Talis Kimberley's Archetype Cafe is one of those albums.
Many of you have bought Wicked Girls, for which I am hugely appreciative (and not just because it gets them out of my house). Well, that album would not exist without Talis. She inspires and drives my songwriting in a way that very little else does; every lyric I write is put together using lessons I've learned from her. The title track of her album, "Archetype Cafe," posits a gathering place for history's women that would be a perfect fit for my own wild and wicked girls. See for yourself:
"Lady MacBeth said to Helen of Troy
When they finished the wine they'd been drinking,
'I'm all for regicide once in a while, but
Helen, dear, what were you thinking?"
Helen smiled back enigmatically, for she'd
Never much cared what her friends say,
And the Ladies' Historic Society meets
Down at Archetype Cafe on Wednesday..."
Vixy and I sing "Archetype Cafe" together sometimes, when we do concerts in the same place, and it breaks my heart and heals my heart a little bit every single time.
I'll be honest: even if every other song on this CD were bad, terrible, no good, and wrong, I would recommend it just for "Archetype Cafe" and "Small Mended Corners." But none of the songs are bad, or terrible, or no good, or wrong. They're all different flavors of amazing. If you enjoyed "Wicked Girls," or Vixy and Tony's "Thirteen," this is really an album that you need to hear.
Archetype Cafe is available through CD Baby.
I love Talis madly, but that's not why I'm posting this. I'm posting this because this album is amazing, and you need to know that it's out there. To close this entry, and illustrate my point, have a verse from "Small Mended Corners":
"There are women I've been who you haven't seen yet
There are women I shall be who you've never met
As to who I am now if you're prompted to ask
I'm the ghost of my future and the sum of my past..."
Love.
September 9 2011, 14:40:31 UTC 5 years ago Edited: September 9 2011, 14:42:13 UTC
Though I bought mine on iTunes, 'cause I don't have a physical copy. Hmmm. Perhaps I should have a physical copy... But then I'd have to have a physical copy of Thirteen, too. Augh, so many songs, so little space!
But any time you want to recommend something, I'm all ears. I've gotten far too much cool music from recommendations by artists/writers and I love to find more.
Edited for stupid coding faults.
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I first heard that song in late 2000 or early 2001 (whenever it was I first bought the album), and it was a song that I really needed to hear right then, and it resonated on a level that I can't easily describe. And somewhere under the scars, there's a part of my heart that remembers, and it resonates still.
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I like the album a huge amount as well.
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That verse from Small Mended Corners is one of my favourite verses of music ever.
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Loudly! =:o>
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I hope you'll adore it.
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September 9 2011, 20:29:16 UTC 5 years ago
I call that "head radio" and mine is always on. The only question is what volume is set.
Thanks for the recommendation on the music. I enjoyed the song at WorldCon, and now I know where to buy it.
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I have been that thief and I have been that liar.
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All the words there are, dear, and a few more in a language yet unwritten.
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Besides, I realized that a great many people might not have this album, and from the comments, that's turned out true. :)
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If you are covering it at Consonance, Seanan, any chance we'll hear it at ConClave too? Some of us, sigh, don't get to Consonance.
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Thank You for being You.
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I love that song so much.
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