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Copland: Our Town Suite, The Red Pony Suite & El Salón México by Aaron Copland (1988) https://album.link/kjqzqbb7js4mt Example: Finally getting back to finish off the trio of CBS Masterworks: Copland v Copland... Like the others, just lovely, maybe not the most audiophile of the recordings out there, but super lush and the performance is unquestionably good. I may poke around a little bit more for other recordings, I have a few others in my queue (Bernstein, MTT, Marriner), but I feel that in the future, I will probably just come back to these.

ew... {begin rant} Well you were right. I didn't have the stomach to watch past a few minutes. As soon as I heard 'Physics Establishment' I knew that it was Crackpot time and I was done. I am sorry I gave it that much time, they probably got credit for a view. I at least was able to give it a thumbs down. There are several vids by Angela Collier about Crackpots - and they are scary people that are mad.... I like Sean Carroll - I read his pop physics books back in the day: From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime I would rather read papers than books aimed for public consumption now. But Sean is a well respected in the industry with over a hundred published research papers. He falls in the camp of Brian Greene for me as a science educator. In some ways I hate that he did this. It raises the status of 'people that yell' that their theory is worthy of debate. {end rant} Back to working on my theory of everything that they cannot handle....

Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works by Yuja Wang (2025) https://album.link/cw0v6b3mzztxf Example: Up to all the standards that one would expect.

Sonny Meets Hawk! by Sonny Rollins (1963) https://album.link/s94wfwvvrgh6z Example: Sonny, Hawk. Hawk, Sonny. Nice to meet you. Good colab. They play with themes and sounds back and forth the entire album. With some experimental things going on as well.

Cheers - happy birthday

Search For The New Land by Lee Morgan (1966) https://album.link/qkcjcfrch3whp Example: Opening with this 16 minute monster, Lee had something to say in '66. With Wayne, Herbie and the boys, just a stellar set. {RVG of course}

50yo Nils Lofgren by Nils Lofgren Band (1975) https://album.link/tfvx4chsvnb0g Example: Some good playing, the songs are okay to me.

^hmmm how would it work with a loaf.... Today's bake, happy with the oven spring this time. Simple country loaf with a bit of oat flower flour added. 36 hour fermentation process wild yeast bread.

concrete!

Because of ^^ ARBORESQUE by Artemis (2025) https://album.link/43rqkf2zqcx6s Example: They deliver the goods, and being on Blue Note does not hurt at all. This will be in rotation for a bit.

Thankful by Natalie Cole (1977) https://album.link/wmxqjwcnt0mcj Example: I didn't know this part of her career. I found her in the late 80s and listened to the late 90s. I have missed a lot. Amazing release in the middle of disco area that is so full of soul and great production.

I seem to be on KEXP algorithm now. Intense looping, but I like it.

People were naysaying Wing ... So he dropped this: DnB!

Cheers Sir Brent... And I was just thinking about you today to get together for a beverage. Happy Birthday! Ooh hey - I added a spoiler - intriguing .. no?

Oops.. Happy belated birthday Rob! cheers..

Even In Arcadia by Sleep Token (2025) https://album.link/wrrmhmkp0rqpq Example: Second listen through this album, before I go back to Copland. It is a good album. But listening to the album, which is what I do, it does become a bit samey for me. Any individual song hits pretty hard. But song after song they seem formulaic. Start slow, with some soft vocals, transition into some rapping and harder bits, then head into the screaming section and then break it back down before the end. Works great for one track, but not as an album for me. Production and playing is still great.

{also a reminder that the February release - ARBORESQUE - is still in my queue}

Day two: Copland: Appalachian Spring, Lincoln Portrait & Billy the Kid Suite by Henry Fonda, London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland (1988) https://album.link/5msv0g08sjqc2 Example: A recording that I know very well. Bought it during the Columbia House days, and played it a lot. But has been many a year. A touch ironic that these recordings were all with the LSO. What's wrong with the 'merikan bands Aaron? I don't blame him, the LSO sounds wonderful on these recordings. These pressings were good not great in the 80s, but it is good to hear that the recordings are great.

Copland Conducts Copland - Expanded Edition (Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Old American Songs (Complete), Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes) by Aaron Copland (1988) https://open.qobuz.com/album/0884977763522 (just qobuz) Example: I was thinking the other day, that I have not been listening to enough Copland (no not Cop Land). I have always liked his work and have many recordings, but I don't have my system setup right now. So I loaded up my queue and started listening.

Simple Sunday bake. Not as much oven spring as I would have wished for but it should eat.

Uummm winner!

Ah that is why when I pushed play yesterday on my PC that the music started playing on my phone... I was very confused. So not a bug but a feature! thx

^^ this - way different than the album cover would leave me to believe. Also different based on the merkin album cover. Anyway... - earlier - ABBA by ABBA (1975) https://album.link/fptvwf6qp87bb Example: 50yo release. Wanting to celebrate a past Eurovision winners. And test out the new satellite service for music streaming.

Since they seem to just be speakers in glasses - the person sitting right next to you will benefit as well. win-win