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CM
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Jun 08, 06:38 AMFinal YouTube Concert! -
Jun 03, 11:06 AMYouTube Concert - "In the Air Tonight"Before we get to the YouTube Concert, a bit of housekeeping:
My summer schedule (June 1-August 1) is a little different this year. This is because I am:
--In the circus
--On a mountain
--Teaching French in Korea
--Teaching Korean in France
--Asleep
--Working in a coal mine
--In the lab, with a pen and a pad
At least one of those is true. Anyway, just a heads-up: there will be plenty of blogging over the next two months, but the posting will be a little less structured.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The lesson, as always: check back early and often. Or just subscribe (right sidebar).</span>
Then, once August hits, we'll be back to a more rigid publishing schedule.
Okay, here's a new song. Also check back Friday for the final YouTube Concert. Til then...
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tU5h1JZah0"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"In the Air Tonight"</span></a>
***Lyrics available on the YouTube page, just <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tU5h1JZah0">click the link</a>
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Enjoy!
CM -
Jun 03, 11:05 AMYouTube Concert - "In the Air Tonight"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZpLNEaj56Qk/SiXgMOwCmcI/AAAAAAAAAQY/SDiG0Qr8vh4/s1600-h/The+River.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZpLNEaj56Qk/SiXgMOwCmcI/AAAAAAAAAQY/SDiG0Qr8vh4/s320/The+River.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342923033667606978" border="0" /></a>Before we get to the YouTube Concert, a bit of housekeeping:
My summer schedule (June 1-August 1) is a little different this year. This is because I am:
--In the circus
--On a mountain
--Teaching French in Korea
--Teaching Korean in France
--Asleep
--Working in a coal mine
--In the lab, with a pen and a pad
At least one of those is true. Anyway, just a heads-up: there will be plenty of blogging over the next two months, but the posting will be a little less structured.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The lesson, as always: check back early and often. Or just subscribe (right sidebar).</span>
Then, once August hits, we'll be back to a more rigid publishing schedule.
Okay, here's a new song. Also check back Friday for the final YouTube Concert. Til then...
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tU5h1JZah0"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"In the Air Tonight"</span></a>
***Lyrics available on the YouTube page, just <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tU5h1JZah0">click the link</a>
<object height="265" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1tU5h1JZah0&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1tU5h1JZah0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="265" width="320"></embed></object>
Enjoy!
CM -
Jun 01, 08:21 AMSongs for June!Want thirty (plus one) songs for the summertime?
Hop on over to the Official Milam Blog and check out my June playlist...
Songs for June! [http://chrismilam.blogspot.com/2009/06/songs-for-june.html
...And the livin's easy,
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May 27, 09:18 AMNew Video Up - "Let Your Heart Do the Talking"Today's YouTube Concert is a special treat.
Back in the late 1970's and early 1980's, I was part of a traveling folk group called the Original Milam Extended Family Band. We played mostly "old-timey" music, which is to say we were purists for the "old-timey" forms and "old-timey" traditions. We played original versions of unoriginal songs. We had a string of minor hits in 1979 and the #3 Americana smash "Velcro (What Kinda Boots Are Those, Lady)."
As you might recall, our band broke up in 1982 for many reasons, including but not limited to:
--Multiple marriages
--Codeine
--The 1982 Preakness
--Above ground swimming pools
--Jimmy Carter
Nearly thirty years later, the surviving members of the Original Milam Extended Family Band have (mostly) buried the hatchet. We even got together just yesterday to sing a new song, just like the old songs. And that's today's YouTube Concert.
Enjoy!
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuOhGL_OpiM"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Let Your Heart Do the Talking"</span></a>
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More tomorrow!
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May 26, 09:09 AM"Tin Angel" Live Video!...And we're back, Bloggeroos!
Thanks for your patience. I heard a rumor that, in my semi-absence last week, you found another blogger. One who says the right things. One who can commit. One who met your parents and blogged about them afterward. Is he Christian? Do his pants fit? Have you picked out blog-baby names?
Either way, I'm happy for you. And yet here you are. Maybe what we have is special. Maybe nobody's gotstaknowaboutit.
Maybe everyone does?
So here's the Blog Rundown for the next week of so...book it!
Today - YouTube Concert
Wednesday - YouTube Concert
Thursday - Fan of the Month
Friday - YouTube Concert
Monday, June 1 - YouTube Concert
Wednesday, June 3 - Songs for June
Friday, June 5 - The FINAL YouTube Concert (until I decide to do some more)
So, let's get it going. Here's a live performance of "Tin Angel," the title track off the last record [http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=289298335&s=143441. This was shot here in Nashville at a benefit concert, and it features the heavenly, dulcet tones of Moriah Harris [http://www.myspace.com/moriahharris. Miss Harris sings with me on the record, and I was lucky enough to sing alongside her "Tin Angel" this particular night.
I've said it before and I've said it again:
Holycrap, Moriah Harris's voice is heartbreaking and haunting and ethereal and gorgeous and addicting and if somehow it contained barbeque ribs it would be everygoodthingontheplanet. Go to her Myspace [http://www.myspace.com/moriahharris. Right now. Go. Do it. Immediately. I won't tell you twice. Okay, I already have. I'll tell you twice-hundred if I have to. Just go.
***If you like the song and haven't done so already, please hop on over to iTunes [http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=289298335&s=143441 and get yo'self the song! Or the whole dern record! Or both records! Or a controlling share of my stock!
Here's "Tin Angel," live in Nashville [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Qy8xCmHJ0!
More manana,
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May 17, 08:38 PMAnother New Song Up!After Friday's post, you don't even know who's typing here anymore, do you?
Me either.
Whoever it is dropped off another YouTube Concert. This is a new song called "She's Alright." There will be another live video up on Wednesday, so mark your calendar. Twice.
Meantime, here tis:
"She's Alright"
More soon!
CM
P.S. Question of the Day: Anyone seen any of $5 Cover yet [http://www.mtv.com/fivedollarcover/? If so, thoughts? -
May 15, 08:22 AMAn Interview...With MyselfHey hey everyone!
I've got a special post over at the Milam Blog [http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vY2hyaXNtaWxhbS5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb20]. I recently interviewed myself. Fistfights ensued. Turns out I'm difficult. Check it out!
Milam Interviews Milam [http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vY2hyaXNtaWxhbS5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb20vMjAwOS8wNS9tYW4tbXl0aC1hbmQtaGVhZGxvbmctcmV0cmVhdC5odG1s
See ya next week!
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May 13, 10:03 AMNew YouTube Concert - "Coldweather Girls"Hey hey, and we're back again with another YouTube Concert!
Today's song is called "Coldweather Girls [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOrQbBZnCM." It's brand new and unreleased, so enjoy the interweb premier!
I'll be traveling a bit in the next few weeks, so stay tuned for more YouTube Concerts and a few new posts, including a very special celebrity interview (I did one of these in the past [http://chrismilam.blogspot.com/search/label/Fictitious%20Interview) and the upcoming Fan of the Month.
***One more note: I'll be playing in Arkansas tomorrow. Here's the rundown:
Thursday, May 14
Hendrix College event at Michelangelo's, downtown
4-6PM
Open to the public
FREE!
Should be nice weather and a nice two hour acoustic set. I'm looking forward to it!
Til then: "Coldweather Girls [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOrQbBZnCM" (lyrics available on the YouTube page [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOrQbBZnCM):
Around the bend,
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May 11, 10:06 AMNew Song on YouTube!Ever been so infatuated that one phone conversation makes you want to run naked in the street, hug an enemy, swear off caffeine, scale Kilimanjaro, shoot a gun, learn French, and generally act like a seventh grader on speed? We may get older, we may be wiser, but may we never lose the ability to love like a seventh grader.
In that spirit, here's the latest of YouTube Concert: "Up." There will be another video on Wednesday, too, so check back for that. For now, run naked, climb a mountain, reach out, touch someone, and enjoy "Up"!
Chris Milam "Up"
Be sure to subscribe to the YouTube Channel so you know whenever I post a new video.
More soon!
CM
