The Sky Is a Landfill
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"The Sky Is a Landfill" is the first track on the posthumous Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
album release by Jeff Buckley
. Two live recordings from performances at the New York's The Knitting Factory and Arlene's Grocery
in 1997 can be found online and feature different lyrics.
Written by Buckley and bandmate Michael Tighe, who he had worked with on "So Real", the track has a different tone to many songs from his début album Grace, taking on a heavier, rocky tone.
Buckley was friends with the American political reporter Al Giordano. Unhappy with what he saw as the decline of journalism in the U.S., Giordano wrote an essay to that effect called "The Medium Is the Middleman", which Buckley adapted into "The Sky Is a Landfill". Shortly after that, Giordano moved to Mexico, where he initiated the series of narco/politico/economic blogs most currently represented by "The Field", http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/.
Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk is a collection of polished studio tracks and four-track demos recorded by Jeff Buckley. Being dissatisfied with material recorded in the summer of 1996 and early in 1997, Buckley worked on many demos to reach the sound he was hoping to achieve...
album release by Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...
. Two live recordings from performances at the New York's The Knitting Factory and Arlene's Grocery
Arlene's Grocery
Arlene's Grocery is a bar and music venue in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. It is located at 95 Stanton Street, and has been a bar/venue since 1996....
in 1997 can be found online and feature different lyrics.
Written by Buckley and bandmate Michael Tighe, who he had worked with on "So Real", the track has a different tone to many songs from his début album Grace, taking on a heavier, rocky tone.
Buckley was friends with the American political reporter Al Giordano. Unhappy with what he saw as the decline of journalism in the U.S., Giordano wrote an essay to that effect called "The Medium Is the Middleman", which Buckley adapted into "The Sky Is a Landfill". Shortly after that, Giordano moved to Mexico, where he initiated the series of narco/politico/economic blogs most currently represented by "The Field", http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/.