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krj
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NP #1: Music to Conference By
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Feb 9 04:09 UTC 2006 |
This is the 2006 edition of the tedious, yet popular, item for listing
what music you are listening to as you cruise through the Music
conference. No cheating, now!
To keep things interesting, try to write a line or two about the album
or song you are naming, especially if it is at all obscure.
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mcnally
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response 1 of 55:
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Feb 10 17:48 UTC 2006 |
Nustrat Fateh Ali Khan -- "Mustt Mustt"
The track is off a $0.99 promo sampler CD called "10 out of 10",
(probably out of print now, I bought it years ago in Ann Arbor)
which (as the name implies) presents 10 tracks from 10 artists,
all of whom were recorded by Peter Gabriel's "Real World" label.
Nusrat is (was, I guess) a Pakistani singer who was one of the
greatest masters of the Qawwali style of Sufi devotional songs.
This particular track is mixed with a modern western beat and
works extremely well as a merger of east and west, something many
artists and DJs shoot for but which, judging from results, must
be tricky to achieve.
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krj
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response 2 of 55:
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Feb 10 18:28 UTC 2006 |
A live performance by singer Mary Gauthier, playing a lunchtime hour
show on KUT in Austin.
Usually these shows turn up on the http://kut.org website for replay,
so there is a chance you could get to hear it later.
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kingjon
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response 3 of 55:
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Feb 11 03:40 UTC 2006 |
A recording of the Milan Area Schools Collage Concert, December 2000. (You
won't be able to find a copy anywhere, unless possibly at a yard sale.) Quality
-- of musicianship and of recording -- is not high, but there's a few songs I
don't have recordings of anywhere else, and the nostalgia factor is high --
this was my eighth grade year, and I think my last concert before my voice
started changing. I'm listening to this at the moment because I'm producing a
list for my own use of what the songs are.
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mcnally
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response 4 of 55:
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Feb 11 05:15 UTC 2006 |
Playing at the moment, The Band, performing "I Shall Be Released",
courtesy of the film "Festival Express", a documentary of a late 60's
rock-and-roll tour across Canada featuring many of the most famous
artists of the day.
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krj
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response 5 of 55:
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Feb 17 07:17 UTC 2006 |
"Crash," a preview track from an upcoming Croft No. 5 album, from
BBC Radio Scotland. Have not been able to find anything on the web
about when this might be released, argh. Croft No. 5 go into a
pigeonhole I describe as "folk-techno," though that probably isn't
the best definition.
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kingjon
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response 6 of 55:
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Feb 20 21:56 UTC 2006 |
Playing (or, rather, just finished, with its replacement waiting until I finish
entering this response) now: a MIDI version of Britten's "Young Person's Guide
to the Orchestra." One of my favorite pieces of music, but unfortunately my
computer isn't quite up to compiling something, sshing into Grex, and playing
it at the same time, so it got behind.
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kingjon
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response 7 of 55:
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Feb 20 22:15 UTC 2006 |
Now playing (and actually playing, this time): The Earle of Oxford's March by
William Byrd, played by (IIRC) the Austin Symphonic Band.
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happyboy
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response 8 of 55:
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Feb 20 23:15 UTC 2006 |
nick drake bryter later
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krj
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response 9 of 55:
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Feb 21 18:09 UTC 2006 |
The Armenian Navy Band, a brass band thingie getting some promo push
on the BBC. Apparently a nominee for one of their World Music awards.
The programme is Celtic Connections on BBC Radio Scotland, with a guest
host this week because Mary Ann Kennedy was off in Austin.
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kingjon
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response 10 of 55:
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Feb 21 23:46 UTC 2006 |
(A converted MIDI file, but still ...)
John Rutter's "What Sweeter Music." Rutter is my favorite living composer, and
I can't think of anything of his that I don't like. This is one of my favorites
among his pieces.
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kingjon
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response 11 of 55:
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Feb 26 02:23 UTC 2006 |
Again, a MIDI version.
This time, it's the Vivaldi _Gloria_, a series of pieces setting the text of
the Gloria section of the Mass. I've sung the "Gloria in excelsis," the first
part, and fell in love with the whole thing. However, the sound files have now
gotten past the point where I can recognize the text from the tune.
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krj
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response 12 of 55:
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Feb 26 03:04 UTC 2006 |
The House Band's cover of Richard Thompson's song "Pharaoh",
from a mix mini-disc I made Leslie, wow, we can't remember how long
ago. Actually it started life as a mix cassette...
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krj
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response 13 of 55:
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Feb 26 05:56 UTC 2006 |
Some Mozart symphonies, conducted by Bernstein.
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kingjon
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response 14 of 55:
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Feb 27 20:15 UTC 2006 |
Elgar, Enigma Variations.
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kingjon
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response 15 of 55:
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Mar 8 19:41 UTC 2006 |
(Again, a MIDI converted to OGG.) A tune called "When I'm 64." (Originally by
the Beatles, I believe, though I've heard it at dulcimer jams enough times ...)
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kingjon
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response 16 of 55:
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Mar 16 02:00 UTC 2006 |
A song called "The Lines of my Earth" by Sixpence None The Richer. Some lines
from the refrain: "This is the last song that I write / 'Til you tell me
otherwise. / And it's because I just don't feel it." This could be a depressing
song if one were happy when listening to it, but when one is feeling sad,
apathetic, <insert negative emotion here>, it's nice to know that one is not
the only one to go through it.
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krj
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response 17 of 55:
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Mar 29 16:47 UTC 2006 |
Whirling Pope Joan, SPIN. This was a one-shot project from Nigel Eaton
of Blowzabella on hurdy gurdy, and Julie Murphy on vocals.
My vague recollection is that this 1994 recording was Julie Murphy's
debut.
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bmoran
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response 18 of 55:
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May 27 02:38 UTC 2006 |
Track #9 -Just Another Day- from Eno's Another day on earth. First time
listening, picked it up at the library. Pretty good quality, multi
tracked, etc. Typical Eno.
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happyboy
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response 19 of 55:
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May 27 06:12 UTC 2006 |
television: adventure
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mcnally
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response 20 of 55:
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May 27 08:03 UTC 2006 |
I haven't listened to it yet, but Eno produced Paul Simon's
latest album. I'm not sure whether I think that's a good idea
or not..
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krj
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response 21 of 55:
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Jun 25 17:44 UTC 2006 |
Eileen Farrell, PUCCINI ARIAS. American singer who was most active in the
1950s and 1960s but who continued recording pop songs and standards until
her recent death.
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krj
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response 22 of 55:
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Jul 5 22:48 UTC 2006 |
Peter Gabriel, SO. Gack, a 20 year old CD! (both the music, and my
copy of it)
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nharmon
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response 23 of 55:
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Jul 6 01:36 UTC 2006 |
You could have a steam train
If youd just lay down your tracks
You could have an aeroplane flying
If you bring your blue sky back
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krj
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response 24 of 55:
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Aug 14 15:52 UTC 2006 |
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, "Let's Leave This Town."
Austin-based (I think?) country-flavored singer-songwriters, nice
harmonies.
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