Apr 14, 2009
This Morning in a Morning Voice
Photo: Camilla Akrans.
There are two silences. One when no word is spoken. The other when perhaps a torrent of language is being employed. The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don’t hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, anguished or mocking smokescreen. When true silence falls, we are still left with echo but are nearer nakedness. One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.
- Harold Pinter, The Guardian (31.12.08)
- Maria Kliegel – Carnival of the Animals: XIII. Le Cygne
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Naxos / 1997) - Little Dragon – Scribbled Paper
Little Dragon (Peacefrog / 2007) - Nouvelle Vague – Dance with Me
Bande à Parte (Peacefrog / 2006) - José James – Visions of Violet
Park Bench People (Brownswood / 2008) - Shrift – Snow Samba
Lost in a moment (Six Degrees / 2006)
Never mind the coffee we were drinking, whatever I said was not what I was thinking.
See also: Show Me Secret Sins.
Love the feeling and atmosphere of that Shrift song.
While listening to Le Cygne, I’ve been doing some research about Saint-Saëns. I didn’t know about his homosexuality and his brief relationship with Chaikovski, during a trip to Russia. It seems that the two musicians performed an improvised ballet, Saint-Saëns in the role of Galatea and Chaikovski in the role of Pygmalion. Really a suggestive scene, specially for nineteenth century moral standards. I don’t know why, but this strange image has modified the way i’ve listened to the playlist – and particularly the Nouvelle Vague song…
Un bel dì vedremo spuntare un fil di fumo… ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpW8Jvl9low
I’d like to understand myself… Why in all of your posts I see clues, hidden plots, cyphred messages between you and (someone of) your audience?…
Each post you create is like a love letter to a sort of forbidden lover.
Is all up to me? Could it be possible?… naa, maybe it’s just spring time
hi, these tunes fills the silence, indeed
cheers
angeles
nouvelle vague always reminds me of kahlo WHERE ARE YOU KAHLO
also, lovely list
You are KILLING IT lately; so much good music.
I hadn’t heard Little Dragon before but enjoyed their vocalist on Koop’s ‘Islands’.
Thanks much
José James is really cool. Havent heard a good mellow soul in a good while. feeling very melancholic now.
thank you. this is awesome perfect morning-reading music
Such a beautiful, inspirational post. Thank you very much!