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I can't believe that life's so complex
When I just want to sit here and watch you undress
♫♪♫♪♫♪ ....
This is love, this is love
That I'm feeling
C’est direct, au moins ça a le mérite d’être clair : pourquoi se faire des nœuds au cerveau alors que tout ce que je veux, c’est te regarder te désahabiller.
Bon, certes il y a ce rock, bien lourd, mais il y a aussi bien d’autres choses sur cet album, qui le mettent à part dans la discographie de PJ.Harvey.
Comme ce ‘You said something’ et son ‘on a rooftop in Brooklyn, at one in in the morning… ♫♪♫♪♫♪ .... ' qui invariablement me donne envie d’y retourner, Brooklyn, NYC, les US..
Mais va peut-être falloir attendre un peu.
Thoughts on her new album Let England Shake? I listened to it a couple of times but haven't quite digested it yet...I think it's not quite as brilliant as White Chalk though that is..?
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I haven't had a dream about you in awhile, Polly. I just don't know why that is. My subconscious has failed me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=74SwCYrALZM
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Sixty six promises
Fell from your lips
Sixty six kisses to
Rest on my charred fingertips
And Sixty six lovers
To come till I tell
Sixty six postions to take on this
Well-worn trail
Sixty six magicians
Deliver the goods
Documenting our marriage for some
Silent film in Hollywood
Is it not what you thought it would be?
Was it not what you wanted it to be
Was I not what you thought I would be?
Was it not what you wanted it to be?
Sixty miles talking
But making no sense
A life out of liberty
And the pursuit of
Happiness
Waiting for something
To smash a few wholes
In the wall of good fortune
And the windows to an
Outer world
And sixty six promises
They came in a kiss
Provided a meaning
Now I see how it reallly is
And it's not what I thought it would be
And it's not what I wanted ti to be
And it's not what I thought it would be
And it's not what I wanted it to be
PJ Harvey
It's a good thing I don't know Polly in real life or she would be super disappointed in me. I totally missed her birthday on October 9th last Wed., which is sad because she is definitely one of my favorite musicians of all time. Well, better late than never!
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I really love this photo...it's one of my favorites I've ever taken and I tend to hate most of the photos I take, finding so many little things wrong that drive me crazy. But this one, I couldn't help but love and I think it's that shadow on the side of her face...I was picturing one black tear sliding down...she looks so sad and gothically beautiful here, just the way I imagined she'd be when I listened to White Chalk hour after hour.
I may have mentioned it was quite a surreal experience for me to see Polly Jean...it was one of the highlights of my entire life.
Please check out this review of the show by Selena Fragassi on Venus...good thing it wasn't me reviewing it or I would have said something like, "Oh my God PJ Harvey is so heart heart heart! I LOVE her!" There are photos of mine there as well but look weird both in the set and on the site because of their size specifications...viewed as slideshow, they tend to look all wrong and stretched weird. www.venuszine.com/articles/music/live_reviews/5966/PJ_Har...
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PJ Harvey actually had her birthday on Thursday 10/9 but I was having some computer difficulties (still am unfortunatetly) and had to find uncorrupted versions of photos.
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Here's a bunch of signed things. Most of them I remember getting the signatures for, but there are a couple that I'm confused by.
At the top left, it's an old Textones single signed by Textones/GoGos Kathy Valentine. Juliana Hatfield. The Hole "Dicknail" 7" is signed Courtney Love Cobain, because it was fairly soon after Kurt had died, and she was still signing it that way. Guided By Voices with a LOT of writing by Robert Pollard, A Dave Grohl signed Scream 45, and Cornershop.
2nd row from the top starts with the Fastbacks, then it's my favorite Lou Barlow single EVER, a Rocket From the Crypt 7" signed by all, Henry Rollins wrote his name on his version of the Cheech & Chong song with the Hard-Ons, PJ Harvey, Tesco Vee/Meatmen (with cover art by one of my best friends on the planet, The Evil Twin).
3rd sloppy row: Crispin Glover "What It Is...", Michael Palin of Monty Python's Flying Circus signed my copy of Hemingway's Chair, Isaac Hayes wrote his name on Black Moses before he passed away, then there's a Fudge EP, a Smashing Pumpkins 7" signed by Billy Corgan and Jimmy, and a cassette by disappear fear.
The bottom row, very out of order: Another Crispin Hellion Glover signed collectible with a Screaming Trees CD sitting on it signed by the whole band, a biography about the band Wire signed by the original 4, a book by Patti Smith that was a present from my friend Dave Marsh, a Liz Phair 7", an early Urge Overkill single, and above those things there's another Hole single signed by Courtney, an Evan Dando signed Lemonheads 7", an SR71 CD signed by the band, and a book by Mr. Rogers!!!!!
Through pits of despair and perilous mountains. I will follow you through my worst nightmares and regrettable mornings. I will sing your songs under my breath for comfort. They will help keep me alive.
I love you PJ. I love you more than anything some days. These days, in fact.
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Polly Jean Harvey performing at Royal Festival Hall, London on September 29th, 2007.
This image is © Steve Asenjo 2007. Please do not use without permission.
I'm walking in the city tonight
I'm walking in the city at dark
Remembering, remember light
Thinking of nothing, and the shooting stars
And this world tonight is mine
A world to be remembered in
Think on a faded photograph...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=99k8w65v3_I
Can you hear them
The helicopters
I'm in New York
No need for words now
We sit in silence
You look me
In the eye directly
You met me
I think it's Wednesday
The evening
The mess we're in
And ooooh...
The city sunset over me
Night and day
I dream of
Making love
To you now baby
Love making
On screen
Impossible dream
And I have seen
The sunrise over the river
The freeway
Reminding of
This mess we're in
And ooooh...
The city sunset over me
The city sunset over me
pj harvey at hammerstein ballroom
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"Aprile, ti vedo andare via
Non so cosa significhi il silenzio
Potrebbe significare qualsiasi cosa..."
"April, I see you leaving
I don't know what silence means
It could mean anything..."
April, by PJ Harvey and John Parish
The Top Ten Albums of 2016
I always miss a few great releases and you'll all have to forgive me. Though I listen to music constantly, I like to revisit old favorites as much as I like to discover new music. This is one woman's adventures into new music this year for the time being and I will always discover great albums after the fact inevitably. This year has been amazing because it's brought about so many female fronted bands in particular. I've often for some reason been more drawn to male vocals overall even though there are many female artists I love...perhaps I am changing or perhaps the female artists are changing. I did want to say something about the newest Nick Cave album, Skeleton Tree. It's definitely worth listening to and the documentary One More Time With Feeling is Devastating and powerful...but, I prefer the documentary to the album. I love some songs on the album though and I think if you have suffered a huge loss of life in your recent experiences, it might give you some solace. Other songs, I just couldn't connect with unfortunately at this point in my life. The great thing about music is that, as we grow and grieve, the music will be there to comfort us. And, even if all of the electricity goes out and we have nothing left, while we're eating that last can of beans at the end of the world, we'll still have the memory of those familiar comforting voices and the words we learned by heart.
1. Savages: Adore Life
Sometimes, you listen to an album, and it doesn't quite transfer in a live setting. Having seen Savages twice this year on tour, I can only adore life and this band's music more. Lead singer Jehnny Beth or Camille Berthomier is absolutely on fire on album and live. Every breath released isn't an exhalation but an exclamation of every cell in her strong agile frame. She's an absolutely emphatic vision and these tracks hit heavy but deliver the kind of sweet release that live up to a sort of promise to keep up a certain challenge in this day and age, making something creative, vital, and thrilling. If you are a fan of the band's previous release, Silence Yourself, you'll find this one picks up in many ways where that one left off but, in turn, also goes farther and delivers a more satisfying group of songs overall.
Watch official videos on youtube here: www.youtube.com/user/SAVAGESBANDLONDON
Band's website here: savagesband.com/
2. Jenny Hval: Blood Bitch
If you're familiar with Jenny Hval's work, I don't have to tell you she's a little strange. In fact, over time, you kind of expect the unexpected and each new release has you wondering what she'll do next. Even more bizarre is beholding her and her band in concert, which really strangles the tightrope of musical production and performance art. Hval comes to us from Norway, though, and they can be a little more creative there with even government support many times, which must be refreshing (we can live like this in America too and encourage our artists but it will take a great deal of work to get there). Hval is more than a curiosity...she's talented and she can somehow be meek and fierce at the same time. She creates something intangible yet at times also catchy and even farther with notes of vulnerability. There is guaranteed no other album this year that came out like this one and well worth repeated listens. She might be female vampire of sorts but she's much more like Line Landersson or Eli in the Swedish film Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) in that she's easy to fall in love with and want to keep in your life while you still have it.
Official site: jennyhval.com/
Female Vampire video: vimeo.com/170495827
3. Loscil: Monument Builders
Canada's Scott Morgan is the inspiration behind a number of amazing albums. The latest, Monument Builders is a careful and complex release that deserves to be taken note of. It reminds me at times of my feelings of despair at the end of the world and yet there is much solace to be find here. At other times, it possesses an emotional complexity that I find myself getting lost in and actually allows me more than any other album right now to give up on my internal monologue and actually come close to meditation. It's difficult not to have visions after hearing these captivating songs and seeing Loscil perform at Constellation in Chicago was one of this year's highlights in terms of live performances for me. The re-occurrent themes I am probably reading into it is the feeling of loss and recovery, of coping with a world half empty, despondent, and quite lost too...good to have a wordless wonder to express this when I don't quite have the words myself to express my own grief sometimes.
Loscil on Bandcamp: loscil.bandcamp.com/album/monument-builders
4. Katie Gately: Color
LA's Katie Gately is legit cool weird. A great deal of this sounds like a soundtrack to a quirky modern film that you'd want to watch over and over again. There's an incredible complexity and layering of sounds that really are an auditory treat in every way. Color is a good name for this as you will have visions of flashes of brightness each time you hear these tracks and the album itself is one ravishing adventure. Gately's brain must be amazing to be able to create such tracks!
Website: www.katiegately.com/
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/katiegately
5. PJ Harvey: Hope Six Demolition Project
It's really reassuring that PJ Harvey can still manage to be a vital creative force in the universe who also is political and active in the overall art world. The Hope Six Demolition Project didn't reach me as much as White Chalk but it's a great deal more listenable to me than Let England Shake and it's still as important as an album. Hopefully, she will come back to Chicago soon enough!
www.universal-music.de/pj-harvey/videos/detail/video:3927...
6. La Femme: Mystére
Oh France, you've done it again! La Femme is so wonderfully weird and somehow they make the strange catchy in a way that hasn't quite been done before. La Femme is a psychedelic wonder with zainy elements. It's also great fun to listen to in many ways. It definitely makes me feel quite exhilarated and the tempo and pacing overall is quite wonderful. Another spectacular element is the male/female vocals and the way it drives the melody aspects of the overall compositions. Get lost in the weirdness and you may never quite be the same.
Whole album on youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTMSguDFlMI
Facebook site: www.facebook.com/lafemmeressort
7. Angel Olsen: My Woman
Angel Olsen may have moved away to the sunny West Coast but she'll always be a Chicagoan to me. There's something about her voice that incites an almost nostalgic homesickness in the pit of my stomach when I hear her songs. It's also a Sunday early afternoon drinking coffee and standing in the sunlight with your cat rolling around on your feet type of music. Maybe that's too specific...I digress... Though Angel Olsen has collaborated significantly with Bonnie Prince Billy/Will Oldham, she is really growing into her own career wise and My Woman marks her fourth release. She's fast becoming Jagjaguwar's top darling and will undoubtedly have a long career with her distinctive vocals especially. There's a lovely loneliness here in the way she sings that will both captivate you and make you want to listen to her forever. If someone ever tells you they don't understand how melancholia can sound beautiful, you can put on Angel Olsen as a starter.
Angel Olsen videos: tinyurl.com/z6ge872
8. Le Berger: About Time
At first listen, if you aren't actively listening, this might seem just like a warm cascade of softness you can have on in the background but, the more you actively listen, the more you appreciate every aspect of the full sound as the cerebrally complex album this is. The only other way I can describe aspects of the feeling is that someone is playing the rim of a wine glass only the wine glass is really just this crazy planet we're all living in and all we can really do to respond is look up.
9. Ty Segall: Emotional Mugger
Ty keeps getting weirder and weirder...more than ever, his sound is like an eclectic mix of psychedelic, classic rock, garage rock, and glam rock all combined into this fuzzy drenched package. Or, as my dad called it "Retro hard rock." It's a really intriguing sort of album and worth a listen for many fans of various genres..it has an appeal that I guess could even be considered the verge of something that is the sum of the whole and perhaps has evolved to be different and better than it's previous influences.
It's worth noting that both of Thee Oh Sees albums this year are also decent releases but they don't push the envelope as much in my opinion (still great to listen to, though) and the Cory Hansen album (from the lead singer of the band Wand) has been great from what I've heard. It should be waiting at my door when I arrive back home but I haven't heard it fully yet.
10. Sophia Loizou: Singular
Singular is a really interesting release with layers of haunting noise that is also, at times, very calming and warm. It's a really creative work with engaging sounds but also a reassurance overall. Hailing from Bristol, England, Loizou creates soundscapes that have a touch of the postmodern and will seep into your subconscious to create some highly interesting dreams.
Website: www.sophialoizou.com/
Listen on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/sophialoizou
11. Chook Race: Around the House
I'm crap at limits and these top ten lists are just too hard. Aussie's Chook Race has fantastic male/female melodies and an awesome garage rock sound that is catchy yet overall low key and filled with great engaging rhythms that recall the best of The Go-Betweens. Really recommended stuff!
chookrace.bandcamp.com/album/around-the-house
Other Highly Recommended releases:
Over the years, I have really gotten into drone (or I guess most people might think of it as varied levels of structure within layers of ambient music). It started with Brian Eno's Music For Airplanes and my interest grew after I married Cinchel, who is an amazing musician himself. Here's a couple more recommendations specifically to that genre for music I find really creative and progressing the genre in interesting ways.
Vapor Lanes: Hieratic Teen
Vuzh Music/C. Reider/Tarkatak: Azure Bell, Midnight Well: www.vuzhmusic.com/releases/azure.html
Chihei Hatakeyama: White Paddy Mountain: www.chihei.org/
Cinchel's bandcamp: cinchel.bandcamp.com/
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...My hair longer than its ever been
and then,the sky lit up
The sky, my friend
And I'm lighter than I've ever been
I saw the trees crossing the moon
I saw the stars in the Heaven above
Shine on my own beautiful prayer
Shining on my own beautiful love
The sky lit up...
MuSic In PicTuRe : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzv4ZGJI6U8&feature=related
As soon as I'm left alone
The devil wanders into my soul
And I pretend to myself
And I pretend to myself
I go out
To the old milestone
Insanely expecting
You to come there
Knowing that I wait for you there
That I wait for you there
Come!
Come!
Come here at once
Come!
Come
On a night with no moon
Because all of my being is now in pining
All of my being is now in pining
What formerly had cheered me
Now seems
Insignificant
Insignificant
I wish I could possibly describe in words how much I love PJ Harvey. It fails me as a writer to do so and I feel a sense of mad frustration from not being able to tell you how much I love my most favorite musicians like PJ Harvey or Leonard Cohen. I think that's maybe why I started taking photos of musicians, out of sheer frustration to not be able to find the right sort of words.
Oh we can try to analyze when we write out reviews...we can talk about the setlists and the style but when there's something so visceral about it...it defies a sense of language.
I know this may not be my best shot of the night but it's utterly female and that's the way I love Polly Jean best.
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(KIKA) Milano Pj Harvey, John Parish Auditorium
Seconda volta per PJ Harvey e John Parish. Dalla loro prima collaborazione del '96 nasce Dance Hall at Louse Point. A più di dieci anni di distanza i due pubblicano A Woman A Man Walked By (uscito il 30 marzo). Sul palco con PJ Harvey e John Parish saranno accompagnati da Eric Drew Feldman, Giovanni Ferrario e Jean-Marc Butty.
Il nuovo lavoro è stato definito dal giornalista John Harris come malizioso, estremamente serio, elegante e poetico, e posseduto da una potenza brutale ? è poco probabile che quest?anno ascolterete un disco così creativo e musicalmente originale.
si sono esibito ieri sera sul palco dell'auditorium di Milano
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please watch good fortune by PJ Harvey
And I feel like
Some bird of paradise
My bad fortune slipping away
And I feel the
Innocence of a child
Everybody's got something good to say
and he was walking in the garden
and he was walking in the night
and he was singing a sad love song
and he was praying for his life
and the stars came out around him
he was thinking of his sins
and he's looking at his song-bird
and he's looking at his wings
there inside the garden
came another with his lips
said, 'won't you come and be my lover?'
'let me give you a little kiss'
and he came, knelt down before him
and fell upon his knees
said, 'I will give you gold and mountains
if you stay awhile with me'
and there was trouble taking place.
there inside the garden
they kissed, and the sun rose
and he walked a little further
and he found he was alone
and the wind, it gathered round him
he was thinking of his sins
he was looking at his song-bird
and he was looking at his wings
and there was trouble taking place.
the garden by pj harvey
...so i am moving soon, and i wont have access to this phenomenal bathtub :-(
This makes me very sad, but the silver lining is that i am leaving the burbs
and getting back to my favorite part of the city! Let the mayhem commence.
(needless to say, you can expect to see a lot more of The Tub,
well, until you cant anymore)