SOUNDTRACK: DAVÍD GARZA-Tiny Desk Concert #405 (November 15, 2014).
I first heard of Garza back in 1998 with his minor hit “Discoball World.” I really liked it. And then I assumed he just went away. But apparently he didn’t.
The first song, “Texas is My Hometown” is a slow jazzy song about how much he loves Texas. He sounds like an old-timey crooner, except that he references all kinds of contemporary musicians.
And then he plays “Discoball World.” It sounds quite different because it’s all acoustic guitar (although his strumming is pretty intense). I prefer the original, but he’s really intense while singing this version.
He says he was walking around DC and he ran into his favorite singer in the whole world. Then he invites Gaby Moreno to sing the final song, an old Spanish song their grandparents used to sing. And indeed, with wonderful flair, he plays a beautiful Spanish guitar. Gaby sings lead (in Spanish) on the whole song and her voice is really amazing. She can hold a note for a really long time and then really powers through a loud note. He does backing ooohss when needed, but Gaby is the star of this song. Until, that is, he plays some great guitar at the end, very percussive, very powerful.
It’s a good set.
[READ: June 1, 2016] The Complete Peanuts 1971-1972
I took some time off from my Peanuts reading–I needed a break after fifteen years. And it was fun to come back to the strip really looking forward to the 1970s.
There seem to be three big consistent ideas in these two years. Woodstock becomes very prominent, Sally gets to complain about school a lot and Peppermint Patty comes into her own, with strips about her and Chuck, her and Franklin and her and Marcie (who is finally named!).
1971 starts off auspiciously with Charlie saying that this is going to be his year of decision–he’s going to start making changes. But Lucy interrupts saying that she is going to spend the whole year regretting the past-“Forget the future!” (more…)
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