Login HereYou know, when you're a loud, passionate singer, a lot of the time when you're in the studio, producers and other Wise, Sensible People will tell you that you need to dial it back a notch, knock off the caterwauling, and understand that you don't necessarily need to scream to catch the audience's attention.
In fact, it's kind of considered bad form to pour too much vocal napalm all over a track. You're not on stage. Back off from the mic. Nobody's going to come in and try to take it away from you. Relax.
Fortunately, Brandi Carlile didn't get that memo. Or if she did, she wadded it up and threw it over her shoulder. I have to say that I'm with her. Your debut single might end up being your only chance to have your say before the whole wide world. You might as well body-check the notes and sing like your life depends on it.
Oh, and she brings it on this song. It's like listening to the romantic musings of an active volcano.
Enjoy.
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Zed
under 10?
Hey big guy - looks like we hit $750 by the comments.
wow!
A low number.
Suzanne @ 3
Nuh-uh.
Shit.
I’m going to have to do a whole album.
TRex @ 6
Woo-Hoo, Snoopy Dance…!!! *g*
Suzanne @ 3
Now, TRex, think of what you could get in donations if you ran for public office? Hmmm?
Wee, a Trex album! You never know what’ll happen on a Late Nite Thread. :D
TRex @ 6
Hey, what did you expect when you asked the Lake for help? ^_^
TexBetsy @ 2
Confidence, eh??? ;-)
CTuttle @ 11
Well i stopped to read
Dang, that girl’s got some range. E below middle C to the second E above middle C.
I bought her album on a whim, based on 30 seconds of listening in B&N. That was a good whim.
burnspbesq @ 5
OT, but I left you a pizza comment downstairs.
TexBetsy @ 12
So did I, Ma’am, it was short ‘n’ sweet…!!! *g*
TexBetsy @ 12
That’s always a problem, isn’t it? ;-) If you stop to read and actually comment on it, you never even crack single digits…
burnspbesq @ 13
I’m still waiting for my chance to sing this one at the top of my lungs when the neighbors aren’t home. Most sounds don’t go through the walls of this old house, but apparently my singing voice can cut through glass, wood, and stone.
peanutbutter @ 16
…tends to be fatal…!!! ;-)
TRex, both Steve - AR and burns gave $250 each, the rest was smaller donations. I know you can’t access their PP account but if you could let us know when they know the total. I’ve got a hunch there were some silent contributors that didn’t post a comment.
everyone else fall asleep?
TexBetsy @ 20
I’m at work, I’d better not fall asleep.
Valley Girl @ 14
I knew there was a reason I liked you. A kindred spirit!
Vive les poissons de sel!
TexBetsy @ 20
Not yet, but close. I can’t believe I’m nodding so early. Must be the heat.
Suzanne @ 19
Big heroic thanks to everybody, especially burnsy and Steve.
Still hanging in - just wanted to give a listen.
TexBetsy @ 20
No Ma’am, I failed to add; “…like you!!!”, in my prior comment! 8-)
The other day I heard this song in the car when I was in a really low mood, thinking about all the things that went wrong with me and my ex, and when she hit that last, “WHOOA-AAAHLLL of these LINES across my face…”, big fat tears squirted out of my eyes. It took me completely by surprise.
still here, puttering around doing b4 bed tasks. Gosh that girl can SING. Have to add to my “must buy CD” list.
btw, great pizza & coffee, TexB, (no wonder i can’t sleep)
bedtime for betsy, night all
burnspbesq @ 22
And, likewise. Thanks for your generous contribution to the kitteh fund. Big kitteh fan here.
I’m just going to throw this out there to see if anyone can help. With all this hype over that poor borderline retarded pagent girl from South Carolina, I tried find the “recent polls” that found 1/5 of Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a world map, but to no avail. Anyone actually know the source of these polls?
TexBetsy @ 29
Pain Free Sleep, Ma’am!!! 8-)
No shit. I think I love her.
The lady has a great voice. I will have to check out some of her other music.
Darcy Burner..$124,200and the kitties >$750..It’s been a good week.
Some very cool music for a hot night.
Jimmy Smith and Mark Whitfield.
“Back at the Chicken Shack”
grs @ 31
welcome to the lake, grs. just so ya know, lots of folks here at the lake have kin that are handicapped, or they themselves are handicapped in one way or the other. ya might wanna rethink that r word in your snark :)
TRex @ 33
well trex, i luurrrvvv you for introducing me to yet another great singer.
TRex @ 33
She reminds me of one of my absolute faves…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZyxYL753w4
For those who think the Bushies are totally incompetent, they do coverups really well: NYT’s
TRex @ 27
Oh, TRex. Sometimes it’s so hard to deal with even when you know the break is the best thing for you. Really enjoyed this clip.
Steve-AR @ 34
Yes it has! Now Trex has to get into the studio and sing his heart out!
Nice stuff. I’m getting exposed to a lot of really nice music through FDL. But I have to respecfully disagree with you on one point, T REX-I think the pop/rock/alternative artist who isn’t overwrought simply doesn’t get noticed.
Suzanne @ 37
No matter her alleged IQ, the way the national media ridiculed that 15(?) year old girl was nauseating. Even KO got into it. If anyone needs to be bashed it’s Tucker and the boys at MSNBC for joking about gay bashing.
grs @ 31
No, but excellent point. What freaking American can’t find the US on a world map?
Is it just me or are Celtic Women the best at controlled breaking their voices.
Loo Hoo. @ 45
No surprise, 50% of Americans are functionally illiterate.
TRex @ 6
OK, I have a request:
Bad to the Bone. ;-)
(I did contribute but it wasn’t very much.)
BC @ 46
Hmmmmm.
Bjork is awesome at it, but she’s a Viking and they mated with Celts back in the day, hence names like mine, Ferguson. Irish name, Saxon suffix.
Hi there Trex and late nite pups:
just woke up to the beeb reporting a cholera outbreak in the north. Good God, what next for those poor souls, this just breaks my heart. Also wanted to mention, after all the speculation yesterday about whether the MSM would pick up the Craig story, it wa reported ad nauseum on BBC last night, I thought that was great.
This may all be old news, been having a med reaction all day and am a litle looped, but just thought I’d mention…
hugs
(((zennurse)))
TREX! Answer your phone and check out my blog posting!
http://www.noriegablog.com/200.....riega.html
Looking forward to the return of Petrocelli!
zennurse, yes the teevee news was all Craig, all day long. You didn’t miss a thing.
Hope you’re feeling better now. {{hugs}}
Suzanne @ 51
I’ll second that emotion…!!!
Trex,
Apparently, scientists have just discovered that you’re very very fast
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/s.....index.html
Bummer.
2 firefighters die,
10 hurt in blaze
Two veteran Boston firefighters were killed, and at least 10 others were injured last night as flames rushed through a restaurant in West Roxbury, said two high-ranking public safety officials briefed on the four-alarm fire. The firefighters were identified as
Paul J. Cahill of Scituate and
Warren J. Payne of Canton.
Steve-AR @ 47
Howdja like to be that girl’s social studies teacher and watch that?
Loo Hoo. @ 53
He wrote to my FB account this morn… he’s still in the boonies…!!! :-(
Loo Hoo. @ 53
had an email from Petro today, here’s a direct quote “…tons more hugs & kisses to the Late Nite gang. P.” He misses us!
Steve-AR >
It has.
I am sooooo looking forward to seeing Sheriff Hairspray being retired from diddling the people when he is supposed to be doing the people`s business.
“A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy” - Benjamin Disraeli
grs @ 31
What the hell does a world map look like? Mercator projection? Nobody does that any more. A globe? I don’t see those much anymore either. Now that I think of it, I’ve not seen a “world map” in 40 years, and even then it was something of a novelty. Damn Canada looked big and bad.
Loo Hoo. @ 57
Just wonderin’ … if it turned out that the sprinkler system didn’t work right, and a building inspector type had taken a bribe to let it slide, could he/she be charged with felony murder?
daCascadian @ 61
The Brits really can call’em like they see’em!!!
Reality:
GAO Draft at Odds With White House
By Karen DeYoung and Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, August 30, 2007; Page A01
Iraq has failed to meet all but three of 18 congressionally mandated benchmarks for political and military progress, according to a draft of a Government Accountability Office report. The document questions whether some aspects of a more positive assessment by the White House last month adequately reflected the range of views the GAO found within the administration.
The strikingly negative GAO draft, which will be delivered to Congress in final form on Tuesday, comes as the White House prepares to deliver its own new benchmark report in the second week of September, along with congressional testimony from Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker. They are expected to describe significant security improvements and offer at least some promise for political reconciliation in Iraq.
burnspbesq @ 63
depends on the state’s laws and whether or not they have the felony murder rule.
TRex @ 27
Honey, those big fat tears will keep you from getting lines across your face, so let em rip.
But seriously, I know what you mean my “me and my ex” was 12 years ago. For me, for some stupid reason, it’s Todd Rundgren’s “Can we still be friends”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olc1PTyeCzM
I found this great you tube of him on the Midnight Special, check out the outfit and the wild eye makeup!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....mp;search=
Heh, Shrub’s grasp of the English language would have had’em laughed out of Parliament on his first day…!!! ;-)
zennurse @ 67
zennurse!
Great finds. Todd has “personality…”
burnspbesq @ 58
Granted, but I’ll maintain that 90% of Americans can locate the US on a world map. This kind of question feeds the whole idea that public education needs to be replaced. No proof, but I agree with grs. Where does that statistic come from?
Awwwwwwww, you guys, what a sweet hello from all of you, thanks so much.
And T-Rex??? Where’s my hug????
(tapping toes……)
I’m waiting…….
OOps, I forgot, your arms are too short.
I’ll settle for an eskimo kiss, then. x
Wow. That first time they brought in the big-chord-power, and she started wailin’ on it, I got goosebumps.
That happens a lot less often than it used to. Don’t know if it’s me being jaded, or the amount of crap the conglomerates shove at me.
I gotta go buy that.
Thanks for that video, too cool.
“pagent girl from South Carolina,”
what’s this about?
wigwam @ 62
It’s the biggest, with the dissolution of the USSR…!!!
Loo Hoo. a>
Here`s the “meat” so to speak :
“…The person who provided the draft report to The Post said it was being conveyed from a government official who feared that its pessimistic conclusions would be watered down in the final version — as some officials have said happened with security judgments in this month’s National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq…” WaPo
Not that we didn`t suspect so anyway but it is nice to know “officially”…
“History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.” - Edward Gibbon
oh, you don’t wanna know, zennurse - not news, pop culture trying to be news.
zennurse @ 71
Watch that toe-tapping! — especially around Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) (h/t TexB)
zennurse @ 73
Oh, my…
This Machine Kills Fascists @ 72
Kinda like the first time you heard “More Than a Feeling?” All this jangly acoustic 12-string and them all of a sudden, “BLAMMO!”
zennurse @ 73
here ya go
daCascadian @ 75
That it is, that it is…!!! 8-)
Suzanne @ 19
Two more questions:
what are the contributions for?
Who is this in the video?
CTuttle @ 68
Wouldn’t you love to see him up against George Galloway?
zennurse @ 73
Sorry.
Well to go from the sublime to the insipid…
Here’s Senator Larry Craig with pal Paul Schaeffer doing a uet of “Try To Remember” from the Fantastiks
http://craig.senate.gov/clips/try_to_remember.mp3
“Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and callow fellow.
Try to remember, and if you remember,
Then follow.
Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.
…
Try to remember when life was so tender
That dreams were kept beside your pillow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
That love was an ember about to billow.
Try to remember, and if you remember,
Then follow.
Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.
Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.
Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.”
And another where Larry discusses stuffing piquitos (not Alitos)…while festooned in a Beret and fetching sash.
http://www.lemaroc.org/videos/.....2qvOI.html
zennurse @ 82
the contributions were for some new orleans kittens.
i’m on dialup so i don’t know her name zennurse :(
TeddySanFran @ 77
You little devil
With respect to the beauty pageant girl, on the one hand I can’t believe her incoherency. On the other hand…I feel sorry for her. Another Star Wars Kid, anyone? Hope not.
burnspbesq @ 79
Like so…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AlzsP4jN1E
newtonusr @ 78
‘
Is that SNL?
Really, is that, like, Lindsey Lohan on SNL?
Alicia @ 83
I’d rather see him perp walked in the Hague for war crimes against humanity.
Alicia @ 83
A ‘Back-Bencher’ would’ve regurgitated his sorry remains all day!!! ;-)
Alicia @ 83
Again with the Sen Craig references
newspaperbrat @ 91
Yes’m, poetic justice… err… something like that!!!
unfortunately, zennurse, that was a real beauty pagent and a real answer, miss teen america or somithing…
Cpl Nathan Hubbard’s body arrived home today. He will be laid to rest Friday beside his younger brother who was also killed in Iraq 3 years ago. I wish to God everyone in this country could see how destroyed his family is. Our whole city is grief stricken…. I wish bushco would spontaneously combust with the heat of ten billion hot suns. My heart is soooooooooooooo broken for this family.
cinnamonape @ 85
Clearly NOT GAY.
Suzanne @ 95
Wait, she has an out, she’s blonde…!!! ;-)
newspaperbrat @ 91
Yes, that too.
tbsa @ 96
It sickens me each day that this carnage continues, day in and day out…!!! 8-(
CTuttle @ 89
Or like this.
I was about to make a snide crack about the hair, but then I remembered my high school yearbook picture. I definitely shouldn’