Grateful Dead “Anthem of the Sun” 50th Anniversary Edition, CD 1, Original Mix.
When I just need something guaranteed to make me happy.
Reworking my whole stereo set up. Consolidated after selling all my analog. Bringing all the components down to a single rack:
https://www.salamanderdesigns.com/av-cabinets/synergy-model-237/
Two black doors with the middle open for my P20. Should look really nice. Left a spot to upgrade from my current BHK 250 to BHK 300. My big speakers will have much more room to breath. It’s a two day project. Hope to be done tomorrow.
Plus I can move my speakers in a foot. They’re a little too far apart right now.
Like that we can edit theses posts now…just saw Mule with my lovely wife… Clint Eastwood is a treasure and the sound track is outstanding. His Jazz ear is obvious…lots of classic country too.
And right into disc 3. Sounding sooo good tonight.
BTW, what’s the “intellectual” consensus on Bennie Goodman? Honestly not sure. I know Ken Burn’s position from the documentary. Still?
He and much of the band were near West Side Chicago kids… Amazing how big his band was and how mostly forgotten he is now.
I’ve got a lot of Benny Goodman material, most of his stuff from the start of his career into the early 'forties, and some material from there forward.
He was certainly a master of the clarinet. And he was a pioneer of interracial music-making, hiring African-American musicians, writers, and arrangers and standing up for them, treating them well. He suffered from sciatica (so do I at times) and he was often in pain and he was a bit. … angry with his musicians at times it seems. But he made large contributions to modern music, and a portion of the drive of the “Swing” era of jazz came from his dedication and work.
In '74 I saw him give a speech and attended a cocktail party for him at the University of Chicago when I was a student there. He was a “square” to my then viewpoint, but at the close of his talk he drew out his clarinet and began to play unaccompanied, and there was no denying this man had had a life of music and was still dishing it out.
Very well told and interesting story. Thanks! Knew you would have valuable input.
Ya, I considered him a square for sure. My folks had close friends deep into Bennie Goodman. My teen self made fun of them. You live and learn.
And of course you went to The University of Chicago. Makes sense!
It’s good to be Catholic because Christmas goes on for quite some time still. I’ve had this album for years but this is the year it really grabbed me by the throat and wouldn’t let me go.
“Christmas” by Low
Maybe because “Double Negative” is my undisputed album of 2018.
Those Keith Richards solo albums are overlooked gems.
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Re-visiting an old favourite
I’ve thrown this up a couple times before. Everything about this recording is amazing.
@lonson…Muddy Waters lived in Hyde Park during the time you went to uChicago. I had a picture of the house, from about 5 years ago (can’t seem to find it). Backyard butted up to train tracks (true of his final house in Westmont too). It’s been for sale for some time. Not the best side of Hyde Park. As you know, uC is an island of wealth and influence surround by some serious adversity.
Oh yes, an island indeed. I did venture outside that island somewhat, I was raised in inner-city Philadelphia and had lived in two other countries before my Chicago years, so I felt confident and savvy and really had no incidents. That was the coldest place I’ve ever lived though. That wind!
Dominique Fils-Aimé - Nameless
Track #3 - Birds
I love her voice