16 JUN 2008 Eitzel's Western Sky
27 NOV 2007 Las Vegas Palms in the Distance
22 OCT 2007 Hamburg, night and day
28 AUG 2007 From a San Fransisco Taco Bell
11 JUN 2007 Hannover, by the river
21 MAY 2007 Midnight Train
23 APR 2007 Shocked
13 MAR 2007 Weekend Paris Light
09 JAN 2007 Over Christmas
13 DEC 2006 Shanghai by day
16 JUN 2008 Posted by Paul Smith
After breakfast cereal, before the studio, waking up.
Listening to Mark Eitzel singing his Songs of Love.
At the end of Western Sky he's almost in tears: "I hate to see you look that way/All the beauty has left your face/And that's such an easy thing to give away/And it's impossible to replace"
It's a song about finding hope, about falling, about being found.
Something to really wake you up on a morning. Something that makes me want to get to my typewriter, but keep listening, too.
Of course, it's not just the words, but the way Eitzel connects them to the chords of his amped-up acoustic guitar with his frightened grizzly bear of a voice.
"She's got her walkman on/Chanel No.5"
A simple description takes on further importance as he waits before saying the word 'on'... an unexplainable facet of what makes this music great. Everything is in place here, however awkward it sounds or makes you feel.
Eitzel is in no hurry; wallowing, maybe, but in a glorious remembrance.
I once saw him sing, alone, in Kilburn. He gave so much of himself that night.
10:04 AM
04 JUL 2008
Posted by basdensj
just got out of hospital after a nasty car crash,first thing i did was see if paul had popped some-thing up wile i was away.......... glad to see he has. sarah x
4:26 PM
02 JUL 2008
Posted by nadja s
Hey Paul,
thanks for another piece of your unique writing – so genuine, so perceptive, so poetic; painting images in best stream-of-consciousness fashion... 80 years ago, you probably would've given Virginia a run for her money :)
With your writing, it’s the same as with the Park’s music: every time a pleasure, and it never wears out.
What wonderful music.
What marvellous writing.
What an astounding person.
6:35 PM
29 JUN 2008
Posted by Katschunka
@clara: no, i didn't see the concert, don't watch much tv anyway
but we've just put the tv onto the balcony to watch footy again. me and my flatmates don't dare to go to a pub, cause people will go bonkers tonight ;)
12:37 PM
29 JUN 2008
Posted by clara
@katschunka-twenty years?!
yes I guess the players have changed alot since then.
did you see the Nelson Mandela concert on tv,or maybe it wasn't on in Germany?
4:26 PM
28 JUN 2008
Posted by Katschunka
@clara - i haven't watched wimbledon for twenty years, i guess... babyfaced steffi graf and boris becker are childhood memories of mine, though.
occasional thunderstorms over here, too :(
12:41 PM
27 JUN 2008
Posted by clara
@katschunka,thanks for the info about breakfast!
I've been watching some of the Wimbledon tennis-its been great,very lucky with dry,sunny weather,no rain so far(today its wet,though!)do you like tennis?
5:48 PM
26 JUN 2008
Posted by Katschunka
ha! just found 'lol' in wikipedia...
5:45 PM
26 JUN 2008
Posted by Katschunka
@clara: i think only a minority eats cereal over here. we usually have bread (wholemeal - difficult to get and quite expensive in the uk as far as i know).
i did watch footy - i'm not interested in it at all, and i don't care which team wins, but what can you do if everybody else is watching? i live in berlin-kreuzberg which has the biggest turkish community outside of turkey and there were some worries about potential conflicts after the game, but germans and turks were partying peacefully together - very nice.
btw - could you please tell me what 'lol' means? i'm not familiar whith internet-chatting and things like that... embarrassing... :))
11:58 AM
26 JUN 2008
Posted by clara
@katschunka lol!what do you have for breakfast in Germany?I thought cereal would have been eaten there also?
did you see the footy last night?I'm not a big fan of it,but I saw Germany won.:)
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