Martin Devaney tears it up/tears up
Do you wanna hear something good? How about something introspective, quiet, and expertly crafted to make you go "huh, that song is about me" and tear up a little bit? Ok, me too. Let's go here: Martin Devaney's MySpace page.
Click on the song "Outside Looking In," which just happens to be my favorite track on his last album, La Mancha. It's one of those songs that is perfect for listenening to on my MP3 player (no, I don't have an Ipod, I have a Creative Zen Micro because they actually work and don't break all the time) on the bus on the way to work in the morning when all I feel like doing is staring out the window pensively and reflecting on life. Now, not only can I listen to the song while I am at work (where I am significantly less pensive but still enjoy a good moody tune at my desk), but he has a new version of the song on his MySpace page that is longer and has Jessy Greene on violin and Brian O'Neil from Big Ditch Road playing pedal steel. It is so beautiful, I love it!
There's also a song called "One For the Road" that you should check out, a rough preview track from his upcoming album.
Another item of interest that I found today was a band called This World Fair. There was a CD review of them in the City Pages today, so I sauntered over to their MySpace page (I think MySpace is proving to be an interesting website after all, if only for the free music samples) and listened to a few of their tracks... sounds good so far. Of course, I am a huge sucker for any band that features piano prominently, but what can I say? The lyrics are interesting too. I am going to try to catch them live sometime in the near future.
Oh, and I know I promised not to bring this up again, but today is the very last day of NaNoWriMo and I had almost given up, but then my darling husband gave me a huge kick in the ass and motivated me to try to finish anyway. If I can write 11,500 words today I will still win (not entirely impossible as I wrote 9,000 last night, totally surprising myself). So don't give up on me yet.
Click on the song "Outside Looking In," which just happens to be my favorite track on his last album, La Mancha. It's one of those songs that is perfect for listenening to on my MP3 player (no, I don't have an Ipod, I have a Creative Zen Micro because they actually work and don't break all the time) on the bus on the way to work in the morning when all I feel like doing is staring out the window pensively and reflecting on life. Now, not only can I listen to the song while I am at work (where I am significantly less pensive but still enjoy a good moody tune at my desk), but he has a new version of the song on his MySpace page that is longer and has Jessy Greene on violin and Brian O'Neil from Big Ditch Road playing pedal steel. It is so beautiful, I love it!
There's also a song called "One For the Road" that you should check out, a rough preview track from his upcoming album.
Another item of interest that I found today was a band called This World Fair. There was a CD review of them in the City Pages today, so I sauntered over to their MySpace page (I think MySpace is proving to be an interesting website after all, if only for the free music samples) and listened to a few of their tracks... sounds good so far. Of course, I am a huge sucker for any band that features piano prominently, but what can I say? The lyrics are interesting too. I am going to try to catch them live sometime in the near future.
Oh, and I know I promised not to bring this up again, but today is the very last day of NaNoWriMo and I had almost given up, but then my darling husband gave me a huge kick in the ass and motivated me to try to finish anyway. If I can write 11,500 words today I will still win (not entirely impossible as I wrote 9,000 last night, totally surprising myself). So don't give up on me yet.
When NaNoWriMo ends, I think you should start over.
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David |
3:24 PM, November 30, 2005