Eeeeek! Picnic line up to be announced today! I can’t get any work done….
p.s. am loving the new logo/website with all the little coloured squares, so pretty! :)
Something Unexpected
So. In a nutshell… in case you’re not a Michelle Branch nerd and weren’t aware there’s this song called Lay Me Down. Now a few years ago (no I can’t remember precisely) we Branch nerds got to hear a 50-something second clip of it. Then we never heard any more. Then it ended up on the Wreckers’ album “Stand Still, Look Pretty”. But it was a different version! Well obviously. A video of the Wreckers singing it can be found here. Thus ended the Lay Me Down saga… or so we thought!
Until today!!
Hey guys,
Just a heads up to let you know that I finally found the “OG” version of Lay Me Down and WB posted a streaming version for anyone caring to hear it. (www.michellebranch.com) Whoa, talk about a walk down memory lane.Enjoy.
M
Aaaaagh! She gave us the full original version! This is legendary stuff! Michelle Branch is my God!!
It’s here and requires a log in but it’s worth it!
Feist on a bus
Love it!
Also like this one, ooooh fireworks and stuff. :)
Just
Just follow the link, embedding is disabled :(
Totally worth a click though!
Le Tunstall
Flippin’ heck I really haven’t been paying attention to KT Tunstall. Have only just learned that she’s engaged!!! To Lucky Luke (obviously). It’s true, it’s here.
Also I’m in two minds about whether or not to go to this. Am seriously thinking about it though. I know I know, I’ve made my feelings known about Drastic Fantastic (in case you hadn’t guessed I’m not the biggest fan). But the last time I saw her, circa October 2005, she was bloody brilliant. And that was in the Olympia too. When I think of that I want to go. But I’m not sure, haven’t really been “into” her since DF. Hmmmmm, will have another think (but will more than likely at least buy a ticket anyway).
Branchiness
Ooooh another post from Michelle.
Hey there,
Well I just got back home a few hours ago from Los Angeles. I was there mostly for the album art photo shoot.
We were supposed to have it a little earlier but I had to push it back a few weeks so John Leventhal and I could finish
a batch of songs before spring break madness. The photo shoot was wonderful. We were out in the high desert, joshua trees and all but you could see mountains with snow in the background. So pretty. The photographer, Raphael Mazzucco, was really talented and easy to work with.
I surprisingly was sorta bummed when we called it a wrap because we were all just starting to have fun and get warmed up to one another. It really is such a trip getting your photo taken with 20 people surrounding you and making you extra self-aware. I can’t wait to see how the photos turned out and more so, I can’t wait for y’all to see them.Besides all the photo shoot craziness I also filmed a pilot for a great show that I’m gonna hold off telling you about for a minute. Don’t worry, I didn’t have to act! I’m more of the host *phew* It was incredibly inspiring to say the least.
I’m sitting here on my couch now wondering why I am still awake after such a tiring week.
My family flew in from Arizona for the Easter weekend and should be literally walking in the door any minute.
It will be so much fun having Easter with a little one around to actually bring back some of those old traditions that you shed as you grow up. Owen is super excited for the Easter bunny to come this year because she actually knows what it is this time round. Last year, not so much!
So have a fun Easter weekend, spring break…whatever…..and I’ll check in soon! We are so close to being finished with this record I can’t even tell you!Peace out.
M
Eeeee! Album art is done! And joshua trees!! Looks like the album is almost ready :) :) :)
And if that wasn’t enough excitement, this week in aid of a geography project I got to count every single business in Letterkenny. Woohoo! Ok so I haven’t actually “counted” them yet, but I wrote down the name of every single one. There are a lot! An awful lot. I also took about 100 photos. Not very interesting ones. Although I got a little carried away in the park, and I’m not sure I’ll even be able to use the photos of it. Le sigh. Also took a photo of the polestar thingy standing in the middle of a road that’s never empty and got to have everyone who drove past staring at me. Nice.
The crappiness of the weather also made all the photos a bit gloomy.
Lay Me Down
After listeing to the album archive tonight I remembered how much I love this…
And of course, one always makes me think of the other…
I haven’t seen either of these versions before actually, really loving them both!
They’ll name a city after us…
…and later say it’s all our fault
Slightly obsessed with this song at the minute.
More Michelle
Just because I’m in a Michelle Branch mood now here’s one of my favourite Michelle songs (if not one of my favourite songs ever).
:)
ps. Oxygen Festival not to be confused with the Oxegen Festival. Unfortunately Michelle in Ireland has yet to happen :(
