25/14 - Populate!

Last week in Glasgow.  I'm trying not to get too emotional.

Charles Mingus - Song With Orange

The intro!

Aesop Rock - Cook It Up (ft. P.F.A.C.)

The words!

DJ Cam, Cameo - Love Junkee (J Dilla Remix)

The beat!

R. Kelly - Share My Love

The slightly uncomfortable love-message.

Bing Crosby - The Best Things In Life Are Free

Another amazing Mad Men (half-) season over. Another gorgeous final scene. With this song.

Cool video from them Liars:



Liars: Pro Anti Anti on Nowness.com

24/14 - Your Sword's Grown Old and Rusty

Packing up my belongings. Feeling light but old.

 

Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Funeral Face

Such a good pop-album. I wonder what they're doing today.

Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Gun

Never gonna grow old. Always gonna seek new adventure. To that bassline.

But if the chance remains to see those better days
I'd cut the cannons down
My ears are blown to bits from all the rifle hits
But still, I crave that sound

Michael Nyman - The Garden Is Becoming a Robe Room

Continued my recent Peter Greenaway-obsession with watching The Draughtsman's Contract. Pure brilliant, as always. I love the soundtrack-titles his films inspire too.

Lhasa De Sela - Con Toda Palabra

Had all but forgotten this old pearl in my collection. The voice of summernights past.

Tom Waits - Flower's Grave

Botanically morbid.

23/14 - Good Googly Moogly

Last art endeavour for a while is over. Now I'm just packing at my own leisure.

bob hund - Sista Beställningen (live)

Summertime is, as always, bob hund-time.

The Doors - Wishful Sinful

Was watching the Doors Soundstage Performances, and was struck by how much better Robbie Krieger's songwriting is than Jimbo's.

Bat For Lashes - Siren Song

There she is, Pearl, getting progressively more dischevelled in one of the darkest dreamiest scenes in cinema:

MF Doom - Change The Beat

The Inhumanz remix is what I've been listening to.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aeroplane

Jamie and John came over late one night with a bottle of whisky and two cigars. Flat classics were played. 90s rock predominantly.

Great video to Jack White's latest:




And James Blake took to cover the song I had on a list two weeks ago. Beautiful.

22/14 - Catch The Wind, See Us Spin

My room is a tip. I'm waiting for the rain to stop so I can go into the backyard to char some wood. Meanwhile, here's a slightly haphazard list:

Dusty Springfield - Just A Little Lovin'

If only...

The Larks - Shadrack

Glad to see old Nebudchadnezzar flicker by in a song. Tough name to fit into a rhyme...

Allen Toussaint - St. James Infirmary

Discovered amongst the layers of this fantastic mix:

Lykke Li - No Rest For The Wicked

Every time I listen it seems that first apocalyptic rumble of the chorus kicking in becomes more and more powerful. Darkmooded, self-accusatory fistpumping.

Led Zeppelin - What Is And What Should Never Be

What is that?
Oh how I love that little solo at 1:47. And John Paul Jones amazing basslines throughout...