Posts archive for: May, 2008
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Lhasa de Sela
@ 2008-05-27 – 10:41:22
Sorry, I don't know how to make the video play on the page like the others, so I'll just have to give the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUiljQ-AnwI&feature=related
She was born in Mexico as a native Spanish speaker before moving to America and learning English and later to Canada where she learned French. Her latest album contains songs in all 3 languages. This is genius both lyrically and musically. The lyrics read like poetry and the music is hypnotically and sparsely simple yet magnificently played.
This is a beautiful live clip of her and well worth 4 minutes of your time.
Cheers, Tom.
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Classic
@ 2008-05-21 – 19:59:58
Mason Douglas Williams (b. August 24, 1938 in Abilene, Texas) is an American guitarist and composer, best known for his popular guitar instrumental "Classical Gas". He is also a multiple Emmy award winning comedy writer, known for his writing on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, and Saturday Night Live. He is also an eclectic poet and lyricist, with several published books to his credit.
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Those were the days
@ 2008-05-08 – 19:10:29
Having got in touch with an old disco dance partner from the 70's this tune takes me right back to the cellar disco bar at 'The Sun' public house in Romford.
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