Another kind of road

#365days #day6

The Road

#365days #day5

Connection

#ds628 Create a photograph that illustrations connection.

The cup of coffee

#365days #day4

Boots

#365days #day3

The monkey Bear

#ds625 @dailyshoot: Yellow is an attention-getting color. Make a photograph that is dominated by yellow today.

The edge of reason

#365days, #day2

Trial run - ignore

Test test. Pixelpipe post distribution. Ignore. This post will self destruct.

_Roscoe

The village used to be all one really needs
Now it's filled with hundreds and hundreds of chemicals

GoodTube

Probably my last update for a while, it's time for a vacation! This time it's a YouTube theme with a few awesome artists. Julia and Jay I found before either of them had released their albums and I must say it was with varying success they transferred from their own bedrooms to the studio. Nevermind, just want to highlight the greatness of the medium for artists to reach out with their music. Julia Nunes recently had unprecedented success in selling her new album BEFORE IT WAS RECORDED using the KICKSTARTER concept. More on that here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/254268679/julia-nunes-would-be-nothing-without-me
and here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdCiIKie21s

I also want to bring your attention to a few cool channels that record beautiful videos of good artists and put them up for free, namely the Watch.Listen.Tell, Station Sessions and Zeit Online: Rekorder.

Enjoy. And enjoy summer. I'll be back in a month or so.
/PO

Julia Nunes:
http://youtu.be/Mbiql_-H4KU
Jay Brannan (fast forward to 2:40 to skip a long talking session)
http://youtu.be/eVuhdIK2E7o
Lucy Rose (Station Sessions)
http://youtu.be/Eo6aSFYgtjY
Lykke Li (Zeit Online)
http://youtu.be/5_7GpjWTxDg
Dry the River (WatchListenTell)
http://youtu.be/J4EoNZQ0reI

_Tree by the river

I recall the sun in our faces
Stuck and leaning on graces
And being strangers to change
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Dark canyon road, I was coy in the half-moon
Happy just to be with you
And you were happy for me

I know the kind of Beast I've become

but who am i trying to fool by acting this way

i need alot of wine

i know what kind of beast i've become


The precious rare mineral that is Nina Kinert..

_You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it

i'm working hard on walking out
shoes keep sticking to the ground
my clothes won't let me close the door
these trousers seem to love your floor

_Something to build upon

’ll never take you for granted
I’m gonna make you feel special he said
Two strong arms that will hold you
A soft touch to waken you each day

_Blue Spotted Tail

Why is life made only for to end?
Why do I do all this waiting then?
Why this frightened part of me that's fated to pretend?
Why is life made only for to end?

_Rabbit Will Run

We've all lived in grace at the end of the day
And we've armed all the children we thought we betrayed
And I still have a prayer, but too few occasions to pray

(The fantastic Iron & Wine @ Debaser, Sthlm, Sweden 2011-02-02)
More here

Rain falls but no life is given

Darkness creates these illusions,
but pale days can teach you to see.
Rain falls, but no life is given,
weeks pass, no progress is made.

Be the ocean where I unravel

Be the ocean, where I unravel,
be my only, be the water where I'm wading.

I never knew this could happen to me

It's all because you lied

The low way I feel inside

we could make our castles here and sweep them all away

i know that i am just a grain of sand
meeting water at the land
we could make our castles here
and sweep them all away



Great lake swimmers - I am still discovering this act, although it is by no means new. Flowing and simple acoustic mixed with electric and steel guitar. Reminds me of Red house painters. I have several other songs that I want to share, but you'll just have to wait until I find the right photo to go with them..

Sorrow's a girl inside my cake

I live in a city Sorrow built
It's in my honey, it's in my milk


Whatever that thing is which a group needs to stand out, The National definitely have IT. Seems to be, at a glance it all sounds the same and appears almost boring. But having listened to them a few times around, they have become haunting, showing up inside my head at unexpected times. Go get wise!

A way to start the day

I imagine what my body would sound like
Slamming against those rocks


Björk won the 2010 Polar Prize award alongside Ennio Morricone. Yeay. And Robyn made a lovely cover of Hyperballad for the award ceremony, check it out here.

Disclaimer

I am currently, and will be for a while ahead, working on finishing my phd thesis. At the same time I have a beautiful baby boy to look after and, well, time is not unlimited. Posting may be few and far apart until I finish, but if you're looking for picture uploads you can find more frequent contributions at FLICKR

here

I miss you so much I've become light

It's okay
I'm all right
We'll meet again someday,
Somehow
Time, time's but a touch
I miss you so much
I've become light

Declan de Barra sings with an awesome voice, reminds at least me of Jeff Buckley in the combination of range and power with fragility and sensuality. Really nice singer and songwriter.

And now this is ending

You created me
And the things I see
And now I surrender
To the space between

You know Thom Yorke? That fantastic fellow fronting the band called Radiohead? This isn't him. This is his brother.

We make it up as we go along

How did it go so fast
you'll say as we are looking back
and then we'll understand
we held gold dust in our hands

Tori Amos - I've been listening to her for years and years. She was actually one of the few artists I collected releases from, back when there was a point to that. I must have 30 or so CD with here albums, bootlegs and singles. Here lyrics are not very dependable, in my opinion. Some albums - and more precisely some songs - are stellar, galactic, great great great. But not all. Some are weird, some songs too experimental, etc. But that's ok, so long as she still makes the type of nuggets that Gold Dust is..

You can't always know what they will uncover on the news

Beautiful secrets you guard them in your secret garden
You water and nurture them until they're bigger than life itself


Don't even know how I stumbled on Sarah Blasko, might have been a review in the morning paper, or it might just have been a random encounter on Spotify. Some of her songs have this nice dark tone to them and this is one of them.

The crumbs are gone and the way, the way is lost

Hear the sigh of the trees
Those who enter here never leave

A Fine Frenzy is top notch female songwriter and vocalist. Still only two albums available but I am biting my nails waiting for more.

Look what you have done

You're on your own
You said you fail to care

I love The Twilight Sad because I love the Scottish accent and I have a tendency to favour depressing musical flavours. I have no idea what the lyrics are about, but they don't paint a very happy picture.

I'm gonna take the sins of my father down to the pond

Night is falling like a bloody axe
Lies and rumours and the wind at my back
Hand on the wheel
Gravel on the road
Will the pawn shop sell me back what I sold?


Ok, if you're going to click, settle in, because it's ten minute listen, this epic tale of Tom's. The part that fascinates me is that it is a riveting listen all the way through. Simply put, the man is straight up genius. It was difficult to select a favourite line out of the song, especially since I keep discovering new twists in several verses. I might actually have to repost this song at a later stage..

Life of a selfless man

Out of all the flaws I've stumbled on,
It's the hardest one to focus on

Insanely pretty song by the preppy Bombay Bicycle Club. Can't say I'm all there as far as deciphering the lyrics is concerned but what the hey - when it's this well performed I don't need to get it.

Is there some idea to replace my life

Morning comes in Paradise
Morning comes in light

Sufjan Stevens is another regular on my playslists who hasn't made it onto the blog. "For the widows in Paradise, for the fatherless in Ypsilanti" is a phenomenal song that I first heard on a mixtape a friend made so I didn't know the names of any song. And as you can guess, it's not an easy name to divine.. I find it staggeringly beautiful so it was a treat to rediscover it on Spotify. Enjoy.