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Just Me And My Gramophone
by Jordan
Please note: MP3s are only kept online for a short time, and if this entry is from more than a couple of weeks ago, the music probably won't be available to download any more.
Yellow Jacket Avenger - "Moonlighter Prizefighter" I previously wrote about this song on StG, but without an accompanying mp3. I described it then as "a masterful piece of pop counterpoint. The guitar work is elaborate and quick, and the vocals clipped and energetic, yet the overall effect is one of delicacy and vulnerability. Interestingly, Rocky Balboa could also be described as quick and energetic, yet delicate and vulnerable, and he was, in fact, both a moonlighter and a prizefighter." Upon further consideration, I now reject the above and embrace the opposite position. [Info] *** Loudon Wainwright III - "The Swimming Song" A collection of banalities regarding Loudon's swimming experiences during the preceding summer. Banalities, that is, except for the revelation that there is a swimming stroke called the old Australian crawl. All this is set to densely picked dueling banjos running serpentine, intertwining courses. [Buy] *** My band, The Cay (brand new Myspace page), will play our first show in almost over a decade tomorrow, Friday May 12th at the Casa del Popolo in Montreal. We will be opening for two very fine bands: Snailhouse and The Silt (both of whom I've written about here). I encourage any interested readers to drop by. We should be on shortly after 10. Posted by Jordan at May 11, 2006 5:02 AMComments
good songs, j. "swimming song" also previously discussed here. best of luck with the gig! i ever look forward to the recording. Posted by Sean at May 11, 2006 5:08 AM"The Swimming Song" is one of my all-time favourites by Loudon Wainwright. But I think the BBC Sessions-version is way better than the original recording. I'll put it up on my (German language) blog (http://myblog.de/absonderblog) later today, if you want to check it out. Cheers, Netzhaut Posted by Netzhaut at May 11, 2006 6:45 AMthe silt rule! their live show will leave you mesmerized. Posted by talbot yancy at May 11, 2006 1:13 PMi wrote about "the swimming song" on my blog a while back, too, after hearing it in The Squid and the Whale. great song. Posted by Jerimee at May 11, 2006 5:50 PM"Swimming Song" is great, but I believe it's a Kate and Anna McGarrigle song from decades ago: Kate of course was married to Louden, and we can thank then equally for Martha and Rufus :) Posted by Uhclem at May 12, 2006 12:34 PMthe cay? Alex - Yes, same band. Posted by Jordan at May 19, 2006 3:33 AMTSS is a LW-III tune. While in other cases I much prefer his live work (see his desultory studio version of Jesse Don't Like It, vs the superlative live B-Side he recorded at a Seeger-centric folk festival somewhere), in this case I think the studio version is the better. Thanks for the BBS post, nevertheless. Posted by wcw at May 19, 2006 9:34 PMPost a comment |
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all songs are removed within a week or two of posting. said the gramophone launched in march 2003, and added songs in november of that year. it was one of the world's very first mp3blogs. if you would like to say hello, find out our mailing addresses or invite us to shows, please get in touch: montreal, canada: sean toronto, canada: jordan montreal, canada: dan please don't send us emails with tons of huge attachments; if emailing a bunch of mp3s etc, use a service like MailBigFile. if you are the copyright holder of any song posted here, please contact us if you would like the song taken down early. please do not direct link to any of these tracks. please love and wonder. "and i shall watch the ferry-boats / and they'll get high on a bluer ocean / against tomorrow's sky / and i will never grow so old again." we are a member of MBV.
about the authors
Sean Michaels lives in Montreal, where he is writing a novel. His work also occasionally appears at McSweeney's. Follow him on Twitter or reach him here.
Dan Beirne is an actor and writer living in Montreal. He writes fiction fiction fiction on here. It may feel true, but it is never True. He is most proud of his most recent project The Bitter End. Email him here Jordan Himelfarb lives in Toronto, where he is editor in chief of The Mark. Jordan's posts appear at Said the Gramophone only on the last Wednesday of every month. Email him here. Site design and header typography by Neale McDavitt-Van Fleet. The header graphic is randomized: this one is by . 
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