Archive for August, 2009

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Returning after a short hiatus, the show is now bigger, longer, stronger, and faster! The philosophical gestures will remain, but the music is even more of the focus now.

In addition to this, I have now joined in affiliation with my favorite music source on the internet! e-MUSIC! Seriously, it is such an amazing service that this is the first time I’ve ever considered an affiliation.  When I get the final approval, I will launch the promotions, and I’d love for all of you to get in on it.   I know a lot of people torrent their music, but it feels really great to be able to get a lot of your music legally AND you are supporting these wonderful artists who spend their own time, money, and creativity to share with us.

Just keep an open mind and watch for the promotion.  In fact, if you want to make sure you see the alert, just leave a comment so I know you are interested.  I’ll let you know.  I’ll explain the details then.

For now, enjoy the show!  Make sure you check out the lyrics below, and the videos.  The one for ALL INDIA RADIO is going to break your heart…

THE BOY LEAST LIKELY TO -- Be Gentle With Me
http://www.theboyleastlikelyto.co.uk

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tknrTkxBeU

LYRICS:

Staring up into the solar system,
All the stars are fixed up in the sky.
I just want to sparkle for a moment
Before I just fizzle out and die.

I’m happy because I’m stupid.
Scared of spiders, scared of flying.
If I wasn’t so happy,
I wouldn’t be so scared of dying.

So just be gentle with me
(I’m not as young as I was)
And I’ll be gentle with you
(I’m not as brave as I thought)
‘Cause my heart gets broken so easily.
So just be gentle, be gentle with me.

Wide awake, waiting like a target
Listening for things I cannot see.
Insects flutter up against my window.
I don’t like the way they look at me

i guess I’ve always needed
To be needed by someone.
It’s a comforting feeling
Being under someone’s thumb.

So just be gentle with me
(And if I am ever mean)
And I’ll be gentle with you
(I never mean to be mean)
‘Cause I want to pick peaches off of a cherry tree.
So just be gentle, be gentle, be gentle,
Be gentle with me.

MONOCULAR - Beautiful
http://www.monocular-music.de

VIDEO: none

LYRICS:

I think I don´t fit in here
It seems to be all too queer
They call me weird and weird I am
I start to end where I began
This life second hand

Gimme something I can cling to
Something I understand
Something beautiful

I don´t like to minimize
This room can´t hold my size
I kept running and running
But this will be my second coming

Gimme something I can cling to
Something I understand
Something beautiful
Gimme something I can trust in
Gimme something that makes sense
Something beautiful

They don´t know my name
But I know who I am
The world is big
But I´ll be bigger then

Gimme something I can cling to
Something I understand
Something beautiful
Gimme something I can trust in
Gimme something that makes sense
Something beautiful

THE AGE OF ROCKETS -- 1001 Dirty Tricks to Kill Your King
http://www.theageofrockets.com

VIDEO: none

LYRICS:

A new moon: fragile as glass same as the last
A new night: waits for you now, in back of your house

what’s better than being the first?

And armies of the dead will fade
in rearview mirrors display
the city lights will never love you back

If the firmament above
should crash his weight upon the earth
well, we wont go without a fight

what’s better than being the first?

A new love: Catastrophe set courting the end
A new king: You get the room, I’ll write the note

CHRIS GARNEAU -- Fireflies
http://www.ChrisGarneau.com

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lImgQbGlSA4

LYRICS:

It’s not easy, so take it slow.
You’re coming up. You’re coming round the bend.
You’re my good friend. Best friend.
And you’re coming up, you’re coming round the bend

You’re making friends with the fireflies.
I can’t say that that comes as a surprise.
But the things they say are not what they seem,
So you’ve been called to tell us what they mean.
Yes, you’ve been called to tell us what they mean.

It’s a plot though, I told you so.
I’m wising up. I’m wising up to them.
They seem like good friends. Best friends.
But I’m wising up. I’m wising up to them.

You’re making friends with the fireflies.
You know when they die their light stays alive.
And the things they say are not what they seem,
So you’ve been called to tell us what they mean.
Yes, you’ve been called to tell us what they mean.

You’re making friends with the fireflies.
I can’t say that that comes as a surprise.
But the things they say are not what they seem,
So you’ve been called to tell us what they mean.
Yes, you’ve been called to tell us what they mean.
Yes, you’ve been called to tell us what they mean.
Yes, you’ve been called to tell us what they mean

DIVE INDEX - Hoko Onchi (Tunng Remix; feat. Ian Masters of Pale Saints)
http://www.myspace.com/diveindex

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3toaGgn9MfA

LYRICS:

Osaka, my city
flows inside me
always beside me

5 years of living
still don’t know my way
they moved the roads around
where they can’t be found
they moved the roads around
where they can’t be found

turn around
i’m completely lost

don’t go underground
that’s even worse
an octpus of passages
a place of cryptic messages

turn around
i’m completely lost

(they moved the roads around
where they can’t be found)

RAINBOW ARABIA -- Haunted Hall
http://www.myspace.com/rainbowarabia

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVEKhUVsPvk

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SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS -- Iamundernodisguise
http://www.schoolofsevenbells.com

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt-SNwyxsBM

LYRICS: 

I am neither breather nor speaker
I am neither walker or sleeper
I am neither sister brother son nor daughter
Solely in my chest is my heart a drum of water

I am under no disguise

ASTRONAUT WIFE -- Cape Canaveral
http://www.astronautwife.com [now-defunct]

VIDEO: none

LYRICS:

Remember the day you told me you were leaving?
Far away on a long, long trip
The water at the seaside was windless and even
Gravity seemed to loosen its grip

And if you look across the beaches at the light
The sun is hiding underneath the red horizon line
Making outlines from the trees
Blinding you and me
Blanking out the world
I can’t see anything behind your eyes

I can feel you shaking as you touch me
Taste the sweat dripping on your lips
A warm summer wind is blowing all around us
I never thought it might end like this

And as we stand on the sidewalk looking down
I could swear I see your shadow disappearing from the ground
Leaving me alone
With nowhere else to go
Standing in a strange place
Afraid to take a look around

I know you told me when you left
I wouldn’t have a single thing to fear
But I wonder if you’ll still remember me
When you’re high up in the atmosphere

And will the thin air up there
Still carry my voice to you?
Like a bottled message on the radio waves
Will it ever get to you?

I know you told me when you left
I wouldn’t have a single thing to fear
But I wonder if you’ll still remember me
When you’re high up in the atmosphere

And will the thin air up there
Still carry my voice to you?
Like a bottled message on the radio waves
Will it ever get to you?

You know you’re gonna find me waiting here for you
Everyday ’til you come back
Maybe it would take a miracle but you know
I’ve always believed in that

And if you look down at me from the sky
I’ll be standing alone, waving goodbye
Blowing kisses at the sun
Ignoring everyone

I never even stopped to ask you why

Why?
Why?

ALL INDIA RADIO -- Persist
http://www.myspace.com/allindiaradio

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE_LY6sUS0E

LYRICS:

Take me back
To the way I was
So I can feel this
With Justification

I drown in my senses
And all I see
Is
You

And I just want to be near you
And I just want to be near you

Take me back
This is no longer a sunny disposition
upon my face

I quiver in my thoughts
And all I feel
Is
You

And I just want to be near you
And I just want to be near you
And I just want to
Want to be
Near you

What is this?
What is this?
If i persist
If i persist
What is this?

If I persist
If I persist
What is this?
If I persist
If I persist

HIS NAME IS ALIVE -- Write My Name In The Groove
http://www.hisnameisalive.com

VIDEO: none

LYRICS:

When you’re down
I’ll hold you down
I could not let you go
If you’re quiet
I can hear your heart
when I’m upon you

Slip your hands around me now
you’ll melt my ice
I’ll follow you down
If you’re quiet
I can hear your heart
When I’m upon you

Write my name in the groove
Write my name in the groove
my heart is filled up with holes
and they spill all over you

Best-dressed boy was a devil alright
his horn and tail
that’s all he liked
sometime I need an easy friend
fingers trained to find something

did you teach yourself to play
the things you said have brought me here
sometimes I need an easy friend
sometiems I need an easy friend

Write my name in the groove
Write my name in the groove
my heart is filled up with holes
and they spill all over you

Write my name in the groove
Write my name in the groove
my heart is filled up with holes
and they spill all over you

don’t try to erase me now
you know you can’t resist it
if your’re quiet
I can hear your heart
when I’m upon you
slip your hands around me now
You’ll melt my ice
I’ll show you just how
Never mind that you and I
know what we need to do

Write my name in the groove
Write my name in the groove
my heart is filled up with holes
and they spill all over you

Did you teach yourself to play
The things you said have brought me here
Best-dressed boy was a devil alright
his horn and tail
that’s all he liked

Write my name in the groove
Write my name in the groove
my heart is filled up with holes
and they spill all over you

DOKKEMAND - Udulat (feat. Alison Shaw of Cranes)
http://www.dokkemand.no
http://www.myspace.com/cranes

VIDEO: none

LYRICS:

Here we are alone
under the same old moon

here were are
it’s cold
why did you go so soon

think I’ll ask the stars
if they could shine tonight
right through the dark
maybe I’ll find the light

here we are alone

think I’ll ask the stars
if they could shine tonight
right through the dark
maybe I’ll find the light

think I’ll ask the stars
if they could shine tonight
right through the dark
maybe I’ll find the light

SCIENCE FOR GIRLS -- Northern Lights
http://www.scienceforgirls.net

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi3FUlqCHpg

LYRICS:

You think it’s butterflies
You think it’s devil’s eyes
You think it takes a lifetime
And you think it goes away

You think it’s flowing over
You think it’s getting older
You think it’s trapped inside
But it’s gonna be great

It’s gonna be great

There’s a park in San Miguel
where mariachis play
An island off the coast of Spain
where they party through the day
A city near Denali
where you can see the Northern Lights

It’s the deepest ocean
It’s the farthest sound
It’s electricity
It’s the midnight sky

Just be the circle squared
Just be perpetual motion
Just be a miracle
Just know there’s gonna be heaven

It’s gonna be great

There’s a restaurant on Race Course Road
where the curry makes you cry
A hot springs north of Bangkok
where the water gets you high
A city near Denali
where you can see the Northern Lights

Northern Lights
Northern Lights

Soon you’re gonna wake up
Soon you’re gonna wake up

There’s a seashore in Morocco
with castles made of sand
A tea house in Aleppo
where they greet you like a friend
A city near Denali
where you can see the Northern Lights

Northern Lights…

GREGORY AND THE HAWK -- Fin Song 8
http://gregoryandthehawk.com

VIDEO:  none

LYRICS:

Orange river glides
through the saddle of the park
an icy day in March
cuts the clouds
they push apart

I’d rather be on fire
rather be on fire
fire Staring straight ahead, meeting the streets
Your inky Skin and your skinny feet
it’s about a sidewalk,
about a subway, waking to sunsets

It’s been all of my wishes devised
a dream and then lived it
and I remember when I first listened to your records
It’s clouded, what we know

We can only hope
And I’m losing just about everything

It’s been all of my regrets to live a lie and end upset
and I remember when peace was a pretty contender
It’s clouded what we know
And I’m losing everything

PARK AVENUE MUSIC -- How’s Your 401K
http://www.parkavenuemusic.com

VIDEO: none

LYRICS:

Where’re you gonna go today?
What do you wanna see?
Who do you wanna work for?
What’re you gonna be?

How’s your portfolio?
How is your 401k?
How many red eyes’ve you taken?
How many miles you have saved?

Who’re you lookin’ up to?
How much can you take?
What’re you writing off this year?
when’s your next break?

break

I wear two new colors
can tell you this much
life’s too cool to be
just messin around
and around and around

Who’re you gonna be today?
Where’re you gonna go?
When’re you takin’ over?
Who wants to know?

Who do you wanna live for?
Who do you wanna know?
Who do you wanna hold now?
who do you wanna love?

COCOROSIE - Rainbowarriors
http://www.cocorosieland.com

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypS4x4GO_-E

LYRICS:

In the these times of evil spirits
Of material thugs and mischief
Fear saint nonis wisdom
And his love for rainbow spirits
Jealous of their faithful heart-bond
And their dancing and their laughing
Made at last a league against them
To molest them and destroy them

Saint noni wise and heart-strong
Often said to rainbowarrior
“O my brother do not leave me!
Lest the evil spirits harm you!”
Rainbowarrior of two spirits
Lentle hand and lion hearted
He laughed and then he answered
Like a child he softy whispered

We are rainbowarriors
Evil come not near
Rainbow awaits us
With hearts of love and tearz

He’s dead, our sweetest mother
Loving father and our teacher
He’s gone from us forever
He has moved a little nearer
To the master of all laughter
To the master of all song
O my brother, O my brother
Crystal brother of two spirits
Then we gathered in a circle
Stood round the rainbow fire
Burning embers hearts united
We remembered mystical beauty
If you look hard you can find a
Rainbow trail its deep inside ya
Joldenlight on every thing gleaning