7/4

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss's Raising Sand A whole lotta desolate, evocative, engrossing love by Nate Cavalieri, VVoice October 23rd, 2007 3:34 PM Somewhere deep in this atmospheric collaboration between the latent Zeppelin frontman and the ambassadorial bluegrass ingénue, a feeling sneaks in that's as ominous and captivatingly spine-tingling as the second act of an Elmore Leonard western: It's too late to find the trail out of the canyon, the canteens are empty, and, much as Raising Sand's title intimates, the winds are coming up. And though Alison Krauss and Robert Plant make strange bedfellows indeed, the result is an engrossing, powerfully evocative collection. In hindsight, the first whiff of this is the lolling Roland Salley cover, "Killing the Blues," when the singers reach for the tune's nostalgic roundhouse in a transcendent harmony as tight as hospital corners: "Somebody said they saw me/Swinging the world by the tail." But the dusky terrain they evoke doesn't owe its richness exclusively to the puzzlingly perfect fit of the grizzled rocker and the shiny-faced Pollyanna. Producer T-Bone Burnett flaunts his typical curatorial genius with a whole set of "have we met before?" tunes by Sam Phillips, Tom Waits, and Townes Van Zandt—all perfectly tailored by session personnel and expert performances by drummer Jay Bellerose and guitarist Marc Ribot. Even when Raising Sand plays to the distinct talents of its star attractions—Krauss stepping out on the honky-tonked "Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson," Plant slithering through the sleazy Benny Spellman number "Fortune Teller"—its close collaborations, like the Everly Brothers' "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" or "Stick with Me Baby," achieve something rare: a trip to a place that's utterly foreign, oddly familiar, and deeply gratifying.

She's Too Much For My Mirror.

I saw it the first time it ran too!

The Radar Station says 22nd November 1980.

Vanity Fair, '83.

Last time I read it was when they had a listening test with Capt. Beefheart. '83, I think. And that's about it.

Of course, you would be kidding. No.

Naked Lunch.

The only place I hear Canned Heat is in the supermarket.

Wiki sez 1980.

I'd need one for each toe.

Yep. I think he got arrested for a re-harmonization of the Star Spangled Banner. The MAN thought it was disrespectful.

Doh! Ya gotta cook the shit outta those things!! Or at least wash it very well.

I don't know about this Second Most Important Genre of Music bit, but I do love S. Asian music. Particularly the Hindustani classical.

I've talked to the folks I know that live there, they all live "in town", so they're OK. This is a pretty horrible situation.

I wonder what's up with that. Time will tell, I guess.

Showed up in my PO Box today...I like...I approve!

Goodness...at least place slices on lumps of rice!

I like how she hops up and down on one foot while she spins. Nice touch.

Yeah, she get's me hot too.

If I change the distance to the screen or change my glasses, she changes direction.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...281-661,00.html

I haven't read the books or seen the movies. Really. Don't look at me like that. I really didn't. Really.