Monday, September 18, 2006

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Looking at the interview now, I wish I had named so many more musicians/bands as my favorites. I think my brain freezes a bit when I'm asked to name favorite books or albums or foods--I love so many; it's hard to boil all that love down to a handful of names. The artists I listed are definitely among my favorites (especially my beloved Talking Heads!), but I neglected to mention so many others--The Beatles, the Stones, Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday, Queen, Ella Fitzgerald, Feist, Tom Waits, Aterciopelados, David Bowie, Luscious Jackson, Le Tigre, Le Chic, De la Soul, Deee-lite, Led Zeppelin, Louis Prima, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Portishead, and so many that aren't at the tip of my brain at the moment.

4 comments:

Patry Francis said...

The same thing happens to me when I try to name my favorite books.

gayle said...

Hi Patry! Fun to see you here!

I keep telling myself that I need to have a stock answer for that favorite book question--it comes up a lot during readings--but somehow I haven't gotten around to creating one, so I find myself hemming and hawing a ridiculous amount.

Anonymous said...

So cool that you like Aterciopelados!!

You'll probably be happy to know that the group is finally releasing a new album ("Oye") and touring the U.S. in support of it. And it's about time - I've waited 5 years for a new Aterciopelados studio album!!

I checked out some of the new music on their site - www.myspace.com/aterciopelados

Here are the U.S. tour dates for Aterciopelados:

Oct. 28th – Miami @ Rock en Ñ, Miami Performing Arts Center
Oct. 30th – Orlando @ Club Hush
Nov. 1st – New York @ SOBs
Nov. 3rd – Chicago @ Green Dolphin Street
Nov. 6th – Anaheim, CA @ JC Fandango
Nov. 8th – Los Angeles @ Henry Fonda Theatre
Nov. 9th – Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Nov. 10th – Sunnyvale, CA @ Club Barcelona
Nov. 12th – San Francisco @ Slim’s

saludos.

Josue

gayle said...

They're playing in Riverside?! Oh my gosh! Thank you so much for letting me know--I didn't know about the new album, either; exciting! Caribe Atomico is one of my very favorites.