Agreed, an all time classic. As are Simon & Garfunkel.
Two of his songs that I particularly love are 'Everybody Knows' and 'Take This Waltz'.
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What are you listening to? Part III
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Agreed, an all time classic. As are Simon & Garfunkel.
Two of his songs that I particularly love are 'Everybody Knows' and 'Take This Waltz'.
I never tire of that song though this is my go-to version by Cohen:
And my go-to cover (featuring Carla Bruni on vocals):
Still on the Cohen front, I recently discovered this spoken take on "The Sound of Silence" which adds somber heft (rather than more popular over-wrought bombast):
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tbh this one reminds me i gotta get this guy who mows my lawn to come with a chain saw and a backhoe to teach a honeysuckle out in back exactly where its place starts and ends...
but it was good for a coffee break anyway 
Actually, I bought quite a few CDs of this music while I was in the country - music by the superb groups Erisioni, and Sukhishvili, (whom I saw perform live on a number of occasions), among others - and most of this music has made its way to my computer, and thence, to my iPod.
The track you have linked is among them, but thanks very much for sharing it with us.
Their knife dances and sword dances are spectacular, and more than a little unsettling. But the music is amazing.
I like it very much.
(I used to have even a Chokha.
I do, too.
But, I was also very struck by how much of Georgian culture was about male bonding and male competition.
None of these dances featured women as anything other than onlookers.
The only dance I observed where men and women danced, and almost touched - in an incredibly powerful and visually arresting slow dance - the men in white, the women in black, moving with a graceful elegance that wouldn't have been out of place on a chessboard - almost like a pavane - was one that was described by my Georgian friends (they had asked which dance I liked, and I referred to that particular dance) - with a dismissive snort - as 'Ossetian'.
Yes, you are absolutely right.
The most performed dances (what I have seen there) were war/warrior dances. I once saw a dance where only women were involved, if I remember correctly it was called Samaya or something similar.
More of that good stuff to get lost to...
"Baron Crâne - French cats doing their thing.
The funk is strong with this band.
"Baron Crâne - French cats doing their thing.
The funk is strong with this band.
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Instead of Friday night jazz, wandered into the electronics store piece of my itunes library... currently listening to the “Line” track of supercell’s eponymous album featuring j-pop digital avatar Hatsune Miku.
Knew you wouldn’t ask, but here’s how I found her/it a few years ago. She’s a hologram.
On tap after that, some Deerhoof, tracks from The Runners Four album, featuring Satomi Matsuzaki. She’s a regular human being. The album was very very popular in 2005 in case you’ve lost track of the 00s already...
And after that, A Rush of Blood to the Head -- imo maybe the only album Coldplay managed to stick a bunch of really great tracks on aside from Parachutes.
Knew you wouldn’t ask, but here’s how I found her/it a few years ago. She’s a hologram.
On tap after that, some Deerhoof, tracks from The Runners Four album, featuring Satomi Matsuzaki. She’s a regular human being. The album was very very popular in 2005 in case you’ve lost track of the 00s already...
And after that, A Rush of Blood to the Head -- imo maybe the only album Coldplay managed to stick a bunch of really great tracks on aside from Parachutes.
Red Scalp - Rituals.
Some of that spaced out doom that's perfect background music when driving at sunset along the coastline or running at sunrise through the fog, just enlightening...
Some of that spaced out doom that's perfect background music when driving at sunset along the coastline or running at sunrise through the fog, just enlightening...
We have a video conference later today; my colleague and I are planning to participate to a backdrop of some Italian opera playing gently (and inspirationally) in the background.