Esopus CD #10: Good News

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“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”—Confucius

Our 10th compilation CD features positive thinking—and inspired songwriting—from 12 musical acts whom we invited to choose and interpret pieces of news they felt could be construed as “positive” to use as the inspiration for brand-new songs. Topics ranged from Liza Minnelli’s speedy recovery from a stage fall (Man Man), the black-footed ferret’s rebound from near-extinction (Neko Case and Carl Newman), the opening of a “death hotel” in Japan with coffins for beds (The Real Tuesday Weld), the U.S. government’s forthcoming income-tax rebate (Chris Rehm), and the miraculous tale of a Manhattan window-washer who fell 47 stories and survived (Marnie Stern and Artificial Workshop).

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The Real Tuesday Weld
Love at the Death Hotel
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The Real Tuesday Weld was founded, and is fronted, by Londoner Stephen Coates. The band’s albums include At the House of the Clerkenwell Kid (2001), I, Lucifer (a soundtrack companion to the 2004 book of the same name by Glen Duncan), and The London Book of the Dead, released in 2007 on Six Degrees Records.

 

RELATED NEWS ITEM: “DEATH HOTEL”

Produced by the Clerkenwell Kid; written by Stephen Coates; published by Six Degrees Publishing/Strictly Confidential. Copyright ©2008 Antique Beat

PLAYLIST
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The Real Tuesday Weld
Love at the Death Hotel
02
Neko Case & Carl (AC) Newman
Yon Ferrets Return
03
Chris Rehm
Impendin’ Recession
04
Marnie Stern
Fathom Five
05
Busdriver
I've Always Known
06
Man Man
A Song for Liza Minnelli
07
Langhorne Slim
Priceless
08
Ryan Adams
A Song in the News
09
Gowns
Butterfly Knife
10
Catherine McRae
Boredom Arcades
11
Atlas Sound
Sleeping Village Appears Empty
12
Artificial Workshop
Miracle Man
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