Random Music Thoughts

[axolotl]

Jazz icon’s son, bandmate Charles McPherson talk ahead of UC Irvine event – Press Telegram - California News Times

When Eric Mingus was a boy in the 1970s, his father Charles Mingus took his family from his home in New York to visit Los Angeles, where the legendary jazz musician and composer spent the first half of his life. “It was definitely very influential,” says Eric Mingus about Los Angeles’ role in...

californianewstimes.com

A few years before his death, the neurological disorder ALS, also known as Lugeric’s disease, slowly acquired the ability to play musical instruments.

I wonder what they meant to say. I probably should have cited to the article from the OC Register, but their paywall is aggressive.

 

[Nickyboy]

Jazz icon’s son, bandmate Charles McPherson talk ahead of UC Irvine event – Press Telegram - California News Times

When Eric Mingus was a boy in the 1970s, his father Charles Mingus took his family from his home in New York to visit Los Angeles, where the legendary jazz musician and composer spent the first half of his life. “It was definitely very influential,” says Eric Mingus about Los Angeles’ role in...

californianewstimes.com

I wonder what they meant to say. I probably should have cited to the article from the OC Register, but their paywall is aggressive.

Little known fact: Lugeric's disease was identified by doctor Al Cimers from the Mayo Clinic.

 

[axolotl]

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Is Old Music Killing New Music?

Old songs now represent 70 percent of the U.S. music market. Even worse: The new-music market is actually shrinking.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

You Should Listen to CDs

If vinyl is for hipsters and streaming is for everyone else, maybe the forgotten format is for you.

www.wired.com

If this article didn't exist, the universe would soon create it.

 

[axolotl]

You Should Listen to CDs

If vinyl is for hipsters and streaming is for everyone else, maybe the forgotten format is for you.

www.wired.com

If this article didn't exist, the universe would soon create it.

Note that I’m not predicting that CDs are poised for a comeback. To the contrary, the final pillar of my argument depends on that not being the case. Perhaps the best thing about CDs is that they have gotten ridiculously affordable. Thank you, supply and demand. At the used music stores where I live, almost all the CDs are $5 or less. Even new CDs are far cheaper than they were two decades ago. You could pay $35 to own the new Adele album on vinyl—or $9.97 to have it on CD, with money left over to buy two or three more albums.

Damn, Dude, our secret is out.

So let the masses stay hooked on streaming while the hipsters spin their overpriced records. The CD is dead; long live the CD.

Hell, yeah!

Also, hipsters, get a clue. Spin the cheaper records.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Sony Music Buys Bob Dylan’s Recorded Music (Published 2022)

The transaction for Dylan’s albums was made in July, about seven months after he made another deal — with Sony’s rival Universal Music — for his songwriting copyrights.

www.nytimes.com

 

[axolotl]

Sony Music Buys Bob Dylan’s Recorded Music (Published 2022)

The transaction for Dylan’s albums was made in July, about seven months after he made another deal — with Sony’s rival Universal Music — for his songwriting copyrights.

www.nytimes.com

Bob sold out?

This seals it. I never trusted him after he went electric in Newport.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Bob sold out?

This seals it. I never trusted him after he went electric in Newport.

He doesn't need the money, he just wants to make sure it's done right (by him) instead of his estate.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Damon Albarn Came for Taylor Swift and Deeply Embarrassed Himself—Twice

The Blur and Gorillaz frontman tried to walk back his comments on Monday dismissing Taylor Swift’s songwriting by... blaming the media. How Trumpian.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Steve Vai Postponed Tour Due to ‘Stupid’ Pizza-Making Injury

Guitarist Steve Vai revealed the really stupid injury he suffered while making pizza which forced him to postpone his tour in January 2022.

ultimateclassicrock.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Bandcamp Fridays in 2023

daily.bandcamp.com

 

[axolotl]

David Bazan Lets Go of Grief on Pedro the Lion’s Surprise Trip to Havasu

A few weeks ago, David Bazan surprise-released a new Pedro the Lion album titled 'Havasu.' It's second in a five-part series

www.spin.com

 

[Nickyboy]

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

^
Some worthy folk (I actually though Eminem was in already)
I still don't know why they don't even put Iron Maiden, Jethro Tull, or The Smiths on the original list anymore - they might not get the "fan vote" but they deserve to be listed

 

[axolotl]

Welp, at least we can all agree on Mahler. Amirite?

The 50 best Mahler albums

A beginner's guide to the 50 greatest Mahler recordings, featuring extracts from the original Gramophone reviews

www.gramophone.co.uk

 

[Nickyboy]

Welp, at least we can all agree on Mahler. Amirite?

The 50 best Mahler albums

A beginner's guide to the 50 greatest Mahler recordings, featuring extracts from the original Gramophone reviews

www.gramophone.co.uk

I have two egg cups made by his wife, Alma.

 

[axolotl]

I have two egg cups made by his wife, Alma.

How did you acquire them? Were they passed down to you?

 

[Nickyboy]

How did you acquire them? Were they passed down to you?

Yes. As I recall, they were a gift to my father when we lived in Berlin.

edit: That's what I was told, but in doing a quick Google search, they were more likely made by Gustav and Alma's daughter, Anna, who worked in ceramics.

 

[Nickyboy]

Today is "the day the music died". February 3, 1959. Rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson are killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on a flight headed for Moorhead, Minnesota.