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WHY DO THEY LAUGH AT WHAT I FEEL IN MY HEART
by Sean
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[download the entirety of the Morning Benders' covers album (including the Cardigans' "Love Fool" and Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams"!) here] --- I'm going to be starting a new music column somewhere, something I'm deeply excited about, but it needs a title. Does anyone out there have ideas? The title should be relatively self-explanatory, not something cute/obscure. In other words - "Said the Gramophone" would be bad, "Dispatches on Music from a Writer in Montreal" would be good (but way too ungainly). I'd like it to suggest music, Montreal, and the fact that it's dispatches/thoughts/meditations/comments, not reviews or song writeups. You can leave any suggestions as comments, or email me. (Thank you!) Posted by Sean at July 31, 2008 11:19 AMComments
I'm guessing Montreal Music Meditations is a bit too obvious? Even if it does abbreviate to MMM. But then, you don't want to be mistaken for a food blog. You don't, right? Posted by Ryan at July 31, 2008 12:44 PMthat morning benders song is so good, thanks sean! Posted by jeff at July 31, 2008 2:22 PMyou know, I haven't heard that Ronettes song in ages (and maybe it's just because I'm a bit older - change of perspective and that) but somehow that cover makes the song seem about doomed teenage summer romances ("why don't they let us fall in love?" it's for your own good, chuck. you're not seriously going out wearing that, are you?) the only thing I can come up with is ville-marie musique pensées. which is basically what Ryan said, but in grammatically lacking french, and it rhymes. sort of. not really Posted by Bethan at July 31, 2008 2:29 PMHow about "Musical meanderings from *blank* in Montreal" Can't quite think of the blank... i'm sure you could think of something. A mezzanine in Montreal? "Musical meanderings from a mezzanine in Montreal" Hmmm too wordy. I think i just fancy the word "mezzanine". Good luck with the column Sean! Posted by Bec at July 31, 2008 8:09 PM"Musical meanderings from a cheerless mezzanine in Montreal?" I'll just keep adding words until this baby flies! Why not. Posted by Bec at July 31, 2008 8:14 PMIf you're looking for short(er) and sweet(ish), how about "Musicology de Montreal"? Posted by Ryan at July 31, 2008 8:58 PMHow about "Montrealean Music Posts"? Posted by Cameron Graham at August 1, 2008 1:23 AMSketches and Such: (Music and Musings from Montreal) Posted by Joseph at August 1, 2008 9:53 PMTitle: Royal Mountain Music Mumbles? (Or song scribbles, maybe sound scribbles?) Posted by Tessa Rianne McKinnell Alexanian at August 3, 2008 12:07 AMMuso musings from Montreal Posted by adam at August 4, 2008 11:10 AMthanks for the morning benders link; that covers album was exactly what i needed this week. Posted by Sarah at August 6, 2008 4:20 AM-Mt Royal's Musical Notes Musings In the Key of M Posted by Simon at August 11, 2008 3:43 PMTessa's suggestion gets my vote: Royal Mountain Music Mumbles or Royal Mountain Sound Scribbles. Both are excellent. Sean, while I'm writing, I'd like to let you know that your spoken introduction to the Fleet Foxes' "White Winter Hymnal" keeps coming up when I shuffle the songs on my iPod. It gives me a laugh every time. S-A-I-D-T-H-E-G-R-A-M-O-P-H-O-N-E-D-O-T-C-O-M. Absurd. Posted by Julia at August 12, 2008 7:31 PMThere's Music in Montreal and I'm Writing with Pizazz Posted by susan at August 14, 2008 6:30 PMLove the opening picture with the lions, too cool. Also, agreed with Tessa's suggestion. My vote definitely goes to Royal Mountain Posted by Mezzanine Floor at August 26, 2008 3:10 PMPost a comment |
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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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