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New Music Friday (except this week is all blending together so it's actually almost Sunday)
After getting back from GenCon, I had two doctor's appointments and then a whirlwind half-week of work. Most of it was training my new manager, some of it was just preparing people for the extended time I'm about to be out. Unfortunately the weather here has been too warm and a little overcast, which means I've spent most of the week with a migraine. And since I am preparing for surgery on Monday, I can't take any meds for the pain. It's made me pretty tired this week, so I've not been spending much time online... or doing anything other than watching some YouTube and then sleeping.
HOWEVER. Because I knew I wouldn't be able to get out for anything big for awhile, I bought my friend and I tickets to see Voltaire for Friday night. I have never in the 20 years since I first started listening to his music, seen him live. I'm telling you, it was everything my little goth heart has ever wanted. After a really touching story about his childhood, and finding his "people" he sang the opening song from The Rocky Horror Picture show, "Science Fiction Double Feature", complete with all the asides from both him and the audience that you'd hear if you went to a true showing of the movie. It was just a great moment.
Here's a picture of him from the show:
If you don't know Aurelio Voltaire's music, let me just share the song that made me fall in love with him. It's not indicative of his entire catalogue, but it's a good start. He talked about his stage presence a little last night at the show and how he cultivated this sort of swaggering goth pirate persona over the years and has learned recently from his Goth Homemaking YouTube channel that he's better off embracing the more "real" him, just a punny, goth dad. (But obviously he's more a hot goth dad, with like Oded Fehr or Vincent Price vibes -- and I cannot believe he's in his early 50s.)
Anyway. Listen to "When You're Evil". It's good fun. If you've ever watched the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, or Adventure Time Worlds, you've probably already heard his stuff without knowing it.
Okay, let's come back to the present and talk about new music this week. King Princess, released some new music this week. The music video goes some odd places, but the new song "Prophet" is a gift to lesbians and bisexuals everywhere.
One of my Favorite bands, Lawrence, released a video for their newest song this week, "Casualty". I might have shared an earlier version of this song, but I absolutely adore this video so I'm sharing it again. The song is a really fun bop. Their music style is this like new funky pop brother-sister duo with super soulful voices. This video is funny with a video game theme and worth a watch/listen.
Lastly, let me share a song a little out of my normal music comfort zone. I don't listen to a lot of country music, but this song came along my recommendeds this week and I gave it a shot. There's a break-up story at the heart of it, but something about the delivery of the lyrics - that this woman is asking her mom for help and understanding and healing - it really got me. I don't know anything about this duo except they've got really lovely voices, and I like this song.
That's it for this week.
I'm having my surgery on Monday, so I'm not sure how much I'll be around in the next week. I should be home by Tuesday evening or maybe as late as Wednesday, but I'm sure I'm not going to be up for much for the week. However, I'm about to be stuck at home for the next eight weeks so once I get over the worst part of this coming week, I'll be around a lot. And hopefully I'll be using some of that time for writing too.
Hope you enjoy this week's selection of songs. If you're ever looking for a specific type of music, let me know! My tastes vary very widely, as has probably become obvious by now.
HOWEVER. Because I knew I wouldn't be able to get out for anything big for awhile, I bought my friend and I tickets to see Voltaire for Friday night. I have never in the 20 years since I first started listening to his music, seen him live. I'm telling you, it was everything my little goth heart has ever wanted. After a really touching story about his childhood, and finding his "people" he sang the opening song from The Rocky Horror Picture show, "Science Fiction Double Feature", complete with all the asides from both him and the audience that you'd hear if you went to a true showing of the movie. It was just a great moment.
Here's a picture of him from the show:
Got to live one of my goth dreams last night. Seeing Voltaire live was such a good time.
— Elizabeth 🐺 is at GenCon (@singedsun) August 10, 2019
If you don't know Aurelio Voltaire's music, let me just share the song that made me fall in love with him. It's not indicative of his entire catalogue, but it's a good start. He talked about his stage presence a little last night at the show and how he cultivated this sort of swaggering goth pirate persona over the years and has learned recently from his Goth Homemaking YouTube channel that he's better off embracing the more "real" him, just a punny, goth dad. (But obviously he's more a hot goth dad, with like Oded Fehr or Vincent Price vibes -- and I cannot believe he's in his early 50s.)
Anyway. Listen to "When You're Evil". It's good fun. If you've ever watched the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, or Adventure Time Worlds, you've probably already heard his stuff without knowing it.
Okay, let's come back to the present and talk about new music this week. King Princess, released some new music this week. The music video goes some odd places, but the new song "Prophet" is a gift to lesbians and bisexuals everywhere.
One of my Favorite bands, Lawrence, released a video for their newest song this week, "Casualty". I might have shared an earlier version of this song, but I absolutely adore this video so I'm sharing it again. The song is a really fun bop. Their music style is this like new funky pop brother-sister duo with super soulful voices. This video is funny with a video game theme and worth a watch/listen.
Lastly, let me share a song a little out of my normal music comfort zone. I don't listen to a lot of country music, but this song came along my recommendeds this week and I gave it a shot. There's a break-up story at the heart of it, but something about the delivery of the lyrics - that this woman is asking her mom for help and understanding and healing - it really got me. I don't know anything about this duo except they've got really lovely voices, and I like this song.
That's it for this week.
I'm having my surgery on Monday, so I'm not sure how much I'll be around in the next week. I should be home by Tuesday evening or maybe as late as Wednesday, but I'm sure I'm not going to be up for much for the week. However, I'm about to be stuck at home for the next eight weeks so once I get over the worst part of this coming week, I'll be around a lot. And hopefully I'll be using some of that time for writing too.
Hope you enjoy this week's selection of songs. If you're ever looking for a specific type of music, let me know! My tastes vary very widely, as has probably become obvious by now.
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Which Voltaire album would you suggest buying to dip my toes in?
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If you haven't heard of Maddie & Tae before now, then might I recommend their song/parody about how women are treated in country videos? - Girl In A Country Song
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