October 15, 20187 yr comment_796520 So true -- did you see that Songwriter's Circle with her, Nick Cave, and John Cale? I enjoy how she tries to make it a bit of Storytellers kind of thing. Report
October 17, 20187 yr comment_796643 So the YouTubes went down for an hour or so yesterday and I missed the whole thing. I redid my upstairs audio setup a month or so ago and I haven't done any critical listening with it. Naturally I queued up a couple Biosphere albums. Substrata (1997, but this is the 2017 web release). Cirque (2000 version, I don't have the web re-issue yet.) The former is arguably the greatest ambient album in the world, and the latter is no slouch. Cirque is really, really good. Substrata is ...transcendent. It's unlike anything before or after it. I'm actually not huge on 2002's Shenzhou. It's full of weird classical music samples that get old quickly. That said, iTunes played it next and I bothered to listen to the whole thing. I'll say this, the not-annoying parts of the album are actually quite good and require some effort on the part of the listener to be appreciated. That's not really surprising, given the artist in question. Report
October 18, 20187 yr comment_796704 St. Vincent - MassEducation liked the original and sure liking the stripped-down version Report
October 22, 20187 yr comment_796920 Greta Van Fleet -- Anthem of the Peaceful Army Zepp pastiche or young folks re-engaging with rock, your call. Report
October 22, 20187 yr comment_796938 ^^ Right now, I would say both -- watched a lot of their live stuff over the last week and it confuses me - so I have to minimize browser and just listen. Now, GoGo Penguin... I cannot turn away from these guys... putting out killer jazz.. Report
October 22, 20187 yr Author comment_796950 Messing around with the rig and trying to get up the nerve to change carts on the TT. Report
October 23, 20187 yr comment_796958 Never seen that album Al. I'll have to check it out. I saw that tour when it went through Atlanta. Some serious musical chemistry between King and James Taylor! Report
October 23, 20187 yr comment_797000 On 10/21/2018 at 8:01 PM, Hopstretch said: Greta Van Fleet -- Anthem of the Peaceful Army Zepp pastiche or young folks re-engaging with rock, your call. Pitchfork gave it a 1.6 (out of 10). Now I have to listen out of curiosity! https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/greta-van-fleet-anthem-of-the-peaceful-army/ Edited October 23, 20187 yr by TMoney Report
October 23, 20187 yr comment_797002 https://www.npr.org/2018/10/23/657465033/greta-van-fleet-isnt-just-for-your-led-zeppelin-loving-dad Report
October 24, 20187 yr comment_797018 Robert Plant was impressed Video Their first album is worth a listen too. Report
October 24, 20187 yr comment_797029 6 hours ago, TMoney said: Pitchfork gave it a 1.6 (out of 10). Now I have to listen out of curiosity! https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/greta-van-fleet-anthem-of-the-peaceful-army/ Lol. Well at least they re-rated Remain In Light a 10 to make up for it. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/talking-heads-remain-in-light/ Report
October 25, 20187 yr comment_797097 Pianist Bugge Wesseltoft, bassist Dan Berglund and computer whiz Henrik Schwarz. "Trialogue" Report
October 27, 20187 yr comment_797131 Thelonious Monk - Mønk It's on Tidal, from a live performance in 1963 in Denmark. Pretty swinging Report
October 29, 20187 yr comment_797237 On 10/22/2018 at 4:01 AM, Hopstretch said: Greta Van Fleet -- Anthem of the Peaceful Army Zepp pastiche or young folks re-engaging with rock, your call. I had not had time to listen to this. For a moment I thought I was wrong and that it was a Zepp record. In some cuts, the voice is almost identical to that of Plant. Good discovery. Thank you Report
November 1, 20187 yr comment_797335 Hard though it may be to believe, I used to have Curt Smith's exact hairstyle pictured here. Report
November 2, 20187 yr comment_797420 in hono(u)r of the upcoming midterms Edited November 2, 20187 yr by dsavitsk Report
November 3, 20187 yr comment_797436 An interesting live performance by Chick Corea The last few Corea's outputs made me think of those Picasso's words "As a child I painted like Michelangelo, but it took me all life to draw like a child". Corea always played virtuoso piano, and has evolved through many styles, but it's lately when he, in my opinion, is playing wonderful simple music. Report
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