Aggie87

I just caved and ordered this from Amazon, $49. Despite having much of the Bern set on the Heavy Horses box, my FOMO just kicked in.

Los Lobos - The Neighborhood

Sunset, Carefree AZ 24 Jun 24

Yeah, they are. This is the only vinyl version of it though (I think). I don't have the Passion Play box, it goes for stupid money these days ($300 on discogs right now, same on Amazon). And outside of the Chateau tracks, there's nothing else on the box other than the album itself, at least on CD.

Jethro Tull - The Chateau D’Herouville Sessions 1972

Carole Dawn Reinhart - Glanzvolle Trompetenklange (she autographed this for me in 1982 when I was living in Wiesbaden, kinda cool!)

Agree 100%. That's an amazing album. I wish he hadn't withdrawn from music, and had been more prolific, but it clearly wasn't something he wanted.

He's playing here in Phoenix on Sunday night, tempted to go see him again. I saw him about 2 months ago in Austin (he plays at the Continental Club there every Tuesday when he's not on the road), and it was fantastic.

It is only available in the Dire Straits Live 78-92 box at least for now. That box retailed for $59, and is available in your neck of the woods on Bullmoose's website for $54. It compiles all of their officially released live albums, plus this previously unreleased one. I think it's a good value. I like their live albums, but I'm not sure they are quite as good as their studio material.

Dire Straits - Live at the Rainbow

The Smile - Wall of Eyes

This thread seems to really be for any non-jazz music that people are listening to, despite the thread title...

Very good - the album itself is great, and the extra disc has a couple of instrumentals, remixes, live tracks, and covers - pretty much what you'd expect, but it sounds good and the music is solid.

Yo La Tengo - Fade

On the positive side, since you're vaccinated, it likely won't kill you, despite it not being a fun experience. Three people I knew died from Covid, before vaccines were available - an uncle, one immediate co-worker, and another co-worker's father.

I don't know about that, but I'm personally more interested/impressed when I visit someone's house and see an actual physical collection, versus someone having no library other than digital, with nothing to actually look at. It doesn't mean they like music more or less, but I feel like I'm meeting a kindred soul. Saying that, I'm also at a point where I'm not interested in growing my own collection significantly larger, so I tend to cull things I don't listen to as much anymore, which makes space for newer purchases.

Jon Hassell - Power Spot

Not me - I like the tactile experience of putting on an LP or a CD and playing/listening to it.

Amazon used to make this statement on CDR listings: "This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply." I don't know if they still do or not. But if it is in the listing, they're at least warning you it's not a silver cd.

Not sure about this, but it looks like Valerie Carter did support on at least some of the Browne/Orleans shows in 1976. Maybe she was who you saw. If that's who it was, Browne wrote a song about her ("That Girl Could Sing"), as did Steve Winwood ("Valerie").

Terry Allen - Juarez

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40148726/astros-ronel-blanco-ejected-foreign-substance-check You'd think the Astros would be extra committed to not cheating, given it's sort of their permanent reputation nowadays. But no. And I know other teams cheat as well, but they're posterboys for it. The Astros were my favorite team from about 1982 until the discovery of the cheating in the 2017 WS season, so about 35 years. Since then I've lived in Philly (and now Phoenix), so my loyalties are with the Fightin' Phils. Went to the last NLCS game in 2022 where they beat the Padres to advance to the WS, and then Game 4 of the WS, where the Astros beat Philly and then ultimately won (maybe legitimately this time?) the WS. Also went to 3 Phillies/Diamondbacks games during the regular season here in Phoenix in 2023, and then Game 4 of the NLCS vs the DBacks as well. So again, go Phillies!

Who would've guessed the 2nd largest Hindu Temple in the world was in.... New Jersey? Swaminarayan Akshardham, Robbinsville New Jersey 10 May 2024

These two and Number of the Beast are a perfect trifecta. Nothing after was quite the same, IMO.

This looks wonderful. I'd love to do that hike - how long was it?