Track of the week.
June 1st, 2010 by Andy
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Ban this filth.
May 31st, 2010 by Andy
Further to Andy’s previous, slightly sick and twisted posting about a song what he had writ, and the project it was for…
Here is a place where you can win your very own copy on CD -
http://myfirstdictionary.blogspot.com/2010/05/todays-word-is.html
Art for arts sake; cross my palm with silver.
May 26th, 2010 by Andy
Caravaggio, as we all know, executed two versions of his painting The Fortune Teller :
Fortune Teller (1594)
Fortune Teller (1595)
Without being the ones to compare ourselves to the Italian baroque master painter, the similarities are too obvious to ignore. Firstly there is the fact the we also loosely work in the baroque pop mould. And (as if that were not enough) we also made two versions of a piece of art - our song (Laid In Grass) - both incarnations of which appeared on a recent digital single.
One of these versions is to awarded the Acoustic Track Of The Week all next week from the 31st May on Garageband.com. (Thus featuring in their podcast, and feature pages). How do we know this in advance you ask? Let us just say that Caravaggio is not the only one with a Fortune Teller.
Feel free to pop over there, read some nice reviews, read some scathing reviews, and then come back here for more art history lessons.
Sick and twisted.
May 19th, 2010 by Andy
You might be interested to see/hear that Andy’s contribution to the very special ‘My First Sing-along Dictionary’ album is featured over at http://myfirstdictionary.blogspot.com/
For those who have not previously met it be warned, My First Dictionary dares you to chuckle at some very dark things.
BBCBehave
May 13th, 2010 by Andy
A rather last minute notice, but Sarah, Andy and Doug will be playing and chatting live on BBC Radio Leicester tomorrow (Friday 14/05/10) afternoon just after 3pm.
Expect an unusually reserved chat/singing as the invitation has specified that we should ‘not swear’. I hope that in return the BBC have acted upon the rider information concerning out particular M&M colours. (Sarah = Greens only. Doug = No Yellows. Andy = Violets and Tans only).
I think one may have the option of ‘listening live’ or ‘listening again’ if you have missed it for a little via their website.
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Life…
May 6th, 2010 by Andy
…don’t talk to me about life.
Hasn’t it been quiet ’round here?
Yes, but not ‘cos we’ve been silent. Oh no. But rather because we have been Internetless. ’Webless’ equates to ‘Silent’ in the digital age. In Myspace no-one can hear you scream.
This has been down to the utterly-mundane-and-completely-non-musical event of moving house. Whilst it is absolutely exciting to Sarah and Andy, it is probably slightly less so for the casual ButterflyPolite listener. Paint Rollers rather than Rock’n'Rollers. Curtains Rails rather than Curtain Calls. Telephone Line rather than Microphone Lead.
Now, slowly but surely they are rebuilding their lives in a new locale. Rest assured that the studio is in the process of being rebuilt and normal service shall soon resume.
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February’s Single.
February 28th, 2010 by admin
February’s single is a special Valentine’s edition, for lovers who like strings. There’s oodles of strings on the brand-spanking-new song ‘Look At Me Now’ , and as a B-side there’s a little unreleased gem from the ButetrflyPolite vaults … Sarah plus string Quartet doing the song ‘James’ (originally found on the album Http).
Listen/download from http://butterflypolite.bandcamp.com/album/look-at-me-now-c-w-james
Andy’s month.
February 28th, 2010 by Andy
February is a super-happy-fine month. Here is why -
1. It is an even numbered month. (As any fule kno, the even months are the good ones).
2. It has 28 days (aside of leap year shenanigans). Thus it is a whole number of weeks.
3. It is 1/13th of a year long.
4. It contains pancake day. (Well, most years. Damn you full moon! Damn you!).
5. It has a silent ‘r’. To most people.
6. It is the month of the RPM challenge (create a new original album in Feb).
Point 6, is the reason this site has been a bit quite. Andy has not blogged/slept/washed throughout the month as he’s been beavering away on his second solo album. For no reason other than the fact that he could.
The results of his month can be found here: www.butterflypolite.com/uglifruit
He’s going to rest now.
January’s Single.
January 31st, 2010 by admin
Apologies to our members in Fiji, for there it is already February, and this post is late. This is partly your own fault for living in the future. For the rest of us it is still January, and with that comes January’s single…
Laid In Grass - a dream like journey that lyrically tiptoes through some of ButterflyPolite’s darker times.
Laid In Grass - a quite different version, featuring some guest musicians.
Last Forever - a new acoustic version of the song that can be heard on TheMessWeMade recorded during the ‘Swinging From The Gallows’ sessions.
Head over here to purchase.
P.s. With this release being a super-extra-value-three-track single, does it have an A-side, a B-side and a Sea-side?
Japenglish Poetry
January 17th, 2010 by Andy
Google has just translated ‘If Not Tonight’ into Japanese for me, then back into English.
Here is the beautiful poem it came up with:
Maybe I misheard
Just like love, is similar to the reluctance
Maybe you are confused
Investment desires - in the eyes of the same bruise
If tonight
Then when
Waiting until after we
During the light I thank you so grab your daily bon appétit
And I could hold on to all my
If tonight
Then when
Will the end to this awkward dance
I’m dizzy spinning your side
And I could hold on to all my
In addition, if it is not right
We can still call the day walking
And some of our pride
Cos at least our people are ‘I tried
Maybe I misheard
Just like love, is similar to the reluctance
Maybe you are confused
If not today
Soon after
I hear we are missing opportunities for people loom
Is to kiss the tears dry
And I could hold on to all my
If tonight
Then when
This whole charade is that we are friends
Please crush
What matters is what happens
And again
Please. Lies and hold on tight
However, I have not seen in the eyes
‘Cos I may survive