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saving silverman vol.46
Nick Drake
Your reaction to the discovery of Nick Drake’s music may have been different than mine. I had always been a music lover, but this was different music. This music was organic, and it was real. The words that he sang were his words. The music that he played was written by his hand. Not only that, but the music was delivered bare – stripped of production – without gimmicks and layers to hide behind. This music was what I needed to wash away the taste of Lita Ford and Vanilla Ice.
I found Nick Drake through a David Wilcox bootleg tape that had been passed around my college campus. At the end of a trip to see Wilcox perform live, I walked up to the stage following his show and talked to him as he packed away his gear. I didn’t want to be a fanboy that gushed about how wonderful his performance had been (and it was incredible) so I asked him about Nick. I wasn’t just trying to be cool, I really wanted to know who Nick Drake was. This was B.G. (Before Google) and the answer to every question wasn’t available at your fingertips.
Wilcox’s eyes lit up when he answered, “Nick Drake was an amazing musician. He was a dreamer living in a world that didn’t have room for dreamers. He was run over by the train that he couldn’t stop.”
Beck covers Which Will originally recorded by Nick Drake.
I’m out of words now…
(two thousand) seven pounds
Whole Brevity Thing - Summer '07
While loading up the magic phone with music for this unexpectedly awesome weekend, I discovered a mixtape that never made it to the blog. It was a sad realization. (I held the tears at bay with a promise to post it over the weekend) I’ve been listening to this playlist all day, and it still serves. I hope you enjoy this two-year step back in time. … Read the rest of this entry »
saving silverman vol.44
Go West
Jumping back into the series known as Ode to Saving Silverman with a nice little cover of a song off of the soundtrack to Pretty Woman.
William Fitzsimmons covers King of Wishful Thinking originally recorded by Go West.
I’m out of words now…
saving silverman vol.43
Bob Marley
I posted this one on extraawesome earlier in the week, and it’s just too nice to not post here.
Jason Mraz covers One Love originally recorded by Bob Marley & The Wailers.
I’m out of words now…
sweet and (s)lowdown
Savinelli Slowdown (B-Side)
The original playlist was comprised of 103 tracks. In the spirit of the CD, I try to limit my mixes to be burnable for the standard car stereo. So Savinelli Slowdown was a version, my best version, of a CD for mellowing a bit.
But after a couple of days passed by, I thought “man, I wish ‘x’ would have been on there.” And, “Gah! I can’t believe that I cut ‘z’ from the list.”
So Here is the B-Side to Savinelli Slowdown – the regrets.
Cheers, friends! …
the big easy
Whole Brevity Thing: Savinelli Slowdown
There are days.
There are always days.
There are days when I’m thankful for traffic jams that stretch the drive home at the end of the day from the normal 15 minutes to 30 or so. It’s not a sadistic pleasure, this is a decompression necessity. I love The Dramatic and the Little Dudes and Dudette, and I think that it’s best that they not see me when I’m frustrated by the immovable objects that exist at my place of employment.
On those days, rather than driving home to the jaunty rhythms of Los Campesinos! or the good ol’ Beasties, a more mellow vibe is needed. So my good friend Mr. Savinelli and I meander home via the long way with the chilled Savinelli Slowdown mix.
Because you may also have the need for an attitude adjustment from time to time, I’m sharing the goods. Not Mr. Savinelli, the tunes, man… Read the rest of this entry »
