Monthly Archives: July 2011

365 DotU, Day 70 Swings and Misses the Seven Bridges Road

Posted on July 27, 2011 by L. M. Bernhardt

OK, you know how I said I wouldn’t be posting again this week because my computer’s power supply went toes up to the daisies? Well, I lied. You get one more, then I’m shutting up until Monday. I’d really love … Continue reading →

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365 DotU, Day 69 Goes Equestrian With The Rolling Stones

Posted on July 26, 2011 by L. M. Bernhardt

Among the Rolling Stones songs that I really like, one that I’ve never gotten the chance to play before is “Wild Horses”. It’s a really cool tune, and if I were feeling more ambitious, I probably would’ve tried to do … Continue reading →

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365 DotU, Day 68 Sings A Love Song To A Vampire

Posted on July 25, 2011 by L. M. Bernhardt

The Coppola Dracula film, admittedly, had some problems (many of them related to the acting/casting and some unfortunate interactions between the dialogue and the editing). It was, however, a sumptuous visual delight most of the time, and I love the dedicated … Continue reading →

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365 DotU, Day 67: Blast From the Past

Posted on July 24, 2011 by L. M. Bernhardt

It’s the weekend, so you get an old tune from the archive. Today, it’s last summer’s live Laura and Josh cover of Neko Case: “Magpie to the Morning.” It’s one cool song among many on an absolute stunner of an … Continue reading →

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365 DotU, Day 66 (barely)

Posted on July 24, 2011 by L. M. Bernhardt

It is nearly midnight, and I am sooooo slow that I only just got around the posting this one now. I thought I was going to do a retread for today, but I ended up recording a sort of wussy … Continue reading →

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365 DotU, Day 65: In Which I Am Again Running Late

Posted on July 23, 2011 by L. M. Bernhardt

Bah. Can’t get anything done today. Today’s song is a cover of the Plant/Krauss version of “Killing the Blues”. I can’t make all of the nice slidy guitar noises, so I went with a more straightforward acoustic cover, using acoustic … Continue reading →

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365 DotU, Day 64: Roullette

Posted on July 21, 2011 by L. M. Bernhardt

One of the ways I try to find songs to mess about with for the challenge is by shuffling through my iTunes to see what comes up. Sometimes it’s something impossible (I am NOT doing a cover of anything by … Continue reading →

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365 DotU, Day 63: Hard Livin’ With Jenny Lewis And A Ukulele

Posted on July 20, 2011 by L. M. Bernhardt

Jenny Lewis is kind of amazing. She’s got an interesting voice, a kickass persona, and some serious songwriting chops. I love pretty much every song on, for example, her recent Acid Tongue (tunes ranging from the roughly sweet to the … Continue reading →

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HEAT! ARGH! Oh, wait — shiny! SHIIIINNYYYYY!

Posted on July 20, 2011 by L. M. Bernhardt

It’s no news to anyone that the weather is foul at the moment where I am. The heat is oppressive and terrible. Walking outside is like trying to walk across the bottom of a boiling lake. Wishing for rain is … Continue reading →

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365 DotU, Day 62: Absurd and Morbid

Posted on July 19, 2011 by L. M. Bernhardt

As I contemplated adding some Tom Waits to my cover repertoire, it occurred to me that it might be interesting to try a traditional tune that shares a name with the Waits song I had in mind: “The Last Rose … Continue reading →

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