Okay, so I really found this via good ole musicthing, but the more links to the interview the better! Still haven't decided whether I like Portishead's "Third" enough to get the CD.
Part 1:
Amazingly, his daughter actually sits still for this entire interview. I wonder if she's developed an affinity for modular synths by now. Bonus points for a really gritty sounding version of "I'm a little teapot". :P
Part 2:
More gear - mixing desks, drums
Part 3:
Mikes galore! And the el cheapo guitar used on "The Rip".
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Saturday, 19 July 2008
Sunday, 16 March 2008
Looking Through The Eyes of Love - chords
File under extra-cheesy. While doing some mp3 cleanup - for the nth night running - I found that I have two versions of this song. One by Melissa Manchester and the other is a version by Lea Salonga in concert.
Blame it on my soft rock, love song-saturated childhood, but up to now I still like the song. Love it even, in my moments of supreme senti-ness. So much that I even sang it at karaoke. But only once. And with 4 other people. Way back in the early 90s. In a Chinese restaurant in Ashfield where we seemed to be the only ones who spoke English. (Or so we liked to believe, just to make us feel less guilty at inflicting our singing on them.)
And here are the chords, lifted from another page on the web that automatically plays a karaoke-ish MIDI file when you view it. Dontcha hate those?
LOOKING THROUGH
THE EYES OF LOVE
(Theme from Ice Castles)
Melissa Manchester
I
C CM7
Please, don't let this feeling end
C7
It's everything I am
F F-Em-Dm
Everything I want to be
G Em Am Am-Em-Dm
I can see what's mine now
G Em Am7
Finding out what's true
F E7 Am Am7-D7
Since I found you
Dm G
Looking through the eyes of love
II
C CM7
Now, I can take the time
C7
I can see my life
F F-Em-Dm
As it comes up shining now
G Em Am Am-Em-Dm
Reaching out to touch you
G Em Am7
I can feel so much
F E7 Am Am7-D7
Since I found you
Dm G C
Looking through the eyes of love
Chorus:
Am Em Am
And now, I do believe
Em F G C
That even in a storm we'll find some light
Dm Em F G
Knowing you're beside me, I'm all right
III
Please, don't let this feeling end
It might not come again
And I want to remember
How it feels to touch you
How I feel so much
Since I found you
Looking through the eyes of love
Chorus:
Repeat II - Chords two frets higher
Wednesday, 3 October 2007
YouTube viewing session
Interesting what I ended up watching and how I got there. (Most recent is at the top, so go through the list from the bottom.)
It all started with me trying to educate my wife about Rage Against The Machine, and how the Sydney Entertainment Centre would have to be one of the worst places to see them, since no one in their right mind really wants to be seated when watching these guys. "WHAT? You don't know who they are? ZOMG! Watch this then... And feel the funk, y'all!"
I love Daft Punk. I really do. Okay, maybe just the first 2 albums. They became popular around the time these new-fangled things called "electronica" and "big beat" were making the rounds. That faded, and then we all started listening to Post-Rock, then New Rock, then that "angular post-punk proto-new wave sound". God knows what they call it this year. At least hip-hop doesn't suffer from the proliferation of labels like this. There may be strains of hip-hop, but no one ever goes and denies that it is hip-hop. But yeah, you say, all these labels just come from music critics, press releases and assorted musical wankers who blog. Fair enough. You never hear the actual artists themselves putting labels on their music. They just tend to say "rock and roll". Okay... so I've just shot down my assertion about rock music in the second sentence of this paragraph.
Anyway, back to Daft Punk. I just realised last night what an utter fool I was for not getting those tickets to their upcoming appearance here in Sydney. Bugger. Bollocks. Fikifikifiki. Woof woof to the doof doof. Aaaaaargh. I was looking up their live performances on YouTube and they're pretty awesome. Not life changing, but enough to make you dance so hard that you'd fall down. I remember actually dancing to Around The World in front of the stereo over and over again. Of course, only after checking that there was no one home!
I, for one, welcome our new (old) robot overlords.
Saturday, 5 May 2007
Cough up extra $$ to see Marilyn Manson's great grandad! Oooh yeah, that'll work.
I got an email from Ticketek announcing pre-sales for Alice Cooper's tour. This bit caught my eye:
During this pre-sale, a Premium Access fee of $20 per ticket**
has been applied to ensure the allocation of premium seating prior to
general public sale.
Okay, so you mean pre-sales for premium seats will now cost $20 extra, over the normal cost of the Premium ticket - which tends to be overpriced as it is!
What's next? An early bird pre-pre-sale, with $20 extra on top of the Premium Access fee? W000t!
Come on, Ticketek, you know you want to.
During this pre-sale, a Premium Access fee of $20 per ticket**
has been applied to ensure the allocation of premium seating prior to
general public sale.
Okay, so you mean pre-sales for premium seats will now cost $20 extra, over the normal cost of the Premium ticket - which tends to be overpriced as it is!
What's next? An early bird pre-pre-sale, with $20 extra on top of the Premium Access fee? W000t!
Come on, Ticketek, you know you want to.
Sunday, 29 April 2007
The Polyphonic Spree, Enmore Theatre, Sydney, 27 Jan 2005
Found this while archiving in Gmail. Don't think i ever sent this to anyone except the band. Added a few comments in [italics].
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Confused post-gig ramblings, which I'll reorder into coherence and post in the forums later:
I've just come back from their gig at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney. This has been the strangest, most uplifting, most ecstatic gig that I have ever been in.
I'd never actually heard their music before I got the tickets to the gig. I'd read some articles about them, and of all the post-Big Day Out shows - the Hives and Chemical Brothers also had gigs on the same night - decided this would have to be the most unique. Twenty-piece plus band, with guitars, drums, horns AND theremin, how could it fail? I asked a guy at the music store to describe what they sounded like - was it like choir music, 60s pop, or more like gospel? He had one word - "happy". I eventually managed to get a copy of the album, but had only listened to it a few times, and the most familiar ones have been the poppier tunes like Hold Me Now and Two Thousand Places. Unfortunately, I won't be able to give an accurate setlist, as the songs are still quite new to me, and I don't have the first album.
My friend and I arrived to see support act Sarah Blasko nearing the end of her set, to my regret. Damn. The last song was pretty good, with some layered vocal effects at the end that reminded me of recent Bjork. I wonder if this was a single. Sounds like it. Faster than the previous song.
I'm glad I didn't get any seated tickets. I originally wanted to get seats for the dress circle/balcony, but they only had General Admission, and Reserved Seating at the bottom. Since everyone was gonna stand up eventually, seats at the bottom would be useless anyway.
What does it all remind me of?
Oh my god, I've got a crush on someone from the band! O gorgeous Lady of The Orange Robe, of the first row in the choir, standing beside the lady in Red robe, who was also looking extremely cool in her choreography. Love those head-shakes! Does anyone know all their names, and more importantly, *her* name? There's a list of names on the PS website, but no pictures to match the names to!
[I later found out her name: Apotsala Wilson]
We're all high, and we don't wanna come down!
There was one part of the gig where they're playing a song, and then it all goes quiet and everyone onstage was standing still in a pose, except for Tim, who got the audience to start singing this single note for what seemed like ages - ME: "Haaaa......" "Aaaaa......" "Aaaaa......" "Aaaaa......" "Aaaaa......"
They returned to the stage for their encore by coming through the theatre entrance, and going through the crowd.
Little kid in robes at the side of the stage on his little drum kit, sooo cute!! Later, the percussionist came to him and got him to play tambourine.
[This was lead singer Tim De Laughter's son]
Percussion guy comes out and lifts one of the drumkit cymbals and stand, and goes to the left speaker.. I think the's the same guy who went offstage and into the crowd with the cymbals.
Drummer comes out with drum hanging from his neck, like in a marching band
Songs played, in no order:
A Long Day Continues
Hold Me Now
Two Thousand Places
One Man Show
Suitcase Calling
When The Fool Becomes A King
I dont' have the prev. album, but this song -
"It's the sun... It's the sun.. " - must be from that one...
Short verse of "Oh what a night"
A bit of "You are my sunshine"... don't know if this was a request from someone in the audience, but I assume so, seeing Tim holding up a sheet of paper with "You are my sunshine" written in red marker.
Last song of the night - Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (!) - main song and reprise.
[Best cover ever of Sgt Pepper! They played it regularly during this tour. My friend in San Francisco also heard it there.]
The dials were always at 11. Not in terms of volume, but in how it made us all feel. Every song was played like it was the last song of the night.
You don't watch The Polyphonic Spree - you become one of them, if only for the hour and a half that you share the same room.
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Confused post-gig ramblings, which I'll reorder into coherence and post in the forums later:
I've just come back from their gig at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney. This has been the strangest, most uplifting, most ecstatic gig that I have ever been in.
I'd never actually heard their music before I got the tickets to the gig. I'd read some articles about them, and of all the post-Big Day Out shows - the Hives and Chemical Brothers also had gigs on the same night - decided this would have to be the most unique. Twenty-piece plus band, with guitars, drums, horns AND theremin, how could it fail? I asked a guy at the music store to describe what they sounded like - was it like choir music, 60s pop, or more like gospel? He had one word - "happy". I eventually managed to get a copy of the album, but had only listened to it a few times, and the most familiar ones have been the poppier tunes like Hold Me Now and Two Thousand Places. Unfortunately, I won't be able to give an accurate setlist, as the songs are still quite new to me, and I don't have the first album.
My friend and I arrived to see support act Sarah Blasko nearing the end of her set, to my regret. Damn. The last song was pretty good, with some layered vocal effects at the end that reminded me of recent Bjork. I wonder if this was a single. Sounds like it. Faster than the previous song.
I'm glad I didn't get any seated tickets. I originally wanted to get seats for the dress circle/balcony, but they only had General Admission, and Reserved Seating at the bottom. Since everyone was gonna stand up eventually, seats at the bottom would be useless anyway.
What does it all remind me of?
- Sesame Street --- pampam, papap, papapam, papaman.. sunny days sweeping the clouds away...
- Pokemon - because they're also cute
- Sanrio - because it's the asian symbol for happy, hehehe...
- The intro to the Velvet Underground's "Head Held High", which starts with these voices in harmony going "haaa..." then the drums kick, and you keep on jumping back to the start, so you can figure out which air drums to "play" when you're pretending to be Mo Tucker... did
the kick drum come first, or was that a snare? - Speaking of "haa..." does anyone remember that Jim Henson animated movie from the 80s, the Dark Crystal? There was a part where all the turtle-like creatures come out and also go.. "haaa...", and it piles up, all these deep bassy tones converging...
- Jesus Christ Superstar, though not as wide-eyed and funky. Hmm.. must be the robes and the hair then!
- tibetan throat singing
Oh my god, I've got a crush on someone from the band! O gorgeous Lady of The Orange Robe, of the first row in the choir, standing beside the lady in Red robe, who was also looking extremely cool in her choreography. Love those head-shakes! Does anyone know all their names, and more importantly, *her* name? There's a list of names on the PS website, but no pictures to match the names to!
[I later found out her name: Apotsala Wilson]
We're all high, and we don't wanna come down!
There was one part of the gig where they're playing a song, and then it all goes quiet and everyone onstage was standing still in a pose, except for Tim, who got the audience to start singing this single note for what seemed like ages - ME: "Haaaa......"
They returned to the stage for their encore by coming through the theatre entrance, and going through the crowd.
Little kid in robes at the side of the stage on his little drum kit, sooo cute!! Later, the percussionist came to him and got him to play tambourine.
[This was lead singer Tim De Laughter's son]
Percussion guy comes out and lifts one of the drumkit cymbals and stand, and goes to the left speaker.. I think the's the same guy who went offstage and into the crowd with the cymbals.
Drummer comes out with drum hanging from his neck, like in a marching band
Songs played, in no order:
A Long Day Continues
Hold Me Now
Two Thousand Places
One Man Show
Suitcase Calling
When The Fool Becomes A King
I dont' have the prev. album, but this song -
"It's the sun... It's the sun.. " - must be from that one...
Short verse of "Oh what a night"
A bit of "You are my sunshine"... don't know if this was a request from someone in the audience, but I assume so, seeing Tim holding up a sheet of paper with "You are my sunshine" written in red marker.
Last song of the night - Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (!) - main song and reprise.
[Best cover ever of Sgt Pepper! They played it regularly during this tour. My friend in San Francisco also heard it there.]
The dials were always at 11. Not in terms of volume, but in how it made us all feel. Every song was played like it was the last song of the night.
You don't watch The Polyphonic Spree - you become one of them, if only for the hour and a half that you share the same room.
Tuesday, 30 January 2007
Jose Gonzalez: Love Will Tear Us Apart
I don't know what it is, but he's got it. He doesn't seem to be as burdened with the legacy of this song. The New Order version just has too much fucking baggage, and inevitably triggers all these comparisons with the original. How could it not?
This guy just goes and does it, almost as if he's in a hurry, with a voice that reminds me a little of Ian Curtis - deep, and monotonous - the kind of voice you'd expect announcing the arrival of a new train, or paging somebody on the hotel PA.
I must admit, if it was Ian Curtis's voice announcing the coming train, maybe I wouldn't get on it.
R.I.P. to the ones who have left without joy from this world.
This guy just goes and does it, almost as if he's in a hurry, with a voice that reminds me a little of Ian Curtis - deep, and monotonous - the kind of voice you'd expect announcing the arrival of a new train, or paging somebody on the hotel PA.
I must admit, if it was Ian Curtis's voice announcing the coming train, maybe I wouldn't get on it.
R.I.P. to the ones who have left without joy from this world.
Friday, 12 January 2007
Taking Back Sunday: 12 Days of Christmas (animation)
This video actually got me thinking about the song, and how weird those gifts really are! Imagine, you get birds for the first four days, then jewellery, then geese, swans, maids, dancers, lords, pipers, drummers. I'm surprised they thought the geese were "laying", as in getting it on. Birds lay eggs! What are kids thinking these days.
If this was made in the early 20th century, you'd probably call this "surrealist". But these days, we just say NIIIIIIIIICE. Watch for cameos from Jerry Garcia and Gollum.
If this was made in the early 20th century, you'd probably call this "surrealist". But these days, we just say NIIIIIIIIICE. Watch for cameos from Jerry Garcia and Gollum.
Sunday, 24 September 2006
flickr: wayne freaking flaming coyne
Sometimes you're just randomly clicking on flickr, minding your own business, then you come across a photo that completly floors you. I cannot even begin to describe my awe at this photo.
I really have to see the Flaming Lips next time they're in Sydney.
Hmmm.. can I afford to wait that long?
What if they suddenly go all Radiohead on us and become annoyingly contrary and anti-fame, "waa waah waaah.. we're too popular, everybody acts like they like us, waa waaa, let's make albums full of bleeping sounds and piss off the classic rock kind of crowd, let's stick to the cool crowd fan base, but let's keep my whining singing voice..."
Whups, went off on a tangent there. Sorry. I guess I still haven't gotten over Kid A. Heh.
I really have to see the Flaming Lips next time they're in Sydney.
Hmmm.. can I afford to wait that long?
What if they suddenly go all Radiohead on us and become annoyingly contrary and anti-fame, "waa waah waaah.. we're too popular, everybody acts like they like us, waa waaa, let's make albums full of bleeping sounds and piss off the classic rock kind of crowd, let's stick to the cool crowd fan base, but let's keep my whining singing voice..."
Whups, went off on a tangent there. Sorry. I guess I still haven't gotten over Kid A. Heh.
Addendum:
7 Feb 2010
Shit, what a dumbass.. why didn't I download the photo?? Shit. No longer available on Flickr. Fuck. The photo was totally awesome. Sorry if anyone reads this and wonders
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