Have not had much time for listening this week, but it has been a good week for tracking with some of you - have been sampling the Seth Walker (thanks, Kez), the Sergi Felipe (Thanks, BT) and the Smoke Sessions (thanks, Doofy).
Have quite a bit of listening queued - I had a postally staggered birthday that started with the complete Birds of a Feather series from Flaming Pines on 12 x 3" CDs (still waiting for the last 2 to arrive any day now, and for enough time alone with the stereo without family members who don't like ambient experiments as much) and wrapped up with the Thelonious Monk Quartet Complete Columbia Studio Albums box set on CD (working on my family's tolerance for Monk).
Just took a look at the emusic discussion board. My goodness, the level of intelligence and basic humanity there is plumbing new depths. Nothing worth going and looking at, just musically and linguistically illiterate complaints and snark, but...ugh. The birds are better company.
Having trouble deciding how to tag these. They are all individual releases with different artists, but also quite cohesive as a series. But collectively too long for a single various artists album.
@kargatron, the grouping tag would be a wonderful thing if it we're actually relevant to the devices on which I do most of the actual listening, and therefore looking for things. I's great having all those tag fields; I wish the iPod touch would actually make use of them all.
True, can't use them dynamically or for browsing on portables, but you always have the option of creating playlists based on any tags and syncing them, at least.
Some article about the 30th anniversary of Purple Rain mentioned this and Like a Virgin as the other big albums of 1984 so I've put all three in the rotations.
"The Letter" really is a crazy good song. Currently reading a biography of Alex Chilton (which I'm about to mention in the 'reading' thread). It's amazing to think he was 15 and that was the first song he ever recorded.
Doing 1984 made me want to pull out some other decade anniversary things so here's to 1994. Although I didn't listen to this until maybe 2007. I remember Haircut on the radio.
Been playing:
Sentinels of the Multiverse -- a cooperative game in which a group of superheroes work together to defeat a villain. We bought this for our son, who just turned 8 years. It is an absolute blast.
Listening to:
A new Bach Guild offering, this one consisting of early works by Alfred Deller and the Deller Consort. Deller, who revived the art of the countertenor, was among the first to seek to make performances more historically accurate. Of course, the standards were lower back then. Like with other Bach Guild releases, the sound quality is not as detailed, but they suffer little given the intimate arrangements, consisting of duets and vocal ensembles. There's a lot to love for someone interested in traditional English music.
@various, yes, I could make a playlist with the monitor inconvenience of overcoming my aversion to multiplying playlists. It feels a little like cheating, like accommodating some new library acquisitions by making a second little catalog just for them. But that is entirely my idiosyncrasy. At least playlists have started showing on my iPod touch again - for a while the music would transfer but if I actually tried browsing the playlists they would show empty on the iPod touch.
@Doofy, yes, the artwork is delightful. My first order was held up because the label head had to wait for the right inks to come in. Each one is numbered in a series of 100. Way more fun than big label stuff.
NP: Bill Jennings & Jack McDuff - Legends of Acid Jazz: Glide On.
(Based on what the internet tells me acid jazz means, I have no clue what this has to do with acid jazz. It's great music though.)
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Available free somewhere.
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Have quite a bit of listening queued - I had a postally staggered birthday that started with the complete Birds of a Feather series from Flaming Pines on 12 x 3" CDs (still waiting for the last 2 to arrive any day now, and for enough time alone with the stereo without family members who don't like ambient experiments as much) and wrapped up with the Thelonious Monk Quartet Complete Columbia Studio Albums box set on CD (working on my family's tolerance for Monk).
Nils-Petter Molvaer - Switch
This does not seem to be released in the US, but the Soundcloud album preview sounds very tasty.
Birds of a Feather
Just took a look at the emusic discussion board. My goodness, the level of intelligence and basic humanity there is plumbing new depths. Nothing worth going and looking at, just musically and linguistically illiterate complaints and snark, but...ugh. The birds are better company.
Having trouble deciding how to tag these. They are all individual releases with different artists, but also quite cohesive as a series. But collectively too long for a single various artists album.
All due respect to the "Only Band That Matters" thread, what a band, what an album
I'd tag them like a box set.
Some article about the 30th anniversary of Purple Rain mentioned this and Like a Virgin as the other big albums of 1984 so I've put all three in the rotations.
The Box Tops - The Letter/Neon Rainbow
"The Letter" really is a crazy good song. Currently reading a biography of Alex Chilton (which I'm about to mention in the 'reading' thread). It's amazing to think he was 15 and that was the first song he ever recorded.
Craig
Ongoing Shostakovich course. Actually wouldn't mind attending a lecture or two for some historical context
Prof, why not just drag them all into one big playlist? Those cover paintings are great.
Curious about the new one, but I don't have it, so I'll listen too this.
My son's recommendation, based on what he'd heard on my podcasts.
Craig
Doing 1984 made me want to pull out some other decade anniversary things so here's to 1994. Although I didn't listen to this until maybe 2007. I remember Haircut on the radio.
First:
Then:
Now:
Craig
Sentinels of the Multiverse -- a cooperative game in which a group of superheroes work together to defeat a villain. We bought this for our son, who just turned 8 years. It is an absolute blast.
Listening to:
A new Bach Guild offering, this one consisting of early works by Alfred Deller and the Deller Consort. Deller, who revived the art of the countertenor, was among the first to seek to make performances more historically accurate. Of course, the standards were lower back then. Like with other Bach Guild releases, the sound quality is not as detailed, but they suffer little given the intimate arrangements, consisting of duets and vocal ensembles. There's a lot to love for someone interested in traditional English music.
Currently 99 cents.
That li'l box looks good BT; I noticed when I clicked through that there was $.99 St. Matthew Passion little box too.
Another from 1984 and in honor of Craig.
@Doofy, yes, the artwork is delightful. My first order was held up because the label head had to wait for the right inks to come in. Each one is numbered in a series of 100. Way more fun than big label stuff.
NP: Bill Jennings & Jack McDuff - Legends of Acid Jazz: Glide On.
(Based on what the internet tells me acid jazz means, I have no clue what this has to do with acid jazz. It's great music though.)