Five songs we’ve been listening to all day
We have resolved to listen to more contemporary music and vary our usual playlist of bebop, Tom Waits and other singers who sound like escaped circus bears.
The St. Vincent is Mat the cat’s favorite song. His other favorite song is These Days by Nico. (How to tell which songs a cat really likes: If he lies down in front of the speakers when they’re on. When Koosi hated a song she would do parkour around the house while shrieking insanely.)
At Jackie’s door-warming party (Yes, to celebrate the new doors, which are worthy of celebration) last week, we had a long chat with Robin Rivera, whose name must be familiar to anyone who owns an Eraserheads album. He was their teacher at UP, and he produced the albums. Sir Robin (like Monty Python and the Holy Grail) scolded us for being unfamiliar with Dong Abay’s album Flipino, which he called the greatest Filipino album of the century so far. That’s what we’re listening to as soon as our copy arrives.
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January 6th, 2015 at 14:30
I adore FKA twigs, I’ve been haunted by her, er, haunting “Water Me” ever since I heard it. Her music reminds me of Annie Lennox and Imogen Heap. Were I straight, I’d steal her from Pattinson. Ugh, the association.
I also like the duet of Candie Payne and St. Vincent (Every Drop of Rain) from Here Lies Love. Amazing how a song about poverty can possess one with tarantism.
January 7th, 2015 at 18:03
wow. that IS a celebration-worthy door!