SOUNDTRACK: YEASAYER–Live at KEXP, October 18, 2007 (2007).
This concert from Gibson’s is great. It took place in 2007 and showcased songs from Yeasayer’s first album. I don’t know this album but their description of the music as tribal gospel is apt. The music is noisy and almost chaotic, but the melodies and harmonies are wonderful. There’s a comment that they used to be in a barbershop quartet (ironically). And you can hear that they really know their harmonies well.
I have their two later albums which like very much and which are slightly different from the sound of this one–but this set is really great, and it’s a good introduction to their earlier sound.
I mentioned Up All Night the other day because Silversun Pickups were on. On this past week’s show, Yeasayer got a mention at a hipster coffee bar. Guess that means Yeasayer are a trendy band, too. Check out the show here.
[READ: October 17, 2012] “The Last Few Kilometres”
This is another very short story–two pages total. It is translated from Russian by Jamey Gambrell.
In this story, a man visits his mistress, has sex with her, eats some food (after dropping a chicken leg on the floor) and then heads home. Despite the brevity and simplicity of the story, I had to read it twice before I could really get it. The story is told in flashback as he’s on his way home (on the train).
But the story is less about the plot than the details. I loved that he normally doesn’t like to eat first because having sex when you’re full is no fun. But she made a nice dinner so they eat first. Also, he left his dentures home, so he was happy the meal was soft (quite the romantic!). Meanwhile, “She received him the way mistresses generally do in the movies,” dressed to the nines, and running around serving him. Later, the lovemaking was indifferent, and a comment that he casually threw out had offended her. (more…)
I Just Read About That... 