New French Underwear! I Mean New Folk Underground! I Mean New Makeout Music For The Bedhead Set AND Their White Wine Sipping Liberal Parents! I Mean...Oh, Keren Ann, You've Got Me All Bugaboo!

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I keep listening to it. Baby Rufus's fave song is "Sailor & Widow". He laughs as soon as it starts. Here's what i wrote yesterday:

the new keren ann is okay. i'm a sucker for that whole chi (pronounced "shy") coltrane meets "animal crackers"-era Melanie meets
sandy denny's horn section meets chris bell obsessed kim deal-era this mortal coil meets a bleu-serge-suits-me-like-a-glove babytalk
jamboree via schoolhouse rock-era blossom dearie. plus, a microphone too close to yer mouth means intensity in 9 out of 10 cities. but i
kinda hate myself for being some tootsie's sucker. i should know better.

-- scott seward (skotro...), August 18th, 2004.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

And this:

oh, and when i put that keren ann on today, baby rufus, who had been running around like a madman, immediately lay down on the
couch and stared at the ceiling while clutching his favorite stuffed monkey. that's some sort of testimonial.

-- scott seward (skotro...), August 18th, 2004.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

DUDE you live in TAXACHUSETTS.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)

how close do you live to the Chappaquidick River (sp?), scott? Seriously.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know what you're on about, really, but this

a microphone too close to yer mouth means intensity in 9 out of 10 cities

seems good and comic to me.

― the bellefox, Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Chappaquidick is a little island off of the island i live on. it's a 60 second ferry ride. It's pretty there. Nice beaches too.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:36 (twenty-one years ago)

oh man, baby rufus would loooove Lady & Birds 'living room' cd then http://www.kerenann.com/index_album.php?rep=inedit&idalbum=21

― zappi (joni), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

i like keren ann. she has a strange face. she is the epitome of les inrocks rock.

― amateur!!!st, Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

ooh, i want that, zappi, thanks for the tip. it looks twee as fuck.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Shhhh, Don't tell anyone but Keren Ann is doing a free in-store at Other Music next week. (Also some gig at Joe's Pub, but that one isn't free.)

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

have you watched the video on her site? its fucking awesome, like 'umbrellas of chenbourg' or something. oh and shes on some benjamin biolay albums, he's kinda like the new serge.

― zappi (joni), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

no scott I'm talking about the RIVER where famous white-wine sipping liberal Teddy Kennedy killed that chick!

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:48 (twenty-one years ago)

which is like what creates the island. Uh nevermind.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

no, his car fell in the ocean. we are on the ocean. there is no river in the ocean.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

there is no river in the ocean

whoa.

― amateur!!st, Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

he drove off a bridge on the island, i don't actually remember what they drove into. it might have been a pond. we have ponds here.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

i think the island was created by glaciers.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

man they always talk about a river. This is confusing.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I am not cut out to be a GOP attackdog.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

This album still makes me feel like we're all cheating on Suzanne Vega. France beats Barnard once again.

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 19 August 2004 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

The story of the physical creation of the Vineyard begins about 12,000 years
ago, as a huge shoveling wall of ice crept to a stop under what was probably –
for an ice age, anyway – a relatively mild afternoon sun. One lobe of ice to the
north was forming the peninsula of Cape Cod. Another, about 20 miles to the
east, was shaping the crescent of Nantucket. The lobe that would create the
Vineyard had advanced as far as what is now the northwestern shore of the
Island. As the parade of warmer days marched on, the glacier began to melt and
retreat, leaving behind a landscape of highland and valley, boulder and stone,
along the whole western spine of the Vineyard from West Chop to Aquinnah.

The winds blew much of the sand, dirt and grit to the south and east, forming a
granular, acidic bed of topsoil called sandplain. Today this sort of soil is to be
found no place on earth except where the last glacial advance finally stopped,
along Long Island, the Vineyard and Nantucket. The sea slowly flooded the
lowest areas around the Islands, separating them from Cape Cod. With its
unique sandy soil, its prairie landscape, its perpetual battering by sea and storm,
the Vineyard began its life as a place biologically disconnected from the
mainland not more than three miles away. Everything above and around the
Island – the land, the sea and the sky – conspires to treat nature pretty hard, and
for many generations existence on the Vineyard was hard on people too. No
matter the species, life here begins with a sense of being somehow separate from
the everyday, uniform world of the mainland.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 19 August 2004 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Mary Jo Kopechne was killed in the auto accident that almost ended Edward Kennedy's
political career. Kopechne was a former campaign worker for Kennedy's brother, Robert F.
Kennedy, who was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan during the 1968 presidential campaign. On
18 July 1969, Kopechne attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island, a short ferry ride off
the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. Edward Kennedy and Kopechne left the
party together; a short time later, their car plunged off the Dike Bridge into a pond, where it
overturned. Kopechne died in the car. Kennedy swam ashore but didn't report the accident
until the next morning, later claiming he had been dazed by the crash. Though the details of
the incident are not entirely clear, Kennedy's critics suggested he had been driving drunk, had
panicked after the accident, or even had tried to arrange a coverup of his involvement.
Nothing was ever proved. Kennedy had been considered a likely candidate for president in
1972; instead he pled guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and had his driver's license
revoked for a year.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 19 August 2004 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

scott who needs facts!??!? hahaha.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I knew this was a Scott thread! He always tips you off by capitalizing each word in the title.

I never heard of Keren Ann until that SFJ thread the other day. Doesn't sound like something I would be into, but you never know.

I love Cape Cod. I haven't been there since '98 though. Scott, how much seafood do you eat?

― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Thursday, 19 August 2004 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

there is lotsa good fish and stuff. i like shrimp. maria likes lobster rolls. nice and fresh. the bluefish and false albacore a.k.a. bonitos are always jumping. lotsa scallops and clams. swordfish. it's a fishy place.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 19 August 2004 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

so does the new keren ann record have beats and stuff on it? because i saw her on french television a while ago and checked her out but on the records it sounded like bad second rate portishead and bjork downbeat type stuff which didn't really fit.
ps i'm not a yuppy.

― La Monte (La Monte), Saturday, 21 August 2004 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

yeh, the first two albums have crappy electronia-lite beats which pretty much ruin them. the new album is pretty much acoustic, and all the better for it. she does sing in english though, and the lyrics get a bit daft at times. oh and its all a bit twee. in a good way though. do yuppies still exist?

― zappi (joni), Saturday, 21 August 2004 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

the production/sound is great.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 21 August 2004 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

bluefish pate is the best new england yummy food.

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Saturday, 21 August 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

has anyone heard the 2 albums that ben ratliff is pimping in today's NYT? People Behave Like Ballads by Rebecca Martin and Carbon Glacier by Laura Veirs? Are they worthy of the New French Underwear canon? Or just more Norahmania also-rans.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 23 August 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Laura Veirs = uhhh, not so good, though maybe I'm letting associations with a bad roommate spoil it. I dunno, just seemed pretty boring, too K Records-ish for me.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 23 August 2004 15:36 (twenty-one years ago)

keren ann is playing with juana molina in SF next month. and i"m going to that rather than going downstairs to see explosions in the sky. does this mean I am a yuppie now? maybe!

― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 23 August 2004 20:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I wonder how early I need to show up to this Other Music in-store appearance this evening in order to be assured of getting in. It's supposed to start at 8.

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)

You mean you haven't left yet?

― nader (nader), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 20:42 (twenty-one years ago)

hmm... well lets hope 7:30 will be good enough.

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 21:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Whatever happened to Heidi Berry?

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 4 September 2004 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)

north bound train was the folk song i ever heard as a youngster... mesmerizing and incredibly sad. dunno what happened but i have to hear that song again.

― doomie x, Saturday, 4 September 2004 09:50 (twenty-one years ago)

i had a dream about the title of this thread last night! it IS a wonderfully-titled beast

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 4 September 2004 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

my mom's birthday is coming up real soon and i'm putting together a mix CD for her...she loves keren ann's 'midi dans le salon de la duchesse', but i haven't found the lyrics to it anywhere...would a kind soul out there help out and post them here? i'd -greatly- appreciate it!

― manuel (manuel), Monday, 27 December 2004 08:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Ask these people, manuel.

http://www.kerenann.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2328

― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, 27 December 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

This album still makes me feel like we're all cheating on Suzanne Vega

hahahah, OTM!

― C0L1N B-CKETT, Monday, 27 December 2004 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

Whatever happened to Heidi Berry?

i just came across this : http://www.evolutionarts.co.uk/music.html

"Songwriting

with Heidi Berry

This lively and practical course is suitable for complete beginners as well as those with some experience of singing, playing or writing songs. The course will explore common song forms, lyric writing, melody writing and accompaniment. We will listen to the work of modern songwriters and experiment with a variety of writing techniques. Participants will gain confidence through sharing ideas and getting constructive feedback in a supportive atmosphere. A small amount of homework will be set from time to time. The only entry requirement is a love of music.

Heidi Berry is an internationally acclaimed songwriter and performer. She has commercially released five solo albums, including the retrospective compilation 'Pomegranate' (4AD label - 2002). Her songs have featured on episodes of Dawson’s Creek and Baywatch and she has composed soundtracks for two major BBC television documentaries.

Ten Fridays starting 14th January at The Brighton Buddhist Centre*
7.00 - 9.00 pm

Cost: £70 (£60 concessions) per course"

― zappi (joni), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 11:36 (twenty-one years ago)

that mia doi todd album really reminds me of heidi.

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 14:14 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread has one of the Greatest Titles of All Time.

― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)

She has commercially released five solo albums, including the retrospective compilation 'Pomegranate' (4AD label - 2002)

There's something bemusing about this phrasing. And Heidi roolz OK.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 20:40 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

new keren ann album coming out. seeing as how i never got around to buying her last album, i don't know how much i care. and yet, i do care. i think i'll buy it. i've got a sad frere jones.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 9 February 2007 14:45 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

new single sounds really good:

http://www.emi-artistes.com/kerenann/ecarduk/

― scott seward, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:24 (nineteen years ago)

wow, you can hear the whole thing on her myspace and it's even cooler what with the harmonica and guitar solo and weird vocal thing at the end there:

http://www.myspace.com/kerenann

― scott seward, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

so boring, so nic harcourt (i mean the old stuff i've heard, maybe i'll check the myspaqce to hear the new stuff) i generally like chantoozies too

― gershy, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 02:57 (nineteen years ago)

not going anywhere isn't boring at all. it's lovely. i never heard nolita. the one after it. she's a good songwriter too.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:15 (nineteen years ago)

Keren Anne fans need to check out
Mareva Galanter
Candi Payne
The Postcards
Britta & Dean

look em up on YouTube. I'd post the links here, but fuck ya's...you know how to use the damn thing.

― Rikard Fortworth, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:41 (nineteen years ago)

nolita, despite having a charming album cover and one great song, was disappointing compared to Not Going Anywhere

― akm, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 04:36 (nineteen years ago)

Hey, Scott, have you heard the Bird and the Bee?

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 08:27 (nineteen years ago)

no. should i?

― scott seward, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

it's rilly rilly rilly good! maybe not *not going anywhere* GREAT, but very good in its own way. the production is heavenly. all the little doodads and touches - strings, harmonies, instruments - are awesome. and that's only after one listen. the single is so obviously the single, but the songs are strong. i dig it. and i'll be listening to it. i'm kinda curious about nolita now. i might have to hear it. this sounds like such a natural follow-up to *not going anywhere*. it's hard to believe that there even was another album inbetween.

― scott seward, Saturday, 24 March 2007 02:46 (nineteen years ago)

Wait...are you talking about Keren Ann or The Bird and The Bee?

― Bimble, Saturday, 24 March 2007 02:54 (nineteen years ago)

yr safe giving nolita a miss. there are some nice things on it, but nothing essential. (also true of the bird and the bee.) not going anywhere has not diminished for me at all. i wanna hear the new one.

― tipsy mothra, Saturday, 24 March 2007 02:55 (nineteen years ago)

yes, i'm talking about keren ann's new one! it's very cool. i actually e-mailed an actual label person to get a copy! her Blue Note press pack sucks by the way. She deserves better. At least a glossy photo. It's all mimeographed press clips like from the 70's. boooooo!

― scott seward, Saturday, 24 March 2007 03:04 (nineteen years ago)

i still haven't heard the bird and the bee.

― scott seward, Saturday, 24 March 2007 03:04 (nineteen years ago)

What is supposed to be the "one great song" on Nolita? I thought they were all similarly passable, except the finale w/the lame monologue. Not as good as Not Going Anywhere, but still worth checking out if you like her singing. Better than the pre-NGA albums, I thought.

― These Robust Cookies, Saturday, 24 March 2007 04:51 (nineteen years ago)

Ha! Good lord, Robust Cookies! I haven't seen you on here in ages.

― Bimble, Saturday, 24 March 2007 04:59 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

http://webmail.earthlink.net/wam/MsgAttachment?msgid=5979&attachno=1

1. My Name Is Trouble

2. Run With You

3. All The Beautiful Girls

4. Sugar Mama

5. She Won't Trade It For Nothing

6. You Were On Fire

7. Blood On My Hands

8. Song From A Tour Bus

9. Strange Weather

10. 101

single download here:

http://www.kerenann.com/

― scott seward, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:15 (fifteen years ago)

i iz official kerenann street teem

― scott seward, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:16 (fifteen years ago)

4. Sugar Mama

oy vey

― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 05:36 (fifteen years ago)

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