It's reminiscent of late 1990s Pavement, in the same way Pavement were reminiscent of the late 80s/ early 90s Flying Nun bands they heard on US college radio. Influenced, but not derivative.
#Listening to Aotearoa by Minuit. I consistently tear up when I hear this song, and especially when I watch the video;
"And if the past's a distant land
Maybe there is no rhyme or reason
And if we salvage what we can
You and me
And yes, it's true we're very young
And we have sticks and stones and bruises
Can we do undo what has been done?
Is this the way destiny chooses?
You and me
You and me
You and me
We are a New Zealand"
« We cannot live in a world interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a hope. Part of the terror is to take back our listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light. »
For today's #ThankYouTuesday, I want to thank the people who still know how to listen to others. Those who don't always put themselves at the center of the universe, but can also understand others. Those who strive to be well and make others well, not constantly fighting to prevail, dominate, outdo, or crush.
My gratitude today goes to these increasingly rare individuals.
#Listening to the bowdlerised music video mix of The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson;
"And I don't want you and I don't need you
Don't bother to resist, or I'll beat you It's not your fault that you're always wrong
The weak ones are there to justify the strong"
A few months ago I went to a women's conference. The music was too loud. I sustained damage to my ears. Hearing loss and fullness that lasted for 2 weeks. I got a miracle! Fully recovered with no more loss!
This is a sketch from my journal while I was waiting for my prayers to be answered.
Jordan was an exponent of a jazzy blues subgenre known as 'jump blues', one of the formative influences on rock'n'roll pioneers like Chuck Berry. The upbeat tempos and jaunty horn lines of jump blues likely influenced later styles like Jamaican ska.
It's the sort of pop-punk you'd expect to hear over a hallway montage at the start of a noughties high school movie. Back then I dismissed music like this as "bubblegum punk", and I still prefer a band like Chroma that bring some social commentary into their lyrics. But I do love the energy, and Felicia has some pipes!
Wikipedia notes that a rough English translation of the album name is; Watch out! The tram is coming. In other trivia, indie nerds who specialise in the 1990s might notice that the band name is taken from a song title off Now I'm a Cowboy, by British band The Auteurs.
This uncharacteristically upbeat track is from their third album, After Murder Park, released in 1996. The album was engineered by Steve Albini. 3 years after he worked on Nirvana's final studio album, In Utero, and wrote his notorious essay The Problem With Music;
Listening to the new Alice Coltrane album, The Carnegie Hall Concert (Live). It was recorded in 1971 as part of a benefit concert for the Integral Yoga Institute, but never released. It's nice.
Lineup:
Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp on sax, Jimmy Garrison and Cecil McBee on bass, Ed Blackwell and Clifford Jarvis on drums, Tusli Sen Gupta on tamboura, Kumar Kramer on harmonium.
Tracks:
Journey to Satchinanda
Shiva-Loka
Africa
Leo