late to the party -belle and sebastian

Hate to admit but ignored all Scottish pop after Teenage Fanclub sort-of-didn't-make-it. Only time I heard these guys before last month was in the movie High Fidelity...no joke. Joke is on me though... they are so damn good. My loss. Big ups to Chris for the gift of cd's and heads up...; Peel/BBC Sessions NEVER disappoint. This takes late to the party to a ridiculous level I know... Your gran' can probably sing along...

late to the party -andrew bird

Clip from Bonnaroo 2006. Andrew Bird & Martin Dosh - "Simple X".
Never heard of this guy Andrew Bird till today, so raking through his stuff. Like violins, like whistling, and def' like this guy's personal style. He has a new album out, Noble Beast. Don't want to oversell here but some nice stuff.

image from andrewbird.net

I tend to whistle a lot, ('Carol of the Bells' for some reason) and Pops is a constant whistler. I often think of this Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne in True Grit) quote; "Damn a man who whistles."

'Late to the party' is a new segment... new finds for me that are probably old news to others.