Today was a
Flight b741 > Fishing for Fishies > Gumboot Soup > Changes
kind of day
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Spent some time with the Changes album over the weekend…thinking how expansive Change and Astroturf would sound with an orchestra if they choose to…
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It might be something of an acquired taste, but this is a strong contender for my favourite live album of all time:
Been listening to IDLES a ton since watching their rig rundown right after watching Joey and Stu’s. They have five records and they’re all really good, Ultra Mono is probably my favorite, followed closely by Joy As an Act of Resistance.
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Recent project from Skee Mask is sehr gut
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Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Tarkus. Hearing Keith Emerson play has me wanting to learn keys but also wanting to stay away from them because I know I’ll never be as good.
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Science (Session Victim Remix)- MMYYKK
Happy holidays ye heathens
Yesterday’s listening log:
Thelonious Monk - Palo Alto: The Custodian’s Mix
Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society - Street Priest
Street Christians - It’s Been A Long Time ‘A Comin’
The Stooges - (eponymous)
Kaleta & Super Yamba Band - Medaho
Various (Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Ian Drury, Larry Wallis, et al) - Stiffs Live
Starting the morning with…
Chick Corea and Gary Burton - Duets
I’d never heard of C.W. Stoneking before Saturday. He came on after a listen of Heart Attack and Vine by Tom Waits. Stoneking had me fooled as to his era and just about everything else. I’m focused on his most recent album called Gon’ Boogaloo. The song “Zombie” is the one that I heard first.
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A good side of the internet is that some bands finally get the appreciation they would’ve earnt decades ago. Comus was founded in 1970 and disbanded in 1974 after releasing just 2 albums. However, the band got reestablished in 2008 with almost the original line-up. A brief history of the band:
And their debut album First Utterance:
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Flight B741 spinning over here. It’s such a great breakfast, coffee/tea, get-your-shit-together album. So friendly and hum-able and positive. I love to start the day with it.
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If you like that album, you may also like bands like Rival Sons, Wucan, Siena Root, Gjenferd, Wolfmother, King Buffalo, De Wolff, Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, not to forget Greta van Fleet.
There are plenty of great bands in that genre.
Relistening to the NYE set from Phish. They went full Nathan if you haven’t heard!
Phish NYE
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I’ve been listening to a lot of Jim O’Rourke again lately. Insanely talented dude with a huge, fairly eclectic discography. Easily #1 on my list of musicians I’ve never seen live but most want to see.
I’ve just been listening to one of his last ever live shows with a band, from 2015 – sadly he’s been very emphatic about not doing any ever again, even going as far as to sell all his instruments – but it’s really, really good:
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Not an album, but–Sand, Ruby Waves from Dick’s 8.30.24 versions that will make you run out of the venue screaming in fear
I saw him perform with Sonic Youth, must have been '03 or '04. They were opening for Wilco and I was hoping Jim would sit-in with Jeff and co, but alas.
I haven’t kept up with O’Rourke’s recent stuff but the run of Bad Timing > Eureka > Haflway to a Threeway > Insignificance will always get plenty of play in my house.
Just finished up a really enjoyable experimental folk record, Billy Faier’s Banjo. Here’s a taste:
I’m currently trying to listen to every single Gizz song (in chronological order) - making good progress on my 148 and a half hour long playlist 
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Recently turned on to Yoni Mayraz. “…combines jazz with elements of 90s New York hip hop, old-school breadkbeats and Middle Eastern music…”
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