Random Music Thoughts

[Unsomnambulist]

How Bassist Paz Lenchantin Went From Teenage Pixies Fan to Member of the Band

She also looks back on her early years as a member of both Zwan and A Perfect Circle, and the rare coloring book she still hopes to get back from Billy Corgan

www.rollingstone.com

This was an incredible interview.

 

[Ojai Sam]

October 1963. Sounds like Brian Wilson was beginning to assert more autonomy. Venet had signed the group to the label.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

 

[axolotl]

^ Dammit, Amadeus!

 

[Nickyboy]

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That's a choral piece. He transcribed all of the vocal parts in addition to the music? Wow.

 

[axolotl]

That's a choral piece. He transcribed all of the vocal parts in addition to the music? Wow.

Well, with all due respect, he listened to it twice, to get all the parts right.

This is rumored to be the piece. There is some issue as to the whole Mozart story within the comments.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

After years on Apple Music, back on Spotify - Apple has come a long way but interface and playlists on Spotify still much better.

After years of album oriented listening including the recent Mojo series, my goals for next year is deemphasizing album listening and delving more into singles/playlists sometimes jumping around among an artist's catalog, sometimes a certain era/year. Doesn't mean I won't break out Born to Run or Ziggy Stardust occasionally - just deciding to take a different emphasis.

Still gonna finish the Mojo series, but definitely have been motoring on it to see how much I can spin before year's end (yikes plus Christmas music!)

 

[axolotl]

The Best Jazz on Bandcamp: November 2022

Our guide to the month’s crucial jazz LPs.

daily.bandcamp.com

Listening to this, this morning.

 

[Ojai Sam]

William Shatner named his 10 favourite albums of all time

Essential Listening.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

“To boldly go where no man has gone before!”

Um, no.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Jazzy 'Charlie Brown Christmas' swings on after 57 years

The show has become a holiday tradition from its first airing in 1965, with the music performed by Vince Guaraldi's piano-led jazz trio even more so.

www.wptv.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Hymns of the Republic

Summer 1959. The concert under the stars in the Wellfleet, Massachusetts, town parking lot was over. Pete Seeger was packing up his banjo as I approached him gingerlyI was 6 years old. I stuck out the notepad I'd been careful to bring. "Can I have your autograph?" Towering over me, six-three to...

www.stereophile.com

 

[Nickyboy]

Hymns of the Republic

Summer 1959. The concert under the stars in the Wellfleet, Massachusetts, town parking lot was over. Pete Seeger was packing up his banjo as I approached him gingerlyI was 6 years old. I stuck out the notepad I'd been careful to bring. "Can I have your autograph?" Towering over me, six-three to...

www.stereophile.com

1. We had one Pete Seeger album when I was growing up and we played it until the grooves almost wore out.
2. A friend who lives near us was at the NFF when Dylan went electric. She says they were all shocked by it.

 

[Nickyboy]

Glen Miller is still missing.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Glen Miller is still missing.

Along with his second “n”.

 

[axolotl]

Along with his second “n”.

Did I reed that right?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Bob Dylan says that streaming has made music 'too smooth and painless' and people are now 'pill poppers, cube heads and day trippers'

Bob Dylan gave a wide-ranging interview to The Wall Street Journal in which he also compared technology to "sorcery."

www.businessinsider.com

Bob has started to express himself like Captain Beefheart.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Father Yod and the Music of Ya Ho Wa 13

Father Yod: the 1970s cult leader whose wild psychedelia was more suited to Disneyland than dive bars

In the 1970s, no one knew what to do with the Ya Ho Wha 13, formed by a colourful spiritual figure and his followers, but today they count Thurston Moore and Rick Rubin as fans

www.theguardian.com

Strange days indeed
But their improvisational music is available now for those interested

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Spoiler: NSFW

 

[axolotl]

 

[Nickyboy]

Glad I took classical and jazz improv flute lessons for 10 years.