Iron and Wine

By divine providence and sheer good luck (actually I was searching for something for a section title for my chapter), I visited the "Morning Becomes Eclectic" and Lo and Behold, Iron and Wine was slated to play live at the station!
It's worth a listen if you like Iron and Wine. If you aren't already a fan, I sure this set will convert you. He mainly sings material from his new album : The Shepherd's Dog. He does an acoustic version of "Boy with a Coin" which is really great, even though the rich textures of the album version is also mind-blowing. He also sings the extremely moving "Ressurection Fern" and does a very tender version of the epic song "The Trapeze Swinger" (where there's a point when he has to censor himself for radio), and the hauntingly beautiful (if grammatical strange) "He Lays in the Reins".

Listen to it here! (I'm glad I listened to it 'live' cause the link doesn't seem to work properly -- then again, it might just be my connection and you might have better luck)

Other Iron and Wine performances:
NPR World Cafe. (Interview and Studio performance)
In Concert

Sourdough's Song

Sourdough shows why every dog should have her own theme song. For those of you who want to hear it (and those of you who want to turn it off just in time), it comes on in the second half of the video. In the meantime, one could do worse than Gerry Mulligan playing at the Village Vanguard ...

Sourdough in the Snow

Meme (with thanks to and text from AnonymousNoises)

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, iPaq etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that’s playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool…

01 - OPENING CREDITS: Penance (OST The Mission) - Ennio Morricone
02 - WAKING UP: Vertigo -Chris Potter
03 - FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: Easter - Patti Smith Group
04 - FALLING IN LOVE: Free - Ornette Coleman
05 - FIGHT SONG: Old Friends - Simon and Garfunkel
06 - BREAKING UP: Bad Whiskey - Skip James
07 - PROM: My Old Flame - Charlie Parker
08 - LIFE: African Mailman - Nina Simone
09 - MENTAL BREAKDOWN: Love Comes to Me - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
10 - DRIVING: Freedom Time - Lauryn Hill
11 - FLASHBACK: Equinox - John Coltrane
12 - WEDDING: Breathless - The Corrs
13 - BIRTH OF CHILD: Lazy Bones - Skip James
14 - FINAL BATTLE: Blue in Green - Bill Evans Trio
15 - DEATH SCENE: Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Bob Dylan
16 - FUNERAL SONG: All or Nothing At All - Diana Krall
17 - END CREDITS: You Got the Pocket Book, I Got the Key - Stefan Grossman

Sourdough plays fetch!