Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)
Nathan Torkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Greg McCarroll writes: And while we are on the old films chestnut, my current recommendation is 'O Brother, where art thou?', excellent film. I loved it. I've seen it twice. Of course, I'm a bluegrass music nut. Bluegrass is okay, but I prefer the gentler, old timey stuff. I'd rather hear a banjo played clawhammer style than plucked any day of the week. Sara Gray is about the best player in this style I've heard over here... -- Piers Cawley www.iterative-software.com
Re: Traditional music (was Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))
Nathan Torkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Greg McCarroll writes: I think `man of sorrow' will be a good ambassador for bluegrass Yup, it is. I'd just like to add that I saw it performed by the real band (i.e., not George Clooney lipsynching) one week ago. It was bloody brilliant. I think I even have a photo on the digital camera of them around the microphone doing the harmonies. No fake beards, though:-) There are rumours of a Soggy Bottom Boys tour in 2002. There was a big concert of the music from the movie last year, and it was recorded by some famous documentarian. I'm looking forward to the release of that. DA Pennebaker. On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? I prefer trad English. And I really prefer trad. English vocal, preferably without instruments... -- Piers Cawley www.iterative-software.com
Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)
David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:55:16AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? [raises hand] Actually, Celtic in general, more than *just* irish... So you don't like English traditional music then. Shame. -- Piers Cawley www.iterative-software.com
Re: Irish music (was RE: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))
Cross David - dcross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Nathan Torkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 3:55 PM On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? Well, I prefer stuff with lyrics, but enjoy almost any kind of Irish (and English) folk music. What are you doing between TPC and Y::E? You sound like the kind of person who would really enjoy the Cambridge Folk Festival http://www.cam-folkfest.co.uk/. Do any possible folk festival you can, but avoid cambridge. Too rock and roll nowadays. -- Piers Cawley www.iterative-software.com
Re: Irish music (was RE: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))
Matthew Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dave Cross: You sound like the kind of person who would really enjoy the Cambridge Folk Festival Or, indeed, the Holmfirth Folk Festival: on this weekend for all your real ale, finger-in-ear, set-in-summer-wine-country needs http://www.riceholm.demon.co.uk/ We decided not to go. Worked on the website instead. What fun. Not. -- Piers Cawley www.iterative-software.com
Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 05:37:24PM -0400, Piers Cawley wrote: David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:55:16AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? [raises hand] Actually, Celtic in general, more than *just* irish... So you don't like English traditional music then. Shame. Says who? I just expanded from irish... It's not like Celtic music is all I listen to... There's instrumental surf too! :-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Dealing with problems is only for people too weak to run away from them. - Phillip, www.goats.com/comix/0002/goats000211.gif
Re: Traditional music (was Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))
On 12 May 2001, Piers Cawley wrote: I prefer trad English. And I really prefer trad. English vocal, preferably without instruments... I thought I saw someone who looked like you with the Morris Dancers last monday :) /J\
Re: Traditional music (was Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))
At 22:36 12/05/2001, you wrote: I prefer trad English. And I really prefer trad. English vocal, preferably without instruments... Known amongst many of my friends as The Ballad Of God Knows Who[1] Dave... [1] Part of an affectionate classification of folk music into just two styles: The Ballad Of God Knows Who and The Diddly-Diddly Song. -- http://www.dave.org.uk SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] plugData Munging with Perl http://www.manning.com/cross//plug
RE: Irish music (was RE: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))
Dave Cross: You sound like the kind of person who would really enjoy the Cambridge Folk Festival Or, indeed, the Holmfirth Folk Festival: on this weekend for all your real ale, finger-in-ear, set-in-summer-wine-country needs http://www.riceholm.demon.co.uk/ -- matt | CHOPS
Re: Irish music (was RE: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))
Dave Cross writes: Some names there that I don't know, but will be checking out. I bet the Green Linnet compilation is good. Oh yes. That's what I used to decide which artists to buy. Another CD arrived yesterday, a Rounder compilation of 1920s recordings of trad. Irish musicians. I was surprised how similar the music is to today--I'm not used to folk music that isn't polluted by jazz and rock :-) Nat
Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)
Greg McCarroll writes: And while we are on the old films chestnut, my current recommendation is 'O Brother, where art thou?', excellent film. I loved it. I've seen it twice. Of course, I'm a bluegrass music nut. Nat
Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)
* Nathan Torkington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll writes: And while we are on the old films chestnut, my current recommendation is 'O Brother, where art thou?', excellent film. I loved it. I've seen it twice. Of course, I'm a bluegrass music nut. I think `man of sorrow' will be a good ambassador for bluegrass, it makes me think what other songs are good ambassadors for their types of music -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)
Greg McCarroll writes: I think `man of sorrow' will be a good ambassador for bluegrass Yup, it is. I'd just like to add that I saw it performed by the real band (i.e., not George Clooney lipsynching) one week ago. It was bloody brilliant. I think I even have a photo on the digital camera of them around the microphone doing the harmonies. No fake beards, though :-) There are rumours of a Soggy Bottom Boys tour in 2002. There was a big concert of the music from the movie last year, and it was recorded by some famous documentarian. I'm looking forward to the release of that. On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? Nat
Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:55:16AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? I'm rather fond of Sharon Shannon. Does she count? .robin. -- select replace(a, CHR(88), replace(a,,'')) from ( select 'select replace(a, CHR(88), replace(a,,)) from ( select ''X'' a from dual)' a from dual)
Irish music (was RE: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))
From: Nathan Torkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 3:55 PM On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? Well, I prefer stuff with lyrics, but enjoy almost any kind of Irish (and English) folk music. What are you doing between TPC and Y::E? You sound like the kind of person who would really enjoy the Cambridge Folk Festival http://www.cam-folkfest.co.uk/. Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:55:16AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote:
On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone
here into trad. Irish instrumental music?
Yes, very definitely. Unfortunately I don't play anything vaguely relevant,
apart from the guitar. I'd *really* love to be able to play the Uillean
pipes. One day.
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Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:55:16AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? [raises hand] Actually, Celtic in general, more than *just* irish... dha, saw Natalie McMaster a couple of weeks ago -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ M-x induce-carpal-tunnel-syndrome - Greg Bacon
Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Simon Cozens wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:55:16AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? Yes, very definitely. Unfortunately I don't play anything vaguely relevant, apart from the guitar. I'd *really* love to be able to play the Uillean pipes. One day. I've had a set of Uilleann pipes for nearly 10 years, and I still hope to play them 'one day'.
Re: Irish music (was RE: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))
Cross David - dcross writes: Well, I prefer stuff with lyrics, but enjoy almost any kind of Irish (and English) folk music. The CDs on high rotation right now are: Brendan Begley, We Won't Go Home 'Til Morning Green Linnet Artists, Green Linnet Records: The 20th Anniversary Collection Kevin Burke, Sweeney's Dream Kevin Burke, In Concert Kevin Burke, Up Close Lúnasa, Lúnasa What are you doing between TPC and Y::E? You sound like the kind of person who would really enjoy the Cambridge Folk Festival http://www.cam-folkfest.co.uk/. That looks great (and it pointed me to The Black Cat Theory, a banjo band I will watch), but it's too far away. As I'm sure you'll agree, the flight between California and London is one that you want to make as few times as possible. However, Dublin is closer. Dublin, Ohio that is. http://www.dublinirishfestival.org/ It has some bands I've heard of (Altan, Cherish the Ladies, Martin Dennis) and might be a lot of fun. Downside is that it's Ohio :-) Nat
Re: Irish music (was RE: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))
At 16:56 09/05/2001, you wrote: Cross David - dcross writes: Well, I prefer stuff with lyrics, but enjoy almost any kind of Irish (and English) folk music. The CDs on high rotation right now are: Brendan Begley, We Won't Go Home 'Til Morning Green Linnet Artists, Green Linnet Records: The 20th Anniversary Collection Kevin Burke, Sweeney's Dream Kevin Burke, In Concert Kevin Burke, Up Close Lúnasa, Lúnasa Some names there that I don't know, but will be checking out. I bet the Green Linnet compilation is good. What are you doing between TPC and Y::E? You sound like the kind of person who would really enjoy the Cambridge Folk Festival http://www.cam-folkfest.co.uk/. That looks great (and it pointed me to The Black Cat Theory, a banjo band I will watch), but it's too far away. As I'm sure you'll agree, the flight between California and London is one that you want to make as few times as possible. I assumed you could stop in on the way to Amsterdam :) However, Dublin is closer. Dublin, Ohio that is. http://www.dublinirishfestival.org/ It has some bands I've heard of (Altan, Cherish the Ladies, Martin Dennis) and might be a lot of fun. Downside is that it's Ohio :-) I've seen (and enjoyed) both Altan and Cherish The Ladies. Dave... -- http://www.dave.org.uk SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] plugData Munging with Perl http://www.manning.com/cross//plug
