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Spent
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.
I have obliged Kill Rock Stars? request that I remove ?The Infanta? from the site. Sorry to everyone for the confusion. *** The Prisonaires were prisoners in the Tennesse State Penitentiary. Sixty percent of the quintet were incarcerated for murder. Of the various Prisonaires, John Drue, who was serving three years for larceny, posed by far the least serious threat to Surleen?s health (but not to her pocketbook). *** Final Fantasy - "Peach, Plum, Pear" Final Fantasy (aka Owen Pallett of Les Mouches) arranged the strings on the Arcade Fire record and is opening for the band on their American tour. Here he covers a song by this past year?s other hot indie act, Joanna Newsom. He fashions out of her gumptious harp-pluck, fairy-voice fantasy, a pizzicato, click and feedback delicacy that turns into a rousing piece of bowed violin counterpoint. *** For Montreal readers: My editor, Max Maki and I are in a band together called The Cay. We will be playing tomorrow night at the Sala Rosa at around 9:30. If you don?t come I?ll be crippled by self-doubt and might play the wrong chord at the wrong time, thereby ruining music. Are you prepared to have that weighing on your conscience? No! Posted by Jordan at January 20, 2005 2:08 AMComments
ehem, not to be a grouch, but could we get some song tags please? Thanks. And hey, why don't you post something from your band?! Posted by roz at January 20, 2005 2:27 AMHave you read Jonathon Lethem's Fortess of Solitude? He has a whole bit where the protagonist tries to sell a screenplay based on the Prisonaires... Posted by mari at January 20, 2005 3:48 PM"He fashions out of her gumptious harp-pluck, fairy-voice fantasy, a pizzicato, click and feedback delicacy that turns into a rousing piece of bowed violin counterpoint." Wanker. Posted by Dylan at January 20, 2005 5:49 PM"Gumptious" just isn't happening for me. Posted by rodii at January 20, 2005 9:20 PMOh hey, Jordan, how do you pronounce "cay"? To rhyme with "may" or "me"? Posted by rodii at January 20, 2005 9:34 PMjonas, how did the concert go? Posted by damama dapapa at January 21, 2005 8:59 PMI liked how you described Newsom's music. She's a personal favorite of mine. Unfortunately, my record store doesn't have her, so I'm forced to listen to the few tracks I have. She's different, unique. And I wouldn't have found her without your blog. Thanks. Posted by sean at January 24, 2005 10:59 PMSaw Final Fantasy open for the Arcade Fire last night in Atlanta. Tops! Really good stuff, and he played the Newsom cover in the middle of his set in an effort to, as he said, "Win back the audience" after a bit of banter fell flat. Posted by Chris Hassiotis at January 27, 2005 12:12 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.
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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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