Kate Bush

Indeed.

http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/michael_jackson_dangerous-f.jpg

ugh son lol

why can't that be the new album cover instead of pedo-snowman?

4real. it's a great image

totally

all in favor say aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy

I'm in favour of all images of Kate Bush.

OK, in all seriousness, it's a beautiful image but it has way too much potential to be derided and dubbed something like Kokey Kate if the album came across as particularly strange to a critic. I mean I like to feign maturity and all but I couldn't help but think of it as Kate in a ski mask after having cased some drug dealer's joint.

Kokey Kate? Seriously?

"something like" were the keywords; i'm not prophesying here

but yes its ridiculous

The thought didn't occur to me at all!

this was actually her original design for the LP cover:

http://www.dopenativeboy.com/wp-content/uploads/jeezy_snowman_tee_logo.jpg

Perfect for the Class of 2017 dorm-room walls.

what is this purported pedosnowman img?

http://www.katebush.com/

they hit you with it right off the bat.

http://www.katebush.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullwidth_image/JCB-BW.jpg

Awww yeah!! :D

"A Little 'Snow' At Christmas Never Hurt Anyone!"

Eh, what's with the furs? Kate, I thought you were my veg buddy.

She addressed this after more people complained:

A note about fur and photographs

From Kate...

Hi there,

We have recently taken some photos and I just want to pre-empt any concerns there might be as I'm sure most of you will feel the same way as I do about wearing real fur. All the fur in these photos is synthetic.

Best wishes,
Kate

I don't even get the point of wearing fake fur, but at least it's not real...

Redeemed! Thanks LBI!

xpost dunno, is it warm or something?

There's a review of this in the new Wire btw. Unsurprisingly the reviewer is kind of luke warm on it (it is the Wire after all):

50 Words For Snow is like a wintry riposte to the midsummer day of Aerial's conceptual suite, A Sea Of Honey. Instead of the amber glow of midsummer sunlight, it's another kind of brightness - the whiteness of snow - that presides. The mood is subdued, the backing spare, meditative, but - as we've become used to with Bush - lacking in any adventurousness of spirit; at points, you could even describe it as late night jazz club tasteful.

Also, didn't we predict the following upthread? Can't say I'm relishing the prospect...

Stephen Fry playfully intones the 50 synonyms of the album's title track

don't forget about the proper album thread Kate Bush // 50 Words For Snow

muah!

Thanks, I completely missed that thread!

Kate Bush - Manchester Apollo 1979-04-10 SOUNDBOARD

up on d1mead0zen right now, previously unknown/uncirculated

Source: VHS of unbroadcast Granada TV 'On The Road' film taped on April 10th at the Manchester Apollo.
Lineage: VHS to CD-R.

boy would I love to see that VHS

Big Boi hints at a collaboration

i don't see how any good can come from this

like when björk/timbaland finally happened, there's something...tardy about this

they should've done it in the early 00s

It wouldn't have been good even then.

I did see a stack of promo CD singles just now in R&TE, Berwick Street.

"Running up that hill (Deal with God) 2012 version"

£40 each.

Some collaborations should exist only in the imagination - if at all. This is one of them. If this happens it can't be anything but embarrassing for both parties. yeesh.

Also : "...Loch Ness Monster's forest in London"? Haha.

I'd be okay with him just turning up in some spoken word capacity but honestly I can't imagine many artists whose music is less suitable for MCing over than Kate Bush's and I highly doubt that this collaboration is even in the pipeline in the first place.

This collaboration is so heartwarming. He's like her biggest fan:

http://www.spin.com/articles/short-history-big-bois-kate-bush-obsession

Big Boi, if you're reading: All You Cruisers - THE KATE BUSH VOTING THREAD (ilm artist poll #24: deadline Saturday 25 August)

Love it:

Pitchfork: You've talked about wanting to collaborate with Kate Bush before, how's that going?

Big Boi: It's coming, man. I talked to her on the phone. She's cool as hell-- I didn't know she said that many cuss words.

har

http://bushygifs.tumblr.com/

hmmm

http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m728exw0A31r61th7o5_r1_250.gif

"I have got a Kimble"

a friend pointed out the other day that the field's "over the ice" is more-or-less entirely composed of samples from "under ice" and slightly blew my mind

yep. that's why it RULEZ.

Same thing happened to me this year despite having known and loved both songs for ever.

may 2007 lay heavily upon all your heads, forever

btw i hear "kappsta" is based on angriest dog in the world incidental music, can someone confirm?

nice little piece, on KB and the Gothic:

http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/let-me-grab-your-soul-away-kate-bush-gothic?utm_content=bufferbe55b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebookbfi&utm_campaign=buffer

less than a month until the live shows ARGH