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Monday, November 20, 2006
Sunday, November 19, 2006
natasha khan... the next bjork???
About a week and a half ago, I recommended Bat For Lashes’ Fur And Gold. This post is to remind everyone how amazing that record is. I have uploaded the remaining songs from the album... make sure you check out these tracks from Bat For Lashes’ incredible debut.***files have expired, reload upon request
buy Fur And Gold here.
fixed
Apparently the comment section wasn’t working properly for the longest time... I guess that explains the lack of discussions lately... anyways, it is now fixed, so go crazy and howl away!
mates of state on crack... lots of crack
All The Stuff We Do by Cars Can Be Blue makes me laugh every time I listen to it. The album is not musically or lyrically extraordinary, but it is full of fun, simple, and fun songs. Yes, fun is the keyword for describing All The Stuff We Do... it is more like a comedic album than anything... I mean, how can one take an album seriously when the songs are about dating Batman (at the same time, questioning Batman’s sexuality), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, killing a baby, retards, and dirty sex. All The Stuff We Do is entertaining and it does feature a few memorable tracks; however, it is not a great record overall: perhaps there are too many tracks as the songs do get redundant towards the end of the record.Dating Batman
Retarded Retard
Dirty Song
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buy All The Stuff We Do here.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
patrick wolf update: that time of the month....
that time of the month....
oh.. eurgh.. graaa.. brrrrkk... nnnnnnn....
do you ever feel emotionally constipated?
like when you start a new job and people make judgements on
your character without even bothering to start a conversation with you?
I guess this is just one evening... I am generally so happy right now.
This week I had so much fun.. I recorded a performance for channel 4 (a television station in england).. their saturday morning tv show.. I did a little interview too.. (where I felt my brain afterwards wanted to just say the opposite of what my mouth said) My new band of beautifuls mounted to an epic seven piece group.. three strings (the siblings of joy.. victoria and alastair sutherland and the cornish wind in the wires born nat jones).. one bass clarinet (nat scott).. a trombone (the one and only mark rudland)... baritone uke.. (the new madonna.. bishi).. synthesizers and toy piano.. (jo apps). I think the recording will be broadcast in january and then again in march.. stay tuned for broadcast times. My band was bigger than Nelly Furtados but one short of Beyonces.. I must be onto an epic communication.
In other news.. I am in the early process of making a new music video for a song that is very dear to my heart from the new album. It will be a little visual, film entry to the new album, before the actual beast is unleashed and the next single is unveiled. I can confirm the song will be blue and there will be bells involved. I wrote the storyline that I then gave to a fantastic director.. and we will be delivering a great collaboration this winter.. if all goes to plan. My last video for A&E is a very different thing to what I have planned for the next few videos.
I have already very much started the press for the new record... can I apologise in advance for anything odd that comes out of my mouth? I tend to get bored a little easily and sometimes I wander off into the realm of hans christian andersen.. have any of you actually read his stories? I beg you to get a compendium this christmas and get lost in his words.
I think the thing is.. I belong primarily behind an instrument.. not a camera or a journalists tape recorder.. I long to disapear behind a type writer one day and finish off my book i've been writing for a while, but I must take one thing at a time and fulfill my duties to standing up for my work in the real world. I always say.. it's like when you give birth to a baby and you can't just give it up for adoption or leave it in an alleyway for some stranger to discover.. you need to put in a good nursery and feed it properly until it's fully grown.
I have been very drawn to soon wearing a burqa... I am disgusted that the british government is starting a ban of what the public is allowed to wear, I understand there must be a reform on sexist politics within the muslim religion, and a reform on the prejudice of the white racist british public.. but.. First hooded tops..
then now veils.. I have worn both in my time.. I once had a victorian black funeral veil that I used to wear on the street when I felt reclusive.. and I have been turned out of about six supermarkets here in London for wearing my favourite sequined hooded shirts and jackets and refusing to take the hood down while buying doughnuts and baileys.
Ok.. I must go.. Im sure there is so much to tell you.. but I feel already I have said too much for some. Soon we will be announcing the first leg of the new tour next year.. it will be a long one indeed, and global this time, at last! I will be putting my domestic life into storage for a good year as I live my life on the road. By the way.. I had an email recently from some juvenile criminal who got hold of my email adress complaining about my home decoration too.. Seriously.. I could go into specifics right now.. but please, I am not unfortunately at a missy elliot level where I can afford to wear new shoes everyday and live in a ferrari shaped bed, I moved into my new house so I could write on the grand piano everyday that my landlord left while he travelled Poland. Next time, I have quickly learnt, I will transmit my communications from somewhere much less personal. Im a little regretting letting one small minority in somewhere I thought could feel a part of something in this age of rehearsed personalites.. or perhaps, I dont care and they should go and find work at habitat with anna ryder richardson... and charlie dimmock just for good wholesome luck. I once went to the london marathon just to see her.. it was a real highlight of 2001, It ranks on a level with appearing in the audience of the Vanessa Feltz show in 1997.. so perhaps that is not such a punishment.
I have been designing the new website with a good person.. It should finally be ready this december. I am looking forward to showing you an extensive gallery and a little more of the story you have been following so far.
Anyway.. Unconditional love to all of you.. I am in a funny mood.. I still believe that certain boys get periods too. I need to write more music.. retreat from the sun a little. I am going to egypt soon.. I long to see the pyramids.. be with camels.. kiss a crocodile... burn my skin in solitude..
speak soon.. perhaps at the union chapel.. I start reharsals next week, Im very excited, very excited indeed.
love x patrick
oh.. eurgh.. graaa.. brrrrkk... nnnnnnn....
do you ever feel emotionally constipated?
like when you start a new job and people make judgements on
your character without even bothering to start a conversation with you?
I guess this is just one evening... I am generally so happy right now.
This week I had so much fun.. I recorded a performance for channel 4 (a television station in england).. their saturday morning tv show.. I did a little interview too.. (where I felt my brain afterwards wanted to just say the opposite of what my mouth said) My new band of beautifuls mounted to an epic seven piece group.. three strings (the siblings of joy.. victoria and alastair sutherland and the cornish wind in the wires born nat jones).. one bass clarinet (nat scott).. a trombone (the one and only mark rudland)... baritone uke.. (the new madonna.. bishi).. synthesizers and toy piano.. (jo apps). I think the recording will be broadcast in january and then again in march.. stay tuned for broadcast times. My band was bigger than Nelly Furtados but one short of Beyonces.. I must be onto an epic communication.
In other news.. I am in the early process of making a new music video for a song that is very dear to my heart from the new album. It will be a little visual, film entry to the new album, before the actual beast is unleashed and the next single is unveiled. I can confirm the song will be blue and there will be bells involved. I wrote the storyline that I then gave to a fantastic director.. and we will be delivering a great collaboration this winter.. if all goes to plan. My last video for A&E is a very different thing to what I have planned for the next few videos.
I have already very much started the press for the new record... can I apologise in advance for anything odd that comes out of my mouth? I tend to get bored a little easily and sometimes I wander off into the realm of hans christian andersen.. have any of you actually read his stories? I beg you to get a compendium this christmas and get lost in his words.
I think the thing is.. I belong primarily behind an instrument.. not a camera or a journalists tape recorder.. I long to disapear behind a type writer one day and finish off my book i've been writing for a while, but I must take one thing at a time and fulfill my duties to standing up for my work in the real world. I always say.. it's like when you give birth to a baby and you can't just give it up for adoption or leave it in an alleyway for some stranger to discover.. you need to put in a good nursery and feed it properly until it's fully grown.
I have been very drawn to soon wearing a burqa... I am disgusted that the british government is starting a ban of what the public is allowed to wear, I understand there must be a reform on sexist politics within the muslim religion, and a reform on the prejudice of the white racist british public.. but.. First hooded tops..
then now veils.. I have worn both in my time.. I once had a victorian black funeral veil that I used to wear on the street when I felt reclusive.. and I have been turned out of about six supermarkets here in London for wearing my favourite sequined hooded shirts and jackets and refusing to take the hood down while buying doughnuts and baileys.
Ok.. I must go.. Im sure there is so much to tell you.. but I feel already I have said too much for some. Soon we will be announcing the first leg of the new tour next year.. it will be a long one indeed, and global this time, at last! I will be putting my domestic life into storage for a good year as I live my life on the road. By the way.. I had an email recently from some juvenile criminal who got hold of my email adress complaining about my home decoration too.. Seriously.. I could go into specifics right now.. but please, I am not unfortunately at a missy elliot level where I can afford to wear new shoes everyday and live in a ferrari shaped bed, I moved into my new house so I could write on the grand piano everyday that my landlord left while he travelled Poland. Next time, I have quickly learnt, I will transmit my communications from somewhere much less personal. Im a little regretting letting one small minority in somewhere I thought could feel a part of something in this age of rehearsed personalites.. or perhaps, I dont care and they should go and find work at habitat with anna ryder richardson... and charlie dimmock just for good wholesome luck. I once went to the london marathon just to see her.. it was a real highlight of 2001, It ranks on a level with appearing in the audience of the Vanessa Feltz show in 1997.. so perhaps that is not such a punishment.
I have been designing the new website with a good person.. It should finally be ready this december. I am looking forward to showing you an extensive gallery and a little more of the story you have been following so far.
Anyway.. Unconditional love to all of you.. I am in a funny mood.. I still believe that certain boys get periods too. I need to write more music.. retreat from the sun a little. I am going to egypt soon.. I long to see the pyramids.. be with camels.. kiss a crocodile... burn my skin in solitude..
speak soon.. perhaps at the union chapel.. I start reharsals next week, Im very excited, very excited indeed.
love x patrick
Friday, November 17, 2006
my favorite record of 2007
Yes, you read it right... I have listed Dustin Kensrue’s solo debut, Please Come Home, as my favorite record of 2007. That’s not saying much since it is the only record I’ve heard that is scheduled to be released in 2007. Please Come Home is actually a very fine solo project by Thrice’s frontman. Unlike a certain hardcore gone acoustic art (cough Alexisonfire... cough... City and Colour), Please Come Home is not just another bland, boring unplugged album. Kensrue adopts the alterative-country/folk style very similar to The New Amsterdams and the result is excellent: the album is full of uplifting 'country rhythms' with some very 'country lyrics'. Perhaps the most surprising part of the record belongs to Kensrue new found and may I say, improved vocal style. It is crisp, melodic, and very nostalgic sounding. Without a doubt, Please Come Home will definitely be one of the first records I will buy in 2007.3. I Believe [wicked-cool song] ****link fixed****
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Sorry for the excessively use of [wicked-cool song], but I truly enjoy every song from this album!
Please Come Home comes out of January 23, 2007, I will post preorder details while they become available.
the florists + myspace = free songs!
So just a day after I discovered The Florists and their amusing video for "Stolen Love", they have made all their songs on MySpace downloadable!Russian Wives
Stolen Love
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
and i know that you're a sucker for anything acoustic
Alright, who is a sucker for anything acoustic? I know I am... that’s why I am recommending Owen’s latest, At Home With Owen. Actually, the record is more than just acoustic music... in fact; each song features various layers of lovely instruments ranging from the acoustic/electric guitar, violin, piano, and many more. "Bad News", the first track off the record sets the tempo for the rest of the album. The beautiful melodies, along with Owen’s soft voice, force you to listen to each song with extra caution... At Home With Owen is perfect for long walks under the sun during those cold winter days.The Sad Waltzes Of Pietro Crespi
Windows And Doorways
One Of These Days
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buy At Home With Owen here.
i may just play this at my housewarming
Go download Hot Chip’s Greco Roman Mixtape here... the link will be active for six more days, so hurry!
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
the florists
Check out the video below by The Florists. A pretty neat video for pretty great song! If anyone has recordings, or know where to get CDs, demos, etc by them, please let me know!
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