Saturday, February 14, 2009

sid smith's postcards from the yellow room: podcasts from the yellow room II

here's a lovely pic of sid's digs up in whitley bay.



hot on the heels of his first podcast of wonder and loveliness, sid has banged out a second podcast from "the yellow room" and it's a real doozy!! Sid Smith's Postcards From The Yellow Room: Podcasts From The Yellow Room II

here's the playlist for those of you who are "unsure" . . . just a "heads-up" - where the first podcast could be listened to as a sonic accompaniment to an evening of "wish i had wish i was wish i could (pensive, reflective, thoughtful music) . . . " this one drags you full-tilt, full-blast to experience first-hand that space between your synapses when they are on manic overload and then just as quickly drops you squarely into a gorgeous tone-poem that creates a huge and detailed space on piano and violin. "i buy silence" ratchets it up a notch again with some power-pop edged music and then into a beautiful piece by the (unknown to me) valgeir sigurdsson who crafts a space populated by glitch and drum machine and toy piano. finally into a lovely melancholy piece with accordian and voice occupying the middle-space.

1. the power of myth by omar rodriguez lopez

2. a letter from the front by david cross & naomi maki

3. i buy silence by the david cross band

4. focal point by valgeir sigurdsson

5. has been cavalry by jon boden

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Brilliant post sir, If I was bit more technically inclined I might try that podcast!. Say, Steven, do you read alot of books?

Goldenrod said...

OK, Steven. You got me with this one. I'm going to head on over to Sid's site.

Goldenrod said...

Interesting! Didn't much care for "II", but I liked numbers "I" and "III" well enuf to add his site to my favorites list.

He's got quite a setup there, doesn't he?

steven said...

i'm really glad that people are checking out sid's podcasts and liking bits or all of them. thanks for dropping by clay and of course goldenrod!!!

steven

oh and clay - yes i read lots of books, listen to lots of music, and think lots of thinks!!