Friday, July 28, 2006

Shuffle (for pre-dinner drinks)

Rise Up With Fists!! - Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
Train in Vain (Stand by Me) - The Clash - London Calling
Glad Tidings - Van Morrison - Moondance
End of the Line - The Traveling Wilburys - The Traveling Wilburys - Vol. 1
Chicago - Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Time To Move On - Tom Petty - Wildflowers
When The Day Is Short - Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright
This Is Us - Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All The Roadrunning
Dance Me To The End Of Love - Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love
Election Day - Lyle Lovett - My Baby Don't Tolerate
Romeo Had Juliette - Lou Reed - New York
That's Me - Paul Simon - Surprise

On shuffle, prior to dinner, with drinks and friends. Discuss.

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Inexplicably left out of the movie

Fans of Leonard Cohen should check out "I'm Your Man," the tribute concert/documentary screening in theatres now. While the production values are subpar, the performances are decent and Cohen is candid and chatty during the extended discussion sections. Anyhow, the great Martha Wainwright performs "The Traitor" in the film (she also sings a verse of "Hallelujah"); she did my favourite Cohen song, "Tower of Song," on Letterman to promote the film and the upcoming record. The movie ends with U2 (ugh) backing Cohen on "Tower," which explais why Martha's (better) version was left out. Anyhow, enjoy.