Last semester I attended a 13 week, two hours per week, seminar called “Rock, Pop, and Soul Music 1964-1969”. Yes, really. It was a blast and one of the high points of each week.
Well, it’s time for the new semester to start this week and I’ll be taking another music-related seminar.
This one is called “The Beatles Jukebox” and here’s the description:
Here is the latest music update. Some were new, some were used, most were cheap, a couple were free, and of course some were for the wife and/or kid. The CDs are first, then the vinyl. Click on the “read more” link to see the whole post. Do you love any of these? Hate any of them? Or are you just confused?
Read all the way to the end and then leave me a comment!
ARTIST – TITLE – FORMAT – SIZE – COUNTRY – COMMENTS
Science says:
True? Or not? Let me know, leave a comment…
John Lennon just wants the truth. It’s a new video for an old song, but just as timely today as when it was recorded in the seventies.
Here is the latest music update. Some of these were new, some were used, most were cheap, a couple were free, and of course some were for the wife and/or kid. The CDs are first, then the vinyl, then a cassette, then a 8-track (yes, really). Click on the “read more” link to see the whole post. Do you love any of these? Hate any of them? Or are you just confused?
Read all the way to the end and then leave me a comment!
ARTIST – TITLE – FORMAT – SIZE – COUNTRY – COMMENTS
Lennon, John – Imagine Box Set cd 5 US 4 CDs, 2 Blu-Rays
Prince – Piano & A Microphone 1983 Deluxe Set cd 5 US CD, Vinyl, and booklet
Lennon, John – Starting Over cd 5 US Promo
Metric – Art Of Doubt cd 5 US
Chvrches – Love Is Dead cd 5 US
Death Cab For Cutie – Thank You For Today cd 5 US
Parker, Graham – Cloud Symbols cd 5 UK
Van Zandt, Townes – Texas Troubadour cd 5 US Box set
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Hello again, family, friends, and everyone else. The pictures from our 2018 trip to Seattle and the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival (and much more!) are now online! We had a great time and so did our friends. Take a look at the pictures!
If you are thinking of going in 2019, let me know!
If you have any questions, just ask. And leave a comment if you want….
2018 Seattle and Bumbershoot photos
Click here to read part 1 first
Continued from part 1. I’ll post some pictures soon.
Saturday September 1
Day 2 of the Bumbershoot Music And Arts Festival. All threee festival days it was lunch at Veggie Grill, a quick monorail ride, and then Bumbershoot. The first thing among our selections today was a sampling of the Film Festival, this group called Films For Families. These are award-winning short films, usually 6 or 7 in about an hour. We see a sampling every year and it’s always interesting. Next, Petra went to catch part of music set by Skating Polly and then met us at one of the comedy venues for Off Book: The Improvised Musical. This was two people with a guest comedian doing an improv story as a musical. It was about an hour and a quarter of a wildly imaginitive story made up on the fly with spontaneous music numbers (broadway style) throughout. I am very serious when I say this was really really really funny. I was laughing out loud for much of it and marveling at their creativity the rest of the time. It was a major highlight. Next up we saw musical duo Marian Hill, who used samples and prerecorded backing but added a lot to it. Oddly, they played their hit “Down” first but the crowd really liked them anyway. [continued]
It’s our annual trip to Seattle for the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival. We go every year, since 2001, making this our 18th year in a row. And we love it more than ever. This year our granddaughter Josephine went with us again. Also traveling, our friends Mama O and Claudia (first time for her).
I’ll post some pictures soon, but first, here’s what we did on our trip.
Tuesday August 28th
We took the Blue Van to the airport and caught our Southwest flight to Seattle’s SEA-TAC airport. From there we took the Link Light Rail, easy-peasy, to a few blocks from our condo at the Worldmark Seattle aka The Camlin. It was too early to check in so we stowed our luggage and walked down to El Borracho, near Pike Place Market, for some tasty Mexican food (with numerous vegan options of course). By then it was time to check in at the Camlin so we unpacked then walked to the monorail, which we took to the Seattle Center. We lounged around the International Fountain for a while, it’s pretty and peaceful. We walked across and down the street to Bartell’s Drugs (upstairs) and the Metropolitan Market (downstairs) and bought some supplies for the week. We took the stuff on the monorail back to the Camliln. We talked up with trip-mates Mama O and Claudia for a bit, then called it a night. [continued]
You probably remember “Cars”, Gary’s big hit from the seventies. It was a pretty cool song, unlike anything else at the time. That was then and this is now. Well, he’s been making music ever since then, of varying types and with little to no success or fame. But talent and quality once again win out in the end and his career is in a resurgence. And deservedly so. His last couple alums are super-strong and he sounds fresh even after all these years. Seriously, buy the latest album Savage (Songs From A Broken World). And the one before it Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind) is just as good if not even better. Wonderful, moody, atmospheric, gripping, and powerful stuff…
Here’s the video for “My Name Is Ruin” off the latest album, a post-apoctalytic vision of the “broken world”. That’s his daughter in the video and backup vocals.
Get the music – shop -> Gary Numan
Here is the latest music update. Some of these were new, some were used, most were cheap, a couple were free, and of course some were for the wife and/or kid. The CDs are first, then the vinyl, then a cassette. Click on the “read more” link to see the whole post. Do you love any of these? Hate any of them? Or are you just confused?
Read all the way to the end and then leave me a comment!
