Kina Grannis’ “Secret Crazy Project” is finally released:
The most emotional moment in the history of recorded music? I get emotional at “Un Bel Di,” and I’ve never even seen Madama Butterfly. At 2:39 you’ll find indisputable proof that there is some sort of Creator, as no mere mortal – not even Leontyne Price – could pull that off without otherworldly assistance. – …
Chapter Fifty-Six The next thing I was aware of was waking in a private room. Keith was sitting by my side. He looked exhausted, but broke into a broad smile when he saw my eyes open. “Hi, my love. How are you feeling?” I began remembering. “The baby!” I sat up. “Shsh.” He laid me …
Thanks to Charles R. Cross:
Chapter Fifty-five “Please don’t let me lose this baby.” I cried to an empty room. The pains became more and more intense. I couldn’t get up or reach the phone. I tried calling out, but couldn’t catch my breath to yell. I noticed the dark outline of the phone cord dangling in front of the …
We now join our program, already in progress… —don’t know how it happened, but I was listening to Something Considered on NPR [audience hoots and hollers]—I know, I know—wait, wait, don’t interrupt me now. Hear me out. There was this mayor, the mayor of Saint Louis was on the radio, and he was talking about …
It was Halloween night and The Koffin Kats were headlining a show at Studio Seven in Seattle’s SODO District. Their psychobilly songs center on topics macabre, making them an appropriate band for the occasion of my favorite holiday. They even began and ended their set wearing crazy headpieces looking like Muppet faces on donuts. I …
Chapter Fifty-Four Keith looked panicked. “What’s wrong?” “Your daughter just kicked me, that’s what! I think she bruised a rib!” “I’m sorry she’s so hard on you, luv.” I gave Keith a knowing smile. “You said she. I heard you.” He gave me a sheepish look. “Only because you’ve conditioned me.” I laughed. “Well, you …
I had never heard of, therefore had never been to the Horseshoe Saloon before. Woodinville is a bit off the beaten track for me. But when I learned Season of Nightmares, my favorite Seattle psychobilly band were headlining a Halloween show, I knew I’d have to lay trust in Google Maps to get me there …
The New York Times has posted a review of The Journals of Spalding Gray by Nell Casey. The review, written by Ron Rosenbaum, aptly analyzes Casey’s book and tenderly delivers Rosenbaum’s own thumbnail rendering of Gray’s life and work as a monologuist/actor. Some quotes are below, the full review is here: “And then he [Gray] …
Key Lyric: “I finally found the love of a lifetime” The Message: This is the Real Thing. For whatever reason, (and although I own the record) I always seem to hear “Love of a Lifetime” piped over the sound system when I’m shopping in the Mall. The song must trigger some kind of chemical reaction …
U2 has posted three clips of “From the Sky Down,” a documentary chronicling the recording of “Achtung Baby,” the band’s pivotal seventh studio album which was released in 1991. This film will be included in the Uber and Super Deluxe 20th Anniversary Editions of Achtung Baby, available November 1. Clips are below with a trailer …
“Seeing Ministry live is comparable to being on a battle field, and that’s the closest I ever want get to going to war,” says Gail in The Worley Gig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peYgioty-DI
Chapter Fifty-Three “Really?” Keith turned on the lamp, looking like a kid with a new toy. “Let me feel.” He put his hands on my stomach. “I don’t feel anything.” “Maybe it was nothing. I’m going back to sleep.” The next few days I felt those flutters again and my doctor confirmed I was feeling …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-vQ_VsTkn0
Chapter Fifty-Two The last week of August arrived and we were again crammed in that wretched van headed for Brighton. We arrived at the hotel to find it swarming with kids in punk attire. The band was immediately bombarded for autographs. Keith and I barely escaped into the lift. “We have two hours before we …
Seattle band Quickie trades in bikini baristas for latex-clad superheroes! “Got a Jones to be a superhero, rise like a phoenix, fight like DeNiro,” begins the cheeky new anthem from Seattle power-trio, and apparent Phoenix Jones supporters, Quickie. “We have a real life superhero patrolling the streets of Seattle. Fighting crime. How could we not …
Chapter Fifty-Five “Well, dear, you’re not only pregnant, but about two months along,” the nurse said. I sat in shock. “Pregnant? I can’t be. We’ve taken precautions.” I tried remembering back two months and remembered that first night after learning of the untimely demise of my father. “But the only time we didn’t use protection …
This tune gets better as the years go by. The title is misleading, “Surf’s Up” generally means, “The swells have begun, the waves are cresting, let’s get out there…” but in this song the title is to mean, “Surf’s up, time’s up, the California dream is over,” and the music, the lyrics and the harmonies …
The bluesy intro sounds like Little Feat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8CMYDVCgaY