North South East West

Over Under Sideways Down...

This song's been stuck in my head for a couple of days. 

I Need a Name

I'm seriously considering launching a sister site with only complete albums, and need a name for it.

Any suggestions will be considered.

So far I'm siding with "I Left You With This"

A Whole New Thing

Time to put on your dancin' shoes...

'A Whole New Thing" is the debut album by Sly and The Family Stone.

If this doesn't get your toes tappin' and your hips shakin', then I don't know what will.

The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse

As someone who may be America's greatest composer, Duke Ellington had a musical career that spanned more than fifty years.  I can't even count how many albums he released.  If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say somewhere around 200, maybe more, not including compilations. 

'The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse' is one of Mr. Ellington's later albums, recorded in 1971.  Inspired by the people he met and the music he heard while travelling around the world with his orchestra, this may be his most intriguing work... and that's saying something.   






"Art is dangerous.  It is one of the attractions.  When it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it."

~ Duke Ellington

I Got This Covered

Bone Machine

Tom Waits is one of those artists who doesn't fit into any category.  Can't really call him Rock 'N Roll.  Or Jazz, or Blues or Country.  I suppose you could call his music All Of The Above, but even that doesn't quite describe it. 

'Bone Machine' is his tenth studio album. 

Sex, Drugs and Propaganda?

On this day in 1970, Vice President Spiro Agnew said, " "The youth of America are being brainwashed into a drug culture of rock music, movies, books and tabloid newspapers."



Well okay then...

Tough Day, Huh?

Friday the 13th. Did I ever tell you the story of how I broke my little baby girl's arm?

Full Moon. Did I ever tell you the story of what'll happen to me at midnight?

Eddie Money died today, at 70. He musta been a werewolf.

And my antivirus tells me it's "International Chocolate Day". Just finished a whole cake and will probably die from a stake through the heart.

Do with it what you will.

Ace Of Spades

                                                                               




       Feelin' like a badass today...
         
         
           
       

Story Time

Most songs tell a story.  Gonna start things off with this one...

A Little Bit Faster And A Little Bit Worse

Never been a fan of live albums as a rule.  They tend to be second-rate recordings that add nothing new or interesting to good songs, and often make me wonder if the band needs some studio wizardry to sound like they can play.

The Devil Makes Three seems to understand this, which may be why they named their first live album 'A Little Bit Faster And A Little Bit Worse'.

Released in 2006, this is one of those live albums that is the exception to the rule.  The songs may be a little faster than the studio recordings, but they are not even a little bit worse.

Oh Well

And so once again we come up on a holiday that was created so our overlords could pretend they care about working men and women. 

I was going to post a little rant about how those jackasses are screwing everyone else, but then I thought, Why bother?  Won't make it better.  Just play some music. 

A little Holiday music would hit the spot right now....