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Denis Johnson poem
Freud, ”Screen Memories.”
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Finally, someone submitted something! I wish more people would. These are from Kimberly Ann Josephine Southwick, with apologies for the absence of video-
1) Shoney Lamar and Adrian Emberly cover “Val Jester” by The National.
2) This “digital” Bon Iver “Skinny Love” cover by Bruno Joseph that I really like… Also no video. Cooool.
http://musicvsmisery.tumblr.com/post/583323308/she-said-losing-love-is-like-a-window-in-your-heart
We first heard The Tallest Man on Earth’s cover of Paul Simon’s “Graceland” back in March, but it seems that the video has since been changed to “private”—which is weird since it was a recording session for Paste magazine, but in any case here’s a different version of the same cover as an embedded mp3 and you can listen to Simon’s original alongside it. Also, there’s apparently a new Tallest Man album coming out in June. Thanks, Music vs. Misery. And thanks, Blogtastic, for the tip.
Holy crap. The Tallest Man on Earth (a.k.a. Kristian Matsson, who I’ve professed my love for before) has just taken Paul Simon’s “Graceland” and stripped it right down to its absolutely naked, heartbreaking core. The 1986 original (which Simon has said is the best song he’s ever…
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: ‘Lakes’ Notebook
A map from one of Coleridge’s notebooks kept between July and September 1802, recording his solitary exploration of the mountainous landscape of the Lake District.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ‘Lakes’ Notebook, 1802
© The British Library Board— at The British Library.
Henry James, ”A Most Extraordinary Case.”
Bruce Springsteen plays “O Mary don’t You Weep”—another one of my favorite gospel songs, which I first heard played on Pete Seeger’s American Favorite Ballads. My guess is Bruce did too. Also, note that the subtitles on this video are incorrect. By my ear, he’s not saying, “don’t you weep no more” but rather “don’t you weep, don’t mourn.”
(Source: youtube.com)
Built to Spill plays their version of the folk standard, “Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss.”
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Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson sing “Where Are You Going My Pretty Little Miss?” I think this is off their album Live at Gerdes Folk City.
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Pete Seeger and Jean Ritchie sing “Jenny Jenkins.” There used to be a video on YouTube of the same duo doing the same song forty years earlier on Seeger’s TV show Rainbow Quest, but its been taken down.
(Source: youtube.com)
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