What are you listening to? September 2020

[JazzyRandy]

Rick opened up a time suck with his mention of the Rolling Stone recalibrated 500 list. And like a lemming, I hurled myself into the vortex. While burning time this morning dropping my thoughts on a parts of the list, I listened to ....

 

[JazzyRandy]

Amir Sulaiman - Like A Thief In The Night (2007)

Ostensibly, this may be presented as a rap album, but that is not what it is. This is truly poetry in Hip Hop clothing. Intensely passionate, incredibly thoughtful. It stunned me when I first heard it over a decade ago. It remained in my players for over a year, sometimes for days on end on repeat.

Amir Sulaiman is a poet, recording artist, Harvard Fellow, actor, screen writer and producer born in Rochester, New York. His poems cross subjects of love, tragedy as well as what it means to reconcile humanity with the unprecedented trials of modernity. He has performed his works across the US as well as many other countries including England, Belgium, Senegal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Australia, Iran and the Netherlands, and continues to tour world-wide. His recently published book of poetry, Love, Gnosis & Other Suicide Attempts met with critical acclaim

Spoiler: Brother

 

[JazzyRandy]

The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)

I remembering the first time my mind was blown by this. This took some weird sort of creativity to pull off so brilliantly.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Public Enemy - What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down (2020)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Blitzen Trapper - Holy Smokes Future Jokes (2020)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Bob Mould - Blue Hearts (2020)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Branford Marsalis - Metamorphosen (2009)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Kurt Vile - Waking On A Pretty Daze: Deluxe Daze (Post Haze) (2013)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Hives - Live At Third Man Records (2020)

 

[Nickyboy]

Bob Mould - Blue Hearts (2020)

How does it compare to his earlier output?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

How does it compare to his earlier output?

It’s good, but not better.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Thurston Moore - By The Fire (2020)

 

[axolotl]

Joshua Redman Quartet ~ Moodswing (1994)



This, as it arrived in the mail today.

 

[axolotl]

Axel Tosca Laugart ~ Axel Tosca (2015)

 

[axolotl]

Anoice ~ Remmings (2006)



Post-Rock, Modern Classical, Ambient

 

[JazzyRandy]

Heavy D & The Boyz - Blue Funk (1993)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Lee Morgan - Cornbread (1967)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Lilys - A Brief History Of Amazing Letdowns (1994)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Lee Morgan - The Rajah (recorded 1966, released 1984)

This was recorded the year I was born, and released the year I graduated high school. I wonder if there is a hidden meaning in that?

 

[axolotl]

Lee Morgan - The Rajah (recorded 1966, released 1984)

This was recorded the year I was born, and released the year I graduated high school. I wonder if there is a hidden meaning in that?

There is, and it is, you should give me your copy.

Actually, ima gunna go buy my own.