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Another discovery
Let’s see: my anticipation of the upcoming Alice sequel led me to wonder what Chris Vrenna (former NIN collaborator, who scored American McGee’s Alice) was up to, and I discovered Rasputina, with whom Vrenna worked on their CD How We Quit The Forest. Here, give this a chance:
You can find Rasputina’s covers of Bad Moon Rising, Barracuda, and Wish You Were Here over at YouTube. There’s also a “Rasputina collection” by crushedbyeyeliner, and that led me to Portishead.
Gotta love all that theremin.
Two interesting finds from one meandering search. Ah, the Internets!
D.
Loved the Portishead video (visuals are very cool – cooler than the music, which is still pretty cool, especially with all that theremin). Rasputina – interesting and great name, but not my cuppa.
Before you give up on Rasputina, try one of their covers — like their cover of Wish You Were Here. Jake likes the Pink Floyd version better and I guess I do too, but it’s still a very interesting cover.
What a find. Glad I stopped by! I want to go find Rasputina on the Tube now…Portishead is a good video, and the girl is eye candy, but the music doesn’t do much for me. It kind of reminds me of some old Roxy Music, only not as good.
Welcome, sw. Check out Rasputina’s website, too — especially the crafts store. Pretty wild sense of humor.