Music Recs Round You Show Me Yours

[icepixie]

It's about time for another music recs post. However, I have a problem: I haven't heard much new that's good lately. :(

Instead, I'm asking you to rec music to me! What do you like? What have you been listening to of late? Links are great, but just names and titles are good too. Lay 'em on me.

(...Okay, I lied about having nothing. Possibly I've rec'ed her before, but if I haven't, try out Lucy Kaplansky, especially these two: This Is Home, Ten Year Night.)

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[icepixie]

Hehehe, I totally have every album Kate Rusby's ever put out, and most of Karine Polwart's stuff as well. (The joys and hazards of having similar musical tastes! :D)

Speaking of, have you heard the album Rusby did with Kathryn Roberts? There is a fantastic Ninth Doctor vid to one of the tracks, "Exile," here.

Abigail Washburn was new to me, and I like her! I will definitely be looking for more of her stuff now. Thanks!

(OMG, the Jennys. I'm about twenty seconds of footage out from finishing my B5 vid to "Apocalypse Lullabye." Though I need to redo a couple parts to make it epic-er...)

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Aww, yay! I'm glad you have both of them (and seriously, I'm jealous - it takes me forever and a day just to find a few of Rusby's albums, let alone Karine Polwart - I'm convinced that her I'll just have to buy online, as nobody, not even the folk-and-acoustic specialty stores, stocks her here). That duet album of Rusby and Roberts is one of my all-time favorites, but I haven't seen that vid before. In all honesty, that song is pretty solidly Lennier/Delenn for me. ♥

And yay for liking Abigail!

I've gotta pick up the Jennys - I heard a few of their songs a while ago on Pandora, and they really got to me, but I forgot about them completely until you listed them in your music on an LJ entry. And yay for a B5 vid! I can't wait to see it!

(Also, OMG, just watched 2 more BSG, and I definitely see what you mean about Roslin and Delenn, now. They can bond over DESTINY. ♥♥♥)

[icepixie]

I bought both of them through the iTunes store--they've got everything Kate Rusby's ever done, I think, and large chunks of Polwart's catalogue, if not the whole thing. Man, with the exception of a BSG soundtrack, I don't think I've actually bought a physical CD in four or five years.

I'm rather jealous that you have folk-and-acoustic specialty stores.

In all honesty, that song is pretty solidly Lennier/Delenn for me.

Ohhhh, for after OaR? Yeah, I can see that.

And yay for a B5 vid! I can't wait to see it!

I can't wait to finish it! I've been working on it since I started my rewatch; I'm ripping the material myself as I get each DVD from the library or Netflix, and it's been quite a long slog. I'm trying to get most of the main characters in at some point, and...see, the really awesome things on B5 tend to happen in dialogue, which doesn't really translate well to a vid. Marcus, for example, was rather trying; in my spreadsheet notes for it, I wanted a particular line to have "a shot of Marcus being bouncy," and well, he is, but it's all in dialogue, argh. I figured out a way around it, but grrr, difficulties.

Anyway. Not to randomly vent on you or anything...

(Also, OMG, just watched 2 more BSG, and I definitely see what you mean about Roslin and Delenn, now. They can bond over DESTINY. ♥♥♥)

HEEEEEEEEE. I knew you'd like that. It only really just occurred to me a few weeks ago, and I was like DUDE. They could trade tips on the best ways to con the rest of the universe into going along with this prophecy that they've decided Is About Them, Dammit. It would be fantastic.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Very cool! I've been trying to buy my CDs from physical stores, since the rise of iTunes and Amazon's done a real number on our local music stores (we've gone from having one on every block in most of the neighborhoods I frequent to, like, five that I can think of within city limits), especially where I can buy from the folk music store I mentioned - they're tiny, and I always worry they'll go out of business. I think they survive mostly on the instruments they sell and repair, more than the CDs, which is good, but... yeah. Anyway. They tend to keep Kate Rusby in stock because one of the women who works there is a fan, but I've had no luck convincing them to get Karine Polwart in.

Ohhhh, for after OaR? Yeah, I can see that.

Probably one of those "it was on my mind when I first heard the song" kind of things, but it's never going away now that it's set. I can see how it would really work for Nine, too, though.

I wanted a particular line to have "a shot of Marcus being bouncy," and well, he is, but it's all in dialogue, argh.

Huh. Yeah, it's funny, but it never really occurred to me exactly how much of the really fabulous stuff about B5 and its characters is purely dialogue - it's really not a very visual show in most ways, and it's almost like our brains just fill in the gaps and make things up to fit, sometimes. Marcus in particular - despite being one of the bounciest characters ever in terms of personality, he's remarkably still and sedate in physical terms. That would be really frustrating in terms of videos. I'm glad you found a way to make it work!

They could trade tips on the best ways to con the rest of the universe into going along with this prophecy that they've decided Is About Them, Dammit. It would be fantastic.

They totally would, and it would! ♥ I'm intrigued to see how this whole destiny thing of hers turned out. (And please, tell me there are crossovers with the two of them? I need to know that exact conversation exists somewhere, or I'm going to end up trying to write it myself and making a fool of myself with canon that I don't know yet!)

[icepixie]

it's really not a very visual show in most ways, and it's almost like our brains just fill in the gaps and make things up to fit, sometimes.

Yes, absolutely! There is a lot of talking, but I always forget about that. (Relatedly, the cinematography is always so much better in my head than it is on the screen. Sometimes the blocking is too. If I see one more "Oooh, it's a dramatic moment. We should zoom in slowly on the character's face until we've gotten uncomfortably close!" shot, I'm going to hit someone.)

Marcus NEVER FREAKING MOVES. It was driving me insane. (For the shot I wanted, I finally went with him coming into Susan's quarters with his poster, but there's still too much talkyface. Grrr.)

And please, tell me there are crossovers with the two of them?

THERE ARE NOT!! I do not understand this! I'm tempted to wiki up the Pythia stuff and try to write it myself.