Gold star cds for 11.18

I just read a laughable and horrible thing. Joe the Plumber will be coming out with a book. Bloody hell. Really? Didn't we already hear enough from him and Bob (sorry I mean) Tito the Builder? Do we really need him to kill off some trees just to keep his 15 minutes going? If anyone I know buys this book I can't be held responsible for my actions.


On to the music

Belle and Sebastian - BBC Sessions (Deluxe Edition)
Again for the fanatic and/or the completist but again if you have never listened to Belle and Sebastian it's time for something from them in your collection. Feel free to add this disc but you could also dig into "If You're Feeling Sinister" or "Dear Catastrophe Waitress".

Dido - Save Trip Home
Quiet and powerful. Quietly powerful. Powerfully quiet.

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt
Dido's quiet and powerful is very clean. Polished. Sadly so is this one. Mark Lanegan works better in the grit. That voice wasn't made for clean. Campbell's voice like Dido's does and works in the "clean" production. What I loved about the first get together for Lanegan and Campbell were the sinister tones. Most of those are gone and I am sure this will be an NPR favorite. A bit of fear but more like a scary movie that isn't quite scary. Still lovely.

Also worth checking
A few live cds. Phish at the Roxy (Atlanta '93) and Jason Mraz has included an DVD to his latest. Stereophonic's release a nice collection with Decade in the Sun. A good intro if you are not aware of them. Also the Definitive Rod Stewart was released but it skims over his best phase (in my opinion) the 60s. The Dude was awesome before becoming a bit stale and safe and mainstream. It basically starts in the 80s but just about every "hit" single is on the disc.

More later
Bro


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Gutter Twins as CD of the Month

Man I didn't realize that I was this far behind. So this was March's CD of the month. The Gutter Twins' "Saturnalia". Saturnalia is or was a Roman celebration. Started as a day but grew into a week long "party" of tomfoolery. Don't worry I didn't know what it was either.

Exit Afghan Whigs and Screaming Trees.
Sadly after the wonderful and glorious cd "1965" The Afghan Whigs called it quits in 2001. Greg Dulli did a solo CD and a few Twilight Singers CDs after that. Mark Lanegan was in Screaming Trees which also broke up after a stellar CD called "Dust". He went solo (great acoustic songs check them out people) and hung out with QOTSA. He then recorded with the Twilight Singers and Isobel Campbell.

Welcome to the Gutter Twins
A glorious collaboration between friends. Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli have also been collaborating since 2000 and Saturnalia has been rumored since 2003.

In September of 2005, Lanegan performed with Dulli in Italy as the Gutter Twins for the first time.


The MUSIC
It's more feeling and mood. It truly feels like music you would expect to find in a gutter or a movie about the lower rungs of life. Their voices play nicely off each other: Lanegan’s brooding baritone and Dulli’s mellow tenor muse on the absurdities of love and life. Mostly Love. This CD may take a few of you a few "listen throughs" but you will be rewarded with a rich experience and a CD you'll return to again and again.


Think I'm wrong? Think I'm right? Let me know. What is your CD of the Month?