SONG OF THE DAY (#199)

'thief of me,' by dot allison

a gaggle of geese, a murder of crows, a seige of herons, a murmurations of starlings, a parliament of owls, a flock of seagulls, an exaltation of larks [ok, i dunno about that penultimate one]. now you know more than you ever wanted to know about what a particular group of birds is called. me, i most like 'an exaltation of larks.' apparently dot allison did to. so much so, in fact, she made it the name of her newest album.

dot's been slugging out it ever since she fronted the very excellent, but very short-lived, one dove. one dove released a a single album, 'morning dove white,' then went splitsville. dot carried on, releasing a rather tepid album, 'afterglow,' [1999] then a electro-stomper, 'we are science' [2002]. i had no clue she even had a new album out until my friend tipped me off the other day [it was out sept 10 in the UK, no US release date yet]. wow, it's a much more stripped down affair than anything's she done before. it reminds me a lot of hem, in fact. i think it speaks a lot to her diversity as an artist -- she's yet to release two similar albums, unlike, say, u2, who's been releasing the same album the last 10 years. so thank heavens for her.

��� dot allison: thief of me
��� dot allison: tomorrow never comes [from the 'afterglow' l.p.]
��� dot allison: strung out [from the 'we are science' l.p.]
��� one dove: white love [radio mix]

so i know i said i was going to devote this week to new TV shows, but i was too busy last night watching my dodgers get mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. there's always next year, but i've been saying that every end of september since 1989. it's now been twenty years since the dodgers won the world series. TWENTY years. it's not like the dodgers are the bloomin' kansas city royals or san diego padres. but whatever. i had a good cry about it, but you know, i don't feel any better. oh well, there's always next year...