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My pal Corey Klemow (aka The Beaver) sent me a link to the YouTube page of his friend, Amy. Seems Amy's a singer/songwriter/actress who's set herself the task of writing a song a week all through 2008.

Corey writes:

I suspect (perhaps wrongly, as usual) that you may enjoy her work.

Let me explain why Corey hedges his bet. You see, while Corey and I agree on the fun quotient of many things--Doctor Who, Mark Evanier's blog, The Iron Giant, Sandman--we diverge occasionally on the subject of music.

(This is best exemplified by the fact that the man does not know the difference between Marvin Gaye and the Bee Gees, something I plan never, ever to let him forget.)

In this case, however, his suspicions are correct. I did enjoy her work.

Here are two demonstrations of same, you can hear more at the link, above.

This is Song 7, titled "7 Deadly Sins," synchronistically enough. It's introduced by a musicalized Shakespeare's Sonnet. Pet Shop Boys did the same thing (tho not the same sonnet) with Liza Minnelli, but it sounded nothing like this. Also good, but nothing like this. That's all I'm saying.

Her song kind of reminds me of Crowded House, maybe a little Bowie.



And this is song 11, or "Equator Song:"



She mentions Colin Hay as an influence and I can really hear it.

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