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hips and makers
So today at work, to the sounds of boards of canada, i composed my three 1 page pieces for class. They can be viewed here, here and here.
later this evening, i went down to Coolidge Corner to see Kristin Hersh. Engaged in some music talk with various people in line, and then eventually got in. Damon and Naomi was good enough to get me talking to Damon after the show and plopping down 10 bucks for a CD i've been interested in buying based on title and artwork alone for quite a few months.
Kristin was awesome. What a singularly unique voice. I was a little disappointed at myself for not knowing more of the music going into it, but it was still great. What a talent, just watching her play guitar is interesting enough. The show tonight was like miles away from the plan a couple of weeks ago. We were all seated in the theatre, Damon and Naomi was just a guy with an acoustic and a girl with a bass and an accordion. And Kristin's set was just solo acoustic. A nice change of pace.
I bought her "murder, misery and then goodnight" cd. Which is a tour only disc of her singing appalachian folk songs that daddy used to sing. let me tell you something, appalachia is a scary, scary place. It's home to Will Oldham, i'm pretty sure Smog, and without a doubt i'd say those fuckers in Cereberus Shoal are from Appalachia's deepest backwoods. I heard the appalachian song she played in concert, and then the first two on the CD. The song she played in concert was about a girl who wouldn't marry a dude, so he drowned her. The first song on the CD was about a girl who wouldn't marry a dude, so he stabbed her and then drowned her. And the second song on the CD was about a girl who killed herself because she didn't want to be another man's wife. Oh yeah, she drowned herself. Woohoo appalachia! And yet for some reason, she played the one in concert, and i became really intrigued in the macabre nature of the stuff and wanted the CD, so i could put it in before bed and get scared.
I wanted to buy a copy of Sunny Border Blue because i like the songs, i like the cover, and the Mp3s i have have a nasty trait of almost all being cut off. But for $15 i figured i'd pick it up used somewhere along the road.
So inconclusion. Hurray for Damon and Naomi. Hurray for Appalachia. And hurray for kristin hersh, who has a great repoire with her audience, a great voice, great skill on guitar, great songwriting, and she's really really cute.
Damn, as i was writing this, i sort of forgot i have work tomorrow. That's unfortunate, i liked it much better when i wasn't thinking about waking up at 8am. Oh well, i'll listen to music and type resumes and then it'll be over.
Speaking of music, death cab for cutie has inspired me to make a themed mix, bookended by "company calls" and "company calls epilogue." The middle will be songs that i thus determine to be "themed" appropriately. It's very much a work in progress.
Ack, Kristin's "the letter" is playing now. This song is almost too much to take.