Sunday, February 28, 2010

How to tame lions.

Loving Washington at the moment, she's just like a soothing balm of solace.

This song is a little bit stronger than the rest on her most recent album and has a decent rhythm beat.

The lyrics are hilarious... I'm still trying to work out whether Arthur Miller is the lion and Monroe the tamer or whether it's the other way round.

"How do you tame a lion when they are lying low?
You be my Arthur Miller and I will be your Marilyn..."

And to top it all, how cute is the cover art?? I love heartwarming colours.

Watch the video of How to Tame Lions here.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

A fine frenzy...

Haven't blogged in ages my friends - sorry about that.

I got momentarily distracted firstly by a cooking to music blog I'm setting up and then *drumroll* by an AWESOME job I am about to start in Sydney.

It's radio producing with the best radio station ever (and it is at this point I should say any views stated in this blog are my own and not those of my soon to be employer).

I move in under two weeks and this song, by the beautiful Alison Sudol from A Fine Frenzy, is perfect... no need to be scared, just breathe deeply.

P.S. If ur wondering the pic is of her, not me.

Stood Up
We are not frightened anymore,
We stood up, we stood up
And there are two of us there will be more,
They'll show up, they'll show up, they'll show up

Blame a change of mind
A seismic shift in times
They told us not to fight
But we'll fight it till we die

'Cause we are not frightened anymore,
We stood up, we stood up
And there are two of us there will be many more,
They'll show up, yeah, they'll show up

And so they sunk every ship we sailed
But we stood up, yeah we stood up
And they fought hard, but somewhere fighting failed
They're all shook up, they're all shook up, all shook up

Steel and concrete break
Beneath the steady waves
Of fearless hope and grace
In kindness there is strength.

'Cause we are not frightened anymore,
We stood up, we stood up
And there are two of us there will be many more,
They'll show up, they'll show up, yeah they'll show up

We are not, we are not, we are not
We are not, we are not frightened anymore
We are not frightened anymore.