I Truly Believe in Bugs
This song has been really haunting me (in the best possible way) for the past few days. I heard it on an MP3 blog (can't recall which one, but man, do I plunder those babies) and soon found out a few things about its author, the late Ivor Cutler (pictured here):
He seems like a benevolent Edward Lear-type fellow. I'm in the process of immersing myself in his corpus. It sounds a bit like Noel Coward, a bit like Robyn Hitchcock (more like a proto- or ur- version), and a bit like Herbert Bergel.
In other words, perfect music.
Hey, maybe I'll start posting some other songs up in this piece. We'll see how it goes.
Speaking of Mr. H. I just spent a few lovely days in his orbit (along with the Minus Three and Kurt Bloch at the knobs), at Chroma Sound studios, singing harmonies on a bunch of songs for his in-progress new record. It's going to be a VERY GOOD RH RECORD. From what I can tell, the closest comparison in his canon is probably Jewels For Sophia. Good to the times. Looks like I'll be doing some singing with the M5 at SXSW, too.
Let's see, what else? Still (studio) apartment hunting, alas, but things are stable. I've dusted off the Mortal Enemies record, Misanthropology, and am going to try and get r done before the year is over. Maybe I'll put up some rough mixes here, just to see if they can withstand being heard by humans. The Nilsson record is also showing signs of life, but still in a hazy way.
And of course there's the Little By Little v.2 news, TBA over at www.harveydanger.com in a few days.
If I weren't so incredibly sad, I'd probably be incredibly happy.
Bonne soiree, mes enfants.
He seems like a benevolent Edward Lear-type fellow. I'm in the process of immersing myself in his corpus. It sounds a bit like Noel Coward, a bit like Robyn Hitchcock (more like a proto- or ur- version), and a bit like Herbert Bergel.
In other words, perfect music.
Hey, maybe I'll start posting some other songs up in this piece. We'll see how it goes.
Speaking of Mr. H. I just spent a few lovely days in his orbit (along with the Minus Three and Kurt Bloch at the knobs), at Chroma Sound studios, singing harmonies on a bunch of songs for his in-progress new record. It's going to be a VERY GOOD RH RECORD. From what I can tell, the closest comparison in his canon is probably Jewels For Sophia. Good to the times. Looks like I'll be doing some singing with the M5 at SXSW, too.
Let's see, what else? Still (studio) apartment hunting, alas, but things are stable. I've dusted off the Mortal Enemies record, Misanthropology, and am going to try and get r done before the year is over. Maybe I'll put up some rough mixes here, just to see if they can withstand being heard by humans. The Nilsson record is also showing signs of life, but still in a hazy way.
And of course there's the Little By Little v.2 news, TBA over at www.harveydanger.com in a few days.
If I weren't so incredibly sad, I'd probably be incredibly happy.
Bonne soiree, mes enfants.
posted by Sean Nelson at 11:47 PM
5 Comments:
Blade has a book or two by Ivor Cutler that she got in Scotland. And I'm wrackin' my head trying to remember where I was reading about him a few months back. Hmmm...
You were great with Robyn, btw. Liked hearing those old tunes from albums I never replaced on cassette. Gotta get on ebay...
So, I was just brushing my teeth and it hit me where I was reading about Cutler--it was in article about The Fall. They had the second most Peel sessions. Ivor Cutler had the most. But you probably already knew this by now. (At least I can sleep now; it was driving me nuts).
Hey great rambini... i just wanted to say that I don't know you all that much but having been feather and you chainsaw , i am very sad that you are sad and I hope things can look up soon for you.
I don't know if you are looking to live alone but i just moved out of the great great house i lived in where i had an office and a room and a great backyard and if you're interested in talking to the roomies there ( who are awesome and responsible and kind) you should email me at dorothylemoult at the old gmail dot com.
xo
Yay singing tracks! I just met with this year's UW-EMP'ers for a rap session along with KellyB and Tom and that was good... Lots of memories, i remember last year's class 2Q we jammed in the big room with that great piano... and now miss ya.
If you get short on time for finding just the right new place, i have an extra room w/ bed on top of my studio here by the zoo that you'd be most welcome to partake of.
I just found a very strange Ivor Cutler cover song, though I don't know if you're terribly interested it's pretty interesting listening.
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