What I'm Listening To Now

Monday, February 27, 2006 11:01 AM

Listening to...

Roseanne Cash / Black Cadillac - awesome elegiac tunes
Judith Owen / lost and found - sophisticated jazz vocals, tight
Erin Bode / Over and Over - Twin Cities-based jazz vocalist, light and airy

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Friday, February 03, 2006 10:43 PM

foo-foo mixes

Frou-Frou (yeah, I know, it was on the "whaddya callit it movie" soundtrack, the one by Josh something or other)
Imogen Heap (yeah, I know, it was on the OC)
Beth Orton's newest LP (limited edition has 5 additional songs)

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:57 AM

Vocoder Heaven

Yes, I know it was on the O.C., but here it is anyway:

Hide and Seek (Imogen Heap) - yep, it's the vocoder song
Rogering Imogen - Roger Sanchez vs Imogen Heap - cool remix

Also listening to:

The Promise (Cynthia Layne) - a Rob Dixon composition
Angeli - (Sasha Lazard)
Yours (Sara Gazarek)
Amazing (Sara Gazarek)
Come To Jesus (Mindy Smith)

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Friday, October 07, 2005 6:37 PM

you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you

King Arthur: Old woman.
Dennis: Man.
King Arthur: Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?
Dennis: I'm 37.
King Arthur: What?
Dennis: I'm 37. I'm not old.
King Arthur: Well I can't just call you "man".
Dennis: Well you could say "Dennis".
King Arthur: I didn't know you were called Dennis.
Dennis: Well you didn't bother to find out did you?
King Arthur: I did say sorry about the "old woman", but from behind you looked...
Dennis: What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior.
King Arthur: Well I am king.
Dennis: Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.

Woman: And who are you?
King Arthur: I am Arthur, King of the Britons.
Woman: Who are the Britons?
King Arthur: We all are. We are all Britons. And I am your king.
Woman: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.

King Arthur: I am your king.
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you.
King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Dennis: Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.

Dennis: Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.

Dennis: Come see the violence inherent in the system. Help, help, I'm being repressed.

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Friday, October 07, 2005 6:30 PM

If she weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood

BEDEVERE: Tell me. What do you do with witches?
VILLAGER #2: Burn!
VILLAGER #1: Burn!
CROWD: Burn! Burn them up! Burn!...
BEDEVERE: And what do you burn apart from witches?
VILLAGER #1: More witches!
VILLAGER #3: Shh!
VILLAGER #2: Wood!
BEDEVERE: So, why do witches burn?
VILLAGER #3: B--... 'cause they're made of... wood?
BEDEVERE: Good! Heh heh.
CROWD: Oh, yeah. Oh.
BEDEVERE: So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood?
VILLAGER #1: Build a bridge out of her.
BEDEVERE: Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone?
VILLAGER #1: Oh, yeah.
RANDOM: Oh, yeah. True. Uhh...
BEDEVERE: Does wood sink in water?
VILLAGER #1: No. No.
VILLAGER #2: No, it floats! It floats!
VILLAGER #1: Throw her into the pond!
CROWD: The pond! Throw her into the pond!
BEDEVERE: What also floats in water?
VILLAGER #1: Bread!
VILLAGER #2: Apples!
VILLAGER #3: Uh, very small rocks!
VILLAGER #1: Cider!
VILLAGER #2: Uh, gra-- gravy!
VILLAGER #1: Cherries!
VILLAGER #2: Mud!
VILLAGER #3: Uh, churches! Churches!
VILLAGER #2: Lead! Lead!
ARTHUR: A duck!
CROWD: Oooh.
BEDEVERE: Exactly. So, logically...
VILLAGER #1: If she weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood.
BEDEVERE: And therefore?
VILLAGER #2: A witch!
VILLAGER #1: A witch!
CROWD: A witch! A witch!...

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Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:25 AM

Movies (listening AND viewing)

The Girl In The Cafe - Bill Nighy, Kelly Macdonald

A Fond Kiss - Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle

Bereft - Vinessa Shaw, Tim Blake Nelson, Marsha Mason, Edward Herrman

Walking and Talking - Catherine Keener, Liev Schrieber, Todd Field, Anne Heche

waydowntown - A Gary Burns film

The Station Agent - Patricia Clarkson, Peter Dinklage, Bobby Cannavale

Easy - Marguerite Moreau, Naveen Andrews, Bryan F. O'Byrne

Cowboys and Angels - Adam Trese, Mia Kirshner, Radha Mitchell

Bigger Than The Sky - John Corbett, Amy Smart, Sean Astin, Clare Higgins, Patty Duke

Danny Deckchair - Rhys Ifans

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Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:34 PM

June 17th while updating CS to RTM

OK, two lists...

First I was listening to some Reason downloaded songs:

Mr Loopy's Otopeni: superb in-your-face music with tons of effects and stabs
Clawfinger's In The Light Of Reason: hard-core heavy guitars
Mark Adams Allison / Phobos-Spirit Zen: eastern music for contemplation done completely with synths and only 5 samples

Reason 3.0 added some fantastic new mixing tools in addition to the existing synthesizers and sound modules - awesome...

Secondly, I was playing my music on random and these really popped out at me: