Tuneage!

OK, those of you who read my little rants and ramblings on a regular basis have seen me talk about the Newfoundland band Great Big Sea, but, unless you listen to Canadian radio or one of the double handful of stations in the states which play their music, you've probably never heard them. I know the two times i've seen them have been among the best shows i've ever been to- as previously described almost a cross between a ceilidh and a rave.
Well, since you shouldn't deprive yourself of the chance to get to hear some of their stuff, i've put up a few selections for you.
"Run Run Away"(2.5 MB) is a contemporary song- it's a cover of the 80's pop-rock song originally recorded by one hit wonder Slade. GBS will occasionally cover a tune in their own style- they've also covered REM's "End of the World" and have done things like the Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated" in concert.
The other two selections are traditional songs from Newfoundland. "I'se the B'y" (1.6 MB) is the story of a sailor in the St. John's area taking his girlfriend (possibly wife) to a dance, and mentions several of the area islands, as well as some of the more notorious *ahem* working ladies. The final belongs to a bit later period, dating to somewhere around the First World War. "The Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man)" (2.3 MB) is the story of a miner who worked the mines of Maritime Canada and the dangers thereof.
I'm thinking about also adding a live GBS cut- probably "Ordinary Day" even though some of the energy of the live performance doesn't translate well via recording. If you're interested, let me know. These files won't be available indefinitely- probably for less than a week, so i encourage you to grab them soon, listen to them in accordance with RIAA guidelines (gratutious legal disclaimer bit) etc., because they won't be there very long.
I'm also going to put up another bit of music shortly for your eclectic enjoyment- this one Seven Nations' cover of The Church's "Under the Milky Way." 80's wave music, played at near light-speed on bagpipes. It's simply something not to be missed. I wanna play stuff like this.

Tuneage redux.

As promised- the Seven Nations cover of "Under The Milky Way" (4.8 MB). Get it while you can.
Also, a live Great Big Sea recording- from their album Road Rage, the live version of "Ordinary Day." (4.2 MB) For those of you who are hockey fans, you may have heard this song when they performed it at the All-Star Game in Denver in 2001.

Wheee?

Well, it's been a truly anticlimactic weekend. After escaping pseudo-redneck hell Friday night while hanging out with revseandoe, the highlight of my weekend is a tossup between sleeping and reading the Seattle Gothic crackboards. [edit, 9:41 p.m.: except for an afternoon dalliance with damashita about which you don't need any more information except to note that alexander didn't interrupt- which is so unlike him. Nothing defines coitus interruptus like having an almost-4-year-old burst in on you.]
Yet again, i intended to get more writing on the novella, and yet again i failed to do so. Should probably take the laptop to work one day this week and write. Of course, that'd mean that i'd be guaranteed to be busy with real work-like work and wouldn't have a damn minute to write....