Playlist
Rheostatics - Here Come The Wolves
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That`s What I`m Not (Limited Edition)
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
Taylor Swift - 1989 (Deluxe)
Beyoncé - LEMONADE
David Bowie - Blackstar
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
Lady Gaga - The Fame
John Grant - Queen Of Denmark
Beyoncé - Beyoncé (Platinum Edition)
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (RM)
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black [4oth Anniversary]
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Sparks - Kimono My House
Hawkwind - Hall Of The Mountain Grill
Paul McCartney & Wings - Venus And Mars
David Bowie - Young Americans
Emerson Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Miles Davis - Agharta
Tangerine Dream - Ricochet (Live / Deluxe Version)
Alice Cooper - The Breadcrumbs EP
Various Artists - From The Velvets To The Voidoids
Suzi Quatro - Rough & Tough
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Rev Up!!
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
King Crimson - 50th Anniversary
Miles Davis - Fillmore West Auditorium, San Francisco, 15 October 1970
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Utopia Strong - The Utopia Strong
Angel Olsson - All Mirrors - A Collection
Lifesigns - Lifesigns
Miles Davis - Tokyo 1973 - Live at Shinjuku Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan, 19 June 1973
Lifesigns - Cardington
Miles Davis - Chicago Jazz Festival, 30 August 1990
As ever, up at the crack of dawn...
And podcast uploaded and published...
..helped by Luna the Black and White Cat...
I was baited on the Twitter by a response to the just published Guardian Top 100 LPs of the 21st Century, bemoaning the total lack of metal and prog albums and calling the list safe...
My view on that was uh oh, I had 21 of the 100, and the reason there's no "prog" on there, is that it's a quintessentially backwards looking genre, which, by definition, does not drive music forwards and so is largely irrelevant...
I noted though that there are plenty of albums on the list which have been influenced by the "original 70's prog" but, unlike what passes for "prog" today, they are not mere pastiches of what's gone before...
Of course it's all subjective - I do actually think there have been some good "traditionally prog" albums released in the last 20 years but they do tend to hark back to better albums from the past...
That in itself isn't a bad thing, from the point of view of giving people who like 70's prog something different to listen to and enjoy when they get fed up hearing the same old prog LPs over and over again...
But it's not "important" in the big scheme of things as regards driving music forwards...
That's my two cents worth...
Anyway, here are the twenty one of the Guardian's 100 which I have...
Of these, I find the three Kendrick Lamar albums just plain boring in the main, due, not to the rapping and lyrics, which are actually the most interesting parts but to the music itself...
The two Beyonces are not a patch on Lana Del Rey or Taylor Swift...
And I have no time for Joanna Newsom's stupid childlike voice...
So some of these albums were obviously downloaded on a whim...
I didn't used to like the Artic Monkeys or Anthony and the Johnsons but now I do...
In all, I reckon maybe nine of these might make my own Top 100 of the last 20 years...
i.e.
Radiohead x 2
Bon Iver
LCD Soundsystem
John Grant
Fiona Apple
Lana Del Rey
Taylor Swift
David Bowie
Anyway, that's enough waffle...
At 10:15 out to pick up Dr Prog...
Good tales of his recent trip to London with brother Johnny - drummer in the band and to whose house I will venture tomorrow for our latest get together, music wise...
The brothers saw the 80's prog band IQ unveil their new double CD which the Doc reckons is a stonewall classic...
I told the doc of my reaction to the reaction to the Guardian's list this morning - he did not agree but took my railing against modern prog reasonably well...
There is no doubting the musical prowess of these players, however, their ideas are, in the main, backwards looking, attempting to create a bygone age...
I also rose to the Doc's bait re vinyl supposedly shortly outselling CDs - which was a headline this week in Rolling Stone but the article itself showed that this is only because idiots pay £25 for an LP when the CD is a fiver (and sounds better)...
So while revenue may be better - units sold-wise, CDs still far outperform vinyl (and sound better)...
Dr Prog, of course, saw the headline but did not read the article...
And thus, fake news is disseminated...
Anyway, a trip to Fopp ensued and some purchases were made by your correspondent before the Doc headed off to Edinburgh Park by train to buy an umbrella (don't ask)......
I acquired the remastered version of Tangerine Dream's "Ricochet", complete with remixes of both tracks by Steven Wilson...
...and the new Lana Del Rey LP, which has a resplendent melancholy which very much appeals to me...
At almost exactly the same time, Creeker Stu Cobley was buying the self same album in Fopp in Glasgow - and getting a free poster - which, although slightly galling, would merely have cluttered up Crispycat Towers even more than it already is...
Lan Del Rey is, for me, slightly more arty and world weary than Taylor Swift...
Then, three, basically, bootleg CDs of concerts by Miles Davis...
San Francisco 1970...
Tokyo 1973...
...and Chicago 1990, ironically, slightly the worst sounding of the three discs, given it's the most recent of the concerts, recorded just a year before his death - but his playing is as sharp as ever...
Overall, other than some distortion on Miles' trumpet on the Chicago set, the sound quality on all three is excellent - all having been sourced from FM radio broadcasts...
As regards the work on the house, which may be concluded on Monday (we'll see), some not exactly flattering shower based self portraits were accidentally created whilst trying to capture images of things that may need sorted...
And so, this afternoon, while Anne was out watching Hearts lose yet again (3-2 at home to Motherwell - Hearts now bottom of the league with just 2 points from five games - Queens got their first league win of the season, 1-0 at home to Morton), I was listening to the new acquisitions, along with other new to me downloaded music...
This included the brand new Alice Cooper EP, which rocks but, it seems, will not be available on CD...
And some other stuff, mostly on the recommendation of Twitterchums, including music by Snooker Champion Steve Davis' band, The Utopia Strong, new to me songstress Angel Olsson, prog band Lifesigns and early Hip Hop act, The Heroes of Hiphopcrisy, the last re my earlier in the day criticism of the music of Kendrick Lamar...
The lead up to this year's "Strictly" was enjoyed, accompanied by a tasty pasta bake from Anne - back in the cooking driving seat after last night's fish based effort from me...
OK that's enough, lights out...
Highlight of the Day : A meet with Dr Prog and new music by the bucketload...
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