Mine neither, just saw a picture of her with Davy Graham in Electric Eden, which is almost as good, no?
― The Crescent City of Kador (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 9 February 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
I was there nick! That was amazing aye. She said she wouldn't have done it for anyone except Tibet.
wins! seemed to me like everyone in the place did this simultaneous collective gasp when she was introduced.
another picture: https://twitter.com/Neodop/status/432296281290342400/photo/1
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
hey anagram, maybe send this person a tweet? >>>
https://twitter.com/PollyTaplin/status/432514023519571969/photo/1
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
i would imagine there was a collective gasp! this news has made me so happy. do you think there's a chance that she'll record again?!
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Sunday, 9 February 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
it's a nice thought but i would be amazed. stranger things have happened though!
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
la lechera i did think of you last night btw and wished i could have emergency teleported you into the building :(
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
if i was considered in absentia, that's the best i could've realistically hoped for. i know that even if she performs again, i will probably not get a chance to hear it, which is why i am very interested in the possibility of future recordings. also i really liked the way her voice aged from her early recordings/youth to the later death and the lady era, AND since i believe that singers are interpreters of song (rather than people with "beautiful voices") she could really make an interesting record at this point in her life. imagine that life experiences that would come through her voice -- it would be so beautiful! anyway, i'm also thrilled that she could experience a room full of love like that.
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Sunday, 9 February 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link
anyway, i'm also thrilled that she could experience a room full of love like that.
^ this was the best bit! i was quite far back but she was visibly moved.
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
oh look here's a review:
http://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/performance/7324
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
important twitter feed - ShirleyCollins Movie(!):
https://twitter.com/ShirleyCMovie
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
whoaare those filmmakers a known entity?
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Sunday, 9 February 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link
they're the same people who did this thing:http://www.wayofthemorris.com/
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRV1mW35FlI
wonder how much the fact that they were shooting a film influenced shirley's decision to perform?
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 17:14 (ten years ago) link
oh man that looks totally like the kind of movie i would like to see. (i also like morris dancing -- will try to find a way to watch it!) looks like she's in good hands?!i was wondering the same thing about the possibility of influence, which is why my first question was "filmmakers are clowns y/n" and it looks like the answer is n, fortunately.
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Sunday, 9 February 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
I have that Morris film, but haven't got round to watching it yet.
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Sunday, 9 February 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
thought it might be along the same lines as the recent nic jones documentary which ended with him doing his first live performance for something like 32 years, but the style of that morris trailer seems to be a little more dreamlike and fantastical.
xp now's yr cue!
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 17:25 (ten years ago) link
same director also did this which sounds pretty interesting:Epilogue - 2012 sci-fi TV series
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 17:27 (ten years ago) link
talking of nic jones:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/efdss/8029993946/in/photostream/
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 17:28 (ten years ago) link
damn ur eyes flickr:
^ nic'n'shirl
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
oops: http://www.flickr.com/photos/efdss/8029993454/in/photostream/
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 17:30 (ten years ago) link
TONY FUCKING MCPHEE from the Groundhogs...
... blimey. I often approach revived threads of, ahem, more senior artists with some dread in case they're dead (Holger Czukay has given me a couple of near heart attacks) so I'm glad to see Shirl alive and kicking it.
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Sunday, 9 February 2014 17:41 (ten years ago) link
The one sad thing about Tony McPhee's appearance was that he was so low in the mix you could hardly hear what he was doing. They did finish the performance with a version of Sad Go Round though.
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Sunday, 9 February 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
let's see if this shows up…
https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1/1009961_10152214704407139_263710273_n.jpg
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Monday, 10 February 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
can we be shown weirdos + Shirley Collins?
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Monday, 10 February 2014 22:21 (ten years ago) link
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2707/4053921604_1bf5b1a28e_z.jpg
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Monday, 10 February 2014 22:22 (ten years ago) link
Did anyone link to the following before? It's a talk that Shirley gave last year at the Southbank...
https://soundcloud.com/southbankcentre/shirley-collins-on-the
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Monday, 10 February 2014 22:41 (ten years ago) link
Alasdair Roberts on the right I think, but who's on the left?
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 10 February 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
guy on the left is ned oldham, will's brother
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Monday, 10 February 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
i was wondering the same thingtheir expressions are priceless
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Monday, 10 February 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
zomg http://twitter.com/shirleyecollins
― tylerw, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 23:30 (ten years ago) link
Oh geez
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 23:31 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2rx9mmzLXA
^ London performance on Youtube at last
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:08 (ten years ago) link
wow super intense! i started crying during all the pretty horses, and then felt an actual chill in my bones when she sang in death's voice (lords, dukes, and ladies bow down to me). amazing!!amaaaaaaaazzzzziiiiiiinnnnnnnggggggg
ty for posting
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:21 (ten years ago) link
not the jolliest choice of song eh?
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link
oh that's true but i loved it!
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:42 (ten years ago) link
double thanks for posting that, just knowing it happened makes me glad and seeing shirley's face always makes me smile :-)
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 01:09 (ten years ago) link
wow that was great
― sXe & the banshees (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link
vid's gone already!
― ogmor, Thursday, 20 February 2014 00:35 (ten years ago) link
shirley collins google alert
http://olatheedge.com/news/2014/02/20/7781-overland-park-therapist-safehome-organization-volunteer-receive-statewide-honors
TOPEKA, KAN. — An Overland Park, Kan., therapist and volunteer with an organization working on behalf of victims of domestic violence have been recognized by the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence (KCSDV).
Shirley Collins was presented with the Outstanding Advocate of the Year Award and Helen LaValley was presented with the Volunteer of the Year Award during KCSDV’s 11th Annual Safe Homes, Safe Streets Awareness Day and Sunflower Safety Breakfast event in Topeka in February.
Since 1995, KCSDV has been recognizing outstanding advocates and allies who are working to enhance victim safety, to increase perpetrator accountability, and to prevent and eliminate sexual and domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in Kansas.
“We honor both Shirley Collins and Helen LaValley for their tireless efforts on behalf of victims of sexual and domestic violence,” said Joyce Grover, executive director of KCSDV. “Their work is transformative and life-saving in many cases.”
Collins has been in the violence against women movement for almost three decades. She has worked one-on-one with victims and for ten years led SAFEHOME’s Clinical Counseling Program which, in 2013, served over 1,000 women, children and men.
“Shirley Collins has dedicated her life to supporting and improving the lives of victims of domestic violence. From her early service as the director of a domestic violence agency, to providing state of the art therapy to victims and their children, she never stops looking for new ways to help survivors find the strength, faith, courage, and hope that they don’t even realize they have,” said Janee’ Hanzlick, executive director of SAFEHOME, Inc., an agency serving victims of domestic violence in Johnson and Miami Counties. SAFEHOME nominated Collins and LaValley for the awards.
“Shirley Collins represents everything that the Juliene Maska Advocate of the Year is intended to be: victim-centered, compassionate, and caring,” says Joyce Grover, executive director of KCSDV. Collins has also championed efforts to train and mentor counseling staff and interns, advancing their skills through training on modalities that are particularly successful for working with trauma survivors. As a result, there are at least 50 therapists in Johnson County who are well-trained on working with victims of domestic violence and trauma.
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
Sounds like at least two great women share the same name. It's nice to hear an inspiring story about a non-famous person making the world a better place, even if it is because of a random internet coincidence.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Thursday, 27 February 2014 03:19 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h-D3QCwirIdid we talk about this? matt sweeney and emily sundblad are doing an album of shirley collins songs? sounds kinda lovely in this live recording.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 16:57 (ten years ago) link
once again, matt sweeney has the strangest/best career going.
He really seems to have a good time
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 17:14 (ten years ago) link
omghe is trying to kill me y/ni love his face
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
what does "shirley collins songs" mean -- she almost exclusively recorded traditional tunes, albeit sometimes in new arrangements by her/dolly.
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
drawing from the shirley collins repertoire i believe
― tylerw, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
yeah also i have a mild beef with that as well -- that toad from the decemberists did the same thing
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:22 (ten years ago) link
i don't have a beef. i'd probably get this album. collins was always very careful to explain where a song (or indeed different parts/aspects of a song) came from, and i hope these folks can follow suit. alasdair roberts' album of traditional tunes was also careful in this regard--and it's an amazing album IMO. (speaking of "the crook of my arm")
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
yeah but i wouldn't sing those same tunes and call it an album alasdair roberts songsthey're traditional songs
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link