unexpected broadening of musical horizons!!

[sinnamongirl]

I stayed up a bit too late, but it ended up being worth it. I caught this band on Carson Daly:

And Norah Jones has a BEAUTIFUL cover of Bull Rider (this one features Sasha Dobson):

(a far cry from Betty Blowtorch, which I was enjoying earlier today but sort of grated on me; maturity?)

And the thing I've been watching OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN:

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All about the triumph of intellect and romance

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that - I've had some sound card troubles, so this is the first time I've properly heart it.

Re: All about the triumph of intellect and romance

[sinnamongirl.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it finally worked for you! It's so awesome.

Re: All about the triumph of intellect and romance

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

Er, by "heart" I meant "heard", of course — but I think you worked that out.

That was also the first time I've seen Craig Ferguson in action, and I quite liked what I saw (though I don't think I'll start watching on a regular basis).

Re: All about the triumph of intellect and romance

[sinnamongirl.livejournal.com]

I love Craig Ferguson, but that's also on my scale of finding late-night talk shows relatively useless, so that might weight my opinion somehow. I really loved his interviews with Isabel Allende and Salman Rushdie, so if you get a chance you might track those down.

Plus he's got that sexy accent ;) But, yeah, I find Letterman, Leno, and even Conan O'Brien almost painful to watch sometimes, just not interesting, and so I like Craig Ferguson much more in comparison to those guys.

Re: All about the triumph of intellect and romance

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

I grew up in Canada, and on radio (the CBC, to be precise, where "talk" means talk, 10, 15, 30 minute conversations or more.

When I was a teenager and my friends started getting into Letterman, I frankly didn't get it. Sometimes it was funny, but it wasn't conversation, it wasn't talk.

I understand now that most of the "talk shows" are actually a variant of sketch comedy cum infomercials, which I now realize is why I didn't like them then and don't now.