Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (RIP blogs)

does andy samberg guest on this?

I only said that equating the orchestra to marionettes DOES assume intentions/functions that---like you said---aren't very clear to begin with and make the ANALOGY work less.

well, but I'd say short of some very clear recording decisions - stuff you'd hear at every pass - "orchestra" in itself codes with certain functions musically; it's not lazy or unkind to assume these functions as an aesthetic intent. it's not unfair to say than an orchestra's role in relation to a pop vocal sits within a certain grouping of aesthetic expectations (generally: support and counterpoint; one could go much, much deeper into this), and that unless those expectations are pretty clearly being refuted/interrogated, the absence of such functions is more likely to be a missing of the mark than a recontextualization/remimagining of the role of the orchestra.

disc 2, track 1: I'm On a Horse (feat. T-Pain & Andy Samberg)

xpost cool story, bro. but sorry, how does that contradict anything I said?

I only said that equating the orchestra to marionettes DOES assume intentions/functions that---like you said---aren't very clear to begin with

right: I am saying that there are aesthetic intentions contained in the use of an orchestra that it's fair to infer, absent some telegraphic function (the main ones I can imagine would be unusual instrumentation or recording techniques - filters, distortion - that call attention to themselves & to what they're doing)

is that clearer?

yes

I wish l0u1s jagg3r were around to give a detailed play-by-play analysis of Have One On Me when it comes out

Well so for the record I like Ys a lot! And as far the whole "ornamental" and "distanced" thing I'm talking about with the orchestration ... I'm not saying that's inherently a bad thing; I'm sure someone could make a record that did that in a way I thought was great. But on this record it does strike me as kind of a drawback. Which is why I was suggesting that maybe lots of people felt that way, and maybe that's why there's a ton of love for the live shows and recordings with a smaller group -- because one thing the live presentation definitely did was cut away this distanced/ornamental quality I'm talking about.

So, yeah. It seems like a pointed aesthetic decision and one that has some cool things about it, but there are parts of that record where I'm not sure it's the best choice. (Part of it might just be a recording thing, where the soundstage Newsom's on and the one the orchestra's on aren't meshing quite right.)

new joanna newsom music video leaked

New material an improvement imo

i dig the rapping

can I just, as a public service to kshighway, suggest listening to Owen Pallett / Final Fantasy, if he has not already? depending on what precisely you like about Ys, you might really enjoy his new one. thank you for your attention.

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did we talk about that record on here yet? i want to talk about that record i think

Uh-oh:

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/01/joanna_newsom_three_times.html

Great news, fans of harps and indie rock: Indie-rock harpist Joanna Newsom is releasing a freaking triple album. It’s called Have One on Me and it’s out February 23 on Drag City. We’ve also gotten the first official song, “'81,” and it’s exactly as somber and pretty and overbearingly twee as you’d expect.

Indie-rock harpist

i meant it used the "t" word, but yeah.

huh, there I was listening to it and thinking that she had excised the remotest remnant of t*** from her music.

Until she stops singing there will always be the twee label applied to her. Whether you think it's a correct application is another thing.

I think her singing style is inherently twee.

hope Only Skin makes it to the Juno 2 soundtrack

:P

hope Only Skin makes it to the Juno 2 soundtrack

This sentence should not exist.

clap your hands if you believe

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/DragonslayerPoster.jpg/397px-DragonslayerPoster.jpg
ny mag says the new song is about dragonslayer

xpost

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_01/JunoFOX0802_468x396.jpg

ny mag says the new song is about dragonslayer

Well, love IS a mystery.

i haven't heard it yet, but i'm fairly certain the song is about 1981

Mr Que your obsession with Joanna is endearing btw

Que, you looking forward to hearing it?

maybe i've already heard it ;)

single of the year imo

so I was listening to the sydney opera house show and can't really listen to her sing "you makin' love" over and over without thinking about a naked + sweaty adam sandberg now

i think its "andy samberg"

a naked and sweaty adam sandler

http://api.ning.com/files/uDK8StaExILcT*8RN0pzIXQffsUxCF4jjokRaMpcc1A_/adam_sandler.jpg

http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/andy-samberg-2006-mtv-movie-awards-arrivals-upRntu.jpg

hey so seriously, i mentioned it above, but I hope this gets the Moore Brothers (who contribute some guest vocals to this record) some much deserved hype! they are awesome.

step one: cut a hole in the harp

i lol'd

Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

i always get boxes and harps messed up, too

must make for a fucked up xmas at yr house

Mr. Que with his new gift:

http://aura.gaia.com/photos/31/304623/large/HarpGyre.jpg

"you got me a harp?"
"no your present is inside the harp"

yeah if you've never tried to unwrap a harp, you've never lived

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb209/baltimoresun05/harp.jpg

http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/beer/images/harp-230.jpg

http://www.drawger.com/atomic/shows/harp%20box.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Blanchon-idlm2006.jpg

did you know bill callahan is writing a nasty breakup album called sing! harpist

rumor has it that bill callahan is the monkey, and joanna newsom is the bear

bill callahan is the bear in the bumper car

heard the callahan record is called Darps of Hevotion