Use this area to post about your discs and whathaveya.

Fuzzyman. My old nemesis. We meet again.

Of all the playlists I've seen posted in the last three swaps, those made by Kramer and Jes most
closely matched my current musical tastes, so I'm really happy to be in their group.

Now I have to figure out what I have over here that they haven't heard over there.

You can revisit my music tastes here:
http://www.stripcreator.com/forums/showthread.php?postnum=105245&forum=7&page=1

and here (as AccentuateNegative):
http://www.stripcreator.com/forums/showthread.php?postnum=105245&forum=7&page=3

I'm not going to put any of the English/Scottish music listed there on my CD because I figure Jes and Kramer have already heard it to death, but that gives you an idea of what I like.

This time I'm asking for suggestions as to what people will/will not listen to. You've seen what I like and what I'm into - but if there's anything that will totally spoil your enjoyment of the CD (e.g. if 2 minutes of freaky drum and bass is going to make you vomit, or if Irish folk makes you cringe) please say so.

I reckon I've got a handle on what I could send to choad and kramer to get their ear mojos running, Fuzzy, I'll just have to take an educated guess :)

I've got a shortlist and will be finalising it at the weekend. Can you also read the other post I've made in this forum? It contains an important announcement regarding bonus extras.

Realistically the way my life is at the minute, I'd like to say CDs will go out by the end of the month, but I imagine I'm talking about Mid-March. But I'll see what I can do.

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Can you also read the other post I've made in this forum? It contains an important announcement regarding bonus extras.

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My song list is pretty much set as of last night. I'm going to give myself a couple days to think about it and also to decide whether I want to make a second disc or not.

As usual, my mix will be... interesting.

At last! I've finished burning the CDs, labeling, printing the liner notes, etc. etc. ALl I have ot do now is drop these puppies in the mail.

What, you didn't know I was sending you a puppy?

I wish you'd sent puppies when you were in my group last year. The kitten you sent got a little... dead in transit.

I'm going to burn mine tomorrow or Tuesday.

Due to technical issues I can't transcribe my amazing mix-tape to CD at all without going through the hassle of getting a new computer (long story)

Therefore you will have two (unmixed) CDs which I'll burn sometime this week, and post (God willing) by next. I'll throw in the mix tape for free.

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I wish you'd sent puppies when you were in my group last year. The kitten you sent got a little... dead in transit.

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Thanks to my lovely wife, the CDs are now in the (air) mail.

I await your reactions of glee or dismay upon their arrival.

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That was as planned. Didn't you get the Moo Shoo Kitty recipe in the box?

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Fantastic, Fuzzy...

My CD's are burned--I'll hopefully mail by Friday.

My cd's are in my briefcase and I will mail them today at lunch, including to sideswapper mmyers.

My graphics are tremendously awful. My printer crapped out and my first few attempts with the cd label came out so bad I ended up deleting the background and only keeping two very grainy graphics. This is why I usually label cd's with Sharpies. In other words, please enjoy the music and laugh at the art.

I ended up only making one cd. I tried really hard on the second one, but I couldn't get the songs I wanted to logically flow. I may still send out a second bonus disc, but I need to do some reconsideration first.

Songs should logically flow?

Damn.

I got Fuzzy's today. I won't spoil the surprise for the rest of you, but what I've heard so far is damn fine.

As for mine, two discs are burnt, and a tape needs to be made. For cashflow reasons I'll have to wait another week to post them.

I got Fuzzy's today as well. Interesting concept. Has shamed me into hurrying up with my cover artwork and getting the damn things posted.

Choad's CD arrived today.

This should be interesting. I haven't heard of a single artist on this CD.

I am looking forward to "Ape Shall Never Kill Ape."

Wait, did you get my CD Choad? If so, then we can all speak openly of my Terrible Secret.

I'm listening to it right now. I did a similar thing for my brother-in-law for his birthday. I'll let you reveal the dirty secret yourself.

Even though I have a picture of Miles Davis in my office and I was listening to him today, my favorite so far is track 3--it reminds me the time I spent growing up in Detroit. Notwithstanding--the Temptations track is just how you described it in the liner notes.

I'm a fan of many of the artists on this CD, even though it is nothing like the disc I sent out.

Since Fuzzy has my disc and our insular friends should have it shortly...here's my tracklist and commentary for the record.

1. Prologue - Dimitri from Paris I've used this as an intro on other mix cd's I've made. No matter what the mix, it always works.

2. Sacre Francais - Dimitri from Paris I take the cd these Dimitri songs come off of (Sacre Bleu) with me whenever I go on road trips with people--no matter their musical tastes, they always ask what it is and compliment it.

3. My Robot - Looper Okay, I said I wasn't going to send a cd with English and Scottish artists...I lied. I said in another forum that my favourite Looper song is whatever song I'm listening to. I love the line about his apartment smelling like the Paris Metro in summertime.

4. Glitterball - FC/Kahuna I had never heard of FC/Kahuna until I saw them at a festival last year. Now I can't stop listening to them.

5. Field-Goal - Kinky Kinky is from Monterrey, Mexico. Their song "Mas" has been used in many commercials and any remotely latin tv/movie soundtrack in the last year--check out the rest of the album...rock/techno/pop with a Mexican accent.

6. Original Stuntmaster - Aim I heard this on a BBC1 Breezeblock by King of Woolworths. Evel Kneivel is the cheesiest of all 70's icons. This song makes me want to pop my copy of "Viva Kneivel" in the VCR every time I hear it.

7. Screenwriter's Blues - Soul Coughing I shamelessly impose Soul Coughing on every music lover I know hoping they'll eventually love them as much as I do. They are best known for their song "Super Bon Bon."

8. Barbarela - Bob Crewe The theme to the movie Barbarela. This is your kitsch interlude.

9. Theme of Luxury - Plastic Fantastic Machine This is the wacky sitcom themesong of my life.

10. Time to Kill-Be Waltz - Seatbelts Seatbelts is the band of composer Yoko Kanno, best known as the score composer for Cowboy Bebop. She writes the most American-sounding jazz music I've ever heard.

11. Ape Shall Never Kill Ape - Unkle You got Charton Heston in my Unkle! No, you got Unkle on my Charlton Heston!

12. Get Your Snack On - Amon Tobin I don't have anything to say about Amon Tobin except that I enjoy the hell out of his music.

13. Balkan Boogie - Farmers Market I saw this band last year in a tiny club at a university and was blown away. They are a multi-national band of middle-aged Europeans (Norwegian, Swedish, Romanian) playing the fastest, tightest jazz you've ever heard. The key players are an acordian and sax player who play at blazing speed, changing directions at an instant, all the while matched perfectly by the drummer, bassist, and guitarist. They are perhaps the most incredible musicians I've ever seen live.

14. Ejercicio No. 16 - Kinky More Kinky--by the way, I discovered this at a listening station the same day I discovered Dimitri from Paris also at a listening station.

15. Verbal - Amon Tobin (Featuring MC Decimal R) My favourite Amon Tobin song.

16. Une Very Stylish Fille - Dimitri from Paris More Dimitri.

17. Marijuana - Inclitorotti Inclitorotti dices and splices soundbites to interesting music. Our British friends won't understand how funny this really is, since they've never heard jurassic home-spun huckster/newsman Paul Harvey.

18. Luetin - Underworld I finally saw Underworld at the same festival as FC/Kahuna mentioned above...I'm going back this May, check it out... www.coachella.com

That's it.

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Hello again, and welcome to my latest mix. I promised you something different, and this is it. By now you’ve looked at the back of the CD case and thought, “Hey, lots of recording artists, but no song titles? What gives?” That’s because there is only one song title: At Last.

Yes, you hold in your hands an entire CD made up of covers of a single song – a song which has a special meaning for me. I began collecting different versions of At Last after my fiancé (now wife) and I chose it as the song for the first dance at our wedding reception. I actually have too many to fit on one CD, but the ones here are the best, most interesting, and least annoying.

This is not an attempt to torture you. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the variety of ways a song can be interpreted. Thank you for listening.

1. Etta James
We’ll start off with the one you probably know best. I always thought this version sounded very melancholy, and wondered why, if Etta found her true love, she sounded so sad.

2. Harry Warren
A nice big-band version.

3. The Temprees
The Seventies are in full swing. When I first heard this version I thought it was a bunch of women with really bad voices, until I figured out it’s actually a bunch of guys with really good voices.

4. Gene Harris & Scott Hamilton
It’s half past midnight, and the smoky jazz club you’re in is all but closed. You nurse your scotch as the band indulges in just one… more… song.

5. Low Rawls & Dianne Reeves
This is the version we chose for our wedding reception. It’s happy and danceable. What more can you say?

6. Houston Person
Another jazz version, highlighted by nice guitar work.

7. Christina Aguilera
Okay, this CD isn’t entirely devoid of obnoxious singers. It’s overblown and full of vocal theatrics. There’s a hint of the melody in there, somewhere.

8. Miles Davis
People are talking when Miles is playing! People are talking when Miles is playing! Have they no respect?

9. Eva Cassidy
A sparsely beautiful version. A woman and her guitar.

10. Bluesiana Hot Sauce
Dig that Hammond B-3 organ.

11. Celine Dion
Not nearly as annoying as you would think. Simple, straightforward… she doesn’t even screech.

12. Glenn Miller
This is the version from the 1942 movie Orchestra Wives. I have the sheet music for this, and let me tell you, Cesar Romero looks way different than he did as the Joker.

13. Julia Demato
A decent version from the American Idol contestant, if not exactly sung with a hint of passion.

14. Diane Schuur & B.B. King
A nice contrast to Julia Demato, showing why these people are stars and Julia Demato is not. Keep listening… the song lights up when B.B gets to the instrumental.

15. The Temptations
I can imagine it now. “Hey, let’s update a classic song with a horrible synth and drum-machine combo so we can sing it at state fairs everywhere!”

16. Joan Osborne
I like this version. Joan retains some of the Etta James melancholy, but transforms it into a strange, compelling kind of blues.

17. Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass
At last, my love has come along… and I’m too freaking old to make whoopee.

18. Stevie Nicks
A nice vocal big-band version, very much on the happy side. I still think that Stevie Nicks sings like a goat in heat.

19. Ray Anthony
Let’s close it out with the original version from the 1941 movie Sun Valley Serenade. Of course, it turns out to be completely different from all others.

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7. Screenwriter's Blues - Soul Coughing I shamelessly impose Soul Coughing on every music lover I know hoping they'll eventually love them as much as I do. They are best known for their song "Super Bon Bon."

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The only thing I've ever heard by Soul Coughing was the track they did with Roni Size on the Spawn soundtrack. Which I would imagine isn't representative of their usual output.

I received choad's and kramer's discs today before I left for work.

Fuzzy - that was another unique piece of work, which worked surprisingly well. Except for Celine Dion and Aguilera [sp?] (she sounds like Whitney Houston circa 1990) all of those versions were cracking, especially the jazzier ones.

Mine will be dispatched in the next couple of days; your patience is appreciated.

That was quick, I only posted them yesterday.

I listened to both CDs last night and I liked what I heard, more comments to come.

I listened to Choad's CD on the bus this morning and liked it muchly.

I'm still trying to figure out if I like the music on Choad's CD, but my wife really enjoys it. I played it for her in the car, asking her, "Okay, so what kind of music is this?"

It's sorty of retro-techno-dancy-loungy-something. There are moments of billiance (yes, Ape Shall Never Kill Ape stands out) and moments of extreme annoyance (and early track with some guy mumbling something I CANNOT FARGING UNDERSTAND).

I can say that Choad has definiely paid a great deal of attention to the order of the songs on the "flow." Nicely done. A more detailed review to come.

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The only thing I've ever heard by Soul Coughing was the track they did with Roni Size on the Spawn soundtrack. Which I would imagine isn't representative of their usual output.

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It's sorty of retro-techno-dancy-loungy-something. There are moments of billiance (yes, Ape Shall Never Kill Ape stands out) and moments of extreme annoyance (and early track with some guy mumbling something I CANNOT FARGING UNDERSTAND).

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"Promised Much. Delivered Little."

That's going to be written on my tombstone. Also it's accurate, in that I'm only sending out one disc. I weighed up sending out two discs and mix tape copies, versus expediency.

The swap disc is going out on Monday to my group buddies. Anyone who I promised a swap with may have to wait.

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The swap disc is going out on Monday to my group buddies. Anyone who I promised a swap with on the side may have to wait only a little longer.

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I, too, received the Choad CD and i really enjoyed it, mainly because I was familiar with maybe 35% of the bands in the mix but only owned one of the albums (Soul Coughing). It was very upbeat, which made me a tad self conscious about the tone of my mix but lately I've been mellow and so I figure everyone can deal. Anywho, it was fun to try to get a sense of Choad's personality taking in his comics, the music, and the limited info I know of him. Does anyone else think about that?

Also, I really liked the Choad figure on the inside looking at the "How far" sign. Cracked me up.

I think I'll have to purchase the Unkle album. Choad's CD was a good jumping off point for that electro-club sound for me and it's also great to write to because it doesn't bog you down in vocals. Fun stuff.

Let's see:

Again, like all the swap CD's I've sent and received, they're a microcosm of the creator.

Choad - when I was a DJ, Dmitri from Paris would always make the cheesy disco set. Looper was a blast from the past for me. The UNKLE kicked - hadn't heard it. My kitsch sensors blew out when the Barbarella theme started. I took this to London with me last weekend nad it seemed to strike a chord with Kat and Dani when I took it round. And you're only the third person I know who's into Amon Tobin. And a track I hadn't heard as well. Literally this CD was "Welcome to the world of chaodwarrior"

With kramer's swap Cds (:0 and :|) he seems to have done his own version of what I did last time.

:|, which I listened to first, is the "introspective" pretty haunting, and leaves you with a sense of yoin in places. I get drawn back to some of my own experiences and feelings of living in Scotland. Liked this one the best.

:0 is the "outrospective". Damn you for not providing a tracklisting. The name of that "electroclash" one bugs me like fluck. My biggest surprise was when I looked up the lyrics to that disturbing "Come and dance with me, Michael" track on the 'Net and found it was Franz Ferdinand, and not something recorded 20 years ago. You had a lot of fluff under the needle for your last two tracks, which killed it a bit, but not totally.

All 3 CDs were excellent and deserve many listenings - I might have not liked all the tracks but as far as the CDs go as a whole I'll be listening to them all again; I don't think I'm going to get choad's back though.

Mine are in transit. Liner notes will be posted here, after you get them.

kvk's CD has arrived. Much listening shall ensue.

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Choad's CD was a good jumping off point for that electro-club sound for me and it's also great to write to because it doesn't bog you down in vocals.

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Let's see:
With kramer's swap Cds (:0 and :|) he seems to have done his own version of what I did last time.

:|, which I listened to first, is the "introspective" pretty haunting, and leaves you with a sense of yoin in places. I get drawn back to some of my own experiences and feelings of living in Scotland. Liked this one the best.

:0 is the "outrospective". Damn you for not providing a tracklisting. The name of that "electroclash" one bugs me like fluck. My biggest surprise was when I looked up the lyrics to that disturbing "Come and dance with me, Michael" track on the 'Net and found it was Franz Ferdinand, and not something recorded 20 years ago. You had a lot of fluff under the needle for your last two tracks, which killed it a bit, but not totally.

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I got Kramer's cd today, but haven't had time to listen. I'll let you know when I do.

(oh crap...my comic count equals my post count with this..must...make...more...comics...)

Nah, you just need to make more posts, choad.

Okay, here's the tracklisting for my CDs.

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1. Dntel - (This is) The Dream of Evan and Chan
   Dntel is great. The album "Life is Full of Possibilities" is basically an hour and a bit of static noises with all these lovely tunes floating in and out. This was the main single off of it, and has guest vocals from the guy out of Death Cab for Cutie.
   
2. An Pierle - Are Friends Electric?
   The original version of this, by Tubeway Army, was number one when I was born. I really like this version, An Pierle is a much better singer than Gary Numan, although that's not really saying much.
   
3. The Fieldmice - Emma's House
   This is on an indie compilation I have, and I hear it occasionally in indie schmindie clubs. It's quite wistful, I think, about loss or missing someone or whatever.
   
4. Cannibal Ox - Iron Galaxy
   Dark, dark, tribute to NYC from the Ox. Their album is one of the most unrelentingly grim things I have ever heard. Vast Aire Kramer's verse, in particular, is a far cry from the bling bling glitzy rap you get on MTV. "I rest my head on 115, But miracles only happen on 34th, so I guess life is mean".
   
5. Soundhog - A Day in Tracy's Life
   This is the Kid Loco remix of "Tracy" by Mogwai mixed with "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles. I actually think it sounds better than the original version, there's a kind of dreamy quality here, and the vocals just float in and out. Incidentally, if Choad likes Dimitri from Paris, he'll probably also like Kid Loco, he does the same kind of thing.
   
6. Serge Gainborough et Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie and Clyde
   Notorious French perv does tribute to notorious criminals. I just love the guitar part to this, it has a kind of swagger to it.
   
7. Radiohead - Exit Music (for a film)
   Radiohead wrote this for the film Romeo and Juliet, but liked it so much they kept it for their own album. If you listen to the lyrics, they are definitely about the star-crossed lovers and the whole thing is very haunting and a bit sad.
   
8. Gus Gus - Is Jesus your Pal?
   I guess this song is about knowing there is someone there looking out for you. It is kind of heartwrenching, especially the "la la la" bit at the end. It would fair bring a tear to my eye, if I wasn't all manly like.
   
9. Schneider TM - The Light 3000
   The Smiths covered by a German with a vocoder. I really hate The Smiths, but I recognise this is a good song, and it sounds good not being sung by that twat Morrissey.
   
10. Unkle - What are you to me?
    I love Unkle. This is from the second album, when the lineup had settled a bit and they had a full-time singer. I think it's a pretty song.
    
11. Blur - You're so great
    Very personal, lo-fi track from Graham Coxon, off of Blur's eponymous album. It's fairly obvious that Graham can't really sing, and is shy about being recorded, which adds to the charm of this. It's a shame he got kicked out the band.
    
12. The Gza - 4th Chamber (feat. The Rza, Killah Priest and Ghostface Killa)
    The Wu Tang Clan used to be great but now they are too bogged down with various solo projects and merchandising deals. This track shows how good they used to be, with very dark Rza beats and that fantastic introductory sample.
    
13. Wire - Outdoor Miner
    Seminal 80s/90s indie band that inspired a lot of other acts (Elastica just ripped them off wholesale). I think I might be going to see them in May - yay!
    
14. Primal Scream - Long Life
    I always thought this was the best final track to an album ever. It's off the album "Vanishing Point", which is a very dark, oppressive album, and then this comes on and it's just like "everything's going to be okay".
    

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1. The Bug - Killer (feat. the Rootsman and He-Man)
   The Bug does almost unlistenable Industrial Dancehall Ragga. I have seen him live twice and it is an incredible experience. Someone described it as "Skinny white boys dancing to big black music".
   
2. Turbonegro - I Got Erection
   Lovely sing-along hit from everyone's favourite gay Swedish metallers. I saw them at a festival last summer and was totally impressed. For some reason everyone seems to have fallen for The Darkness despite this lot doing the exact same thing, but better, for a lot longer.
   
3. Vitalic - La Rock 01
   This track is akin to some kind of rollercoaster that goes up and down and up and down. It's guaranteed to get me jumping about like a madman.
   
4. The All Seeing I - Walk Like a Panther
   The All Seeing I coaxed veteran crooner Tony Christie out of retirement in Germany to sing on this Jarvis Cocker-penned tribute to the city of Sheffield. Contains the most fantastic put-down in a song ever - "Stains that are suspect cover your clothes".
   
5. Loki - What we get up to
   I was totally surprised to discover Glasgow had an underground hip-hop scene. Most of the rappers are absolutely terrible (something about the accent makes them sound totally unconvincing) but this guy seems quite good, despite being a ned.
   
6. Enon - Daughter in the House of Fools
   This is Enon's only good song. For some reason I think it sounds a bit like a nursery rhyme, except with dirty great ragga beats. Which can only be a good thing.
   
7. Girls Aloud - No Good Advice
   This is the best song ever.
   
8. 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Psychosis Safari
   This record is brilliant, the guys sings in a strange quasi-elvis voice and there's a massive filter break in the middle and twangy guitars. When I saw them live they were absolutely hopeless, although I hear they have improved.
   
9. DJ Format - Vicious Battle Raps
   Comedy old-school rap from an Englishman and a Canadian. Fantastic live act, they do a thing where somebody has to down a pint before MC Abdominal can finish an 8-bar verse.
   
10. Shockheaded Peters - I Bloodbrother Be
    Jazz-tinged early 80's post-punk classic about how shagging boys is great because you can't get them pregnant.
    
11. Franz Ferdinand - Michael
    Franz Ferdinand were the resident band in a pub next to my flat last summer. I could have seen them for a fiver, but I never got around to it and now they are massive and tickets cost three times that. The bastards!
    
12. Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
    The big thing in UK "urban" music just now is this guy and his mates. They do a very gritty, uncompromising style of 2-step which is much better than the shallow crap being pumped out by the bling-obsessed major label garage artists. Particularly good about this track is the way he pronounces "wife".
    
13. Dr Octagon - I'm Destructive (Instrumentalist version)
    Dr Octagon is a rogue gynacologist. This version is off the instrumental album, so instead of the doctor rapping about how he likes flushing frogs down the toilet you get to hear a nice man describing how he killed his own mother.
    
14. The Creepers - Baby's on Fire
    The Creepers cover an old Brian Eno song and turn it into a pop-disco stomper. It's great when they play it in clubs because you can't really dance to the first bit, so everyone just kind of stands around waiting for the breakdown.
    
15. Sons & Daughters - Johnny Cash
    This is a local band who I saw a few weeks ago. They do kind of delta-blues music, and are really good. The rhythm section is spot-on.
    
16. The Fall - Kurious Oranj
    I believe The Fall wrote the Kurious Oranj album as the music for some kind of opera. I'm not an expert in the Fall by any means, but I like this one, even if it does remind me of comedy character The Curious Orange.
    
17. Le Tigre - Deceptacon
    Decepticons!
    

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I got Jes' CD this weekend, so that's me now caught them all. I am like a Pokemon master.

Jes' CD is good, although I can't listen to "Tame" by the Pixies without thinking of the Chris Morris spoof "Motherbanger".

I just recieved Lawson's CD (ooh, sideswapping...) and laughed at the... well... lack of colour in the cover art (compared to the picture of absinth he sent me last time...), but I have no doubt that the music will make up for it. Review pending.

I would post in depth, but I'll wait till all of you do that (just so I know I'm not ruining a track-list for anyone).

I liked it. There were a few tracks on there that weren't my favourites, but on a whole it was good listenin.

I have not gotten to anyone but choad's CD yet because I keep listening to that Marijuana song over and over again.

Fuzzyman, I meant to mention this when I first saw your track list but I just kept on forgetting, or got sidetracked by shiny objects.

At Last (the Etta James version) has to be my all-time favourite song to pretend to be a blues singer to. Well, bluesy jazz singer. Regardless, its on my tracklist too. Heh. Thumbs up for an awesome song.