[Last art exhibition you visited?]

12 minutes ago, adh1907 said:

The Rock and Roll Public Library. Central London. Basically the contents of Mick Jones of the Clash’s lock up or garage. Hand written lyrics, old clothes, fanzines and flyers from the 70s. Interesting if you’re an old punk!

Extended until March 22!

https://www.rocknrollpl.com/

 

[ECM New Releases]

Any issue I may have had with ECM disappeared when ECM released the Jimmy Giuffre 1961 album and Carla Bley’s Escalator over the Hill album.

[Your favourite salsa records]

Another version of Todos Vuelven

 

[What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.]

Hair of the Dog:

 

[Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive, sound historian says]

On Thursday, music labels sought to add nearly 500 more sound recordings to a lawsuit accusing the Internet Archive (IA) of mass copyright infringement through its Great 78 Project, which seeks to digitize all 3 million three-minute recordings published on 78 revolutions-per-minute (RPM) records from about 1898 to the 1950s...

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/music-labels-will-regret-coming-for-the-internet-archive-sound-historian-says/

 

[What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.]

On 3/2/2025 at 11:21 PM, BFrank said:

You can hear the influence of King Crimson and the Projeckts

[LA Fires]

He set up a website where people who lost instruments in the Eaton and Palisades fires can register and people can provide donations.

https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/altadena-musicians-website-instrument-donations

 

[Black Sabbath Paranoid Super Deluxe Edition (4 CD box set)]

Brian May said "it's a good riff":

 

[LA Fires]

Musicians lost not only their homes - also their instruments.

https://symphony.org/features/music-musicians-and-the-la-wildfires/

 

[Smithsonian Folkways Music Pathways]

From Smithsonian:

Estoy Aquí: Music of the Chicano Movement (6-8) | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Cajun and Zydeco Music: Flavors of Southwest Louisiana (6-8) | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

I hope the weblinks work.

[So, What Are You Listening To NOW?]

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Santana “Borboletta” Columbia LP

Yes, I remember when I could hear "Mirage" on AM radio - it was another world

[RIP Marianne Faithfull.]

Marianne Faithfull's 1979 album Broken English is unforgettable for me.  RIP.

[Insane price for a ticket.]

I know of two ladies who sat in the last rows (cheapest seats) to see Aerosmith - but just before the concert began, a band representative walked up to them and asked if they would like to sit on the front row for free.  They happily moved to the front row – but then they had to watch out for the saliva and sweat that came from the stage.

[LA Fires]

More on Schoenberg:  The composer’s son stored over 100,000 of his father’s scores at Belmont. The scores were held in a digital back-up, but this was also destroyed in the fire.

https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/arnold-schoenberg-scores-destroyed-la-fires/

 

[LA Fires]

The Palisades and Eaton fires wiped out two neighborhoods with unique significance in L.A.’s music industry.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-01-15/fires-la-music-jake-viator-bob-clearmountain-poolside-musicares

 

[The Second Viennese School’s Greatest Hits!!]

Speaking of Schoenberg, the fire has done some damage:

https://www.ludwig-van.com/main/2025/01/13/schoenberg-archive-incinerated-historic-blaze/

 

 

[Pierre Boulez]

Yes.  Right now I am listening to the Boulez piece, Le Marteau Sans Maître

[Pierre Boulez]

Composer, conductor, polemicist and iconoclast Pierre Boulez was born 100 years ago and, on his death in 2016, left classical music utterly changed.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/08/pierre-boulez-centenary--he-jolted-us-out-of-our-comfort-zone-antonio-pappano-martyn-brabbins-and-more-on-the-composer

 

[Austin's Waterloo Records]

I believe several people on this forum have lived in Austin, TX.  They might remember Waterloo Records - here is some recent news:

https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2025-01-03/waterloo-records-owner-john-kunz-saves-his-42-year-old-baby-by-selling-it/

 

[MIngus, Carter, the White House, 18 June 1978]

For those who have not yet seen this blog:

Charles Mingus’ final public appearance took place on June 18, 1978 when he was invited to participate in the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Newport Jazz Festival that took place on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., organized by President Jimmy Carter’s office and George Wein, the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival.

https://www.charlesmingus.com/blog/farewell-president-jimmy-carter?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=677ca01e5990f33c21180de7&ss_email_id=677caae6a0cdf81e577e54cf&ss_campaign_name=Farewell+Jimmy+Carter%2C+Mingus+anniversary%2C+shows%2C+festival&ss_campaign_sent_date=2025-01-07T04%3A18%3A09Z

 

[Statue of Rory Gallagher unveiled in Belfast]

It is located outside the venue where Gallagher played regularly throughout the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ced8jpdevjeo

 

[What Classical Music Are You Listening To?]

Mahler's Symphony No. 3 in D minor, Fourth Movement, here is one performance:

 

[Spotify - the ugly truth]

Speaking of Spotify, here is Rick Wakeman's view of Spotify (he uses a more colorful word):

 

 

["Earliest known country song" ever recorded]

A wax cylinder containing the oldest recorded country song was discovered in Pennsylvania. The track 'Thompson's Old Gray Mule' was recorded in 1891 and sung by Louis Vasnier, a black man from New Orleans. 

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0kcmb16/listen-to-the-earliest-known-country-song-ever-recorded

 

[The bass intro to Walk on the Wild Side]

On 12/25/2024 at 10:51 AM, Holy Ghost said:

Being a huge Velvet Underground and Lou Reed fan, Walk on the Wild Side, that base line, and it may came from somewhere else (I don't care) is the best. 

Speaking of the Velvet Underground, here is what a 5-year old taught a cartoonist about the VU:

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-12-27/op-comic-navied-mahdavian-velvet-underground