The Mekons reminded you of Journey? Oh wait, that's not what you said.
Yeah. He's my hero.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Jul 24, 2007 5:51:19 pm PDT #6038 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
bon bon - Jul 24, 2007 5:51:58 pm PDT #6039 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
this close to downloading some Mekons.
Hayden - Jul 24, 2007 6:00:54 pm PDT #6040 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
You want recommendations? Some of their albums can be pretty erratic.
joe boucher - Jul 24, 2007 7:19:08 pm PDT #6041 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
I was downloading the other night. Fear and whiskey kept me going.
Anyway... there's a sequel to Stranded and it's edited by Phil Freeman! Phil was Jazzhermit back in our Table Talk days & contributes to Corwood's emag The High Hat. Phil on today's Soundcheck.
In other news I used this service to get three long out-of-print albums: Air Lore, Henry Threadgill's take on Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton (featuring the great Fred Hopkins), Ornette's Of Human Feelings, Xgau's no. 2 album of the '80s, and the one he said he would have named his top album of the nineties had he bothered to make a list, Guitar Paradise of East Africa. Haven't lived with them long enough to say whether I concur with his assessments. I will say that I dug the Ornette more than most other Ornette I've heard, but my appreciation of Ornette is more theoretical than aural. I like Guitar Paradise but it didn't knock me out like his top album of the eighties, The Indestructible Beat of Soweto -- which is of course an unfair measuring stick. But what did knock me out was the GEMM website! The albums (2 LPs, one CD) ranged from $12-$29--check the prices on all music to see how excellent that is--and even though I chose the cheapest shipping option for each I got all of them within a week: 1 from California in about 3 days, and one from England and another from Greece 3 or 4 days after that! Completely great experience. And no, I'm not getting a kickback.
But I am getting tired. Night all.
Hayden - Jul 24, 2007 7:37:45 pm PDT #6042 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Aw, I love Of Human Feelings. It's funky!
And yeah, I'm happy for Phil for doing Stranded, although I'm disappointed (but not surprised) at how metal-heavy his writers' selections were.
DavidS - Jul 24, 2007 8:59:25 pm PDT #6043 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Phil contributed to LiTG as well. He also got me Tom Waits' publicist's email.
Lots of names I like on that list: Raggett, Reynolds, Tate, Darnielle.
The original Stranded had a big impact on my record collection - mostly Greil's selections at the end. Though I did probably own every album in the original book at one point or another.
Ellen Willis' piece on the VU is still the best thing written about them.
evil jimi - Jul 24, 2007 10:12:50 pm PDT #6044 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Speaking of covers, Emma Thompson shows off her pipes with this '82 medley of Beatles songs (done as a fatuous American TV star). (Plus Stephen Fry and unscruffy Hugh Laurie.)
Don't forget Ben Elton.
Nicklas - Jul 25, 2007 2:50:28 am PDT #6045 of 10003
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
The Mekons reminded you of Journey? Oh wait, that's not what you said.
Well to be fair, now that you say it, Retreat From Memphis does kind of provoke the same "Oh no! Ew!"-feelings as Journey the Band.
Hayden - Jul 25, 2007 6:28:10 am PDT #6046 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Retreat From Memphis does kind of provoke the same "Oh no! Ew!"-feelings as Journey the Band.
ITA. Least-played album in my collection, even less than Pussy, King of Pirates.
joe boucher - Jul 25, 2007 7:17:44 am PDT #6047 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
provoke the same "Oh no! Ew!"-feelings as Journey the Band
Talk about provoking "Oh no! Ew!"-feelings, uppercasing that B spawned the image of a reunion tour from hell with Steve Perry and Neal Schon filling in for Richard Manuel and Rick Danko. I'm still shuddering. And not from the out of control AC. Yuck.