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Just some music for a Saturday afternoon...
Another imeem playlist, strictly jazz tonight.
[Playlist] Open the playlist in a new window... UPDATE at 12/15/06 6:32:11 pm: Beck’s video for “Hell Yes” is nice. [Video]
The LGF playlist generator is now integrated with the LGF Blog Engine, and if everything works correctly, you should see an MP3 player below with album covers fetched (and cached locally) from Amazon, and a list of all the tracks with links to the Amazon pages where you can purchase ...
The process of posting those occasional MP3 playlists has been way too much work; that’s one reason why they’re only “occasional.” So the newest addition to our Lizardoid Extreme Code Makeover project is a sweet, well-behaved little application that automatically generates an XML playlist. Since creating the XML list was ...
The playlist for this warm October evening: [Audio removed...] 1) Jack Bruce, from his criminally under-recognized [Amazon Link], a strange ballad that opens the album, Can You Follow? 2) Andy Timmons with a bit of absolutely stupid (in a good way) shredding from [Amazon Link], a marathon electric guitar exercise ...
The musical menu for this evening: [Audio removed...] 1) Bob Dylan: I Want You, from his masterpiece Blonde on Blonde. 2) Jack Bruce: The Consul at Sunset, from an amazingly creative record almost nobody knows about, Harmony Row. 3) Bruce Hornsby: Rainbow’s Cadillac, from his uneven (some great stuff and ...
Open Thread, Music, Playlist, Bob Dylan, Jack Bruce, Bruce Hornsby, Peter Gabriel, Preston Reed, Nickel Creek, Imogen Heap, Ben Folds Five, Miles Davis, Suzy Bogguss
[Audio removed...] The playlist for this lovely Southern California evening: 1) Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony: Stravinksy’s Dance of the Firebird. 2) Stevie Ray Vaughan: The Sky Is Cryin’. 3) The Finn Brothers: Where Is My Soul? 4) Chris Whitley: Ballpeen Hammer. 5) Andy Timmons: That Was ...
Open Thread, Music, Playlist, Stravinsky, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Finn Brothers, Chris Whitley, Andy Timmons, Keith Jarrett, Ben Folds Five
The music for this evening: (Audio now removed.) 1) Michael Brecker: Never Alone from Wide Angles. 2) Tom Waits, in a song that appears in a KCRW compilation: The Fall of Troy, from KCRW - Rare On Air Volume 4. 3) Fountains of Wayne: Bright Future in Sales, from Welcome ...
Open Thread, Music, Playlist, Michael Brecker, Tom Waits, Fountains of Wayne, James Taylor, Byrne/Eno, XTC
The music for this evening: (Audio removed...) 1) Johnny Cash’s apocalyptic When the Man Comes Around, from American IV. 2) Jump Up Behind Me from James Taylor’s excellent Hourglass. 3) King’s X, from Ear Candy: Mississippi Moon. 4) From The Delivery Man, Elvis Costello and Emmylou Harris: The Scarlet Tide. ...
Open Thread, Music, Playlist, Johnny Cash, James Taylor, King's X, Elvis Costello
The playlist for tonight: [Audio removed...] 1) Joe Pass, from his masterwork Virtuoso, absolutely shredding the standard tune Have You Met Miss Jones. One of the most amazing solo guitar performances ever recorded. Swing to the nth power. 2) A magnificent, pristine recording of the classic hymn Panis Angelicus, from ...
Open Thread, Music, Playlist, Joe Pass, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Don Ross, Drive-By Truckers, Tom Waits, MC 900 Ft. Jesus, Crowded House, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Tonight’s playlist: 1) From Patty Griffin’s debut album Living With Ghosts, recorded as a demo but so amazing that it was released as it stood, Poor Man’s House. 2) King’s X again, from their album Ear Candy: Fathers. 3) Donald Fagen’s slice of expatriate uneasiness with a Caribbean swing, from ...
Open Thread, Music, Playlist, Patty Griffin, King's X, Donald Fagen, Keith Jarrett
The playlist for the evening: 1) From the album Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs of Stephen Foster, Suzy Bogguss’s gorgeous performance of Ah, May the Red Rose Live Always! 2) Michael Brecker’s tour de force version of the standard The Meaning of the Blues from his album Now You See ...
Open Thread, Music, Playlist, Suzy Bogguss, Michael Brecker, King's X, Alison Kraus
Tonight we have an odd mix of pop tunes: 1) Crowded House’s debut album contained Don’t Dream It’s Over, with a stately classical-tinged organ solo reminiscent of Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade of Pale. An inspirational song. 2) Little Feat’s Willin’. One of the greatest trucker songs ever written. This ...
Open Thread, Music, Playlist, Crowded House, Little Feat, Todd Rundgren, Chris Whitley
In our Zionist-funded nitrogen-filled chamber deep beneath Denver International Airport, we’re in an acoustic mood tonight: 1) From her album 1000 Kisses, Patty Griffin’s powerful and creepy version of Bruce Springsteen’s “Stolen Car.” 2) Jerry Douglas’ dobro playing is insanely great on bluegrass workout “Choctaw Hayride,” from Alison Krauss & ...
Open Thread, Music, Playlist, Patty Griffin, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Nickel Creek, Preston Reed
Tonight we have two selections from Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban’s Cuban retro twilight zone album Mambo Sinuendo, and some Appalachian (by way of Southern California) gospel goodness from Gillian Welch. (Audio removed.)