In the past two weeks, I have been addicted (once more) to the songs of Canadian folk singer/songwriter Leslie Feist who is also part of Broken Social Scene. From vocal powerhouse songs like Nina Simone's Sealion Woman (See-line Woman) to ingenue lyrics like Inside and Out, you almost just can't stop listening to her on quiet lonely nights. Check out her live performance of Sealion Woman here on BBC2's Later. The Reminder and Let It Die - what can I say just get both albums and listen to them already. As for how I was introduced to her, anyone who has seen the iPod Nano (with video) commercial would have been able to count to 4 (above) and here goes the Top 5 tracks:
1. 1234 (a.k.a. Sally's Song)
2. Sea Lion Woman
3. Mushaboom
4. Gatekeeper
5. Past in Present
Originally this post wasn't supposed to contain another Indie artist introduction but rather a few interesting articles on the International Herald Tribune; the first on Jon Stewart of The Daily Show (below) and another on The Big Tuckshop in the Sky - how much will you pay for airline food?
I must admit that the article on Jon Stewart and The Daily Show crew hit a soft spot being an avid follower of Comedy Central's The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Also on the International Herald Tribune is Alice Rawsthorn's Design Column which more often than not illuminating and earnest in writing.
"Design is to produce a design to design a design." - John Heskett
No the above isn't an error in statement but rather deals with the word 'design' as a verb, noun ... talk about inside and out. Labels: Indie Music Spotlight, One Liners, Random Rubbish
5 comments:
design(1) is to design(2) a design(3) to produce a design(4)?
what is a design(3) that is needed in order to produce another design(4)?
in any case, i love 1234 and sea lion woman, although i cant really make of sense the purpose of the latter, maybe because i cant really make of the lyrics. haha.
also, it looks like to me that you are in no desperate need of readers.
look! (with reference to your previous post) comments from aliens!
The design thing aside, Sea Lion Woman was a song originally performed by Nina Simone called See-line Woman, but due to problems with naming (it had connotations of dealing with prostitutes as it was meant to sound like see-lyin' woman). Think Girl from Ipanema with signature Nina Simone twist.
And no, Aliens drop by once in only a few million light years.
OH!
and about the design?
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