{"id":3212,"date":"2015-10-05T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2015-10-05T10:35:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T14:35:07","slug":"a-good-read-a-good-listen-and-a-good-drink-tony-fitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2015\/10\/05\/a-good-read-a-good-listen-and-a-good-drink-tony-fitz\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Read, a Good Listen, and a Good Drink: Tony Fitz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RouteOneCoverArt-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RouteOneCoverArt-sized.jpg\" alt=\"From the Forest - Route One\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3214\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RouteOneCoverArt-sized.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RouteOneCoverArt-sized-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RouteOneCoverArt-sized-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>It&#8217;s a simple yet sublime pleasure, and just thinking about it can make you feel a little calmer, a little more content. Imagine: You bring out one of the good rocks glasses (or your favorite mug or a special occasion tea cup) and pour a couple fingers of amber liquid (or something dark and strong or just some whole milk). You drop the needle on the jazz platter (or pull up a blues album on your mp3 player or dig out that mixtape from college). Ensconcing yourself in the coziest seat in the house, you crack the spine on a classic (or find your place in that sci-fi paperback or pull up a biography on your e-book reader). And then, you go away for a while. Ah, bliss.<\/p>\n<p>In this series, some of NTSIB&#8217;s friends share beloved albums, books and drinks to recommend or inspire.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First, listen to this. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=2813249571\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=e99708\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/songsfromtheforest.bandcamp.com\/track\/route-one\">Route One by From The Forest<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now imagine being part of the first group of people to hear that song. And imagine that group of people is hearing that song in the middle of a Scottish forest. That&#8217;s what happened last month when the song played in the Galloway Forest as a part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkoutside.co.uk\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Dark Outside<\/a> music festival. Described as &#8220;24 hours of music nobody has heard, in a place where nobody might be listening&#8221;, the event, which started in 2012, instantly captures the imagination, and our idea-fuelled friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonyfitz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Fitz<\/a> &#8211; you might know him as the organizer of the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/couchbycouchwest.com\/tag\/irish-showcase\/\" target=\"_blank\">Irish Showcase at Couch by Couchwest<\/a> &#8211; along with Jason Maher and Ruairi Lynch, took part with the project you heard above. <\/p>\n<p>Tony calls the project From the Forest and describes it thus: &#8220;From The Forest captures what happens when random bunches of musicians come together for one-off sessions in an old house surrounded by trees. Inspired by Josh Homme&#8217;s Desert Sessions, this project is a way for the musicians involved to play and collaborate with no expectations or pressures.&#8221; You could hardly think of a better match for the Dark Outside. <\/p>\n<p>Since the last time I wrote about Tony here, he has also released another project that I was in love with immediately: an album with an accompanying comic book. The western-themed work, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/tonyfitz.bandcamp.com\/album\/just-another-day\" target=\"_blank\">Just Another Day<\/a><\/em>, tells a story of loss and vengeance, rendered in a beautiful way. The music itself is gorgeous (Tony shared a song from the EP, &#8220;The Murder&#8221;, <a href=\"http:\/\/couchbycouchwest.com\/irish-showcase-tony-fitz-the-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\">at CXCW 2014<\/a>), and when experienced in tandem with the comic, with art by Tommie Kelly, it proves a genuinely affecting punch to the emotional gut. <\/p>\n<p>Today, we are happy to have Tony join us to share some brilliant recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book:<\/strong><br \/>\nIt absolutely fascinates me to see how someone else&#8217;s brain chews on ideas, working them over until something artistic gets spit out. Not just because it&#8217;s interesting, but you end up grabbing little pearls of wisdom, little workflow quirks or tricks that can try out and use yourself. I love when artists share how they approach and realise their work &#8211; not just because I learn a shit-ton from it, but because I feel more attached to the artist and their work as a result. Everyone wins. Austin Kleon&#8217;s &#8220;Show Your Work&#8221; is a brilliant book that really crystallises that ethos of sharing what you&#8217;re doing as you&#8217;re doing it, not just the end product. It will change how you think about showing off what you&#8217;re working on.<\/p>\n<p>Grab a copy from <a href=\"http:\/\/austinkleon.com\/show-your-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/austinkleon.com\/show-your-work\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Album:<\/strong><br \/>\nConal McIntyre is one of my favourite songwriters, and I was a huge fan of his former band, Heritage Centre. His latest work is a collaboration with another huge talent, Joey Edwards, under the name &#8220;We, The Oceanographers&#8221;. They released their debut record earlier this year and it&#8217;s a triumph. The lads might refer to themselves as a &#8220;DIY bedroom rock band&#8221; in their bio, but that really doesn&#8217;t sum up the understated beauty of the songwriting, arrangement and production on this album. It&#8217;s witty, lo-fi pop at it&#8217;s absolute finest. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&#8220;Same Old Story&#8221;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"We, the Oceanographers - Same Old Story\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Rlunav-j6bM\"><div id=\"lyte_Rlunav-j6bM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Rlunav-j6bM\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">We, the Oceanographers - Same Old Story<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Rlunav-j6bM\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Rlunav-j6bM\/0.jpg\" alt=\"We, the Oceanographers - Same Old Story\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Their official site, with brilliantly entertaining and insightful blog posts and news updates is over at <a href=\"http:\/\/wetheoceanographers.tk\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/wetheoceanographers.tk<\/a>, and you can find the album on <a href=\"https:\/\/wetheoceanographers.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/wetheoceanographers.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drink:<\/strong><br \/>\nLast weekend I found myself in a speakeasy style bar in Paris, ordering an Old Fashioned made with bacon-infused Bourbon. To be fair, you&#8217;d have to, wouldn&#8217;t you?<br \/>\nApparently they&#8217;d robbed the recipe from infamous &#8220;secret&#8221; New York bar, PDT.<br \/>\nIt was so damn good I scoured the internet to find out how to make it, and found this recipe:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/listings\/recipe\/bacon-old-fashioned\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/nymag.com\/listings\/recipe\/bacon-old-fashioned\/<\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got some really nice bacon in the fridge and I suddenly know exactly what I&#8217;m going to do with it. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a simple yet sublime pleasure, and just thinking about it can make you feel a little calmer, a little more content. 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