@ WBOS EarthFest (Boston MA) – May 26, 2007.
photo by Brian Silverstein / SilverShots.com [used w/o permission]

Oi she’s still around huh? Cooool!! I discovered her on download.com’s music section a couple of yrs back — she’s probably the featured artist that week. However, Stronger and such were available from download.com way back in 2004, so where’s the new music? And why they hell every other musician has to go to iTunes to sell their music? Pretty sucky, eh? Oh well, if u like acoustic folkish stuff, u might as well like her. Adios!!

UPDATE (2006-12-18): The above linked song, Stronger, is a different version than the one I initially downloaded from here a couple of years back. That one was an all-acoustic song. The new remixed version, available in her latest EP that you can also download from her Web site, is just another mainstream-sounding crap. It’s a pity how the producers make a mess in order to appeal to the mainstream culture. So, what was lost in the procedure is her passionate voice that made me a fan initially. Unfortunately, the acoustic demo version of Stronger — my Mieka Pauley favorite — has been taken offline from download.com too. I mean alright she has to make a living by selling her music in places like iTunes, but thats no excuse to compromise just so she’s more widely accepted by ditching the ones who loved her music initially.

Update (2007/07/29): The previously linked photo was removed from the Mieka’s Web site, so linked a new one here.   

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