May 17th, in the middle of the night, I suddenly found myself wondering: why can’t alternative music sound like other alternative music? I’d been to a concert, one I’m about to review, and my friend told me: “If you are going to write a review, you have to listen to Martha ‘Stewart’ Wainwright and Joanna Newsom first”. So, after figuring out she meant Martha Wainwright and not Martha Stewart, I realised I know her songs, and I googled Joanna Newsom, and yes, my friend was right. The music of Angus and Julia Stone sounds similar to that, I however fail to see the problem. And really, they are quite different. While Julia Stone has a trumpet, Joanna Newsom has a harp, and Martha Wainwright has … Rufus Wainwright.
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Entries categorized as ‘Discoveries’
Holden Caulfield would have liked them. Angus and Julia Stone at Rotown.
May 23, 2008 · 1 Comment
Categories: Discoveries · Melodies
I don’t need a garden, I share a park - Loesje
May 12, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Because this is a blog of reports and reviews, I thought it would be nice to share with you my new backyard. Just a few minutes away from my modest rooms in a shared house, lies the Vroesenpark, next to Blijdorp Zoo. |
I live in the middle of the city, and what is a city without a park? So I searched on Google Maps, and there it was, all shiny and green. I grabbed my bicycle, my camera and a book, and ventured out into the undiscovered.
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Categories: Discoveries
