
I'd call him. But I lost his phone number. Do you have it?
Didn't think so.
Or would have. If he's past tense. He might have been swallowed by a Caldera.
I'd call him. But I lost his phone number. Do you have it?
Didn't think so.
Friday, April 07, 2006
The Low Side of the Road
Last night I walked into Matilda's room to tuck her in. She had her CD player on, as she usually does, but she wasn't listening to her usual CD. In fact, I recognized that low-grumble that was emanating out of the speakers.
"Are you listening to Tom Waits," I asked, a little taken aback.
"Yeah," she said.
"!!!!!!!," I said.
"It's on the Shrek 2 soundtrack. I think it's called 'Little Drop of Poison'."
So we chatted a bit, I kissed her and left to get a drink. As I was walking down the hallway I heard something else coming from her CD player.
"Are you listening to Nick Cave?"
This is all a little to weird. Not that I'm complaining, of course. Though I am worried. I mean, Tom Waits and Nick Cave? She'll be drinking bourbon and quoting Milton by 7th grade.
"Are you listening to Tom Waits," I asked, a little taken aback.
"Yeah," she said.
"!!!!!!!," I said.
"It's on the Shrek 2 soundtrack. I think it's called 'Little Drop of Poison'."
So we chatted a bit, I kissed her and left to get a drink. As I was walking down the hallway I heard something else coming from her CD player.
"Are you listening to Nick Cave?"
This is all a little to weird. Not that I'm complaining, of course. Though I am worried. I mean, Tom Waits and Nick Cave? She'll be drinking bourbon and quoting Milton by 7th grade.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Pleasing Mix
I created a mix that I really enjoy. I call it the "trucker" mix because it has a long-haul feeling to it. Though, honestly, I have no idea what that means. I blame Sam Beam.
1. Sun Kil Moon - Trucker's Atlas
2. Iron & Wine / Calexico - 16, Maybe Less
3. The High Llamas - HiBall Nova Scotia
4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Gates to the Garden
5. Clem Snide - Chinese Baby
6. Nick Drake - At The Chime Of A City Clock
7. Tom Waits - The Part You Throw Away
8. The Beach Boys - I Went to Sleep
9. Jon Brion - True To Yourself
10. Fleetwood Mac - Before the Beginning
11. Randy Newman - I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
12. Leonard Cohen - Bird On A Wire
13. The Essex Green - Big Green Tree
14. Buffalo Springfield - Everydays
15. Neil Young - Daddy Went Walkin'
16. Elvis Costello - The Very Thought Of You
17. Isobel Campbell - There Is No Greater Gold
18. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
19. Chocolate Genius - A Cheap Excuse
20. Marbles - Grant Me the Day
That's a Peter Green Fleetwood Mac song. Prior to the days of their suckage (i.e. before anyone in the band was drunk enough to actually sleep with Mick Fleetwood).
1. Sun Kil Moon - Trucker's Atlas
2. Iron & Wine / Calexico - 16, Maybe Less
3. The High Llamas - HiBall Nova Scotia
4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Gates to the Garden
5. Clem Snide - Chinese Baby
6. Nick Drake - At The Chime Of A City Clock
7. Tom Waits - The Part You Throw Away
8. The Beach Boys - I Went to Sleep
9. Jon Brion - True To Yourself
10. Fleetwood Mac - Before the Beginning
11. Randy Newman - I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
12. Leonard Cohen - Bird On A Wire
13. The Essex Green - Big Green Tree
14. Buffalo Springfield - Everydays
15. Neil Young - Daddy Went Walkin'
16. Elvis Costello - The Very Thought Of You
17. Isobel Campbell - There Is No Greater Gold
18. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
19. Chocolate Genius - A Cheap Excuse
20. Marbles - Grant Me the Day
That's a Peter Green Fleetwood Mac song. Prior to the days of their suckage (i.e. before anyone in the band was drunk enough to actually sleep with Mick Fleetwood).
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
I'm Real Gone
Today I am listening to Tom Waits, exclusively. Which is odd, because I bought the new Flaming Lips CD yesterday. But Tom is hitting the spot today.
Tom Waits - Hold On
Hey, he name drops St. Louis.
If you prefer your music not have whiskey and cigarette breath (which is why you listen to Tom, for crying out loud) but want a little jazzy chanteuse, I give you new Jolie Holland.
Jolie Holland - Springtime Can Kill You
And, to bring it full circle (title wise, at least) from the same label:
Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
All from the same label, too. Groovy.
And if that's not good enough for you, well then you can't be pleased. So stop blaming me for all of the poor choices you made in your life. What am I, your shrink? Now git.
Tom Waits - Hold On
Hey, he name drops St. Louis.
If you prefer your music not have whiskey and cigarette breath (which is why you listen to Tom, for crying out loud) but want a little jazzy chanteuse, I give you new Jolie Holland.
Jolie Holland - Springtime Can Kill You
And, to bring it full circle (title wise, at least) from the same label:
Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
All from the same label, too. Groovy.
And if that's not good enough for you, well then you can't be pleased. So stop blaming me for all of the poor choices you made in your life. What am I, your shrink? Now git.
Monday, April 03, 2006
Growin' Up
Guess who got her first adult bike this weekend? The Touring Cyclist had their annual warehouse sale and we were able to get Matilda, who had long-ago outgrown her princess bike, a nice Trek 3700 at a bargain price. It should last her long enough, size-wise, for Gert to mature and need a geared bike (Gert will be taller) or she moves on to something else.
Need I say that she loves it? She hasn't been off it since we bought it. Even yesterday she was trying to convince me that, despite the fact that the tornado sirens were going off and tree limbs were flying through the air that her new bike could handle the conditions.
Again, Mom accused me of molding her in my image. However, she did give me props for explaining how to use gears to a kid who had never shifted before. She's better than I am now.
Too bad I hadn't explained the concept of hand brakes to a kid who only knows coaster brakes before she took her test ride. While it was (mildly) funny to watch her in the parking lot spinning her pedals backward with a look of panic while she hurtled down a hill, in retrospect it was probably poor planning on my part.
Need I say that she loves it? She hasn't been off it since we bought it. Even yesterday she was trying to convince me that, despite the fact that the tornado sirens were going off and tree limbs were flying through the air that her new bike could handle the conditions.
Again, Mom accused me of molding her in my image. However, she did give me props for explaining how to use gears to a kid who had never shifted before. She's better than I am now.
Too bad I hadn't explained the concept of hand brakes to a kid who only knows coaster brakes before she took her test ride. While it was (mildly) funny to watch her in the parking lot spinning her pedals backward with a look of panic while she hurtled down a hill, in retrospect it was probably poor planning on my part.
Mixin’ It Up
Mom’s out of town for two days so Gert is distraught and emotional. This is the very first time Mommy has ever left. It’s usually daddy who has to go somewhere, so this is a new set of emotions for her. When I dropped her off at school this morning she was twice as forlorn as normal and begged me to stay. “I’m too big to stay,” I told her.
“But I’m too little,” she said sadly. I was eventually able to peel her sadness off of me and I turned and walked out the door, making sure I didn’t look back at those sad, Anime-sized eyes lest I be drawn back to rescue her.
Tonight we’re having a popcorn party AND skipping bath. We’re talking major decadence. I’m going to watch the coverage of yesterday’s Tour of Flanders and, I suspect, around 11 I’ll find Gert in my bed. Matlida is an old pro at 10 going on 40, and is being the rock.
One thing that is keeping her happy is her very first mix CD. Yesterday I was preparing a lullaby CD for my friend’s son when Gert came in and asked me what I was doing. When I explained, she wanted to make her own CD as well. After fifteen minutes of explaining that, while I have a very nice computer, I could not in fact hire a band and record her 72-minute-long original opus to childhood, complete with all living members of the Wrecking Crew and Brian Wilson production, she began selecting her tracks.
Halfway through the process Matilda came down and joined in, contributing her favorite five tracks (two Jack Johnson, The Ditty Bops, Puff the Magic Dragon and one TMBG), explaining that there is no CD on Earth that would be complete without those rocking tracks. She was right; “Sister Kate” brings the disc to its knees.
Gert was more personal about her selections. While they mine her general favorites, she really considered her audience and selected songs that really mean something to her. She opened with Wilco’s “Just a Kid” because of the “na na” section. She worried about including a live track because it might scare the baby. She had me against a wall, explaining angrily that Grampy sings a song about a train that explains that the train is long and tall and, because Grampy sings it, it must be included. It took me a while, but I finally called Grampy who explained the song was “The Wabash Cannonball,” which I had, thank God or I might find a fish on my door.
I was impressed by her selection of Neil Young’s “My Boy.” Impressed yes, because the content is perfect, but more so because she remembered the song. I was surprised. However, most impressive, was her choice of the Flaming Lips’ “Enthusiasm for Life Defeats Existential Fear” aka “the bad dream song.” That was chosen as the closer because the baby might have a bad dream and that song is about people you love.
Overall, it’s a fantastic mix that the two created. I did the sequencing based on Gert’s choice of the first and final song. You can hear it as a new Radio SFT playlist. Enjoy
Mom accused me of molding the children in my image. However, I must protest. They did this on their own. That they kick ass at it, however, is a point of pride for which I take full credit.
“But I’m too little,” she said sadly. I was eventually able to peel her sadness off of me and I turned and walked out the door, making sure I didn’t look back at those sad, Anime-sized eyes lest I be drawn back to rescue her.
Tonight we’re having a popcorn party AND skipping bath. We’re talking major decadence. I’m going to watch the coverage of yesterday’s Tour of Flanders and, I suspect, around 11 I’ll find Gert in my bed. Matlida is an old pro at 10 going on 40, and is being the rock.
One thing that is keeping her happy is her very first mix CD. Yesterday I was preparing a lullaby CD for my friend’s son when Gert came in and asked me what I was doing. When I explained, she wanted to make her own CD as well. After fifteen minutes of explaining that, while I have a very nice computer, I could not in fact hire a band and record her 72-minute-long original opus to childhood, complete with all living members of the Wrecking Crew and Brian Wilson production, she began selecting her tracks.
Halfway through the process Matilda came down and joined in, contributing her favorite five tracks (two Jack Johnson, The Ditty Bops, Puff the Magic Dragon and one TMBG), explaining that there is no CD on Earth that would be complete without those rocking tracks. She was right; “Sister Kate” brings the disc to its knees.
Gert was more personal about her selections. While they mine her general favorites, she really considered her audience and selected songs that really mean something to her. She opened with Wilco’s “Just a Kid” because of the “na na” section. She worried about including a live track because it might scare the baby. She had me against a wall, explaining angrily that Grampy sings a song about a train that explains that the train is long and tall and, because Grampy sings it, it must be included. It took me a while, but I finally called Grampy who explained the song was “The Wabash Cannonball,” which I had, thank God or I might find a fish on my door.
I was impressed by her selection of Neil Young’s “My Boy.” Impressed yes, because the content is perfect, but more so because she remembered the song. I was surprised. However, most impressive, was her choice of the Flaming Lips’ “Enthusiasm for Life Defeats Existential Fear” aka “the bad dream song.” That was chosen as the closer because the baby might have a bad dream and that song is about people you love.
Overall, it’s a fantastic mix that the two created. I did the sequencing based on Gert’s choice of the first and final song. You can hear it as a new Radio SFT playlist. Enjoy
Mom accused me of molding the children in my image. However, I must protest. They did this on their own. That they kick ass at it, however, is a point of pride for which I take full credit.
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