tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27811135068478414192024-02-06T19:01:14.413-08:00DANISH POET!is on a prolonged holiday hiatus...Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-46882653915208084302010-02-13T14:01:00.001-08:002010-02-13T14:16:37.185-08:00UPDATEOn Setting Things Straight:Let's be frank: that best-albums/songs-of-the-decade-list isn't happening. I could try to pretend that Santa is real and that he's the one who didn't get you your Christmas presents this year, but I'm going to be honest. On Blogging vs. Life:It's amazing how life is, really. One day you're a free-wheelin' blogger doing your thang, and the next, you have a life. It's Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-67646913642224395312010-01-03T18:19:00.000-08:002010-01-18T16:19:46.191-08:00HAPPY NEW YEAR*pic*Just wanted to let you know that I'm not gone forever. I'll be back with a few end-of-the-decade lists pretty soon...[UPDATE: The end-of-the-decade lists may not be happening being that we're already half way through January... maybe (possibly) in February]If outer space was a person and he had four kids with a mermaid, and those four kids each made one song, these would be the four songs Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-15394750236026553372009-12-24T06:54:00.000-08:002009-12-24T07:33:01.757-08:00MERRY CHRISTMAS*pic*Merry Christmas everyone, and if your Jewish, happy Hanukkah. I found a great oldies playlist over at Guilt Free Pleasures in case you're looking for some Christmas classics to play at the party, or just by the yule log. If you're Jewish, well, there's always Adam Sandler.Before the New Year, I'll be back with part one of The List. Until then, if you're not looking for some Bing Crosby, Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-17010919945390945102009-12-13T08:59:00.000-08:002009-12-13T16:12:14.641-08:00CONCERT REVIEW: ARCTIC MONKEYS LIVE AT TERMINAL FIVE 12.10.09On Thursday night, I was fortunate enough to see Arctic Monkeys at Terminal 5 in NYC. The actual concert experience was fairly unsatisfying, but that didn’t detract from the fact that they were absolutely brilliant. The opening act was Screaming Females. As openers go, they were OK, but that’s the last time I’m listening to them. The three of them really know the way around their instruments, andIan Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-63073165319986125092009-12-05T15:48:00.000-08:002009-12-06T14:55:17.696-08:00"HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING"It's the holiday season, and you know what that means! Waiting for the old, obese sketch in a red suit to climb down your chimney and "stuff your stockings." Introducing... Sketchy Santas.Yeah Yeah Yeahs - All I Want for ChristmasIan Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-89950063277299389382009-11-29T13:29:00.000-08:002009-12-13T16:12:47.251-08:00ALBUM REVIEW: LOGOS In 2008, an unfinished version of “Logos” leaked onto the Internet. So disheartened by the ordeal, Bradford Cox (of Deerhunter) almost canned the idea. Thankfully, he did not. Now, back under the name Atlas Sound, Bradford returns with his well-anticipated (and finished) 3rd album “Logos”.The album starts with the very Sung Tongs/Feels-y ‘The Light That Failed’. It sounds like it is going to getIan Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-12231168929247533732009-11-26T09:28:00.000-08:002009-11-26T09:40:15.089-08:00HAPPY THANKSGIVINGWolf Parade - Dinner BellsIan Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-33594110535206297012009-11-22T15:09:00.000-08:002009-12-27T17:53:20.293-08:00THE LIST*pic*It's 2009. That means pretty soon, it'll have been just another decade that passed right before our very eyes. Many blogs will be making lists, I'm sure, of some of their favorite music videos, albums, artists, and songs from the past decade. I'll be doing the same, because frankly, I'm not very original. Sometime before the end of the year (December, possibly January) I'll post three lists Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-76693772902317472122009-11-14T17:47:00.000-08:002009-11-15T15:56:36.637-08:00SWEDEN (AND OTHER THINGS)Oh dearest, dearest Sweden. I love you. I've never been within your borders, but I have experienced you through the sense of sound, listening to the many artists who have flourished and spread like a vine across the Atlantic Ocean and into my heart. From Love Is All, to Teddybears. From Shout Out Louds to Peter Bjorn and John. Sweden, if you're reading this, this post is for you. Mainly because IIan Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-26111174884075488252009-11-11T19:07:00.001-08:002009-11-11T19:13:15.965-08:00THIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE COOLI guess I better get back to semi-regularly posting again... but, time will have its way with me.Pearl and the Beard - Will Smith Medley from Goddamn Cobras Collective on Vimeo.Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-57636296812231579942009-11-07T10:52:00.000-08:002009-11-07T11:03:51.532-08:00WELCOMING NOVEMBERAlas, November is finally here. The air has a certain crisp chill to it that is uncharacteristic of October, and on Sundays the streets are dead and quiet. Coming soon this month will be a review of Atlas Sound's Logos by Double Hawk, a guest writer on Danish Poet who also writes for the music blog Lines Of Oration. I thought the best way to welcome the new month would be by posting Booooooom's "Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-58165811708337331202009-10-30T20:35:00.001-07:002009-11-01T09:41:13.084-08:00MICROMIX NO. 002: HALLOWEEN MICROMIX NO. 002(click here to download)Happy Halloween ghosts and ghouls! I put together this latest micromix in honor of the hallowed holiday, crafting it with a pocketful of creepy whispers and hardcore cries. I've also just discovered the haunting City Center, so I made sure to include multiple tracks by the lo-fi Brooklyn solo project.Tracklist:1 Walls - Burnt Sienna2 City Center - Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-77435725120913411492009-10-27T18:02:00.000-07:002009-10-28T14:24:49.592-07:00TRICK OR TREAT*pic*Here it is. This is your last chance to watch "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," carve that round, orange squash you bought at the beginning of the month, and buy a bag of Hershey's. In a matter of days you will have a bowl of candy by your door, and wait as the smallest ghouls and goblins you've ever laid eyes on hold out their pumpkin-shaped pales and plead "Trick or treat!" in Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-66276731724231241022009-10-22T14:18:00.000-07:002009-10-23T15:27:22.078-07:00DANCINGWhen I was very young I remember dancing in the kitchen with my mother while The Beatles played on our stereo. I didn't care what I looked like when I danced, whether it was around the kitchen table or at a sweet sixteen. To this very day, though I have grown more reserved, I will occasionally break out into a groove that cannot be stopped for a good five minutes. First, it starts with my foot Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-39129190597996744742009-10-18T08:42:00.000-07:002009-10-18T09:01:58.121-07:00MICROMIX NO. 001MICROMIX NO. 001(click here to download)I've put down my first Micromix for free download with some of the songs that have dictated my repeat button for the past month. It features music from Atlas Sound, Coconut Records, and an exclusive R.E.M. cover by Dr. Dog. Just click on the link above to download, I think you'll really like this one.Tracklist:1 Freelance Whales - Generator ^ Second Floor2 Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-70511772520959254162009-10-13T17:44:00.000-07:002009-10-14T18:10:55.477-07:00MANHATTAN AS AN ISLANDIt's easy to forget that Manhattan is an island. Just a couple of minutes under ground and a few dozen ears popped per subway car leads you to a metropolis so totally different, it is in its own state of being. Some will look at it and grasp it by the horns while others will be overwhelmed, yet often in awe and fascination. As I said before it is easy to forget that New York is an island, for it Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-79898350905425168142009-10-10T20:32:00.000-07:002009-10-12T08:37:15.364-07:00WHERE THE CUTE THINGS AREEvery time I see the trailer for Where The Wild Things Are I cry. Every time, guaranteed. And I am not the cry-whenever-I-see-a-remotely-sad-and/or-touching-scene-in-a-movie-type. The only other movie I'm ever really guaranteed to cry whilst watching is Cast Away. Every time Tom Hanks loses Wilson in the ocean I start to tear up. But that being said, by the time the little kid is announcing "Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-79624184681789636392009-10-07T16:37:00.000-07:002009-10-07T16:48:13.969-07:00LA FRATERNELLESaint-Claude is the capital of the pipe. Magon is happy to visit it.One century ago, a lot of factories of pipes were running the city (now only 2 remain), also the polishing of diamonds. Facing hard life of work and strong winters, the workers were meeting in this "House of the People", La Fraternelle (name that I can roughly translate by "The Fraternal"), to make their life better : common foodIan Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-6845714646037689932009-10-02T20:49:00.000-07:002009-10-14T17:57:40.189-07:00WRITER'S BLOCKEvery week I come up with a new story. A new idea. A new movie plot. The theme to a tale I've been mulling over in my head for weeks on end. An ending scene to a movie I remember first imagining a year ago. Characters are often loosely based on actors I enjoy like Jason Schwartzman or Joel McHale. The plots range from alienated families to Jewish violinists. A nerdy but incredibly smart boy who Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-14203899588760143022009-09-27T18:15:00.000-07:002009-09-27T18:18:45.689-07:00SING SANG SUNGMy new favorite music video for my new favorite song. Directed by Mrzyk & Moriceau, sing sang sung by Air.Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-24574920428352556072009-09-24T11:16:00.000-07:002009-09-24T16:04:45.749-07:00NEEDLESI have a great fear of needles. When I was younger, however, I used to be fine. Fearless, per say. I was as nonchalant about blood tests and vaccines as I was going about my daily business, which didn't consist of much, being that I was five years old. After a painful doctor's visit when I was around seven years old, I have since strongly feared needles. It was a blood test gone wrong - though Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-17466322236616878652009-09-22T17:53:00.000-07:002009-10-07T16:50:22.804-07:00I'LL BE GLADGreetings blogging community. All you little guys that know how to work the "interweb." I am back and have had possibly the best summer in a very long time. After taking a long vacation from Danish Poet, I thought now would be the best time to get back into the swing of things. I have an immense amount of emails to check and read and reply to, being I haven't taken a look at my inbox in a month. Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-55245507869446141742009-07-23T17:20:00.001-07:002009-09-23T18:31:36.949-07:00BE BACK SOONhey guys, just taking a little break from the blog :)be back soon...Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-63737191270754076672009-07-20T16:42:00.000-07:002009-07-20T17:10:43.415-07:00KiD AWhen you listen to KiD A, it feels as if you haven't seen the sun in days, and Anni T's voice is pulling apart the clouds. From beautiful string masterpieces to cycling electronic choruses, KiD A experiment in every last frontier while always seeming to make the genre their own.Between the Turbo P's ingenious melodies and Anni T's gorgeous vocals, KiD A are already making classics when it appearsIan Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781113506847841419.post-59064571603840928992009-07-18T08:06:00.000-07:002009-09-23T18:31:50.520-07:00EMIL & FRIENDS - UP TO SPEEDEmil & Friends, a Massachusetts disco group returning from a hiatus of original releases, just spun a new track filled with distorted strings, funky bass, and Emil Hirsch's cool, calm, collected voice. A perfect track for long weekend nights. In space.EMIL & FRIENDSUP TO SPEEDIan Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0