Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2001)
What Are You Listening To? May 2022
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The Clarke/Duke Project - 3 (1990)
Stanley Turrentine - The Spoiler (1967)
Great set of songs by a great band, including McCoy Tyner, Pepper Adams and Blue Mitchell.
The first track, "The Magilla" HAS to be the inspiration for one of the theme songs for The Price Is Right! (or has someone here told me that before?)
Great set of songs by a great band, including McCoy Tyner, Pepper Adams and Blue Mitchell.
The first track, "The Magilla" HAS to be the inspiration for one of the theme songs for The Price Is Right! (or has someone here told me that before?)
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axolotl
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Last night's fare:
Sub.bionic ~ You I Luv/// (2002)
Ralph Vaughan Williams ~ Sinfonia Antartica (1985)
If you weren't already aware that Sinfonia Antartica was RVW's Seventh Symphony, you would not find out without reading deeply into the booklet that came with it. This music is stunning in its use of instrumental sonorities. Everyone should hear the Third Movement Landscape: Lento.
While I had heard the 'London' Symphony and the 'Sea' Symphony (in my early twenties) before this one, this work catalyzed my thought that Vaughan Williams was a first-class composer. I think I like Adrian Boult's version slightly better, but don't take my word for it.
Immortel grégorien no. 2: Voyages dans l'année grégorienne (1988)
Sub.bionic ~ You I Luv/// (2002)
Ralph Vaughan Williams ~ Sinfonia Antartica (1985)
If you weren't already aware that Sinfonia Antartica was RVW's Seventh Symphony, you would not find out without reading deeply into the booklet that came with it. This music is stunning in its use of instrumental sonorities. Everyone should hear the Third Movement Landscape: Lento.
While I had heard the 'London' Symphony and the 'Sea' Symphony (in my early twenties) before this one, this work catalyzed my thought that Vaughan Williams was a first-class composer. I think I like Adrian Boult's version slightly better, but don't take my word for it.
Immortel grégorien no. 2: Voyages dans l'année grégorienne (1988)
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Looks pretty chill!Ralph Vaughan Williams ~ Sinfonia Antartica (1985)
If you weren't already aware that Sinfonia Antartica was RVW's Seventh Symphony, you would not find out without reading deeply into the booklet that came with it. This music is stunning in its use of instrumental sonorities. Everyone should hear the Third Movement Landscape: Lento.
axolotl
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There's a moment in the third movement that slams one into the deep-freeze.Looks pretty chill!
It is unlike anything I have ever heard in all symphonic music.
P. S. I would not wear headphones at a high volume.
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Ira Wallach - How To Pick A Wedlock (Vanguard 1956)
Vinyl Rip Of The Day.
Among my many ongoing listening projects is the 9000 "Theatre Showcase" series on Vanguard Records. This album (catalogue #9005) was highly elusive but after years of search, it turned up recently on eBay. It proved to be a hilarious comedy album written by Ira Wallach, aided by the considerable comic skills of Kaye Ballard who later appeared regularly on Broadway and TV. The focus is on dating and marriage, from the perspective of outlandish pseudo-academic studies. It's a lot funnier than it sounds, trust me.
Wallach himself turned out literary parodies, as well as scripts for Hollywood and Broadway. His fascinating life story is told here:
neglectedbooks.com
Given today's sensitivities, don't look for this album to be re-released any time soon. But here's a sample of Wallach's loopy humor from one of his books:
Walter Hampden told this to Eddie Cantor when they were visiting Eleonora Duse at George Bernard Shaw’s house shortly after they had all been guests of the Prince of Wales at the Ascot Races. Seems the late Czar of Russia once met a familiar figure walking down the streets of Moscow. Seizing him by the shoulders, the Czar exclaimed, “Rasputin, how you’ve changed! You used to be tall. Now you’re short. You used to have a beard. Now you’re clean-shaven. You used to be stoop-shouldered. Now you stand erect.”
The Czar’s friend stopped him. “Your Majesty,” he said, “my name’s not Rasputin. It’s Kerensky.”
“Oho!” cried the Czar. “So you’ve changed your name, too!”
Vinyl Rip Of The Day.
Among my many ongoing listening projects is the 9000 "Theatre Showcase" series on Vanguard Records. This album (catalogue #9005) was highly elusive but after years of search, it turned up recently on eBay. It proved to be a hilarious comedy album written by Ira Wallach, aided by the considerable comic skills of Kaye Ballard who later appeared regularly on Broadway and TV. The focus is on dating and marriage, from the perspective of outlandish pseudo-academic studies. It's a lot funnier than it sounds, trust me.
Wallach himself turned out literary parodies, as well as scripts for Hollywood and Broadway. His fascinating life story is told here:
Ira Wallach, parodist - The Neglected Books Page
Humor is a bit like wine: a lot of it doesn’t age well, and depending on your taste, it might not even young well. And unlike other forms of literature, for which there’s a chance ... Read more
neglectedbooks.com
Given today's sensitivities, don't look for this album to be re-released any time soon. But here's a sample of Wallach's loopy humor from one of his books:
Walter Hampden told this to Eddie Cantor when they were visiting Eleonora Duse at George Bernard Shaw’s house shortly after they had all been guests of the Prince of Wales at the Ascot Races. Seems the late Czar of Russia once met a familiar figure walking down the streets of Moscow. Seizing him by the shoulders, the Czar exclaimed, “Rasputin, how you’ve changed! You used to be tall. Now you’re short. You used to have a beard. Now you’re clean-shaven. You used to be stoop-shouldered. Now you stand erect.”
The Czar’s friend stopped him. “Your Majesty,” he said, “my name’s not Rasputin. It’s Kerensky.”
“Oho!” cried the Czar. “So you’ve changed your name, too!”
The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack (1970)
Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose (1999)
Woody Shaw - Little Red's Fantasy (1978)
Zeeba Neighba
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Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues
Zeeba Neighba
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The Voice of Frank Sinatra (2003 release/bonus tracks) (1946)
axolotl
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Out West! Tone Poems of the American West (1992)
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Ferde Grofé, Aaron Copland • Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz - Out West! - Tone Poems Of The American West
Classical Album US 1992 on Delos label
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Hank Williams - Gold (2 CDs)
Unsomnambulist
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Helms Alee - Keep This Be The Way (2022)
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (1975)
New Jersey's finest always came 20%hot-80%lukewarm to me. I loved some of his hits, and ... didn't hate the rest. Listening to this now, I'm head-bobbin' and toe-tappin' and enjoying the heck out of it. Not just that, but listening now, this feels a lot more like it fits into the mid-70s Rock/Pop scene that I ever realized before - for instance, Thunder Road (and a lot of the heavy piano backing) sounds like it was written by Billy Joel's Fonzi-like troublemaking classmate. Better late than never, huh?
New Jersey's finest always came 20%hot-80%lukewarm to me. I loved some of his hits, and ... didn't hate the rest. Listening to this now, I'm head-bobbin' and toe-tappin' and enjoying the heck out of it. Not just that, but listening now, this feels a lot more like it fits into the mid-70s Rock/Pop scene that I ever realized before - for instance, Thunder Road (and a lot of the heavy piano backing) sounds like it was written by Billy Joel's Fonzi-like troublemaking classmate. Better late than never, huh?
Unsomnambulist
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Crippled Black Phoenix - I, Vigilante (2010)
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