3 posts tagged “joanna newsom”

I have an extra ticket to see the mesmerizing and magical Miss Newsom with the Austin Symphony Orchestra at Riverbend Centre tomorrow night.  If you or someone you know wants it, send me a message.

I'm planning on seeing a bunch of shows this month!

12/7: Feist and Death Cab For Cutie at the Paramount (thanks to aa)
12/8: Calexico and Los Lobos (!) at The Fillmore
12/11:  Michael Ian Black & Michael Showalter at the Independent
12/20:  Joanna Newsom at Great American

Thanks to my Vox neighbor Dylan, I just got a preview of what to expect at Joanna's upcoming show.  Read Dylan's review of her show in Seattle on 12/4 and watch his video of "Peach, Plum, Pear"*:

*  Earlier I wasn't able to find Dylan's specific video using the tag search in Vox's YouTube conduit, but in the code push that went out a few minutes ago, I was able to locate it by searching on the YouTube URL.  Love the new Vox hottness!

Harold is a really good friend.  Because of his generosity, I'm now listening to Ys on my headphones!

Listening to it at work feels wrong though.  I think I need to buy it on double gatefold vinyl, go home, close my bedroom door and pore over the lyrics and liner notes while just absorbing it.  The orchestra; her voice that is stronger, clearer and even more her; the coils and knots of melody; all the rumored $250,000 that was spent on making it.