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It turns out Melissa will not be able to make it up here for the show.
She lives in Texas and her Cat Power concert mate isn't available to join her.

Random Generator Number picker now chooses #1.

This means Furiousball is the new winner!

If something should happen and he is unable to go I will pick from the remaining two contestants.

Cheers!

Labels: cat power, contest

Let's start 2008 off right, shall we? I vote yes and for our first contest of the new year Bring Me Up is giving away two concert tickets to see Cat Power!!!

One of the posters up in my office is a Cat Power poster print from a show they did in February of 2006. So you know I'm a fan, plus I have posted their songs numerous times on this blog already.

Chan Marshal is the "rawr" behind Cat Power and she has recently been travelling around in India with a charity group. She is writing and filming the experience. She'll be back in London by the end of the month right around the time her latest album releases on January 21st in Europe (also her birthday) and on the 22nd in the states.

Jukebox, is a different album type than Cat Power normally puts out and I'm actually not sure how I feel about it. The entire album is cover songs, but with Cat Power's minimalistic approach and feel. She has done covers before, so we know she'll veer off the lyrical path from time to time and throw in her own words, but the focus of course will be on the original. (Her first cover album released back in 2000).

Either way, no matter how you look at it, Chan Marshal has an amazing voice and given her current state of mind (cheating boyfriends and slum trips through India) I have a feeling the show is going to be intense.

Cat Power will be at the Starlight Ballroom in Philly on Friday, February 8th, doors open at 7:30. You need to comment by January 25th to be entered into the contest. (Please only enter once, the winner will be chosen at random).

Leave a comment on this post if you are interested in going to the show. The tickets are general admission and the value of this prize is $50.

The tuneage:
Cat Power - "Sea of Love" (mp3)
Cat Power - "Living Proof" (mp3)

Labels: cat power, contest

Woohoo! It is the U.S. Independence Day.

Quick history lesson for you..

I got this excerpt from a book written by Pauline Maier. This particular passage is actually included on the government website for The United States Department of State...

"The Declaration of Independence is in fact a curious document. After the Civil War members of Lincoln's party tried to write its principles into the Constitution by enacting the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, which is why issues of racial or age or gender equality are now so often fought out in the courts. But the Declaration of Independence itself is not and has never been legally binding. Its power comes from its capacity to inspire and move the hearts of living Americans, and its meaning lies in what they choose to make of it. It has been at once a cause of controversy, pushing as it does against established habits and conventions, and a unifying national icon, a legacy and a new creation that binds the revolutionaries to descendants who confronted and continue to confront issues the Founders did not know or failed to resolve. On Independence Day, then, Americans celebrate not simply the birth of their nation or the legacy of a few great men. They also commemorate a Declaration of Independence that is their own collective work now and through time. And that, finally, makes sense of the Fourth of July."

And now that the nerd fest is over...hehe, here is some music for you. May not all be patriotic, but the word July or America is probably in the title. And so it's being included.

Adam McIntyre - "America" (mp3)
Ani DiFranco - "Independence Day" (mp3)
Cary Judd - "American Girl" (mp3)
Cat Power - "American Flag" (mp3)
Def Leppard - "Hello America" (mp3)
The Damnwells - "God Bless America" (m4a)
The National - "American Mary" (mp3)
The New Pornographers - "July Jones" (mp3)
U2 - "4th of July" (mp3)

Labels: 4th of July, ani defranco, cary judd, cat power, the damnwells, The National