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Variations on the Theme of Madness
Jun. 1st, 2010 09:59 pm
Today was a first-pass-animation day at work which meant no listening to anything while I was working ... in the last couple hours, though, I was doing some relatively technical stuff and my brain started gnawing on itself so I popped in some Clockwork Quartet, and a few minutes later decided this was the day I was going to draw something from their music. A number of thumbnails turned out less successfully than I hoped, but I was quite pleased with this sketch of the doctor. I keep trying the watchmaker's apprentice but whenever I draw him he turns out looking like one of the PAs. Maybe tomorrow will be the lucky day for an illustration.( Physiological Manifestations of Madness )
It's true, by the way ... Tombow pencils are magic.
Look Out, It's Another Obsession
Apr. 8th, 2010 09:10 pmI am currently incapable of listening to anything but Clockwork Quartet.
They have two songs. TWO. (Luckily that is the minimum required for shuffle/repeat.)
NEED ALBUM NOW. PLEASE LET ME GIVE YOU MY MONEY.
They have two songs. TWO. (Luckily that is the minimum required for shuffle/repeat.)
NEED ALBUM NOW. PLEASE LET ME GIVE YOU MY MONEY.
This is what Blogs are For!
Nov. 30th, 2008 12:42 pmI've come to the coffee shop to get out of the house while I'm not allowed to be at work (union! [shakes fist]) and so far I've heard two weird covers of songs that were in Moulin Rouge -- first 'In the Name of Love' (is that the title?) sung by a couple of hippie girls and now 'Roxanne' sounding somewhat like Van Morrison doing Samba.
Nothing beats Jeremy Hardy's 'Roxanne'* though. Wow. (Does the audio file work?) Normally Mr Hardy's singing puts me in mind of Nobby doing karaoke but this round is just ... the only word I can find is 'transcendent.'
*Needless to say, copyright the glorious and wonderful BBC; I'm just spreading the joy.
Nothing beats Jeremy Hardy's 'Roxanne'* though. Wow. (Does the audio file work?) Normally Mr Hardy's singing puts me in mind of Nobby doing karaoke but this round is just ... the only word I can find is 'transcendent.'
*Needless to say, copyright the glorious and wonderful BBC; I'm just spreading the joy.
Out in the Park
Nov. 3rd, 2008 02:35 pmI try to avoid making whole posts out of embedded YouTube videos, but for all its lack of subtlety I really like this song:
(Even if my memory stubbornly insists it's 'abducting the birds...')
(Even if my memory stubbornly insists it's 'abducting the birds...')
Diverse Auditory Amusements
Sep. 2nd, 2008 11:56 pmHey, Internet! Guess what's finally on iTunes? Betcha can't guess!
Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Soundtrack!
Professional sound quality! Crystal-clear stereo! No sound effects!* Official song titles! Individually packaged tracks that you can put on repeat!**
I live in the hope that perhaps, some glorious day soon, the nerds will unite and dethrone the album that is currently #1, which appears to be some sort of 'urban music.' So I do my part by spreading awareness. Be aware.
In celebration I was going to draw 'a shiny new Australia' but FAILED. This is probably the fault of one of two things: 1. The grinding of the mental transmission as my brain tried to switch fandom gears at full speed 2. It's actually really hard.
In return, here is a visual approximation of listening to the Snicket audio books ( As Read By The Author )
*Definitely cool re: such songs as 'A Man's Gotta Do...' but the second Bad Horse song kinda loses something without the whinny and the gunshot.
**Not that I would ever recommend doing such a thing. Or do so myself.
Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Soundtrack!
Professional sound quality! Crystal-clear stereo! No sound effects!* Official song titles! Individually packaged tracks that you can put on repeat!**
I live in the hope that perhaps, some glorious day soon, the nerds will unite and dethrone the album that is currently #1, which appears to be some sort of 'urban music.' So I do my part by spreading awareness. Be aware.
In celebration I was going to draw 'a shiny new Australia' but FAILED. This is probably the fault of one of two things: 1. The grinding of the mental transmission as my brain tried to switch fandom gears at full speed 2. It's actually really hard.
In return, here is a visual approximation of listening to the Snicket audio books ( As Read By The Author )
*Definitely cool re: such songs as 'A Man's Gotta Do...' but the second Bad Horse song kinda loses something without the whinny and the gunshot.
**Not that I would ever recommend doing such a thing. Or do so myself.
Randy Newman Musical
Jul. 31st, 2008 08:04 pmIf you're upset or worried about the soundtrack to The Princess and the Frog being done by Randy Newman and not, say, Alan Menken, please check out Cats Don't Dance.
Hey, look at that, some obliging soul has put it on YouTube. Just as well because the DVD, while obviously better, is really hard to find.
Hey, look at that, some obliging soul has put it on YouTube. Just as well because the DVD, while obviously better, is really hard to find.
Music and its Influences
Jan. 16th, 2008 09:34 pmYesterday I rediscovered Sunset Boulevard ... It's been more than a year since I listened to it and I've never done so in LA before, which adds an extra dimension of whoa. I drained my iPod batteries on it yesterday. Also of note: the renewed addiction to the title song, which is cut 25 on my special personal recut of the London Cast Recording.* Track order yesterday went something like this:
1, 2, 3, ... 24, 25, 25, 25, 25, 26, 27, ... 42, 43, 44, 25, 25, 25, 1, 2, 3 ... 25, 25, 26, 25, 25, 25, 26, 27 ... 43, 44, 25, 39**, 25, 25, 25, 25 (pause) 25
You get the idea.
Incidentally, if Norma were a powerful witch and she transfigured Joe into a chimp at the end of the play, then it could be a circular story, as long as you leave out the continuity of the swimming pool, but that isn't mentioned in the recording.
( footnotes )
Then, today, I rediscovered the soundtrack to Pirates 3, which I had semi-intentionally not listened to since I was down here this summer because I associate it so strongly with where I was interning then and working now and didn't want to dilute it. The movie may be so much twaddle but the soundtrack is just fantastic, easily the best part of the film. When I heard it for the first time back in May I was instantly plunged into a Redwall mood the likes of which I haven't known since I was about 15, and a shadow of this came back today, so I did some doodles:
(click to make biggarrr)
( musical quote geekitude )
So, now I want to finish my Sunset board and draw small furry animals killing each other, with a sprinkling of tortoises and stone cities because I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to read Small Gods, and that Sweeney Todd comic strip I've finally got an idea for ... I suppose this all proves that the crucial ingredient I've been missing over the last few inspirationless months has been an overwhelming workload that precludes any drawing for fun.
Hurrah.
1, 2, 3, ... 24, 25, 25, 25, 25, 26, 27, ... 42, 43, 44, 25, 25, 25, 1, 2, 3 ... 25, 25, 26, 25, 25, 25, 26, 27 ... 43, 44, 25, 39**, 25, 25, 25, 25 (pause) 25
You get the idea.
Incidentally, if Norma were a powerful witch and she transfigured Joe into a chimp at the end of the play, then it could be a circular story, as long as you leave out the continuity of the swimming pool, but that isn't mentioned in the recording.
( footnotes )
Then, today, I rediscovered the soundtrack to Pirates 3, which I had semi-intentionally not listened to since I was down here this summer because I associate it so strongly with where I was interning then and working now and didn't want to dilute it. The movie may be so much twaddle but the soundtrack is just fantastic, easily the best part of the film. When I heard it for the first time back in May I was instantly plunged into a Redwall mood the likes of which I haven't known since I was about 15, and a shadow of this came back today, so I did some doodles:
(click to make biggarrr)
( musical quote geekitude )
So, now I want to finish my Sunset board and draw small furry animals killing each other, with a sprinkling of tortoises and stone cities because I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to read Small Gods, and that Sweeney Todd comic strip I've finally got an idea for ... I suppose this all proves that the crucial ingredient I've been missing over the last few inspirationless months has been an overwhelming workload that precludes any drawing for fun.
Hurrah.
A Substandard Page and an Excellent Song
Mar. 10th, 2007 04:17 pmYesterday's Sketchbook - Drawn while waiting for it to be 8:00 because I got where I was going early ... Notes on Paul Kidby's Watch uniforms, because they rock, and then some more attempts at Angua, including one ugly one made even more ugly by my budging of the scanner.
I heard 'Lucky Me' by Sarah Slean on this morning's rerun of Go on the CBC and was instantly, utterly entranced. It was a year ago I was introduced to 'Eli the Barrow Boy' and I'd reached the point of despairing at ever finding another instantly addictive song, but this! This is something. She's got practically her whole repertoire on iTunes* but alas, none of it has knocked me over the head like this song. I did eventually find her MySpace where you can hear the entire song in its live version which is almost exactly what was on the radio this morning. I feel like I haven't done anything all day except listen to this song.
*Apparently the album Orphan Music is only available on iTunes Canada? I want to get the string quartet version but I can't have an iTunes account because of my unusual credit card. Hey Rawrsie? :D
I heard 'Lucky Me' by Sarah Slean on this morning's rerun of Go on the CBC and was instantly, utterly entranced. It was a year ago I was introduced to 'Eli the Barrow Boy' and I'd reached the point of despairing at ever finding another instantly addictive song, but this! This is something. She's got practically her whole repertoire on iTunes* but alas, none of it has knocked me over the head like this song. I did eventually find her MySpace where you can hear the entire song in its live version which is almost exactly what was on the radio this morning. I feel like I haven't done anything all day except listen to this song.
*Apparently the album Orphan Music is only available on iTunes Canada? I want to get the string quartet version but I can't have an iTunes account because of my unusual credit card. Hey Rawrsie? :D
The Acquisition of Miserable Music
Oct. 11th, 2006 09:00 pm( The Crane Wife )
( The Tragic Treasury )
It's odd that I should collect both these CDs on the same day. When I first heard The Decemberists, they reminded me a bit of the Gothic Archies with their whimsical lyrics and odd instrumentation, though of course the lead singers couldn't be more different – a former roommate once described Stephin Merritt's singing style as 'Leonard Cohen but with less energy,' while Colin Meloy is ... not. But still, complementary and contrasting. A musically gifted day.
( The Tragic Treasury )
It's odd that I should collect both these CDs on the same day. When I first heard The Decemberists, they reminded me a bit of the Gothic Archies with their whimsical lyrics and odd instrumentation, though of course the lead singers couldn't be more different – a former roommate once described Stephin Merritt's singing style as 'Leonard Cohen but with less energy,' while Colin Meloy is ... not. But still, complementary and contrasting. A musically gifted day.
A Long Silence, then Noise
Oct. 1st, 2006 12:12 amI just realised I haven't posted anything in over a week... shaaaaame.
Excuses:
working
costume
eye appointment (new glasses for meee!)
working on Super 100 Triple Crossover Gag Sketch (you'll have to wait and see)
And tonight I went to ( a concert ).
Oh yes, um ... there will be an art post again when I finish that dadgum S.100 T.C.G.S. [EDIT: That is to say, probably on Wednesday. Tuesday evening if you're lucky and I have a lot of time on my hands at work.]
Excuses:
working
costume
eye appointment (new glasses for meee!)
working on Super 100 Triple Crossover Gag Sketch (you'll have to wait and see)
And tonight I went to ( a concert ).
Oh yes, um ... there will be an art post again when I finish that dadgum S.100 T.C.G.S. [EDIT: That is to say, probably on Wednesday. Tuesday evening if you're lucky and I have a lot of time on my hands at work.]
Musical Meme
Jun. 9th, 2006 10:05 amPYRATS
2D film from a school in France ... [weeps]
Memed from Tann and Salamandersoup
Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post a line from the first 10 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: No cheating.
Somehow iTunes managed to avoid all my REALLY obscure stuff, and I didn't have to figure out any 13th century Galician-Portuguese phoenetically. Have fun! Good luck!
1. There are angels in your angles ...
2. The lights go out and I can't be seen ...
3. There's a wrinkle in the water where we laid our first daughter...
4. I am nothing; you are wind and water and sky ... (hint: the sweet folksy ballad is laced with a heavy dose of irony)
5. Now if I help you, it matters that you see this sort of kind of thing is coming hard to me ...
6. Gonna tell everybody all around the world 'bout the sweetest little thing ... (If anyone gets this I will be very surprised)
7. Open sesame seeds, and see what you see ...
8. There is a castle on a cloud ...
9. The wind was a torrent of darkness among the ghastly trees ...
10. What a dream I had, pressed in organdy...
2D film from a school in France ... [weeps]
Memed from Tann and Salamandersoup
Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post a line from the first 10 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: No cheating.
Somehow iTunes managed to avoid all my REALLY obscure stuff, and I didn't have to figure out any 13th century Galician-Portuguese phoenetically. Have fun! Good luck!
7. Open sesame seeds, and see what you see ...
