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Sunday, February 16
[You]posted by pete at 3:55 PMJust bought Cat Power's You are free. It's early days yet, but I really love it.
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[Another late start]posted by pete at 4:02 PMGuess who's just become entirely addicted to Belle and Sebastian? Tigermilk is such a wonderful album, it recalls everything that I love about Simon and Garfunkel. Very lovely.
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[Delays and ends]posted by pete at 11:46 PMFrom the 'about bloody time' files, I've finally gotten around to listening to Primal Scream's Screamadelica. And what a cool record it is! Will definitely be spinning it a lot from now on. (Ooh, I'm just so up with the jargon, aren't I?) I love the Paris, Texas references, particularly the sample of Nastassja Kinski saying "yep, I know that feelin'!"
I can't believe how long it took me. I believe that it was released in the same year as Arrested Development's wonderful Three years, five months... album, which was also about when the Lemonheads began to be 'known'. However in my rural location it was not easy to get hold of obscure British music.
I'm listening to Stereolab right now, Dots and Loops, gee I was sad to hear about the death of Mary from the band in a cycling accident a couple of months ago.
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[Beth Orton was amazing]posted by pete at 11:18 PMWhat a fabulous performance! Beth did such a good job tonight, stunning the energetic crowd (which was of impressive size despite the competing Bob Dylan concert)! She performed a diverse range of her material, including many of my favourites, and the roaring audience got her back for 3 or 4 encores!
She was accompanied by a full band, consisting of percussion, keyboards, 'cello, violin, guitar (she played one too) and double bass. The playing was tight and they wonderfully recreated some of the album tracks, and reinterpreted others. Beth looks so attractive on stage – almost fragile, but she has such a powerful, resonant voice.
Tonight's effort has reinforced Beth's position as one of my favourite contemporary female vocalists, up there with the stellar likes of Sarah McLachlan, Tracey Thorn, Sinead O'Connor, Lauryn Hill and Cat Power.
The only bad thing about the night was the presence of a complete feral in the crowd who yelled out something about paying $55 for rubbish after the first track. Beth said he should get his money back and leave, and everyone cheered.
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[Beth]posted by pete at 9:23 PMSeems the Beth Orton concert has moved to the Thebarton Theatre. Must have been more popular than expected; they've bumped up the ticket price too. Glad I got in early. She'll be so sensational.
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