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Author: astroid on June 18 2006
--> this is a song my girlfriend, ariel westberg, wrote, and which I arranged and produced. it has been being played down at the local NPR station-KCRW with some regularity.

if you remember a few years ago, when there was the issue of the young american activist, rachel corrie, being run over by a israeli tank as she stood in front of a palestinian doctor's house, trying to protect it. She was killed. ariel and I both went to school with rachel. ariel lived with her, she was one of her good friends. this song was written to her.

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06/18/06 +  astroid
is this working? i can't make heads or tails of this new player thing.
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edited: Jun 18 2006 +  celibacyclub
she sounds older than she looks.

excellent.

thanks for sharing this astriod, . i like all the low frequencies.

yeah it works. and this will now play anytime someone looks at your id.

i was thinking today that i should make a little 15 second song as my 'theme song' for that reason. as it is my current release is a 10 minute noise wank, that doesnt take off for 2 minutes. i think sometime in the future we will have 'player preferences' kinda like myspace how you can choose if it autoplays or what the order is and whatnot.
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06/18/06 +  astroid
no the picture is of rachel corrie. that's not ariel. thanks!
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06/18/06 +  celibacyclub
i know. you posted some sort of pic of ariel in an avitar or blog or something a while back.
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06/18/06 +  astroid
oh heh. yeah people always think she's 16.
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06/18/06 +  celibacyclub
the vocal kinda reminds me of that portishead chick and fiona apple, which is cool.
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06/18/06 +  Bluermutt
there is a passage of this song that really reminds me of a sting's song. i don't know the title, is one dedicated to a pianist from brooklyn and based on a theme he wrote. do you know wich song i mean astroid?
Anyway, touching, lovely arranged, ariel sings really well, gentle voice, i love this tune, some parts better than others. i want to check out all your music.
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06/18/06 +  tbeals79
super pretty ashtroids. you complimented her quite well.
ive decided im the king of shitty comments... but yesss i did enjoy, its gewd.
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06/18/06 +  nekomook
she have a nice voice, my favorites part is when it goes guitar + voice only

06/19/06 +  astroid
huh, don't know that sting song, bluer..

thank you all for checking it out and the nice compliments
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06/19/06 +  sohcahtoa
Damn. I remember first reading Rachel's story and being so appalled by it. It floats in and out of my thoughts every once in a while.

The music is beautiful astroid. The arrangement and instrumentation are very well done and frame the vocal quite nicely. This is one of those "I wish I could write stuff like this" tracks for myself.
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06/19/06 +  Bluermutt
I'm listening again today and it's sooooooo beautiful but i still don't remember that song's name. i'll tell ya.
wich instruments can you play astroid?
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06/19/06 +  astroid
thanks sohcahtoa!

i can play, in descending order of facility, sax (20 years), flute (9 years), guitar (13 years), bass, drums, and some various other things in there.
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06/19/06 +  electrodan
I told my folks the other night when they asked, "so what is Scott doing now?" -- "well, he's blah blah blah producing, engineering etc., and in his spare time being one of those composers who, if he has the oppurtunity to get a hold of [money + Orchestra], will be talked aboot in modern classical music 100 years from now.
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06/20/06 +  astroid
jesus i don't deserve that but thanks anyway. tell yer maw and paw i say hi.
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