Keola, wipe the drool from your mouth please.
February 12, 2009
August 27, 2008
The Works.
Well, it’s here.
It got here way sooner than expected, certainly sooner than the freaking Civil Twilight CD I ordered from One October Records (ordered on July 15th. I bet those bastards forgot about me.). It even got here sooner than the post I wrote introducing my love of Jonatha Brooke, which is scheduled to post tomorrow.
I mean, I ordered The Works the same day I wrote that post. And it got here already.
I guess I’ll just have to schedule this post as well. lol
The 2nd copy is going to go to Lara, since it was just her birthday. I have yet to listen to this CD — there is a stack of CDs on my desk as I type, all waiting to be listened to — but I’m going to wait for the right time. I hope it’s good. Go Bob Clearmountain.
August 21, 2008
Jonatha Brooke
It’s probably time for me to mention Jonatha Brooke. Being as nitpicky as I am, I have a favorite band (Jane’s Addiction) but also a favorite artist. I know, I’m a cheater. Sorry.
College days, early 90s. I spent days writing songs, playing guitar, & arranging harmonies with a talented girlfriend who, being gay, introduced me to a world of what is often considered “lesbian” music: Joni Mitchell, Indigo Girls, KD Lang, Marianne Faithful. I first heard of what was then described to me as a “pair of dykes” called The Story & borrowed my friend’s copy of Grace In Gravity for 3 years (heh), putting track #3 on continuous play.
In 1996 I heard a single called “Nothing Sacred” one day on the radio & I obtained a copy of Plumb, which, beyond the haunting 1st track, brought tears to my eyes in “Inconsolable” & scraped at the pathetic dregs at the bottom of my heart in “No Better.” I couldn’t believe the clear, vulnerable poignancy this woman’s voice. This woman happened to be Jonatha Brooke, one of the 2 dykes, who was now married to her keyboardist.
Ok, so maybe it was just the haircut.
