Once again, another "holding-the-fort" type post instead of anything substantive. [I should add that I vomited out this massively long meditation on the 20th anniversary of Nevermind a few months ago but chickened out of publishing it on the blog at the last minute due to general embarrassment. But you know, whatever, I might still put that up.] I still have to do Parts 2 and 3 of my Joni Mitchell retrospective. For those interested, Part 1 is still here. And then I have another one coming up on "crappy/totally uncool bands that have one awesomely good song." [Yes, even the Eagles had a good song or two]. Anyway, in the meantime, here is one of the best Mogwai songs every made. The track is called "Friend of the Night" and highlights how incredibly dynamic Mogwai can be. This is some beautiful interplay of guitar and piano that creates an almost sinister vibe that, by the second half of the song becomes all too inevitably tragic. Mogwai have a reputation for being the loudest band on earth but this is all about subtlety and understanding space, minimalism, and melody.
Somehow I managed to see them live in 2009 in Brooklyn and... amazingly that very live show was released on CD as Special Moves and packaged as a special actual motion picture (and DVD) as Burning. I am uncertain if I'm featured in the film but I guess I should find out. The audio is incredible.
Somehow I managed to see them live in 2009 in Brooklyn and... amazingly that very live show was released on CD as Special Moves and packaged as a special actual motion picture (and DVD) as Burning. I am uncertain if I'm featured in the film but I guess I should find out. The audio is incredible.
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Joni Mitchell? All I can think about when I read that was the dinner scene in the Kids Are All Right in which Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo are singing together!
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