Now that I'm done at the Plant plant, I'm being accused of being lazy, even though I'm the guy who has to do the housework now.
I'll admit that I don't do it on her schedule, but it'll get done eventually. Making the bed and doing the dishes every day is exhausting. Cutting the grass every week was a chore in itself. And laundry? Don't get me started.
XTC is one of my favorite bands that came out of the British Punk movement, although they never really fit into the genre. For one thing, they could actually play their instruments.
Released in 1979, 'Drums and Wires' is their third studio album.
Shook some hands, gave a few hugs, even had sex in the bathroom with a gal who had a hat I particularly liked. Other than that...it was a good day. How'd yours go?
Thought I'd do something different and feature a Jazz album on this Sunday afternoon.
After featuring Joni Mitchell last Wednesday, it seemed only fitting to follow up with an album by Charles Mingus since she worked with him before his death.
While Mingus was best known as a bassist, he could also carry a tune and play a decent piano. In 1961, he went into the studio to record 'Oh Yeah', hiring Doug Watkins to play the bass so he could focus on singing and playing the piano. Other musicians on the album included Dannie Richmond on drums, Booker Ervin on tenor saxophone and Jimmy Knepper on trombone, but the musician who really makes this album stand out is Rahsaan Roland Kirk, who is credited with playing flute, siren, tenor saxophone and variations on the saxophone called a manzello and a stritch.
Kirk was fond of modifying and creating his own instruments. He even modified his saxophones so he could play three at once, using his left hand to play the tenor sax and his right hand to play the manzello while using the stritch to produce a drone.
It's too bad that Mingus and Kirk didn't work together more often because their chemistry was out of this world. Mix Mingus's oddball sense of humor with Kirk's mad genius and you have one helluva a musical trip.
Tonight I thought we'd check out some music associated with numbers.
The inspiration for this thread came from a TV commercial where a woman made a pie with the symbol for Pi baked into it. Took me a second time watching the thing to realize the Pie-Pi connection.
My decision for this topic has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that today is
A friend gave me a Gummy this afternoon. Now, I've had edibles before, but they never seemed to affect me.
Well, about a half-hour later I had the munchies so bad that I was eating 3-day stale Doritos. Then came the "stupids". I had to be that guy at least 3 times. I'm still stupid as I type this.
And why am I naked?
So tonight's either a tribute to perserverance, or dedication, or just plain old "not gettin' busted" when you're workin' high.
Thought I'd celebrate the Beltane with the Pagan Trickster of Rock 'N Roll.
That would be Marc Bolan.
In 1967, Marc Bolan and Steve Peregrin Took formed a Psychedelic Folk duo called Tyrannosaurus Rex. Two years and three albums later, Bolan and Took decided to go their separate ways due to artistic differences, which is a nice way of saying there was a clash of egos.
Bolan replaced Took with percussionist Mickey Finn. He and Finn released another album under the name Tyrannosaurus Rex before shortening the name to T. Rex.
This is the first album they released as T. Rex. In a way, it provides a whimsical glimpse of the moment when T. Rex began transitioning from Psychedelic Folk duo to full-blown Glam Rock boogie band.
