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Hace tanto calor que parece que el suelo se derrite bajo mis pies.....mañana me voy a la playa a refrescarme y tomarme una cervecita bien fresca entre chapuzón y chapuzón.....que ya es hora de estrenar mi bañador nuevo, leñe !! ....¿ALGUIEN SE APUNTA? Solete y JuanJ. seguro púes compartimos el mismo Mar Mediterraneo aunque nos separen unos pocos kilómetros
Viajando con Ryan Air, digo, Kate Ryan (uy como estoy hoy)
)Today is July 4th, America's Independence Day. I have put together a collection of Americana/Roots music as theme. Some artists are not strictly in this genre, and to group them together might be unfair, so I suggest if you like what you read and hear, find out more about them on their respective websites.
Of course, when you think of "America", the one name that really comes to mind is Bruce Springsteen. Since 1973, "The Boss" have been representing the everyman with his American heartland rock music. He's probably best known for his album (and song), "Born in the U.S.A." at the height of his popularity in 1984.
The album tied for "Most Top 10 Songs from One Album" award, alongside Michael Jackson's Thriller and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, with - count 'em - seven songs: "Dancing in the Dark" , "Cover Me" , "Born in the U.S.A." , "I'm on Fire" , "Glory Days", "I'm Goin' Down" and "My Hometown".
With an amazing string of hit songs, it's actually not surprising that find out that Springsteen's albums consistantly hit #1 on the Billboard charts, with eight #1 albums: The River (1980), Born in the U.S.A. (1984), Live/1975-85 (1986), Tunnel of Love (1987), Greatest Hits (1995), The Rising (2002), Devils & Dust (2005), and Magic (2007). With the exception of Jay-Z, all of the chart-toppers are no longer around (The Beatles, Elvis, and The Rolling Stones), so this is a pretty amazing feat for an all-American New Jersey boy.
By the way, I have never seen Springsteen live, but from watching SNL and reading about it, I get the impression that The Boss and the E Street Band plays an amazing, live show, full of blood, sweat, and tear.
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CORY CHISEL
thewanderingsons.com ♥ myspace.com
The EP I have here is called Cabin Ghosts, and it's listed simply as "Cory Chisel", but I believe the full, and correct, name should be listed as "Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons". There is also no cover art with the EP, so please note that the art that I used to represent them here is not the final CD cover. I tried looking up when the CD will be release, but I couldn't find any details of the details. I am assuming it will be release sometime in 2008 and/or only sold on tour. Listening to the EP, it sounds to me to be very Springsteenesque, especially when Chisel sings out, "The thunder roll, its angry heart, across my shoulders in the dark, maybe I'm losing ground" on "See It My Way". I am also guessing that the EP was recorded live as there's clapping from the audience inbetween the songs, but on some songs, the audio sounds too perfect (you can clearly hear everything, from backup singers to the quiet acoustic guitar). The song I was asked to use is "Home In The Woods", which I can understand as its lyrics and theme is about wanting to escape from the city and live in an isolated cabin in the woods - perfect for an EP called Cabin Ghosts. They are currently on tour with Joshua James. See tour information below.
Jul 16 - The Intersection - Grand Rapids, Michigan
July 17 - Club Cafe - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 18 - Radio Radio - Indianapolis, Indiana July 19 - Beat Kitchen - Chicago, Illinois July 20 - The Ark - Ann Arbor, Michigan July 22 - Shank Hal - Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 23 - Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, Minnesota July 24 - Waiting Room - Omaha, Nebraska July 25 - The Record Bar - Kansas City, Missouri July 30 - Toad Tavern - Denver, Colorado July 31 - Belly Up - Aspen, Colorado Aug 1 - Club Sound - Salt Lake City, Utah Aug 3 - The Triple Door - Seattle, Washington Aug 4 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, Oregon Aug 5 - Boardwalk - Orangevale, California Aug 6 - Hotel Utah Saloon - San Francisco, California Aug 8 - Casbah - San Diego, California Aug 9 - Hotel Cafe - Los Angeles, California Aug 10 - Rhythm Room - Phoenix, Arizona Aug 15 - Lawrence Memorial Chape - Appleton, Wisconsin Sep 13 - Red Rocks Amphitheater - Morrison, Colorado Nov 26 - New American Theater - Rockford, Illinois
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SAMMY WALKER
ramseurrecords.net ♥ myspace.com Sammy Walker is a folk/country singer/songwriter from Georgia (but I think currently in North Carolina?), was briefly popular from 1975 to 1977, with two of the albums on major label, Warner Brothers. It would seem he went into early retirement until 1994 with Old Time Southern Dream. Now, after 14 years since that release, he is back now with Misfit Scarecrow to be released on July 22nd on Ramseur Records. Walker has a very distinctive, southern, and clear, but aging, voice. Some of the melodies and lyrics really made me think of Bob Dylan. Since I don't have Walker's earlier works, I can only imagine what his earlier works might sound just like early Dylan. Walker's songs all tells little timeless stories, all told through the eyes of the protagonist. Sometime that person might be a corpse ("Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone") or a scarecrow ("Misfit Scarecrow") or a farmer ("Proud and Poor"), but they all tell epic tales. I really enjoyed "Another Sad Song About You", a song about running into someone from the past. It goes into great detail describing someone leaning on a lamp post: "a blue scarf around your neck, and a silver charm across your heart". Despite a timeless feel to the song, I did enjoy the modern references, in such lines like: "I heard about your brother, when the Twin Towers came crashing down." The country/blues song, "Someday I'm Gonna Rock and Roll", ends the album with a humourous tone. I get the impression that the song is really about Walker, himself. He must get a lot of people telling him he should do rock and roll, but he scoffs at it.
In case you were wondering why that line is so funny, it's because Rodgers is often considered as the father of country music. |
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FISKUM
fiskum.com ♥ myspace.com
Fiskum is actually from Minneapolis, and his album, Darkness/Fire/Dancing was released late last year. The first time I heard "Tom Waits' Bar And Grill", I thought of Harry Chapin's "Taxi", especially when he sings "and she says 'hi, how'd you been? I saw your call, I stopped on in'". With the title, you can tell that he is giving a little nod to Tom Waits, and, like Waits, paints a story about a chance encounter with an old close friend at a bar & grill. I later read Fiskum got the idea for the song from a short conversation with someone trying to "explain to his new girlfriend why he was seen hanging with his old flame." He wrote notes for each of his song on his music page, and this is for "Tom Waits' Bar & Grill":
There is a
surprise at the end of the album, it's another version of "Winter
Moon". The song looks like a live recording, and it's sung entirely in
Welsh by an uncredited woman. You can find Darkness/Fire/Dancing at your usual location on Amazon and iTunes. |
JOSEPH ARTHUR
josepharthur.com ♥ myspace.com
Peter Gabriel saw something in Joseph Arthur, because he signed Arthur on his record label, Real World. Although he's no longer on Real World, he's releasing a ton of material on his own record label, Lonely Astronaught. Already this year alone these are the EPs that's already released: Could We Survive (Mar 2008), Crazy Rain (Apr 2008), Vagabond Skies (Jun 2008), and Foreign Girls (July 2008). At the rate he's going, he'll probably have three or four EPs released before his album, Temporary People comes out September 16th, 2008. I actually have only two of the EPs, Could We Survive, which seems to have a (anti?) war theme, and his latest, Vagabond Skies. There's something perfectly folk and pop on the lead song, "Slow Me Down", that you should check out. As you can hear on that song, it's not completely traditional folk. Such beat/loop machine can be found in the background of "Pretty Good Company" and "Second Sight". It's also nice to hear Joan Wasser (violins) doing some backup vocals on some songs, I hope she participate more in the upcoming album. I like what he's doing, bundling his limited art prints if you buy two EPs ($20). This is good for hardcore fans to collect his art, while at the same time give the second EP as a gift of music to their friends and family. |
PS, this article took very long to write. There may be a part two later tonight.
Links:
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Un día un tipo muere y baja al infierno. Allí tiene su primer encuentro
con el demonio.
-Demonio: ¿Por que estas tan triste?
-Hombre: ¿Por que me haces esa pregunta tan estúpida? ¡Estoy en el
infierno!
-Demonio: Pero, si el infierno no es tan malo... De hecho, nos lo pasamos en
grande aquí abajo. ¿Te gusta beber?
-Hombre: Claro, me encanta beber!!!
-Demonio: Muy bien, entonces vas a adorar los lunes. Los lunes es cuando
todos bebemos. Whisky, tequila, cerveza, vino... bebemos hasta que nos
caemos al suelo y no nos podemos levantar y ¡¡¡además
después no tenemos resaca!!!!
-Hombre: Oye, eso suena muy bien.
-Demonio: ¿Eres fumador?
-Hombre: Claro.
-Demonio: Estupendo, entonces vas a adorar los martes. Conseguimos el mejor
tabaco de todo el mundo y fumamos hasta que se nos salen los pulmones por
la boca. Si pillas cáncer, no te preocupes, ya estas
muerto, ¿te acuerdas?
-Hombre: ¡Esto es formidable!
-Demonio: Apuesto a que también eres jugador.
-Hombre: Pues si...
-Demonio: Pues los miércoles jugamos al blackjack, a la ruleta, al poker, a
lo que sea. Si te arruinas... estas muerto, ¿no? ¿También te van las
drogas?
-Hombre: ¿Estas bromeando? ¡Me encantan las drogas!
-Demonio: Estas de suerte, el jueves es el día de las drogas. Cocaína,
heroína, crack... fumamos porros del tamaño de un submarino. Puedes
conseguir todas las que quieras, y a quien le importa ¡¡¡porque ya estas
muerto!!!!
-Hombre: ¡Nunca imagine que el infierno era un lugar tan maravilloso!
-Demonio: ¿Eres gay?
-Hombre: No... eso no
-Demonio: ¡¡¡¡Ooooooooooh!!!!.......... me parece que vas a odiar los
viernes.
Me encanta esa pelicula, me he reido un montón cada vez que la he visto...jejeje pero hoy os traigo su banda sonora con sus variantes para España, Latinoamerica y la V.O. en Inglés...¿cual os gusta más?
Hoy comienza oficialmente la "operacion salida" del mes de Julio (y no me refiero a ninguna chica en concreto), y cientos de miles de coches se lanzaran a las carreteras en busca de las vacaciones soñadas, anheladas y seguramente merecidas (a no ser que se sea funcionario, claro). Tambien se colapsaran aeropuertos, estaciones de tren y algun ferry que otro. Pero mi post de hoy va dirigido a todos aquellos que vengan de fuera de mi país (España) en busca de sol, playa y fiesta (aunque alguno vendrá en busca de montaña, fresquito y tranquilidad). Si, para todos los extranjeros (unos 20 millones de turistas, más o menos) que visiten las playas de Andalucia, Murcia, Valencia, Cantabria, Pais Vasco, Galicia,Asturias y como no, Catalunya o su destino sea el interior del pais con sus paisajes, montañas y rios o alguna de nuestras islas, ya sean las Baleares o las Canarias.....HELLO AMIGOS !!! y para los que todavia nos falta (que lejos está Septiembre, leñe), paciencia y a disfrutar el fin de semana jejeje
Yo tampoco estaria muy tranquilo viendo las fauces del "lindo perrito" negro.....
Overall, it's been wonderful.
Just, some of the moments... Eh.
I'm sad and lonely right now. I enjoy almost everyone on this trip, but there are situations where I just don't fit in.... and it's painful, because we get along so well at other times.
Angst, angst, angst.
On the bright side, this is a shiny beautiful picture of me with my umbrella. I like it a lot. I am trying to take a rainbow sort of picture every day this week. Unfortunately, most of my rainbow props (coffee mugs, pins, suspenders...) are at home. It makes things a lot trickier.
I really do like the umbrella, though. And I just took a picture with my new rainbow hat, but i can do it again. It IS Rainbow Week, after all.
I don't think I have any rainbow socks with me, but maybe I can buy some. Hm.
