Friday, November 14th, 2008

The Friday Mixtape: 11/14/08

by Jeff Giles

Terje Fjelde – Baseball in the Backyard from Diverse (1997)
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Ice Cream Truck from Town Topic (2008)
Vertigo – Evaporate from And Miles to Go Before We Sleep (2008)
Earlimart – Song For from Hymn and Her (2008)
Luke Jackson – Come Tomorrow from …And Then Some (2008)
A. Armada – The Moon Shifts… from Anam Cara (2008)
Alaska in Winter – Berlin from Holiday (2008)
Stacy Lloyd Brown – Living Rooms from Musquito Bites (2008)
Beaten by Them – The Asiatic Capital Vista from Signs of Life (2008)
International Jetsetters – Never Slows Down from Heart Is Black (2008)
Proud Simon – Tar Washed Ashore from Night of Criminals (2008)
Spindrift – Ace Coltrane from The West (2008)
Seppuku Paradigm – The Crossing from Unedited/Unreviewed (2007)
Brent Amaker and the Rodeo – Girls are Good for Lots of Things from Howdy Do! (2008)
Rebecca Martin – Make the Days Run Fast from The Growing Season (2008)
Kicksville – Old Man John from The Results Of A Higher Mission (2008)
The Postmarks – 11:59 from By the Numbers (2008)

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  • hagen
    Omigosh. The Foss had Terje all this time... who gets royalties on this track? Or is Terje really The Foss' alter ego, posting his own accomplishments on Popdose to ensnare—oh, never mind. Very mellow, Terje. Frighteningly Fosteriffic.
  • Well, you know, to be honest -- the guy running around in California posing as Foster, speaking to the press and stuff -- I pay him to do that.
  • hagen
    Maybe Jefito could hire The False Terje him to write a column like Into the Ear of Madness, only it would be about you... You know, in case this producing thing doesn't work out for The Foss. Judging from Not Through With You, you've got him beat in the voice department. But are your stepkids a couple of rich, spoiled jags?
  • You confuse me, but I'm flattered.
  • Sharon
    I'm not sure what to say. It is very, very Fosterish. I love it. Not sure if I should be filing it under Foster or Fjelde...wait a minute, both start with 'F' and have 6 letters...hmm coincidence?
  • Now I'm even more flattered. Listening to it 11 years later, I would probably go far more over the top if I were to clone the Foster sound today, but my musical equipment at the time didn't permit me to. Maybe that's a good thing, though.
  • Sharon
    Speaking of "over the top", Foster in a clip shown recently on Dr Phil, he states that when composing, he envisions the point where people jump up and cheer. Perhaps his vision has become blurred and he exaggerates even more.

    And to Hagen's point of your voice versus Foster, FozzMan said in the Dr Phil interview that he cannot sing (well, only enough to get the point of a song across). And in the DVD, he does a bit of "Can't Help Falling in Love" (complete with showgirls!), and Hagen is right. Although in 06/07, The Foss, recorded a duet with Lisa Lovbrand "When I Fall In Love" (not available in the States), but you probably already knew that & have it! And I'm just taking up space.
  • Don't worry - I, for one, am always happy to discuss Foster - although that may change soon. The Lisa Lovbrand duet is actually quite lovely - he always had a nice tone in his voice, I think, and some of his phrasing reminds me of latter-day Marc Jordan, which is great. He's probably auto-tuning himself, but hey (sorry about all my "hey's", I've been listening too much to Carole Bayer Sager lately), I do that, too.
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