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Friday, May 27 2011, 09:52 PM

Recently I've been listening to a lot of Rasputina.  And kicking myself that I didn't see their live performance (about 3 miles from my house, damn it) when they came through Santa Fe last year.  Curse my hermit nature.

Because who doesn't love a gothy rock band with cellos?  Especially one that writes songs inspired by J.G. Ballard stories?

I especially enjoy their devotion to historical accuracy. 

Because, as everybody knows, antediluvian giants had double rows of teeth lining their massive jaws.

 

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untitled - Susan, Saturday, May 28 2011, 03:51 AM
I love that you love Rasputina. This makes me inordinately happy. "Transylvanian Concubine" is one of my favorite songs, and I love listening to them when I need to be in that perfect "paranormal mindset".

Re: untitled - Ian, Saturday, May 28 2011, 02:04 PM
I'd heard of Rasputina a long time ago but somehow thought it wouldn't be my cuppa. Only after that Tor.com post did I check them out, to quickly find they were very much my cuppa.

I love "Transylvanian Concubine", "Olde Dance", "Humankind, As the Sailor", and "Holocaust of Giants".

Oh, and "The Donner Party".

And "Utopian Society".

And "Snow-Hen of Austerlitz". And...

Man, I wish I'd gone to see them live.


We Missed the Rapture, How About the Apocalypse? - Scott Denning, Saturday, May 28 2011, 02:17 PM
For another distinctive take on the cello, check out Apocalyptica, a "cello metal" band from Finland. Heavy metal on cellos is a marvelous mashup but it somehow works -- their cover of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" is hauntingly beautiful.

One of the more interesting live shows I've attended, and one of the more unusual crowds -- lots of metalheads with more than a few philharmonic types.

Re: We Missed the Rapture, How About the Apocalypse? - Ian, Saturday, May 28 2011, 02:47 PM
Your posts, sir, are always apocalyptic-- in the original, "revelatory," sense of the word.

And speaking of apolcalyptic(a)... Wow. The very concept sets my bones aquiver.

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