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And then a week after I watched the film, by chance I found a CD (Transnormal Skiperoo) by the narrator/ star, Jim White (no relation), in our local Oxfam for £2. This too was excellent
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Looked like the only interesting thing on a compilation CD I saw on a market stall. Result.
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I guessed roughly what it was going to be like from the cover and the 'handwriting' style script inside - it's quirky alt-pop, not "great" music but well-enough done and quite amusing. And *much* better than most of the better-known bands in that sort of style...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/onameyer2
She put on a great show, and my god.... the guitar work was awesome. Hadn't heard much of her stuff but varied between rock/heavy rock and prog. She also did a Robin Trower cover of Daydream. Cue lots of Youtubing Robin Trower and embarrassment for not having heard of him...
She was also supported by a good acoustic folkish duo... Rita Payne. Again very very good! (quite Damien Rice-y)
Cue Youtube videos...
Was listening to Radio 3 on the way into work one morning a few years ago, and they played a tune that grabbed my attention. Checked the playlist as soon as I could and it turned out to be a male a cappella group called Chanticleer, and the tune was Axion Estin from their Sound In Spirit album (which I immediately bought). That seems to be mostly religious stuff, but it turns out they have different stuff in their repertoire as well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lH-b5lDB9s&list=UULa8WdKAdt49Q_mE0Tp407g
Haven't found Axion Estin online (their version sounds different from other versions I found).
Nomad
Nobody loves me but my mother... and she could be jivin' too...
I love this (and the EP it's taken from) more than anything I've heard in a long time.
Also really enjoying the Warpaint album.
Just stunning stuff.
Psyche - The Hiding Place
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I guessed it was going to be some sort of electronica, and I was right. But with a vocalist who is slightly reminiscent of Michael Hutchence.
The odd coincidence is that a few days before this I was watching the classic Logan's Run for the first time in about thirty years... and the first track on this album is called Sanctuary, and the album intro opens with a sample of "Logan 5, approach and identify".
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
In 2002, Martineau wrote an article in The Daily Telegraph's Saturday magazine about the wait for a life-saving triple transplant. The next day, her manager approached Sony Music with a demo tape and she was signed to their label in late 2002. Alice completed this debut album quickly as most songs had already been written over the previous three years. Her debut single, "If I Fall", was released on November 11, 2002, with the album Daydreams following a week later on November 18. Tracks on the album were produced by a number of people, including Marius De Vries. A promotional preview CD containing one track from her album and four short previews was also circulated.
Sony had planned to release a second single, "The Right Time" on February 10, 2003, but decided to cancel the release due to Martineau's poor health.
Martineau remained on the waiting list for a triple heart, lung and liver transplant for more than a year and a half, before dying at home on the morning of 6 March 2003. A documentary, The Nine Lives of Alice Martineau, was made by the BBC Television several months before her death and broadcast shortly after her death."
Damn .
RIP
I never saw the documentary but I'll look it up.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
They never made it, partly, I think, because their setlst was inconsistent: ballad, tub thumper, western/country, ballad etc. You get the idea.
World class band though.