Christopher Gordon wrote:The Second Dream of The High Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from the Four Dreams of China

Hope you don't mind me joking that this sounds like the title of a propaganda-heavy second five-year-plan report on the status of electrification of western China.

During these Jewish Days of Repentance (High Holy Days), Leonard Cohen's "Who By Fire"--

Christopher Gordon wrote:The Second Dream of The High Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from the Four Dreams of China

Hope you don't mind me joking that this sounds like the title of a propaganda-heavy second five-year-plan report on the status of electrification of western China.
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"I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTljpH7cfW8

bean wrote:

Christopher Gordon wrote:The Second Dream of The High Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from the Four Dreams of China

Like! La Monte Young has been a long time favorite.

Are you familiar with Hermann Nitsch?

Yes, I have some of his Orgien work.

bean wrote:

Christopher Gordon wrote:The Second Dream of The High Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from the Four Dreams of China

Hope you don't mind me joking that this sounds like the title of a propaganda-heavy second five-year-plan report on the status of electrification of western China.
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"I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTljpH7cfW8

"persuasion"

Le Jazz Hot

somewhat safe for work and food-related if one delves further:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo9W5fIn6Yg

also,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMSjYOPUGAI

and, see also, not necessarily vegan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGUzKc_h5E0

I also offer, BRUS, MUEHL, NITSCH, SCHWARTZKOGLER/WRITINGS OF THE VIENNA AKTIONISTS

and

http://theholenyc.com/2014/08/15/future-feminism-2/

and

http://cinema.tisch.nyu.edu/object/schneemann.html

I suppose this is somewhat on-topic, but right now I am literally listening to Alison Krauss & Union Station's, "The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn."

Why do you come for me to wane?
You can't even make your own corn grain
Single I am and will remain
A lazy man I won't maintain

He turned his back and walked away
Saying "Little Miss you will rue the day
You'll rue the day that you were born
For giving me the devil because I wouldn't hoe corn"

I can actually imagine this conversation occurring between two LTHers.

Annie Lennox's take is not what you expect from these standards:

Monday is the 39th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... gI8bta-7aw

Another boat heard from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DScTBJ74Q5U&feature=related

Robert Plant's latest, Lullaby and...the Ceaseless Roar. Oooo is it good!

Pie Lady wrote:Robert Plant's latest, Lullaby and...the Ceaseless Roar. Oooo is it good!

For an old fart, I'm impressed.

Have you tried Grinderman?

No, never heard of 'em. What do you recommend?

Pie Lady wrote:No, never heard of 'em. What do you recommend?

Check out Nick Cave. Oddly enough there is a Chicago based Nick Cave who does interesting things with fabric/clothes:

http://www.jackshainman.com/artists/nick-cave/

The Nick Cave I really like is an Australian punk type person.

Here's a gentle side of him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0-cncMpt8

After that, if you want to delve into the real stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ5QaqRJX_o

Hopefully this works for everyone as well as it works for me.

Aha! If it has to do with Nick Cave, I bet Mr. Pie knows about them. I put their first album on hold at the library. Thanks!

Also, Sam Cooke's Keep Movin' On. That cat's voice is like buttah.

Ever since I learned how to convert a YouTube video to an mp3 file, I've been listening to this at least once a day:



Alison Krauss is like Elvis in that she can take any song from any genre, make it hers, and make it awesome.

Independent George wrote:Ever since I learned how to convert a YouTube video to an mp3 file.

Hi,

Do you have a link on how to do this?

Thanks!

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

Do you have a link on how to do this?

Thanks!

Regards,

Here you go:

http://www.listentoyoutube.com/index.php

Independent George wrote:Alison Krauss is like Elvis in that she can take any song from any genre, make it hers, and make it awesome.

I love Alison Krauss. Great clip!

Alison is fantastic but let's also credit Shawn Colvin, the "other" singer.

Jonah wrote:Alison is fantastic but let's also credit Shawn Colvin, the "other" singer.

And Jerry Douglas, the dobro player (who's actually put out more albums out in his own name than with Union Station). The entire arrangement was excellent - what makes it work is that none of them is trying to outdo the others. There's actually another clip of her singing the same song with James Taylor that's quite terrible, because they just couldn't mesh together. I only meant to make a general point regarding Alison.

That said, if they ever release an album called "Alison Krauss Sings the Phone Book", I'd still buy a copy. Not that anybody uses the phone book anymore.

I defy anyone to watch this just once:

XRT, specifically Warren Zevon's Disorder in the House

Lucinda Williams. Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone.
It's crazy how many great songs are on this two disc set.

If you like Lucinda, check out Lydia Loveless, who plays Lincoln Hall in a week. Boy, is her album good.

I was just listening to Pet Shop Boys "Yes," which followed Gavin Bryars, which followed the underrated Pink Floyd "Obscured By Clouds."

Does anyone have a Brian Eno recommendation?

I like the Pet Shop Boys, usually in small doses as they're so sugary. Gavin Bryars is great, "Obscured By Clouds" is greater. I've recently found a 20+ minute version of 'Echoes' done by one of the boys from Ween. That's not bad at all.

As far as Lucinda Williams and Lydia Loveless go, I would urge you to check out Cat Power (Chan Marshall) or just about anything you can get from Bloodshot Records.

bean wrote:Does anyone have a Brian Eno recommendation?

I love most things Eno (except post-80s U2). I'm definitely predisposed to like the glammy early stuff going back to the first two Roxy Music albums and then his mid-70s releases, "Here Come the Warm Jets" and "Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy". If you love Floyd you'll probably like the synth laden art rock of this era. I'd say his crown jewel, which also signals the shift to his quieter ambient period is "Another Green World". This album is essential. Atmospheric and moody, laced with superb textural musicianship and witty songwriting. I like the ambient stuff too, particularly his trippy collaborations with King Crimson's Robert Fripp.

Also, you probably know this, but his fingerprints are all over many of the best albums of the 70s as a producer. Talking Heads' seminal albums "More Songs About Buildings & Food", "Fear of Music" & "Remain in Light", Devo's "Are We Not Men", and Bowie's Berlin trilogy. All of this some of my favorite music, period.

Don't forget 1981's groundbreaking "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts". Sampling, loops and rhythms that were not heard prior. Pretty much invented a new genre of music.