life ends at 27
An unforgettable song composed by Kanno Yoko featuring vocals by Yamane Mai, it served as the ending theme to episodes 1 through 3 of the OVA version of Macross Plus. Sadly, nothing on Frontier comes close.
John Renbourn at the peak of his prodigious powers.
My first experience of Renbourn was his rendition of “The Moon Shines Brightâ€, unfortunately there is not YouTube video with his recording but there is an excellent cover by troubleclef. Check out his other videos too, some really great stuff there.
Just bought the “new” Kula Shaker album Strangefolk. It was released June 2007 and I’ve not heard a peep about it anywhere. I’m not sure about it yet, especially the two reworked tracks from the Revenge of the King EP which I loved, but their Christmas 2007 single (which I have also just found out about) is face-meltingly awesome. The absolutely mental video makes it doubly so.
Lyrics:
As we reach the end of our civilisation, it is perhaps a sign of the times that tea-drinking in our fair land is sadly on the decline. The byways are void of any tea, and all you can get is that disgusting drink, coffee. The situation is very grave. Something must be done.
Drink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the kettle on
Drink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the kettle onTea is a marvelous drink; everyone loves a nice cup of tea. It breaks through the barriers of class and status, from the worker in the factory canteen to Her Majesty the Queen. Everyone loves a nice cup of tea.
Drink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the kettle on
Drink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the kettle on
Put them onSixty-two billion cups of tea were drunk in Britain alone last year. That’s not bad, but we can do better than that! Tea offers a moment of transcendence away from the mad and frantic world. Tea is a gift from our creator.
Tea comes from God in Heaven
No stinking factory
Drink tea in the morning
Drink tea all day longCome on everybody, sing it to the world!
Drink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the kettle on
Drink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the kettle onDrink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the kettle on
Put them on
Lyrics courtesy of drykid from the Kula Shaker Forum, some minor corrections by yours truly.
I was in my favourite record store yesterday, and on the stereo I heard this beautiful voice. So it turns out that voice belonged to Souad Massi, and the song I heard was “Yemmaâ€, off the album Deb.
This is a live performance from the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards 2006 which is perhaps more powerful than the studio version.
Featuring Pat and his 42 string Pikasso again, The Sound of Water was maybe one of the highlights off the “Metheny Mehldau Quartet†album.
From BBC’s In Pictures, via digg.
For my own edification:
Here we go! Here we go! SMS
We fly and fly till we drop
Cause we SMS can’t say “NO!”When there’s a call to a far off star
That weird chick’s an alien, alien!Go whack her with your big rockets
Here we go, here we go, SMSGo spread our seed in the galaxy
We hot boys throttle through
the Magellan Clouds in a strokeCause we, the indestructible SMS
Speed! Miracle! Spacy!
Once we start, we can’t stop, hey!
Best. Lyrics. Ever.
Listen to it:
Don’t remember where I found the lyrics, sorry.
Here there be spoilers.
The series is about 2/3 done. There were a few weak episodes unfortunately, which is a bit of a letdown given the very high standards it set in the first 7 episodes.
So the VF-25 is named the Messiah, nice. Wonder what the VF-27’s (Brera’s VF) is.
The Macross Quarter is maybe too agile. Doesn’t feel like a cap ship. Of course I can appreciate improving technology and its smaller size making for a much more agile ship compared to the SDF-1, but it seems nothing it does can be as dramatic as the Daedalus attack. I wonder if the Macross Frontier will ever swing into action.
Nene (the pink haired Meltlandi) cowered behind KK when the two girly men fought? How far the mighty has fallen. I’m thinking maybe the Zentradi and the Meltlandi have started breeding naturally, so the younger ones are not engineered for aggression.
The “fold engine unaffected fold dislocations†plot device in episode 12 is pretty weak. “Here, I just so happen to have this top sekrit tech that will solve your previously unsolvable problem.†And why? Why did they decide to mount blingy speakers on Mike’s VF? I know it’s an homage to Macross 7, but its something I’m trying to pretend never happened. I was hoping Mike would go on and kick some ass.
The appearance of the Global made the fanboy in me weep in happiness, though it was more of a cameo.
Nobody remembers Raramia. She’s not had a single line before she got killed off and that’s bloody sloppy storytelling. Completely pointless. I bet the production team were thinking “we need to kill off a named character here, FOR GRITTINESS. But oh, it couldn’t be one the fans care about.†Pfft.
Was that Ranka’s mum? She looks like Sheryl with seaweed green dye. I’m thinking Sheryl’s an artificial construct. A clone, maybe, or a bio-engineered human based on Ranka’s mum. A small tidbit, her name as shown in the credits is Ranshe Mei.
Alto getting shouty is annoying. Its pretty theatrical though, so I’ll just put it down to his love for performance.
Is it just me, or is the techno Aimo terrible? I mean, the original isn’t all that, sounds like a Voices II or something, but at least I don’t hate it.
Episode 17 is just a big bait and switch for old fans. Pineapple cake? Bleeding in chair? Check out a comprehensive list of the Death Flags here. But man, Ozma’s GAR. So GAR Kathy can do naught but swoon in the presence of his GARness. I liked the Fire Bomber songs in this episode and how they were used, for what its worth.
Poor Sheryl. Sheryl gets no love.