 Saltbreakers (2007) [ larger cover art ] |
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A handful of dream dust for my pirate
He can hear the pacific singing
The sea meets the light in his salt water eyes
Icy pictures of the water are captured in his frame
The paddles of night are unfolding
A mermaid's map floats by on the rolling green
Japanese fishing float carries my soul out to the whales
And out to the deep
I wonder about the herds of the sea
if they will hurt or if they will help me
Swimming with my fallen blossoms
I drink from the source above
A handful of dream dust for my pirate
He can hear the pacific singing
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: May 27, 2011 - 06:31 spigolli wrote: Totally devoid of melody. Stick to reading poetry in the coffee bars, Laura. I'm not sure which dictionary you derived your definition of "melody" from - but this song is not "devoid of melody" by the literal definiton of the word. |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 04:38  |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Oct 18, 2010 - 15:21 Complete and utter ca-ca. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Aug 25, 2010 - 08:23 Frater_Kork wrote: Yup... Is it a common accent, some new mode of speech affected by indie hipsters or just general coincidence? I'm curious. More like an old mode of speech. Very folksy, IMO. |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Jun 16, 2010 - 16:23 Goes on a bit, don't it? |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: Jun 13, 2010 - 02:49  |
| jkhandy (Near the ocean (in my mind)) | Posted: May 23, 2010 - 15:22 Beautiful and deep. Thanks RP! |
| Betta | Posted: May 12, 2010 - 08:33 spigolli wrote:  |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Apr 28, 2010 - 10:42 Giselle62 wrote: There's a style of "quiet is the new loud" disaffected coolness with hypnotic guitar—i really like it—- started hearing it in 90's with Red House Painters, etc. i haven't heard her other stuff—-funny I like Anna Ternheim a lot, too, whom they say sounds like her. I can't hear Anna Ternheim in this at all. Sounds more like Metric whatshername. |
| Giselle62 (California's Cental Coast) | Posted: Mar 21, 2010 - 08:00 Frater_Kork wrote: Yup... Is it a common accent, some new mode of speech affected by indie hipsters or just general coincidence? I'm curious. There's a style of "quiet is the new loud" disaffected coolness with hypnotic guitar—i really like it—- started hearing it in 90's with Red House Painters, etc. i haven't heard her other stuff—-funny I like Anna Ternheim a lot, too, whom they say sounds like her. |
| Giselle62 (California's Cental Coast) | Posted: Mar 21, 2010 - 07:51 pretty voice sounds good in the morning——the lyrics and album art cover gorgeous. |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 19:29 amyjpr wrote: this one just grows and grows on me. so subtle and evocative Yes I wish we could hear something more from this album; this piece is really intriguing. |
| spigolli (Peachtree City, GA, USA) | Posted: Feb 24, 2010 - 05:57 |
| spacemoose | Posted: Feb 24, 2010 - 05:55 spigolli wrote: Totally devoid of melody. Stick to reading poetry in the coffee bars, Laura. You apparently don't know what the word "melody" means. You could try looking it up on wikipedia. But don't feel bad, as crummy as the educational system in Georgia is, you deserve sympathy more than condemnation. |
| TheKing2 (Hiding) | Posted: Feb 24, 2010 - 05:54 Why not add this to the sounds-like-list: Anna Ternheim? anyone? JK |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Jan 12, 2010 - 11:47 Bought the CD and like the whole thing. Great stuff. |
| amyjpr (kansas city) | Posted: Jan 12, 2010 - 11:46 this one just grows and grows on me. so subtle and evocative |
| spigolli (Peachtree City, GA, USA) | Posted: Dec 03, 2009 - 06:30 Totally devoid of melody. Stick to reading poetry in the coffee bars, Laura. |
| steeler (Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth) | Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 09:17 Banckock2 wrote: To me it sounds a bit like Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek. Reference Sabra Girl / Telluride Music Festival 30 Year Anniversary. Good Stuff. This and That. Yep. I was about to post the same thing — sounds like Sara, especially the opening |
| joanie (Baltimore) | Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 12:28 Sounds exactly like Joy Harjo |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 17:58 This piece is starting to really grow on me. |
| Banckock2 (Out standing in our field) | Posted: Oct 17, 2009 - 22:35 To me it sounds a bit like Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek. Reference Sabra Girl / Telluride Music Festival 30 Year Anniversary. Good Stuff. This and That. |
| justin4kick (The Netherlands) | Posted: Oct 13, 2009 - 00:54 TonyBear wrote: Beautiful, makes me want to move to California California, where the Japanese fishing float sails? |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Oct 01, 2009 - 07:22 daveesh wrote: sounds like a female deathcab for cutie Yup... Is it a common accent, some new mode of speech affected by indie hipsters or just general coincidence? I'm curious. |
| BobSteinVisiBone (Maine) | Posted: Aug 12, 2009 - 04:13 peter_james_bond wrote: Hmmmm only one song from this cd is in the RP library. Has anybody tried uploading other songs from the cd? My other favorite of hers from the same album is "Cast A Hook In Me". (The nautical theme will be apparent.) You can hear it on her myspace page. Fantastic sound she has. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Jun 08, 2009 - 13:00 mezzotint wrote: She guested with them on their Austin City Limits performance too (the PBS concert show, not the music festival). |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: May 17, 2009 - 16:42 pure genius! ;)* |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: May 12, 2009 - 16:11 daveesh wrote: sounds like a female deathcab for cutie Wow, what an insult. I rather like this. Nothing like deathcrabs. |
| rhiannonstone (Berkeley, CA) | Posted: May 07, 2009 - 19:46 Every time I hear this I think it's a new Kaki King song. The guitar doesn't measure up, of course, but it's nearly the same sweet, cynical voice. |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 07:25 On_The_Beach wrote: I'm likin' this. Would like to hear more of her stuff. Hmmmm only one song from this cd is in the RP library. Has anybody tried uploading other songs from the cd? |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 01:57 I'm likin' this. Would like to hear more of her stuff. |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 01:56 Very sexy......... |
| pugifat | Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 10:36 daveesh wrote: sounds like a female deathcab for cutie i'm totally with you! |
| mezzotint | Posted: Mar 19, 2009 - 08:43 CortezTheKiller wrote: Quite like this. Reminds me of The Decemberists for some reason. Laura Veirs did sing on some Decemberists songs, like this one. |
| Kokoloco53 (Safford, AZ) | Posted: Mar 19, 2009 - 08:41 Nice, nice. And it's been a very nice set of music with Joni Mitchell, Jose Gonzalez, and now Laura Veirs. Soul soothing. Peace. |
| TonyBear (London, England) | Posted: Mar 19, 2009 - 08:40 Beautiful, makes me want to move to California |
| fatcatjb (Sunny Sacramento) | Posted: Mar 16, 2009 - 20:35 love all the many layers, specially the percussion |
| lmic (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Mar 15, 2009 - 13:14 Could be Deb Talan's little sister. |
| CortezTheKiller (Vancouver, B.C.) | Posted: Feb 24, 2009 - 10:44 Quite like this. Reminds me of The Decemberists for some reason. |
| beto0707 (Cedar Hill, TX) | Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 14:17 Yawn...  |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 14:15 sounds like Elton John should be singing this |
| NoEnzLefttoSplit | Posted: Jan 16, 2009 - 12:52 sounds amazing like Kaki King...  let me research that. |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Jan 01, 2009 - 13:03  Yarf!  |
| goldberry (Tonopah Snow) | Posted: Dec 29, 2008 - 17:22 BobSteinVisiBone wrote: Yay, my first upload to RP to actually go on the air. And no surprise at that. Nor am I surprised this one whisked past the Listener-Review-Channel process and went straight for the main channel. The sounds, the imagery — tell me it doesn't take you away with the first bars, the first line... This is my favorite song of an artist with some mighty exquisite work (e.g. Cast a Hook in Me, and Pink Light, and Wandering Kind). P.S. Whiplash of disappointment when I read she was giving guitar lessons in Portland. But that's west-coast Portland, Oregon, not east-coast Portland, Maine, waaah. Thanks for sharing with us, Bob. Another great find for us all! |
| brownbrown (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Dec 23, 2008 - 06:19 her voice reminds me of joanna newsom, as well as the style of the song. |
| MayBaby (Savannah, Georgia) | Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 16:22 Great job Bob! Nice song, thanx for uploading it : ) BobSteinVisiBone wrote: Yay, my first upload to RP to actually go on the air. And no surprise at that. Nor am I surprised this one whisked past the Listener-Review-Channel process and went straight for the main channel. The sounds, the imagery — tell me it doesn't take you away with the first bars, the first line... This is my favorite song of an artist with some mighty exquisite work (e.g. Cast a Hook in Me, and Pink Light, and Wandering Kind). P.S. Whiplash of disappointment when I read she was giving guitar lessons in Portland. But that's west-coast Portland, Oregon, not east-coast Portland, Maine, waaah. |
| kalkin84 (Sol, planet 3) | Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 15:47 sounds like she needs to hire someone to sing for her; someone with talent. Voice-layering cannot mask an uninspriring voice. |
| daveesh (birthplace of the american revolution) | Posted: Nov 14, 2008 - 08:53 sounds like a female deathcab for cutie |
| lalalisa25 (Boonton, NJ) | Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 09:58 Very nice... |
| rluking (Underground) | Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 09:15 Really nice song. |