Bluesnik

The original soundtrack to a surf movie. But it showcases Billy Bean a lot. Plus the wonderful rhythm section of Gary Peacock and Chuck Flores.

I'd had it for a while but decided to pick it up after seeing a report on slavers and the effect their riches had when they came back. I like it very much so far. But I'm just at the beginnings.

A terrific compilation I'm listening to. From 2002. With from Minnie Ripperton and Les Fleur to The Peddlers, Sergio Mendes or Shuggie Otis. Very 60s.

A nice dose of West Coast Jazz. Only this time from the Bay Area and not LA.

I'm after one mentioned here sometime and which is from 1998, which has the original Nuggets and is expanded by something more. What exactly I don't know. But it has new liners by Lenny Kaye again.

She's a hell of an actress. You only need to see Melancholia. And also singer.

Your frequent mention of Prine made me want to hear him. But that was a while ago. But the other day a friend of mine gave me a CD of him, which I listened to on Saturday. The Missing years. And after searching a bit I found out it's from 1990. I thought it was from the 70s. But it was very good. And I also found out it won that year's Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk album. And I also saw at my friend's house this one. She gave it to me because she already had it on vinyl.

That is for me the best Talking Heads album. Also that strange (from today's point of view) video art. And with Brian Eno IIRC.

Inspired by a thread here about it I decided to pick it up. And because I hadn't listened to it in a while. And what wonder again. Edit: this is a very good Select. One of the bests. And I just found out also the second, behind only the Moncur, which I adore.

What a beauty of a set. And with lots of Joe Pass too (at least in the part where I'm now).

The other day i rewatched the movie The Joker and was flabbergasted when I discovered Send in the clowns in the soundtrack. It sure matches the clown theme of the movie. Maybe I missed it the first time around or didn't pay enough attention. But I wonder if it was the Lorez Alexandria version. Which is the main version I know, though I'm sure the song has been covered multiple times.

Thanks. So I was lucky getting it, despite having the Okeh and Epic sessions.

Well, it's just a 2CD set, but it comes with a nice booklet and a case. So like a small boxset. I think I got part of this already. The Okeh and Epic sessions.

I am not American. European. But in my city and country and Europe, for that matter, everything coming out of NY was always viewed with the highest interest. From already the Velvets to, from the mid to late Seventies, Richard Hell, Patti Smith and everything else. There's a theory I first heard about in Legs McNeill's Please kill me, an oral history of the American punk, that holds that punk was birthed in NY, when Malcolm McLaren was there managing the NY Dolls. And that he eventually returned to Britain and implemented it there. Mixing in situationist ideology. That is Paris 68. That was new. But he took what he had seen in NY. And I give that theory credibility. Specially considering McLaren's penchant to making a quick buck outta scandal. But where I discovered Television I don't remember. Probably through reading magazines. I was always very interested in counterculture. And that was when I was 16. But I also never saw them as punk. More psychedelic. Which was what I was into. I never really warmed to the whole punk thing. Though I liked (very much) what came afterwards: postpunk. Which drew a lot from 60s music. They were from earlier. Late 70s. And maybe early 80s.

Oh, I didn't know that. Marquee Moon was among my favorite albums when I was very young.

I'm an explorer now. Like the guitar.

With a wonderful version of My funny Valentine in which Hayes plays vibes instead of tenor.

I deeply disliked Goodman for a long time. Because of all that King of Swing thing. Until I realized how good he really is. And now I like him very much. Especially on small group. Like here. And with Charlie Christian or Fletcher Henderson or Lionel Hampton.

That's something I can only agree with. Coming from an extremely Catholic country I see a lot of that flip flop.

Ah, thanks.

The other day I listened to Sonny Rollins' trio A Night at the Village Vanguard after reading about Elvin Jones in Mark Stryker's Jazz from Detroit. I wasn't even aware of him there. Edit: what Kart book is that?

I remember the scene with the Yardbirds from Blow Up very vividly. Smashing their guitars.