What's playing now? The new album from Maxi Priest, Robin Trower & Livingstone Brown.

Every member of this band are top class.

I see your Polyphia and i raise you with let it burn

Who knew Banksy would kick off The Matrix for real then?

"Heatstroke" - Robin Hatch

Goodbye Mother Earth has been going around my head on repeat for a few days. I had to play it at a deafening level at 7:00 am to get it out of my system. 1 thing leads to another so here's another. I can't help writing, what a tragic loss to music that Randy Rhoads died so young.

For decades, my favorite performance of Beethoven's sixth symphony has been by the Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter. This recording was part of the CBS Great Performances series, one of the first LP albums I ever bought.

I found a better performance, after all this time.



Daniel Barenboim conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin.

He slows the tempo a bit, and keeps it quite steady, keeping the orchestra together better, to the point where I can hear notes, phrases, and instruments that get lost in the shimmer of the faster tempo in some parts of the Columbia Symphony performance.

It's the best symphony ever written, and I found a better copy of it! How exciting, eh?

Aw hell, I'm on a 10,000 maniacs kick again, so please forgive me this post, and the next two posts (I wanted to post another one, but I didn't want to push it).

I think this song shows just how goddamn beautiful Natalie's voice was during this period (and how the damn band could just flat out play).

"...
In that August breeze, of those forgotten trees
Your time was set for leaving, come a colder season
..."

My favorite version of Stockton Gala Days - I'm pretty sure that this performance was on the second-to-last night of Late Night with David Letterman on June 24, 1993 (although the title says July 1993).

So, the 'Maniacs with a little help from the house band:

"...
Emerald green like none I have seen, apart from dreams that escape me...

... Blue in the stream ...

Violet serene ..."