m~u~s~u~c

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There was also a Nick Cave version of Cosmic Dancer playing when the documentary subject was close to passing away. Devastating, but such a great fit for a person who seemed to have such a full life of good and bad. It’s stuck with me all day.

Picked this live version with Warren Ellis to share. I used to listen to The Bad Seeds and Dirty Three a lot when I was in my 20s. It’s nice to connect with something by them both again.

Never gave T-Rex much time before, but what a lyric.

Was a good doco on SBS last night called The Cleaning Company, about a trauma cleaning business and its owner.

There was a conversation with one of the regular clients and they mentioned they had a band and played a little bit of a song.

Odd Bods? The Odd Bods? Oddbods Band?

S~l~e~e~p~y

Found this via a version of To Love Somebody with him, Marcia Hines, Brian Cadd, and Max Merritt. Had never heard of him before, but he’s got a great voice. This song doesn’t show it off so much, but you do get some of the rich Tom Jones kind of quality his voice can have. Still, a fun song.

B~R~B~~~(~M~B~)

She has one of them Youtube-famous city pop songs, so I’ll skip posting that. But this’s another real good one.

Her other records are a bit patchy, but here’s a song off the one I like most so far: Yahhoo!!. Maybe it’s just the Ito Chieri and OutRun vibes?

Jumping back in time a bit—I meant to add this song.

I love that rich ‘youuuuuuuuuuuu’ so much. It’s like an owl. Penetrates my skull, like I’m singing it myself. Reminds me a bit of the way Miki Matsubara sings her vowels. Song itself reminded me of the way that みずいろの雨 song by Junko Yagami comes in.

And somehow this is a B-side~

Great chorus and dancing, plus saxophone and rap interludes (I think those are her kids?)

B~r~e~a~k~~~t~i~m~e