TimMason
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Which Neil Young? Go for 'After the Goldrush' just to annoy 60s haters out there - and it's the one I can sing all the songs to? 'Zuma', for Dangerbird and Cortez the Killer? 'American Stars and Bars'? Maybe it'll have to be "Tonight's the Night" ..…
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@ brittleblood - I missed the 80s ... & the 90s too
@ thristyear - Did you ever get teh chance to see the Beat? Great band live. Dr. John is always welcome.
@ Katrina - Steely Dan still get played, as does Blood on the Tr…Steve Miller is a perfect example of a purveyor of music for *now*. He made a lot of singles that were good to hear on a summer's jukebox for a season, and could then disappear. For me, a lot of music works that way: I put the Beatles, the Beach Boy…I was thinking about this. I've already made a pitch for Bitch's Brew and for Sandinista!, but I'll throw Richard Thompson's 'Amnesia' into the pot. I'd been bowled over by Fairport Convention from the start (lucky enough to hear them before they'…Feathers have been badly ruffled. It will take a time for us birds to get our plumage back into prime condition, and you will hear the odd outbreak of cawing and whistling while we're going about it. Take no notice; follow the trail you came looking…I think it was '68 remarked that the internet allows you to express yourself in ways that you can't do in everyday life. That's true, but it isn't always a boon. If you allow yourself to become entrapped in an internet persona that springs from psyc…Listening to a record too many times is a bad thing? Sounds to me as if you want to taste that first kiss over and over again. Aah, but you'll never be eight years old again, and she's grown fat and you've gone bald, the once lean and nimble limbs d…As one of the reviewers says, it's not all harpsichord music: you get some orchestral works and some Bach cantatas thrown in. He says that the Goldbergs have been remastered, and that is probably a good thing: I have found that some of Leonhardt's r…From eMu :
three volumes of the Podger/Cooper recordings of Mozart's Sonatas for piano & violin (excellent)***
Treasures of Tudor England , by The Sixteen - more excellence***
The Threepenny Opera by the Orchestra of Vien…Daughters. Gave mine an eMu subscription about two years ago for a birthday present. Sizzling email from the sizzling South - what you want to give me a crappy present like thaaat for? There's no Fiona Aaaaaple!!!!!!!
My daughter's…(Quote)
Even Homer nods.
I'm surprised by what holds up. Just downloaded "Wake of the Flood" down from Amazon, and it gave us part of a wonderful evening.
Many years ago (hi frogkopf) I was at one of the best rock c…... here's an invitation from an old fart brit hippy lady for youCraig
I'm not sure that you'd want to listen to either Barber or Donnegan now. Chris Barber is a trombonist who has his own band, playing mainly New Orleans jazz, which was very po…Draw up two columns. In this one - call it the patriline - you can place Artie Shaw and Eartha Kitt. In the other - the matriline - Bach, Haydn, Mozart (in her later years, the yearly visits to Glyndebourne).
Now draw a hand wiping all o…Late 70s, Radio London did a regular programme where they invited visiting rock stars to bring along their own records. One week it was Becker and Fagen. we tuned in - some records were played, but you could hear the tension in the studio. Turned ou…JUJ
For my own blog, I just took the basic WordPress theme and started typing. On the Black Hole blog, we've had three different themes in ten days, and one or another of us will probably change it again soon: it takes about a minute to …Take your loss with dignity and a straw hat.The way I used to construct my collection (prior to eMu) was to follow links. If a musician interests you, see who s/he plays with. Since the early 70s, people have been crossing barriers, and I don't think you can really talk about jazz any more: t…JUJ, if I may - one thing you could do is move over to Wordpress, sign up for a free blog. It's the programme that thom is using (although not on the WordPress site), it's the one I in Amie Street Comment by TimMason July 20095. He will suck up your minds until you can think of nothing else. He will suck up the internets until they speak of nothing else. He is the PsychoPump. Schloooop! Ahhhhhhh!Zabriskie Point. Can hardly remember the film - unlike Blow Up, which sticks in the mind - but the movie gave me these guys* and in music + movies Comment by TimMason July 2009