Monday, October 04, 2004  

"All my songs are in the same key. Sorry!"

Saw Nellie McKay in Annapolis on Saturday, and the performance was her usual mixture of stand-up comedy (or sit-down comedy, since she delivered japes from the piano bench) and slighty askew versionings (meaning, she'd mess up the songs on purpose and not on purpose).

Second best moment:
When Nellie finished her set and tried to get backstage---only to find that the door was locked. She seemed momentarily flustered and said, "I didn't lock it!" as she flung her hands in the air. McKay then had to weave her way through the crowd to escape the crowd.

Best moment:
When she recounted her recent appearance at a festival concert in China and tooled on the "diva sellout" (read: Alicia Keys). When Nellie was asked what she thought of China, the mouth roared, "It's polluted, and the people are poor except for the [concert] organizer who is living off the backs of the poor." Diva Sellout then stood up and walked out of the interview session in disgust. No truth to the rumor that Keys---er, Diva Sellout---was heard trilling, in heavy vibrato, "Ohhhh, noooo, she didn't!"

Nellie McKay on NPR
MP3s of live, demo & new trax
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Boom Box
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Ghetto Tech
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Glide magazine
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Piers Plowman archives
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This song is paste (natch), but you can't hate on Sarah McLaughlin's heart.
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Benn Loxo du Taccu brings it West African stylee
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Gutterbreakz kills it daily (Mantronix megamixes!)
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Dub linkz via Swen:
Reggae Mix
Versionist
Dub Room

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