9 posts tagged “music”
...and yes, it was scary.
These are the stairs that ascend into the medieval city wall in Tallinn, Estonia. They are very small and steep, with only the stone wall and a rough rope to hold on to. Those of you who know me know that I am somewhat scared of heights. But the city wall was so awesome that I couldn't let a little thing like that get in my way.
There are different towers that you can climb further up into from the walkways inside the city wall. In one of those towers, I came upon some musicians practicing and setting up for a performance to be held at 19:00 that evening. I decided to come back at that time and see the show.
Now, Estonia is known for its creativity in the world of contemporary compositional music, avant-garde, and jazz. Since I knew nothing about the performers or what they had planned, there was a large part of me that was getting very excited at the thought that I could be about to witness something completely underground, cutting-edge, and unexpected. Alas, my lust for the new was not to be so radically fulfilled. They turned out to be a very sweet little a capella ensemble, who opened the show with a rendition of the classic American pop song "[I'm your] Venus", translated into Estonian. Nothing earth-shattering, but it was a very enjoyable performance, and I'm still glad I got to experience something serendipitous such as that.
Please direct your attention to "Jingle Rock Bell" by PinkStainlessTail.
Silverbees has posted it on her blog.
The feeling of October in Seattle is a combination of sadness, melancholy, comfort, the warmth of bringing the sweaters out again and turning on the fireplace, going out less often, feeling cocoony, sleeping more, and just generally slowing down a bit.
Let's just say it illustrates my current feelings.
I'm posting this because there was a discussion of the band on Metachat yesterday, which got them on my mind. I've been listening to them since their first album, and since they're vaguely from the same part of the country that I live in, I've seen them live several times over the years. This song wasn't an immediate favorite with me, but it's grown on me (especially since one of my best friends commented how much he liked this track, which made me give it a second look).
I do love the line "You're so occupied with what other persons are occupied with, and vice versa."
Here's what is in heavy rotation in my car this week:
- TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
- Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
- Chad VanGaalen - Skelliconnection
- Ratatat - Classics
