that umbrella, we employed it

[philomel]

First off: Happy Birthday to queeniefox!! :D
I'm sorry it's a little late. I hope you had a fabulous day. Make a week of it. <3

And belated Happy Birthday to fyrdrakken!
I hope you had a very splendid day as well, and a delightful rest of the week. Treat yourself. <3

Comments

[philomel]

Hee. Thanks, babe. :)

[raynemaiden]

*paws* #10, #11 please. *smiles*

[philomel]

Uploading now. :) Yousendit's seeming a bit wonky, but hopefully it going through okay.

[philomel]

Here you are. :)

Rhea's Obsession - "Hymn to Pan"

Nina Simone - "Pirate Jenny"

[autumn_faerie]

Oooh, I'd love the Loreena McKennitt track if it's no trouble. :)

Another one I'd add to your Halloween-theme mix is "Please Mr. Gravedigger" by David Bowie. Very early Bowie material, and creepy as hell... Bowie kinda sing-speaks it in a very unnerving way, and there are sound effects, such as dirt falling, etc.

LOVELOVELOVE Closed on Account of Rabies. A fitting tribute to Poe's genius. And Jeff's reading of "Ulalume" is just gorgeous.

You totally made me want to read Aimee Bender. Pumpkin-headed people with a son with an iron-head? That's right up my alley! ;D What particular works of hers would you recommend to start with?

[philomel]

No trouble. :) I'll upload it after Shannon's requests.

Eep, excellent one! Hmm, I'm not sure I have that song though. Selt-titled album, right? *hunts around collection*

Just the way Jeff says the name itself.... *shivers* And I get squirmy listening to Gabriel Byrne's reading, for perhaps the wrong reasons. hee. Love that brogue. I must admit, although I'm a fan of Poe, I bought it entirely for Jeff. But all the rest is so wonderful, it been wholly worthwhile.

Woot! I think you'd like her stories. She's a little bit of everything--charming, sad, dark and light, absurd yet easy to relate to, always sharp and thought-provoking. Modern adult fairy tale. She's young (I think early 30s?), and only has a three books at this points: two collections of short stories (The Girl in the Flammable Skirt and the recently-published Willful Creatures) and one novel, An Invisible Sign of My Own. Any of those would be a fine starting point--I can't truly say one's stronger than another. You can read some of her stories here. I'm not sure if those

[autumn_faerie]

Aww, thank you! Unfortunately, YSI never cooperates with me. :( Do you think you could e-mail it, when you get a chance? No rush, though!

Yes, it's on the self-titled album. I only have it on cassette, though. It's REALLY creepy though, I don't often listen to it. Heh.

I must admit, although I'm a fan of Poe, I bought it entirely for Jeff.

Hee! Same here. ;) I'm a HUGE Poe fan, he's probably my absolute favorite writer if I had to name only one. So the combination of Jeff reading Poe made me happy. I also like Christopher Walken's reading of "The Raven." "As of... someone... gently rapping... rapping at my... CHAMBAH DO-AH!" Hee. ;)

Thanks for all the Aimee Bender links! I'll definitely check them out when I get a chance. :)

[philomel]

Eep, okay, I'll do that after the other requests are filled.

*intrigued* I couldn't find the album or song, but now I'm not sure I want to if it is that creepy... and yet I do. Hee.

*giggles* I LOVE Walken's reading! It doesn't fit the atmosphere of Poe's poem exactly, but it's so damn funny to hear his diction.

No problem. :)

[fyrdrakken]

Hmm: #1, #2, #6, #8, #9, #12, #13, #14 all sound intriguing. (And this is how I wind up able to make themed playlists with dozens of songs on them -- by downloading happily wherever I run across MP3s online and worrying later about whether I like them or not.) If uploading 8 songs is too much of a pain, shall we say 2, 6, 9, and 13?

[philomel]

1. Andrew Bird - "Fatal Flower Garden"

2. Faith and the Muse - "Hollow Hills"

6. Kirsty MacColl - "Halloween"

8. The Pogues - "Wake of the Medusa"

9. Quix*o*tic - "Make All The Ghoul Girls Cry"

12. Schubert - "Erlkönig"

13. Cowell - "The Banshee"

14. "This Is Halloween"

[fyrdrakken]

Oh, and I hadn't seen Hugh on BA since House came out (aside from catching one repeat where he was playing Prince George the Whicheverth), but I watched all of the four seasons of him and Stephen Fry as Jeeves & Wooster (except the last two eps of the fourth season, since I was having sound issues on my computer in the hot weather). You remind me that I also need to actually get around to watching the four seasons of A Bit of Fry & Laurie that I'd downloaded at the same time as the Jeeves & Wooster.

[philomel]

LOVE your icon. :)

Although I enjoyed it, I never got beyond the first season of Jeeves and Wooster. Just wasn't compelled to keep going. Maybe I should give it it a try now that I'm all enamoured. *grins* I think Hugh's performances in BA were always funny and great, but it didn't really click with me until that final episode. You can see a bit of the stellar acting that would show up later on House.

[fyrdrakken]

On the icon, thanks! (One of only two House icons I've gotten around to making.)

And the J&W I got through until the last season (when I took a break because it was late on a Sunday night and never got around to finishing) because I love the stories. BA I can't remember well enough to know what went on the in the final episode you keep referring to -- I'd catch individual eps of the various BA series but never all the way through one. (Yet another series to Netflix and/or eventually buy.)

And on the MP3s, many thanks!

[philomel]

That episode was the one in which BA and his troops got their orders to finally attack the German front (WWI), which ended pretty much the way every other season (excluding the third, I think) ended--which I won't say in case you never saw any of the finale episodes--only darker and more poignant. I've just added the second season of J&W to my queue... of course, it figures that Blockbuster has the first disc on "long wait." *rolls eyes*

No problem! Hope you find something you like. :)