so young [ronettes] [knitting factory 2001] :: antony & the johnsons

use me [bill withers] [boston, avalon 1998] :: fiona apple

cant exist [kexp radio 2005] :: joseph arthur

you’re the one that i want [kcrw acoustic 2004] :: beck & sia

grace [london.meltdown festival 1995] :: jeff buckley

just as i should be [wnyc spinning on air 2005] :: diane cluck

my way home [northhampton, iron music hall 2005] :: citizen cope

reitschule [bbc peel sessions 2001] :: do make say think

funny time of year [berlin 2003] :: beth gibbons & rustin man

hints [kexp radio 2006] :: jose gonzalez

shells [baltimore, fletchers 1997] :: patty griffin

shift [paris, acoustic sessions 2005] :: grizzly bear

meet ze monsta [paris, black sessions 1998] :: pj harvey

heartbeats [bbc one music session 2005] :: the knife

ghost highway [paris, black sessions 1993] :: mazzy star

third planet [seattle, breakroom 1998] :: modest mouse

golden star [planet claire session 2005] :: my brightest diamond

live again [nashville, 12th & porter 2005] :: ours

house of cards [bank boston pavillion 2006] :: radiohead

secret [paris, black sessions 2005] :: emilie simon

i didnt understand [paris, black sessions 1998] :: elliott smith

chicago [wnyc spinning on air 2003] :: sufjan stevens

undercover [iceland, poppland 2003] :: worm is green

art by ray caesar

theres a ship
that sails by my window
there’s a ship that sails on by
there’s a world under it
i think i see it
sailing away

mazzy star
session noires // 10.23.1993mary of silence
ghost highway
she hangs brightly
bells ring
halah
blue light
ride it on
into dust
give you my lovin’
blue flower
tonight that i might see
hair and skin
rock section

+++ by special request for matt
and thankyou to uberdrivel

don’t say you love
don’t say you care
i’m not human
we will never be the same
+++
emilie simon
session noires // 04.07.2003

secret
il pleut
flowers
to the dancers in the rain
blue light
solene
lise
dernier lit
i wanna be your dog
desert
graines d’etoiles (ft. perry blake)
femme fatale
flowers (acoustique)
chanson de toile

a special thankyou to uberdrivel for sharing this

art by daniel danger
songs & words by pj harvey

this wicked tongue says god is a million miles away this wicked tongue says he can’t see my day to day this wicked tongue says go on taste everything and this wicked tongue says you know yr not really living [this wicked tongue :: from stories from the city... japan bonus]

words leave my heart dry words cant save life love has no place here no joy no tears darling times changed time leaves time fades please see through my eyes save yr tears for the next who dies i shout but he don’t hear just put down on the page darling spare me yr tears dear god please send me the light of day [civil war correspondent :: from paris, black sessions '98]

somebodys down somebodys name saw it all happen it took place at my window i was looking down i had no time just time to say hold on im coming hes lying there its all just too late somebodys down somebodys name saw it fall and all take place at my window i was looking down oh for petes sake hold on im coming hes moved on now and it all passed its all too late somebodys down somebodys name saw it all with my own eyes saw it all as clear as day clear as blue blue fucking daylight i say hold on im coming [somebodys down, somebodys name :: from live on 3FM 2001]

lying on eleven years taking it into my head leave my clothes on the beach im walking down into the sea prove it to me prove it to me prove it to me now the water to my ankles now the water to my knees think of him all waxy wings melted down into the sea mary mary what your man said washing it all over my head mary mary hold on tightly over water under the sea water water im walking walking on water [water :: from live in portugal, paredes de coura 2003]

sixty mouths talking but making no sense a life out of liberty and the pursuit of happiness waiting for something to smash a few holes in the wall of good fortune and the windows to an outer world and sixty six promises they came in a kiss provided a meaning now i see how it reallly is and its not what i thought it would be and its not what i wanted it to be and its not what i thought it would be and its not what i wanted it to be [66 promises :: from the good fortune ep]

its amazing. almost 7 years ago before i ran away to new orleans, my friend petrina and i were driving around boston listening to this wonderful live mix tape of everythingpj harvey

it was my first time experiencing pj’s music, taking in her words and hearing her voice. through the gift of sharing a sense of masculine feeling within the real intensity of a true woman.. what i listened to was so raw, i really didnt know how to feel except that i wanted more. after a few extra listens and a new obsession with the album is this desire?… i gave into the magnetic, provocative and emotionally alluring realm of pj harvey. i couldnt help myself.

when i think back to eventually arriving in new orleans, i see myself wandering the french quarter alone with my headphones constantly lingering within the comfort of her music. it felt so powerful to walk down those vampire streets and to strangely feel like i was at home. the tone of her words were easy to understand and kept reminding me of something beyond important: do you know how powerful it is to be a woman unafraid of who she really is?

black sessions
paris, france ~ 1998

* highly recommended

is this desire *
joy
joe
civil war correspondent *
taut
a perfect day
the wind *
hook
meet ze monsta *
sky lit up
leah *
missed
50ft queenie
heela
down by the water *

i shout but he dont hear
just put down on the page
darling spare me yr tears
dear god please send me
the light of day