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The M/F Thread 2009: The Quickening
haikru:
I've been following this thread for awhile and this is my first post. Enjoy!
Artist: Blaze Foley Album: Live at the Austin Outhouse
If you've ever pondered the identity of Lucinda Williams' "Drunken Angel," wondered who made even Townes Van Zandt feel blue, or what songwriter Merle Haggard would turn to in a moment of spiritual crisis, the answer is simple: Blaze Foley - all of the above.
Foley, a disparate voice even in the iconoclastic circles of Austin, wasn't much known outside of the handful of artists who remember him in their songs and deeds. But before his murder in 1989 at 39, Foley was embraced in Austin for a heart as large as his frame, a soul as deep as his voice and for a self-fulfilling poverty that led him to be remembered as much for his duct-taped shoes as his songs. It's no surprise that Foley died in another losing battle: gunned down while trying to protect an elderly friend's government pension checks.
Thanks to Lost Arts Records' release,"Live at the Austin Outhouse," the world can now hear the gift of this songwriter's soul. The first published recordings of Blaze Foley, taped just four weeks before his death, it captures the simplicity and honestyand of Foley's artistry. From the achingly simple "If I Could Fly" (which Haggard performed for Tammy Wynette's memorial service), to the haunting loneliness of "Picture Cards Can't Picture You," the 12 cuts on this CD capture the forsaken beauty of Foley's music - warts and all - as Foley would only want it. Performed with a "borrowed guitar" and recorded before an audience so sparse one can hear every aside, here's thanking Lost Art Records for finally allowing that audience to swell.
http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?0ynnjnw2o2z
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the_pied_piper:
--- Quote from: haikru on 11 Feb 2009, 08:54 ---I've been following this thread for awhile and this is my first post. Enjoy!
Artist: Blaze Foley Album: Live at the Austin Outhouse
If you've ever pondered the identity of Lucinda Williams' "Drunken Angel," wondered who made even Townes Van Zandt feel blue, or what songwriter Merle Haggard would turn to in a moment of spiritual crisis, the answer is simple: Blaze Foley - all of the above.
Foley, a disparate voice even in the iconoclastic circles of Austin, wasn't much known outside of the handful of artists who remember him in their songs and deeds. But before his murder in 1989 at 39, Foley was embraced in Austin for a heart as large as his frame, a soul as deep as his voice and for a self-fulfilling poverty that led him to be remembered as much for his duct-taped shoes as his songs. It's no surprise that Foley died in another losing battle: gunned down while trying to protect an elderly friend's government pension checks.
Thanks to Lost Arts Records' release,"Live at the Austin Outhouse," the world can now hear the gift of this songwriter's soul. The first published recordings of Blaze Foley, taped just four weeks before his death, it captures the simplicity and honestyand of Foley's artistry. From the achingly simple "If I Could Fly" (which Haggard performed for Tammy Wynette's memorial service), to the haunting loneliness of "Picture Cards Can't Picture You," the 12 cuts on this CD capture the forsaken beauty of Foley's music - warts and all - as Foley would only want it. Performed with a "borrowed guitar" and recorded before an audience so sparse one can hear every aside, here's thanking Lost Art Records for finally allowing that audience to swell.
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Fixed. When posting links use the code (#) button and put the link between. :-)
Sidenote: Is it a good idea to have a thread showing new posters how to do this? Many first time posters seem to come here for the music forum [i was one of them] and are unsure how to post properly [again me], maybe it would help?
triangleman:
--- Quote from: the_pied_piper on 11 Feb 2009, 09:21 ---Sidenote: Is it a good idea to have a thread showing new posters how to do this? Many first time posters seem to come here for the music forum [i was one of them] and are unsure how to post properly [again me], maybe it would help?
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Maybe, but from what I can tell pretty much everything a first-time poster needs to know is in the rules at the top of each page, right?
pwhodges:
RULES - read this! (Newbies - you too!)
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No hot-linking images or albums. You can re-host images at http://imageshack.us.
Ensure your tags are correct and that you have specified both Artist/Album in your post.
Upload your files in either a .zip or a .rar archive to mediaf!re.com, in multiple parts if the album is over 100mbs. The reason for this is that we know mediaf!re is safe and efficient and allows multiple downloads. The ads on other sites, such as Sendspace, are known to contain viruses on the page. Get yourself checked out.
Post your link using code tags. It's the # icon above the policeman emoticon. This prevents the links from being traced back to the forums, lowering the chance that the wrong people notice the thread, potentially threatening Jeph with legal action.
Also, please do NOT request albums.
Before you post in this thread, take a minute and consider the following:
Think of this as the community chest. Everyone is free and encouraged to contribute to it, with that in mind:
* This thread is for you to share the music that you love for people who would normally not be able to access it. This is not an everything-goes-all-the-time mp3 blog.
* Think about what you are uploading. Is it easily available elsewhere and popular? If yes, is it really worth it to upload and post here?
* Have some self control. Is it really necessary to upload the entire discography of this band? Is it all really so excellent? If it is, don't worry. Whoever downloads this will surely realise this and look for more material on their own.
To return to the community chest, imagine you one day open the chest and everyone threw everything inside it. There's probably more things that you can use there now, but they are now buried in a mountain of debris and you'll likely miss the good stuff anyway! Imagine though, that you come to the chest one day and you find that everyone thought about what might best serve us all and the neatly placed it inside. This is what this thread should be.
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the_pied_piper:
--- Quote from: triangleman on 11 Feb 2009, 09:28 ---Maybe, but from what I can tell pretty much everything a first-time poster needs to know is in the rules at the top of each page, right?
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The idea is there but it isn't exactly crystal clear. I mean, reading it i can make sense of it now but for first-timers, i'm not so sure. It does say what to do but not really how to do it properly (like if you had car parts but didn't know what the hell to do with them). If people don't want to thats ok, it was just a suggestion.
Damn it pw, you stole my rules post while i was writing this! :x
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