Whitley: Good morning, sister. Where are you off to?
Winter: I'm just picking up a check from the department of huntress affairs.
Whitley: Really? There's a department for that?
Winter: Why wouldn't there be?
Whitley: Well, this is only my opinion, but if a huntress cheats, I believe that's her business and nobody else's.
Winter: No, Whitley, that's not-
Whitley: And you get paid to do it, too?
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Listed: The Spatulas — Part 1
The Spatulas churn out uneasy jangle pop straight from the garage — or, more literally, the storage unit where the band met to play and beat back their pandemic frustrations. Their sound is built on blunt yet psychedelic melodies, chopping guitar, and rhythms that lurch then steady themselves. Assembled in various forms over the last several years, the Oregon-based quartet released March Chant, their first EP,in December of 2023. Alex Johnson found it “raw and charming…a full band record [that pairs] the relief at venting your anger and the goofy waywardness of distracting yourself with a joyful noise.”
Miranda's List:
A bunch of songs that seem to make me me...
Mope Grooves — Look At The Time, 2018
Catchiest song ever. My friend Stevie made a bunch of wonderful music in her lifetime and was a beautiful person. Everything she put out on her label, See My Friends Records is great, and she included many of my fellow Oregonians on Mope Grooves albums. Our previous Spats drummer, Kyle closes out this song "Look At The Time" with that wave of nostalgic synth sound.
Pip Proud — De Dum De Dum, 1967
The original recording of this Pip Proud album is golden all the way through. I listened to this alone on a sheep farm in Oregon in the middle of rainy winter in 2021 and it influenced my writing a lot.
Nico — One More Chance, 1983
Nico at her most gothic rock. I love this echoey version — makes me wanna dance! The beat is great. Ambient synth sounds abound; her vocals incredible as ever... The origins of The Drama of Exile, her fifth album — so full of drug-addled dysfunction!
Pearls Before Swine — Playmate, 1967
One Nation Underground is one of my most listened-to records; the grooves are worn. I used to cover the opener song, “Another Time” pre-Spats, with my Partners, Buddies and Pals. “Playmate” is the upbeat, second song on the album, a cover of an old children’s song, which I think is perfect for me. “(Oh Dear) Miss Morse,” is another hit on side A, on side B it's “Uncle John” and “Surrealistic Waltz.”
Grace Slick & The Great Society — Often As I May, 1966
This song propels you along. It sounds so beautiful, like a traditional folk song, yet a Slick original. Great fun to sing along with this gal.
Lou Reed — Waves of Fear, 1981
Robert Quine’s guitar hits the spot, and with Lou’s voice and guitar, those lyrics — so hard!
Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band — Why, 1970
The most adventurous and exciting song ever. Yoko’s primal screaming, with John’s guitar wailing, and Klaus, and Ringo clipping along... WHYYYYYY????? A brilliant reminder to LET IT OUT.
The Bats — Made Up in Blue, 1986
Beloved. Great bass. The song that I think put this Flying Nun band on the map, leading up to another special full album, Daddy’s Highway from 1987, the year I was born. The accompanying music video is a treasure!
Broadcast — I Found The F, 2005
We’re so lucky to have the album Tender Buttons, and the band Broadcast. The album was made while singer Trish Keenan’s father was dying of cancer, six years before she herself died of pneumonia from swine flu. Knowing this makes it all the more eerily personal and sweet-sounding for me. Both my parents were dead by the time I was 32, so I’m familiar with making art as a response to grief.
Don Cherry and Organic Music Theater — Om Shanti Om, 1976
This is the full live performance at RAI Studios in Rome, Italy, for television broadcast. Listen to the ~47-minute album Om Shanti Om as much needed meditation. Imagine also all Moki Cherry’s tapestries in full color, as featured in the Blank Forms book I was so engrossed in last summer.
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guardian angels, pearls before swine (1968).
you're trapped in a world of angels who no longer care
in the space where his hand was my hand is
reaching out for you there
love is the weapon left after the fall
it may not seem like much, but, girl, that's all that there is
girl, i love you
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