7 posts tagged “music”

While searching for new music on emusic.com, I discovered a band that somehow may be helping to spread the word about our favorite blogging tool: VOXTROT.  I listened to a few songs, purely out of curiosity, and think they're actually quite good.  Here are a couple of their songs.  All we need to do is get them to switch over from Blogger to Vox.

Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives

Voxtrot

Four Long Days

Voxtrot

The tracklist for this year's "Cities 97 Sampler" was just released.  The CD comes out November 16th.  What do you think?

• Amos Lee, "Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight"
• The Fray, "Over My Head (Cable Car)"
• Katie Melua, "Just Like Heaven"
• Dave Matthews Band, "Dreamgirl"
• Mat Kearney, "Nothing Left To Lose"
• Bonnie Raitt, "I Will Not Be Broken"
• Shawn Mullins, "Beautiful Wreck"
• Snow Patrol, "Chasing Cars"
• KT Tunstall, "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
• Death Cab for Cutie, "Soul Meets Body"
• Sia, "Breathe Me"
• Dan Wilson, "Baby Doll"
• Goo Goo Dolls, "Better Days"
• Sonya Kitchell, "Let Me Go"
• James Blunt, "High"
• Guster, "One Man Wrecking Machine"
• The Honeydogs, "I Miss You"
• Train, "Cab"

The weater on September 30th in Minnesota can be hit or miss, but yesterday, Summit Brewery lucked out with a gorgeous fall day.  It was their 20th Anniversary celebration and thousands of people converged on Harriett Island in St. Paul to enjoy the fresh air, live music and Summit beer on tap.  Actually, so many more people showed up than expected that Summit had to bring in extra beer trucks just to support the crowd.

The line-up was great:

12:00pm - Minnesota Pipes & Drums
12:30pm - The Alarmists
1:30pm - Big George Jackson
2:30pm - Tapes ’n Tapes
4:00pm - The Suburbs
5:30pm - Richard Thompson
6:45pm - Soul Asylum
8:30pm - Cake

Jon and I arrived towards the end of Tapes 'n Tapes and found a perfect spot just to the left of the sound board.  Both Richard Thompson and Soul Asylum were fabulous. 

Richard Thompson

Soul Asylum

Then, Cake took the stage.  This is when things got a bit interesting.  John McCrea, the lead singer, was quite intoxicated and incredibly surly.  He shouted to someone in the crowd to "Shut Up!" after they requested a song; he lambasted the crowd for not buying albums, but stealing them off the internet; he demanded someone come on stage to fix a mirror ball that wasn't working; and voiced his disappointment in people that don't take pride in their work.  Despite his complete malapropos behavior, we stayed through the entire show...'cause, honestly, it was a good show.

What's your musical horoscope?  (Put your music player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.)  Inspired by Stephanie.

• "Tahquamenon Falls" - Sufjan Stevens - Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State
• "Silent House" - Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way
• "California (Part II)" - Mason Jennings - Mason Jennings
• "Another Saturday Night" - Cat Stevens - Greatest Hits
• "Wicked Rain" - Los Lobos - Kiko
• "Why Bother" - Weezer - Pinkerton
• "Jah Work" - Ben Harper - The Will to Live
• "It's Gonna Be a Long Night" - Ween - Quebec
• "Dream In Blue" - Los Lobo - Kiko
• "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

These songs are all thanks to Jon - he uses my computer to upload songs for his iPod.  I like it - it's an easy way for me to feel like I have an iPod without having to spend the money to purchase one for myself.  And it gets me to expand what I listen to more than I usually do. 

My first concert was The Jets at the Metrodome - it was some sort of Girl Scout thing. I remember having a blast and thinking it was so cool.  I'm such a dork.

John - for sure!

Lennon

I think Imagine is one of those great songs with thought-provoking lyrics.  I only wish we could all live in a world a little bit more like this.  Maybe someday...

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one