MUSIC POST.
BUT, this music post is a little bit different in that it's a post completely of youtube.com videos. This guy is someone I've recently (read as: since yesterday) become obsessed with, but I really think that his music is worth getting to know.
Jay Brannan is a singer-songwriter who recently appeared as the character Ceth in the film Shortbus, which is where I sort of fell in love with him and his voice. He says that his influences are: Lisa Loeb, Ani Difranco, The Cranberries, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Bjork, Liz Phair, Me'shell N'degeocello, Alana Davis, Sinead O'Connor, and Jack Daniels, and he seems like a funny kid. He looks like a mini-Gale Harold when he has hair, and you can download some of his music here for free, and more of it is available on iTunes. I'd upload it all for you, but a) I bought it and very very few of your computers are authorized, and b) I think he deserves to have the money coming to him so that he can continue to make his music.
He talks a lot at the beginning of some of his videos, just as a warning. (If nothing else, at least listen to the first two.)
Soda Shop is my favourite song, and is also the one that can be heard in Shortbus. Ignore the nakedness and wait through the talking; it's worth it, I swear. The lyrics are lovely and sort of hysterical (and the actual song starts around the 2:26 mark).
Half-Boyfriend is gut-wrenchingly sad, but effortless and lovely (the actual song starts around the 2:00 mark).
Body's A Temple.
Unstable Boy.
26-Hour Day.
Blowing in the Wind, a cover.
He's got another song that I adore called "Ever After Happily," and you should all download it.
That's my two cents.
Jay Brannan is a singer-songwriter who recently appeared as the character Ceth in the film Shortbus, which is where I sort of fell in love with him and his voice. He says that his influences are: Lisa Loeb, Ani Difranco, The Cranberries, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Bjork, Liz Phair, Me'shell N'degeocello, Alana Davis, Sinead O'Connor, and Jack Daniels, and he seems like a funny kid. He looks like a mini-Gale Harold when he has hair, and you can download some of his music here for free, and more of it is available on iTunes. I'd upload it all for you, but a) I bought it and very very few of your computers are authorized, and b) I think he deserves to have the money coming to him so that he can continue to make his music.
He talks a lot at the beginning of some of his videos, just as a warning. (If nothing else, at least listen to the first two.)
Soda Shop is my favourite song, and is also the one that can be heard in Shortbus. Ignore the nakedness and wait through the talking; it's worth it, I swear. The lyrics are lovely and sort of hysterical (and the actual song starts around the 2:26 mark).
Half-Boyfriend is gut-wrenchingly sad, but effortless and lovely (the actual song starts around the 2:00 mark).
Body's A Temple.
Unstable Boy.
26-Hour Day.
Blowing in the Wind, a cover.
He's got another song that I adore called "Ever After Happily," and you should all download it.
That's my two cents.