MacadamiaAlison Scott; her online journal and switching weblogWintergreen Video- January 28, 2006 Not quite my sort of music, but I love the video for WIntergreen's "When I Wake Up". You can watch it online, or download a version suitable for your iPod or PSP. And the comments are full of people saying "durr, Atari covered them in concrete." Which is so not the point.http://www.kittywompus.com/macadamia/archives/000374.html A couple of record companies and a reminder- January 22, 2006 I was reminded that some of the bands I've linked to have concerts in the Internet Archive. Notably Billy Bragg and Carbon Leaf. Tim Walters wrote to tell me about his record label Doubtful Palace. Things of interest include Conjure Wife, who play 'morbid British folk songs'. Try The Silkie which they quite accurately describe as 'girl meets seal, girl gets seal, everybody dies'. Pledge Drive mixes folk with a wide variety of modern elements and Tim's own songs. Shenandoah is probably...http://www.kittywompus.com/macadamia/archives/000373.html Musical Bits and Pieces- January 21, 2006 Return of the Dancehall Sweethearts, the Horslips DVD, is great. You can get it from Irish Music International for 19.99 postpaid worldwide. The Maurice Linnane rockumentary sets the Horslips in the wider context of Ireland in the 70s. It intersperses musical clips with interviews with the band and many other Irish music professionals. But as well as the rockumentary, you get a second full DVD, with 19 tracks from live performances as TV appearances. Delight at the music. Marvel at the clothes..http://www.kittywompus.com/macadamia/archives/000372.html Leviathans- January 20, 2006 There is a baby whale swimming up the Thames. It swam right past my office; if I'd been at work today rather than at Warwick Business School, I could have joined the crowds of people gawping. And the Horslips DVD, Return of the Dancehall Sweethearts, arrived while I was away. It's a two DVD set with the documentary, and a second DVD with many full tracks and other delights. It includes the full version of the clip I linked to on my music page. Meanwhile, in a totally random sample of...http://www.kittywompus.com/macadamia/archives/000371.html Alison's Potted Music- January 15, 2006 This is a special blog entry with its own right hand side link, and which will be updated over time. Updated 11306. It lists mp3s that bands I like, or their agents, managers, or publishers, have put on the web as samples of their work.http://www.kittywompus.com/macadamia/archives/000369.html Just Venting Briefly- January 15, 2006 One of the things I did in pursuit of the entry I haven't posted yet on places you can find mp3s of bands I like, was visit Amazon.com's free downloads. Where I discovered that the most frequently downloaded song in the "Traditional British & Celtic Folk" section is a tooth-puckering version of "In the Bleak Midwinter". Here's my review: OK, this might not actually technically be bad. I mean, it's an out-of-tune and overwrought version of the beautiful carol, but some people like that sort of..http://www.kittywompus.com/macadamia/archives/000370.html Queen Mab's Music- January 14, 2006 Oddly, sometimes agents have mp3s and photos on their site even when the artists don't. No, I don't understand it either. Anyway, Queen Mab's Music represent some of the UK's best folk bands, and if you're wondering what all the fuss is about, there's a full mp3 from each tucked away under the 'resources tab'. Delights include the Demon Barbers' Katy Cruel, The Lusty Smith from Horizon Award nominees Ben Murray and Rosie Doonan, and bellowhead's amazing version of the Rochdale Coconut Dance. Go.http://www.kittywompus.com/macadamia/archives/000368.html |