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Description Not Related Except In Spirit by 31d1

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:31:46 -0800

22:30 < @[3]> so anyway, the real question if if i should fpp the nuns from sister act the musical doing panda sneeze
22:38 < @[3]> "First, the Big Bang. In the most unlikely of circumstances, galaxies coalesced, worlds formed, millions of years passed, complex systems developed from mud, cultures formed, wars were fought, religion begat josiah, monkeys drew paintings in caves, technological civilization arose, we learned to record the universe around us , we networked our planet - all these wildly improbable things were necessary and sufficient to allow nuns from sister act the musical to reenact a panda sneeze

Lufthansa by ageispolis

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:35:57 -0800

Going back to my roots: Here's a techno-diddley straight outta Air Deutschland.

Angeline by Baby_Balrog

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:57:05 -0800

This is a cover *gulp* (really more of a tribute) of a song by this other band called O'Death. I contacted them a while ago about doin it and they said hell yeah, do it up. (They are quite a different sort of band from us). Anyway, this is me singin an playin the fiddle. Hope you like it.

Let's Just Pretend that David Bowie Wrote this Song by cortex

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:32:27 -0800

A song about pretending that David Bowie is singing a song about how something else is writing his songs, including this one. Approximately. From my RPM 07 album Manifests.

Love Me or Leave Me (bass/vocal) by miss lynnster

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:24:38 -0800

Ok, so here's my spin on another old song. This Walter Donaldson/Gus Kahn composition was first featured in Florenz Zeigfield's 1928 Broadway musical Whoopee, starring Eddie Cantor & Ruth Etting, who took the song to #2 on the charts. In 1955, Doris Day starred in a biographical movie about Etting called "Love Me or Leave Me" & her updated rendition became a giant hit. Flash forward to 1967... Nina Simone turned this hokey old Ziegfeld tune into a completely reworked masterpiece of piano & voice (download link is at bottom). My own version (heard best live, I think) is definitely inspired by Nina's, but it could never compare to hers -- I just do my own thing & try to make it my own a bit. It's a fun song to do... audiences seem to love it. Incredible basswork once again provided by bass God Chris Conner.

Flyball's Lament (the short version) by The Great Big Mulp

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:18:45 -0800

I made this little song last night. The lyrics, albeit very simple, have been stuck in my head for some time. And they reminded me of Captain Fred Stone and Flyball drifting silently through the cosmos. I guess this would have to be before Flyball hooked up with Moofa, the cat from mars, and had kittens. And a warning: the first time through the chorus is a bit rough.

The Human Condition (rough cut) by cortex

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:24:41 -0800

One of the nearly-finished songs for my almost-done RPM 07 album. Navelgazing lyrics, lush instrumentation.

Room at the End of the Hall by chococat

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:25:12 -0800

I had this vague melody a year or so ago, and at the time it was starting to become a song about riding my bike at night, drunk. I stuck it on the backburner until after I saw that Johnny Cash bio-pic, where they sing that June Carter duet "Time's a Wastin'" together, (which they never did in real life.) So then I got this idea to write a nice country duet like that, but instead of it being all happy and fresh-new-relationship-let's-consummate-it kinda thing, I wanted it to be about people that hated each other intensely. People that were sick and tired of seeing each other everyday for years and years. Then, for an added twist, I forced my lovely wife to sing the harmony part. We actually do like each other, though.

Oh mon cher by ORthey

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:59:37 -0800

A short song in French complete with banjo and an electric chord organ, which thankfully only has a few keys so can be played by a chump like me.

Miss Me in the Morning by chococat

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:28:29 -0800

A second pretty much complete song for the RPM Challenge. Fancy ears will be able to pick out my attempt at learning to play the Cuatro that was hand-delivered to my front door from the awesome and amazing Micayetoca in Venezuela.

Fermentation by csimpkins

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:34:59 -0800

A quiet electronica piece I wrote not too long ago. This is music to chill out too. It gets the job done.

Like Sun by chococat

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:24:29 -0800

I think this'll be my last music post for a while, until I get my shit together, as it were. Thought I'd round it off at a nice even 10. And, I thought it fitting to post this super-old song, ('98 or '99), which was my first attempt at "multitrack hard disk recording," with one Sure SM58 mic, some crappy Mac software on an old biege G3, handclaps and a LittleTikes" toy piano. I used what I had. Way back when, I posted it on sites like the old mp3.com and it got some nice feedback which felt awesome and immediate and kind of weird and new. After a while I got sort of jaded with all the online music site stuff because it was clearly becoming the "So You Think You Can Dance" of the Internet, at the time. Posting stuff recently to music.metafilter has rekindled a lot of that fun, immediate kind of vibe for me, so I thought this was a good way to complete the circle. At the time I called this "a happy song about sad people," which I guess it is. It was written after leaving a shitty job. It sounds kind of corny and twee now, and the recording quality is pretty shite, but it was sincere at the time. Cheers everyone. In preview this seems like way too much information. Oh well.

Toronto by chococat

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:47:31 -0800

In Toronto, around February/March, being at home with kids 24/7 can make an embittered ex-film student feel sorry for himself.

Dirtbag by frenetic

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:13:24 -0800

it's a song about dirt and also bags

Her Favorite Records by saulgoodman

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 09:39:26 -0800

"In the dark she fakes another little death, and says she thinks that it'd be better if he left. With ashes floating on her breath, she lights another cigarette." Down-tempo alt-country with a cello. From Pocket Novel Mystery's "Eight Days in the Life of Grace."

criminal by edlundart

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:52:40 -0800

A recent recording of a slow and maybe a little creepy song I wrote a couple of years ago. I'm responsible for all vocals and instruments minus the bass, which was recorded by my Scottish buddy Riadsala.

In the Rain by chococat

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 14:16:54 -0800

Written last year for the sole purpose of having an easy, super-poppy song to learn to play the crappy used drum kit I had just bought in Kensington Market. This song wanted to go in a Beatle-y direction, but sadly I think it came out sounding more like The Oneders. It is what it is.

Last One by chococat

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:06:07 -0800

the 'story of my life,' reduced into 2 verses. the tabla is a loop. i don't know anyone in my neighbourhood who plays tabla. wish i did.

Olivia by chococat

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:33:36 -0800

Some stuff that happened. A mild case of OCD. A neighbourhood mom played the violin.

How To Fight Loneliness by cortex

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:22:02 -0800

Cover of a gorgeous Wilco song. This is an extremely spartan interpretation. You may need to turn your volume up.

First Steps into Metropolis by Mikey-San

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:24:02 -0800

The opening song on a soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist. I've only had the balls to show my friends so far, so I figured I'd let you guys listen. Please don't be too brutal. (Unlike my first HiFi post, this isn't a sampling experiment.)

Eastern Movement by Mikey-San

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 03:50:29 -0800

From the same record as "First Steps into Metropolis". More downtempo than pure cinema this time, but I seem unable to shake the latter.

Making Me Nervous by frenetic

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:17:47 -0800

"ironic electro-pop"

Drive Safely (A17) by armoured-ant

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:40:45 -0800

"You're gonna die, man!" "Yeah. Someday."

Sobering Up by armoured-ant

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:29:54 -0800

Upbeat acoustic indie folk rock blues! Most of my songs are about drinking.

The Wedding Song by Nahum Tate

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:24:12 -0800

A song I wrote for the wedding of a couple friends; performed by my brother and me five or six years back.