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About this blog
It's over.
Ah... Do you want to know a bit more?
This blog was set up to chart my experience singing in Malaysia for two months (see below for the original 'About this blog' blurb) - and is over until the next time I do a stint in Asia, at least. At which point, I'll probably return to this page, slap a big '2' next to the words 'Lost In Transposition', and start blogging every day, all over again. In the meantime, I'll be writing weekly posts about life, the universe and jazz music over at the 'Blog' section of andreamann.com. Which is my main website, and where no pictures of my bottom exist.
My name is Andrea Mann and I'm a jazz singer and a freelance journalist. I live alone in London, England... except for February and March this year, when I'll be living in with approximately 300 other people in a hotel in Penang, Malaysia.
It's a five-star hotel with a pool, a spa and a jazz lounge. I'll be singing six nights a week in this jazz lounge, and the agent says I'll "be treated like a local celebrity". I'm imagining my experience might turn out to be a little like Lost In Translation. Hence the title. And the bottom.
This is going to be my blog about my adventures out there. I apologise in advance for making you click on my bottom to get to the homepage. Past posts
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March 29th, 2008 at 5.26pm
I think that you should sing something like ‘Is that all there is?’ as your last song.
March 29th, 2008 at 5.58pm
Desert Island Discs again Rach?
March 29th, 2008 at 9.06pm
I don’t know that song. mind you, that doesn’t normally stop me. tonight, I have a feeling I may end up doing a massive pop medley that involves ‘Close To You’, ‘Just The Way You Are’ and ‘This Masquerade’. though not necessarily in that order.
March 29th, 2008 at 9.09pm
It was a Peggy Lee song and it was on DID on friday and, like rachel I suspect, I thought it might possibly one for you to do.
March 29th, 2008 at 9.10pm
ah! I love Peggy Lee. will check it out. thanks. whose desert island disc was it?
March 29th, 2008 at 9.57pm
The Daily Mail cartoonist Mac, reactionary old Bastard.
March 29th, 2008 at 9.58pm
Not you, Andrea; him, he hastened to add.
March 30th, 2008 at 3.22am
Hello Both
Actually it wasn’t D.I.D.; last Sunday I was striding through Bristol parkland with my mother and then Friday imprisoned in office (no real player). But I DID hear it via Radio 4 and now you put me to the issue, can’t remember what. But I remember thinking at the time of radio hearing that A should sing it and I was also thinking about what I would play at my funeral (sorry). I make these arrangements before large escapade abroad. I’ve asked my sister (the musical one) to take responsibility and now she’s all agitated. We had quite a funny evening over it actually. Hers is a drama performance - she even acted out the lowering of the coffin to the music. The reason I considered it is the line “If that’s all there is my friends then let’s keep dancing”, which would be appropriate for me. I just spent all day on a dance festival selection panel. We first chose a brilliant woman from New Zealand living in Brussels called Kate McIntyre who also performs with a punk rock band called poni, and then chose a bloke Israel Galvan (flamenco).
March 30th, 2008 at 5.22am
thanks for the lyrics, Rachel. what a brilliant song. and I haven’t even heard it yet ;-).
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