This Music Has Been in My DNA For So Long
Posted: February 6, 2012 Filed under: Deep, Listening, Videos Leave a comment »Parenthood leads MPomy back to Neil Young:
I like the idea of going back here with my own child. I like that this music has been in my DNA for so long, and I want to share that elemental thing with him, even though he’s too young to have any idea what these songs are about.
Here are a few other guys who might have some Neil in their musical DNA.
It’s in the Moment
Posted: January 28, 2012 Filed under: Artists, Deep, Listening Leave a comment »I don’t think [Tom Marshall] and I have ever written a single song for any reason other than to entertain ourselves. We don’t really think about the fact that anyone will ever hear this stuff. It’s in the moment. If we took the time to think about it more, we would probably edit ourselves into submission, and take a lot of the joy and spontaneity out of the songs.
H/T YEMblog.
Access Me
Posted: January 26, 2012 Filed under: Listening Leave a comment »A good one from Phish’s June 11, 2011 show at Merriweather:
Downloaded: Close to the Edge
Posted: January 20, 2012 Filed under: Listening Leave a comment »I last owned this album on cassette or vinyl.
Around the U.S. in Seven Minutes, with a Phish Soundtrack
Posted: December 27, 2011 Filed under: Listening, Transportation, Videos Leave a comment »H/T to YEMBlog for this one.
iTunes Match
Posted: December 7, 2011 Filed under: Listening, Technology Leave a comment »I just coughed up the $25 for the service, which is setting itself up now.
I already went through the ordeal of uploading to Google Music, so maybe I’m a fool for bothering with iTunes Match? I guess I’ll find out.
The Word “Glorious” Comes to Mind
Posted: December 6, 2011 Filed under: Artists, Listening Leave a comment »At NoiseCreep.com, Jordan Rudess lists five albums that changed his life. Among them, Yes’ “Close to the Edge.”
I’ve always loved Jon Anderson’s voice. There’s something really beautiful and pure about it. It’s like a magical kind of sound. But there are so many other things I also love about Yes. There are a band filled with really amazing players. The way their parts intertwined with each other was so powerful, and then having Anderson’s voice on top of that made it even more special. The word “glorious” comes to mind when I think about that album.
Twenty
Posted: December 3, 2011 Filed under: Artists, Cinema, Listening, Videos Leave a comment »I just watched Cameron Crowe’s ‘Twenty,’ a roc dock on Pearl Jam. The flick streams on Netflix – I’d recommend to anyone who either likes the band or is just in the mood to contemplate the 90s a bit.
Couple of thoughts:
- The film’s teaser describes it as a look at Pearl Jam’s ‘turbulent’ career. I actually didn’t see turbulence as the dominant theme of this band. There have clearly been ups and downs, sure. But it seems to me the the story of Pearl Jam is that they got huge relatively quickly and pretty much stayed huge, despite falling out of (or taking themselves out of) the pop culture forefront. One portion of the film recounts a concert in 2003 – at Nassau Coliseum. I mean, 2003! Were they even on the radio then? Maybe, but I don’t remember it.
- I think Eddie Vedder is the real deal. A great moment in the flick is when his bandmates describe the first time they heard his demo, before they hired him.
- As for the band’s longevity, one thing the band credits is how it changes up its set list each night. Jam band ethos – good for business too.
- I just downloaded Pearl Jam’s 2009 “Backspacer.” Lots of hooks.
Mariusz-Duda: Lunatic Soul – Impression V
Posted: November 25, 2011 Filed under: Listening Leave a comment »I was poking around SoundCloud today and came across this one:
The Only Plus to Palmdale Phone Spam
Posted: November 22, 2011 Filed under: Listening Leave a comment »The last week or so, I’ve been getting a mysterious robocaller of some sort on my cell phone. It hangs up when I answer and has yet to leave a voice message. The only redeeming bit of this irritating situation is that the calls are coming from area code 661, ID’d by my phone as the “Palmdale area.”
Happily, “Palmdale” conjures up for me Zappa’s “Village of the Sun,” as recorded for “Roxy & Elsewhere.“
