nice kickers! I’m quite fond of those myself… on…

nice kickers! I’m quite fond of those myself… on my third pair in 6 months!

Hi Heather,Synchronicity! The same day I blog abou…

Hi Heather,

Synchronicity! The same day I blog about your blog and Wes Anderson movie music, you also blog about Wes A. movie music! Check it out at:

http://timedoor.textdriven.com/

or

http://timedoor.textdriven.com/index.php?id=166

Enik @ Timedoor

Thanks Heather – much appreciated! Beth X

Thanks Heather – much appreciated! Beth X

I’m on my way / don’t where I’m goin’

Do you ever hear a song and realize how much you’ve missed it without even knowing it?

Watching The Royal Tenenbaums again last night, I was thoroughly digging the usage of ‘Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard’ and realizing how some days just need a little Paul Simon to feel right. This song is on the soundtrack alongside a stellar lineup that just underscores the unstoppable combination of Wes Anderson and Mark Mothersbaugh. From the opening ‘Hey Jude’ instrumental, to the Dylan, Stones, Ramones, obligatory depressing scene with Elliott Smith, Velvet Underground, Van Morrison, and even some fantastic Nick Drake — it’s just top notch, eh?

Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard – Paul Simon

This also reminds me of the fun cover that those hot whistling Swedes, Peter Bjorn & John, recorded on KCRW a bit back. By the way, didja know that the female vocals in that infectiously poppy ‘Young Folks’ tune is Victoria Bergsman (formerly) of The Concretes? I thought she sounded familiar.

Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard – Peter, Bjorn & John

Both of those versions are going onto my running playlist and I’m heading out in today’s glorious sunshine. I got finally new running shoes (you mean they don’t last 3 years?) and I am ridiculously excited.

It was raining yesterday so their christening run was on the treadmill and I went farther than I thought I could go without someone chasing me. I am invincible, like Wonder Woman, except it is a heck of a lot harder for her to run in those thigh-high boots.

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ps. I forgot… I have two bloody songs for ya…”…

ps. I forgot… I have two bloody songs for ya…

“Blood is Pumping” by Voodoo & Serano
“Blood Makes Noise” by Suzanne Vega

Glad to hear you’re spreading the word about givin…

Glad to hear you’re spreading the word about giving blood. The molasses that passes for my blood has made giving sometimes an extremely painful ordeal, but if it helps save a life, then it’s well worth it!

I’ve only transferred a cassette song to my computer just once, but it was super easy. Since I wasn’t worried about fidelity (it IS coming from a tape after all), I used the input jack in the back of my Mac.

All you need is a boom box, a 3.5mm to 3.5mm jack (RadioShack $3), plug one end into the “headphones” port and the other into your Mac’s input port. Go to your sound control panel and change the input device from mic (default) to line-in. Fire up a sound editing program (I use Sound Studio), hit play on your boombox, then hit record in your app and save the glorious results as an aiff file. Convert aiff to MP3 or AAC in iTunes. Done!

You’ll probably have to fiddle with the volume, but it was easy and I now have my incomplete taped from Live 105 version of Cube (2) – Love’s Taboo to rock out to for proof of concept

great stuff this is ive well wanted to get one of …

great stuff this is ive well wanted to get one of noel and gems live gigs theyve been doing on tour,there great,you heard paris gig or gig fot xfm in manchester? have you got either of them aswell? cheers though.

I’m SOOO glad I found this thread! I have a cover …

I’m SOOO glad I found this thread! I have a cover of that as well, with Pearl Jam, Nick Cave and Johnette Napolitano, but not sure where it was recorded… Was it from the Red Rocks show? Anyway, here it is and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Cheers to you! Pearl Jam, Nick Cave & Johnette Napolitano – The Ship Song.mp3

Thank you so much for sharing these songs again. …

Thank you so much for sharing these songs again. What I love most about your blog is the Jeff posts. He truly is missed and these songs reflect that. Thank you!

I think Brendan was referring the guys from Queen …

I think Brendan was referring the guys from Queen that came out and played for one song, and I could Google but do not know the answer to the question about Deacon v. Roger Taylor.