Monday, April 30, 2007

Catching Up

Today was the first day back at work after a week off. I was in Savannah, GA for my older brother's wedding last week. Congrats to non-regular readers Todd and Leigh. In short, it was a pleasant time with family and friends new and old. Which surprised me a bit.

I had a bit of dread at the prospect of the type of social obligations that usually accompany a weddding in the family, which don't agree with my constitution. Maybe more on all that later. Suffice it to say I had some revelations of dread and its role in my life.

The CD sale has gone well so far. These albums are going quickly, my friends. Act now. Operators are standing by.

Speaking of music, I've been listening to some John Coltrane, trying to figure out what all the hubub is about. This was all sparked by the new Traneology podcast, (as well as countless mentions in my reading over the years.) But I gotta say, after listening to _Giant Steps_ and _Ballads_ I'm still not sure I get it. It's not that I don't LIKE this music. I do. But I'm not sure why Coltrane is such a monolithic musical figure. There are plenty of other artists like that- people you're supposed to like or appreciate.

Friday, April 13, 2007

Sic Semper Tyrannis as Temporary CD Store

Since I have the albums on the iPod and computer now, I figured I might as well sell off some of the Stutzman Memorial Library. (Sorry, Jay, I'm sure you are fuming right now.)

So, here is a list of every single CD I am willing to sell to you, dear reader. Yes, I promise I will beat retail and iTunes prices. And yes, I have been quite careful with my cds, so they are in great shape.

If you find something you want or have any questions, email me for more info. at: mike@grandpagriffith.com and we can make a deal. Also, for album info. I recommend the thorough, (though sometimes frustratingly slow), www.allmusic.com

Happy browsing, music lovers! (Sorry if the list is a little ugly-looking.)


Artist Album Title

8 1/2 Souvenirs Happy Feet
808 Sate 808:88:98
Adams, John Shaker Loops and the Wound-Dresser
American Brass Quintet, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble Chamber Music of Eric Ewazen
Andre, Maurice Maurice Andre: Trumpet Concertos
Andre, Maurice & Claude Bolling Bolling: Toot Suite
Annie Sci-fi Canon Blues
Anthrax Return of the Killer A's
Apple,Fiona Tidal
Aquabats, The Fury of the Aquabats
Aquabats, The Vs. the Floating Eye of Death
Arrau, Claudio & Nikita Magaloff Liszt: The Complete Etudes
Bamberg Symphony-Hollreiser & Swarovsky Wagner: Overtures
Bang on a Can Cheating, Lying, Stealing
Bang on a Can Industry
Bang on a Can Music for Airports-Brian Eno
Barber, Samuel Symphonies #1 & 2
Barry, John Soundtrack- "Dances with Wolves"
Bears, The Car Caught Fire
Bears, The Rise and Shine
Beatles, The A Hard Day's Night
Beatles, The Abbey Road
Beatles, The Anthology 1
Beatles, The Anthology 2
Beatles, The Anthology 3
Beatles, The For Sale
Beatles, The Help!
Beatles, The Let It Be
Beatles, The Magical Mystery Tour
Beatles, The Past Masters Vol. 2
Beatles, The Please Please Me
Beatles, The Revolver
Beatles, The Rubber Soul
Beatles, The Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles, The The Beatles (White Album)
Beatles, The Yellow Submarine
Belew, Adrian BelewPrints
Belew, Adrian Coming Attractions
Belew, Adrian Desire of the Rhino King
Belew, Adrian Here
Belew, Adrian Inner Revolution
Belew, Adrian Mr. Music Head
Belew, Adrian Op Zop Too Wah
Belew, Adrian Pretty Pink Rose
Belew, Adrian Salad Days
Belew, Adrian Side Three
Belew, Adrian Side One
Belew, Adrian Side Two
Belew, Adrian The Acousitc Adrian Belew
Belew, Adrian Young Lions
Ben Folds Five Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Ben Folds Five Whatever and Ever Amen
Berlin Philharmoniker Boulez Conducts Webern II
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Bio Ritmo Rumba Baby Rumba
Bjork Post
Blake, Chris To God Alone
Blenderhead Figureheads on the Forefront of Pop Culture
Blondie Best of Blondie
Bloomsday Bloomsday EP
Bloomsday The Day the Colors Died
Bonzo Dog Band Let's Make Up and Be Friendly
Bonzo Dog Band Tadpoles
Bonzo Dog Band Urban Spaceman
Boston Pops Orchestra-Williams By Request…The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra
Boston Pops-Fiedler Stars and Stripes Forever and the Greatest Marches
Bragg, Billy and Wilco Mermaid Avenue
Branca, Glenn Lesson No. 1
Buckethead Colma
Buckethead Giant Robot
Buckley, Jeff Grace
Buckley, Jeff Live A L'Olympia
Buckley, Jeff Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
Burrell, Kenny Verve Jazz Masters Vol. 45
California Guitar Trio Invitation
California Guitar Trio Yamanashi Blues
Canadian Brass, The The Essential Canadian Brass
Candles, The If Found, Cast in Sea
Capova, Sylvia Schubert: Impromptus
Cardigans, The First Band on the Moon
Cardigans, The Gran Turismo
Cardigans, The Life
Carpenters The Singles 1969-73
Chicago Chicago's Greatest Hits
Chicago Pro Musica Stravinsky: "L'histoire Du Soldat" Suite
Christian, Charlie Genius of the Electric Guitar
Cincinatti College-Conservatory of Music-Corporon Wind Symphony
Cleveland Orchestra-George Szell Beethoven: Symphonies No.1 & 6, Egmont Overture
Code Magenta Code Magenta
Collegium Musicum Aldovadensis, ORF-Chor. Chorltg. Monteverdi: Madrigali Amorosi, Madrigali Guerrieri, Missa 1
Coltrane, John Blue Train
Cootees, The Let's Play House
Corea, Chick Verve Jazz Masters Vol. 3
Costello, Elvis Almost Blue (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis Brutal Youth (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis Il Sogno
Costello, Elvis King of America (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis Kojak Variety (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis My Aim is True (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis Spike (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis and Anne Sofie Von Otter For the Stars
Costello, Elvis and Brodsky Quartet Juliette Letters
Costello, Elvis and Burt Bacharach Painted from Memory
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions All This Useless Beauty (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions Armed Forces (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions Blood & Chocolate (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions Get Happy! (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions Goodbye Cruel World (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions Imperial Bedroom (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions Mighty Like A Rose (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions Punch the Clock (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions This Year's Model (Remastered Edition)
Costello, Elvis and the Brodsky Quartet The Juliet Letters
Costello, Elvis and the Imposters Cruel Smile
Costello, Elvis and the Imposters Delivery Man
Costello, Elvis and the Imposters When I Was Cruel
Coverdale Page Coverdale Page
Craig's Brother Homecoming
Craig's Brother Lost at Sea
Crash Test Dummies A Worm's Life
Crash Test Dummies The Ghosts That Haunt Me
Cruise, Julee Floating Into the Night
Cruz, Edgar Classical Demands
Cruz, Edgar Those Were the Days
Czech Philharmonic, Karel Ancerl Janacek:Sinfonietta
Dallas Wind Symphony- Junkin Nelson: Holidays & Epiphanies
Davis, Miles Kind of Blue
Davis, Miles Sketches of Spain
Death Cab for Cutie Photo Album
Debussy, Claude Orchestral Works
Deep Purple Deepest Purple
Delta Haymax Delta Haymax
Dimeola, Al This Is Jazz 31
Divine Comedy A Secret History: Best of the Divine Comedy
DJ Shadow Preemptive Strike
Dogwood More than Conquerors
Drake, Nick Bryter Layter
Dream Theater Awake
Dylan, Bob Blonde on Blonde
Dylan, Bob Oh Mercy
Dylan, Bob The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Dylan, Bob The Times They Are A-Changin'
Dylan, Bob Time Out of Mind
Early Day Miners, Unwed Sailor, Chris Bennett Stateless
Eastman Wind Ensemble Gould-West Point Symphony, Giannini & Hovhaness
Ekstasis Wake Up and Dream
Ellington, Duke This is Jazz 7
Ellington, Duke Three Suites
Ellis, Herb Joe Pass, Ray Brown and Jake Hanna Arrival
Enya Shepherd Moons
FCS North Vocabulary
Ferguson, Maynard The Essence of Maynard Ferguson
Fishbone Fishbone 101- Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin' the Fonkay
Five Iron Frenzy All the Hype That Money Can Buy
Fleck, Bela Perpetual Motion
Fleck, Bela & the Flecktones Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
Folds, Ben Rockin' the Suburbs
Forman, William Hummel and Other Trumpet Concertos
Fountains of Wayne Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne Out of State Plates
Fountains of Wayne Welcome Interstate Managers
Fripp, Robert and the League of Crafty Guitarists Intergalactic Boogie Express-Live in Europe 1991
Fripp, Robert and the League of Crafty Guitarists Show of Hands
Fripp, Robert String Quintet The Bridge Between
Genesis …And Then There Were Three
Genesis A Trick of the Tail
Genesis ABACAB
Genesis Duke
Genesis Foxtrot
Genesis Nursery Cryme
Genesis Selling England by the Pound
Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Genesis Tresspass
Genesis Wind & Wuthering
German Bach Soloists-Winschermann Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-4 & 6
German Bach Soloists-Winschermann Bach: Orchestral Suites 1-3
Ghoti Hook Sumo Surprise
Gillespie, Dizzy Verve Jazz Masters 10
Godspeed, You Black Emperor! Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
Gordon, Dexter A Jazz Hour with Dexter Gordon, Vol. 2
Grandaddy Sumday
Gray, David A Century Ends
Gray, David Flesh
Green, Grant Green is Beautiful
Hart, Mickey and Planet Drum Supralingua
Hendrix, Jimi Electric Ladyland
Hendrix, Jimi Experience Are You Experienced
Hewitt, Angela Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2
High Llamas Cold & Bouncy
High Llamas Hawaii
Horner, James Soundtrack-Glory
Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra & Soloists- Robert Wagner Wagner: Tristan & Isolde Vol. 2
Jaccottet, Christiane Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Part I
Jando, Jeno Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book II
Jellyfish Bellybutton
Jellyfish Spilt Milk
Joe Christmas North to the Future
Joe Christmas Upstairs Overlooking
John, Elton Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Jon & Vangelis Page of Life
Joy Electric The Land of Misfits EP
Jurado, Damien Waters Ave S
Keneally, Mike Wooden Smoke & Wooden Smoke Asleep (Limited Edition)
Kenton, Stan Stan Kenton's West Side Story
King Crimson Absent Lovers
King Crimson Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With
King Crimson Level Five
King Crimson Power to Believe
King Crimson ProjeKct X- Heaven and Earth
King Crimson Red
King Crimson Starless and Bible Black
King Crimson The Construkction of Light
King Crimson The First Three (Box Set) incl. In the Court of the Crimson King, In the Wake of Poseidon, and Cirkus
King Crimson The Nashville Rehearsals, 1997
King Crimson The Vroom Sessions
King Crimson Vroom Vroom
Kunzel/Cincinatti Pops Bond & Beyond
Lambchop Is a Woman
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin Remasters
Led Zeppelin The Girl I Love
Legg, Adrian Guitars and Other Cathedrals
Legg, Adrian Mrs. Crowe's Blue Waltz
Legg, Adrian Waiting for a Dancer
Lennon, John The John Lennon Collection
Less Than Jake Hello Rockview
Linnell, John State Songs
Living End, The The Living End
Lloyd, Floyd Tear It Up: The Ska Album
London Festival Orchestra-Lizzio Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music
London Festival Orchestra-Witold Rowicki Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite, etc.
Ma, Yo-Yo Inspired by Bach: The Complete Cello Suites
Ma, Yo-Yo & Bobby McFerrin Hush
Marley, Bob and the Wailers Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers
Marsalis, Wynton A Fiddler's Tale
Marsalis, Wynton Soul Gestures in Southern Blue Vol.1-Thick in the South
Marsalis, Wynton Standard Time Vol. 1
Marsalis, Wynton Standard Time Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling
Marsalis, Wynton Standard Time Vol. 3-The Resolution of Romance
Marsalis, Wynton The London Concert
Marsalis, Wynton The Majesty of the Blues
Marsalis, Wynton Tune inTomorrow-The Original Soundtrack
Marsalis, Wynton Uptown Ruler-Soul Gestures in Southern Blue Vol. 2
Marsalis, Wynton & Eastman Wind Ensemble-Hunsberg Carnaval
Marsalis, Wynton & Judith Lynn Stillman On the Twentieth Century
Marsalis, Wynton Septet Blue Interlude
Marsalis, Wynton Septet CITI Movement (Griot New York)
Marsalis, Wynton/ Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Jump Start and Jazz
Maytals Never Grow Old
McCartney, Paul All the Best!
McCartney, Paul Band on the Run-25th Anniversary Edition
McCartney, Paul Flaming Pie
McCartney, Paul McCartney
McCartney, Paul McCartney II
McCartney, Paul Ram
McCartney, Paul Tug of War
McCartney, Paul Unplugged-The Official Bootleg
McLachlan, Sara Surfacing
Mclaughlin, John This Is Jazz 17
MercyMe Traces of Rain Vol. 2
Metallica …And Justice for All
Mexico70 Imperial Comet Hour
Microwave Dave and the Nukes Good Night, Dear
Midnight Oil 20,000 Watt R.S.L
Minnesota Orchestra- De Waart Gershwin-Bernstein
Mitchell, Joni Night Ride Home
Mondegreen The Return of the Blue Mushroom
Monk, Thelonious Genius of Modern Music Vol. 1
Monteverdi Orchestra-Gardiner Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez (Basic 100 No. 26)
Montgomery, Wes Verve Jazz Masters 14
Montoya, Carlos Carlos Montoya, Guitarist
Moog Cookbook Plays the Rock Classics-Ye Olde Space Band
Morella's Forest Super Deluxe
Moyzes Quartet Shostakovich: String Quartets No. 2 & 4
MxPx At the Show
MxPx Let It Happen
MxPx Life in General
MxPx On the Cover
MxPx Pokinatcha
MxPx Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo
MxPx Teenage Politics
MxPx The Ever Passing Moment
New Classical Orchestra: Alexander Titov Corelli:Concerti Grossi
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra Ravel/Mussorgsky
New Philharmonia Orchestra-Markevitch, RSO Frankfurt Tchaikovsky: Complete Tone Poems
New York Philharmonic-Bernstein Bach: St. Matthew Passion
New York Philharmonic-Bernstein Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Overtures (Royal Edition 12)
New York Philharmonic-Bernstein Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid (Royal Edition 26)
New York Philharmonic-Bernstein Mahler: Symphonies No.7, 9, & 10 (Adagio) (Royal Edition 50)
New York Philharmonic-Bernstein Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto for Diverse Instruments
New York Philharmonic-Boulez Boulez Conducts Bartok:Concerto for Orchestra
Newman, Thomas Soundtrack-Scent of a Woman
No Doubt Tragic Kingdom
NOFX The Decline
O'Connor, Mark Fiddle Concerto, The
O'Connor, Sinead Gospel Oak EP
Old 97s Satellite Rides
Old 97s Too Far to Care
Owsley Owsley
Ozomatli Ozomatli
P.O.D. The Fundamental Elements of Southtown
Parish, John How Animals Move
Parker, Jeff The Relatives
Part, Arvo Passio
Pavarotti, Luciano Amore
Pedro the Lion Control
Pedro the Lion Whole EP
Pep Squad No Doy!
Perlman, Itzak & Zubin Mehta Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, etc. Live in Russia
Petty, Tom and the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits
Phantom Planet Phantom Planet
Phantom Planet The Guest
Philadelphia Orchestra-Ormandy Classics at the Movies
Philadelphia Orchestra-Ormandy Classics from the Crypt
Philadelphia Orchestra-Ormandy Resphigi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Roman Festivals
Phish A Picture of Nectar
Phish Farmhouse
Phish Slip, Stitch, & Pass
Phish The Siket Disc
Phish The Story of the Ghost
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd Works
Plastiscene Seeing Stars
Portishead Roseland NYC Live
Prague Philharmonic Alien Invasion-Space and Beyond 2
Pretenders Isle of View, The
Pride of Oklahoma A Tradition of Excellence
Primus Brown Album
Prince The Hits 1
Puller Sugarless
Puller/Roadside Monument Puller/Roadside Monument
Pullman Viewfinder
Queen Greatest Hits
Queen Made in Heaven
Ramones, The Ramones Mania
Rampal, Jean-Pierre, Alexandre Lagoya, and Claude Bolling Bolling: Picnic Suite
Red House Painters Down Colorful Hill
Reel Big Fish Why Do They Rock So Hard?
Reich, Steve From the Kitchen Archives Vol. 2 Live 1977
Reich, Steve Octet/Music for a Large Ensemble/Violin Phase
Reich, Steve Three Tales
Reich, Steve Works 1965-1995 (Box Set)
Reich, Steve You Are (Variations)
Reinhardt, Django Jazz Masters 38
REM Automatic for the People
REM Eponymous
REM New Adventures in Hi-Fi
REM Out of Time
Richman, Jonathan I'm So Confused
Riley, Terry In C
Roadside Monument Eight Hours Away from Being a Man
Roadside Monument I Am the Day of Current Taste
Roadside Monument/ Frodus Split EP
Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964-1971
Rouse, Josh Dressed Up Like Nebraska
Rouse, Josh Under Cold Blue Stars
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra-Haitink,Jochum Strauss: 5 Great Tone Poems
Royal Crown Revue The Contender
Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright
Rusted Root Rusted Root
Rutter, John Magnificat/The Falcon/Two Festival anthems
Sal Paradise Furthur
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra- Graf Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & 41
Satie, Erik Popular Piano Works
Schickele, Peter The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach
Severinsen, Doc & Cincinnati Pops-Kunzel Unforgettably Doc
Severinsen, Doc & The Tonight Show Band Once More…With Feeling
Shaham, Gil and Andre Previn American Scenes-Copland,Previn,Barber,Gershwin
Sheila Divine New Parade
Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 80th-All the Best
Sixpence None the Richer Divine Discontent
Sixpence None the Richer Sixpence None the Richer
Sixpence None the Richer This Beautiful Mess
Slick Shoes Burn Out
Slick Shoes Rusty
Slowdive Souvlaki
Smith, Jimmy Home Cookin'
Sometime Sunday Stone
Sprinkle, Aaron Bareface
Squirrel Nut Zippers Perennial Favorites
Starflyer 59 Fell in Love at 22 EP
Stark, Steven Fyodor Fox and the Flying Fiddle
Stark, Steven I Wonder What the Radio Plays
Stark, Steven Light Plays on a Pearl
Stavesacre Friction
Stavesacre Speakeasy
Stavesacre/Denison Marrs Split/E.P.
Stereolab Dots & Loops
Stereolab Margerine Eclipse
Stereolab Oscillons from the Anti-Sun
Studebaker John and the Hawks Time Will Tell
Summers, Andy Last Dance of Mr. X
Supertones Chase the Sun
Supertones Supertones Strike Back
Sylvian, David & Robert Fripp The First Day
Takemura, Nobukazu Sign
Talking Heads Remain in Light
Tavener, John Fall and Resurrection
Tavener, John Last Sleep of the Virgin
They Might Be Giants Apollo 18
They Might Be Giants Factory Showroom
They Might Be Giants Flood
They Might Be Giants Here Come the ABC's
They Might Be Giants Indestructible Object
They Might Be Giants Istanbul Not Constantinople
They Might Be Giants John Henry
They Might Be Giants Mink Car
They Might Be Giants Miscellaneous T
They Might Be Giants No!
They Might Be Giants Severe Tire Damage
They Might Be Giants The Spine
They Might Be Giants The Spine Surfs alone
They Might Be Giants They Got Lost
They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants Venue Songs
Tomsic, Dubravka Beethoven: Famous Piano Sonatas
Tortoise It's All Around You
Tortoise Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Town and Country It All Has to Do with It
Undecided, The The Undecided
Unwed Sailor Firecracker
Unwed Sailor The Faithful Anchor
Vai, Steve Alien Love Secrets
Vai, Steve Fire Garden
Vai, Steve Passion & Warfare
Van Halen 5150
Van Halen Diver Down
Van Halen Fair Warning
Van Halen For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Van Halen Van Halen
Van Halen Van Halen II
Van Halen Women & Children First
Various "Listen to What the Man Said"-Popular Artists Pay Tribute to Paul McCartney
Various Bach:Masterworks of the Organ
Various Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours and Rendezvous-Songs of Elvis Costello
Various Everybody Wants Some- A Tribute to Van Halen
Various Masters of the Blues-Tribute to Elmore James
Various Punk Chart Busters Vol. 3
Various Ska Island
Various Songs from the Penalty Box
Various Songs from the Penalty Box-Volume 3
Various Soundtrack-American Graffiti
Various The Baroque Trumpet
Various The Essential Falla
Various The Instruments of Classical Music: The Trumpet
Various The Kings of Swing
Various Ultra-lounge Leopard Skin Sampler
Various Velvet Blue Music Unsigned Band Compilation
Velour 100 Fall Sounds
Velour 100 Of Color Bright
Velour 100 Songs from the Rainwater E.P.
Warm Jets Future Signs
Weezer Maladroit
Weezer Weezer
Weezer Weezer (2001)
White, Barry All Time Greatest Hits
Whitfield, Mark True Blue
Who, The Tommy
Wilco A Ghost is Born
Williams, John Soundtrack-"Schindler's List"
Wilson, Joemy Beatles on Hammered Dulcimer
World Party Egyptology
XTC Apple Venus Vol. 1
XTC Nonsuch
Yes Close to the Edge
Yes Drama
Yes Fragile
Yes Going for the One
Yes Relayer
Yes The Yes Album
Yes Time and a Word
Yes Tormato
Yes Union
Yes Yes
Yes Yesterdays
Young, Neil Harvest
Young, Neil & Crazy Horse Weld
Zappa, Frank Apostrophe (')
Zappa, Frank Cucamonga
Zappa, Frank Guitar
Zappa, Frank Hot Rats
Zappa, Frank Lather
Zappa, Frank London Symphony Orchestra Vol.1 & 2
Zappa, Frank Make a Jazz Noise Here
Zappa, Frank Orchestral Favorites
Zappa, Frank Over-nite Sensation
Zappa, Frank Sheik Yerbouti
Zappa, Frank Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
Zappa, Frank Sleep Dirt
Zappa, Frank Strictly Genteel
Zappa, Frank The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
Zappa, Frank The Lost Episodes
Zappa, Frank The Yellow Shark
Zappa, Frank Waka/Jawaka
Zappa, Frank/ Mothers of Invention Absolutely Free
Zappa, Frank/ Mothers of Invention Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
Zappa, Frank/ Mothers of Invention One Size Fits All
Zappa, Frank/ Mothers of Invention Roxy & Elsewhere
Zappa, Frank/ Mothers of Invention Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Zappa, Frank/ Mothers of Invention We're Only In It for the Money/Lumpy Gravy
Various 100 Masterpieces Vol. 8 (The Top 10 of Classical Music 1867-1876
Various Great Melodies of the Classics
Various Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music Vol.2:Classic to Modern
Various Stradivari Sampler Vol. 2
Various The Carl Stalling Project-Music from Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936-1958
Various The Norton Recordings Seventh Edition Vol.1: Gregorian Chant to Beethoven
Various The Norton Recordings Seventh Edition Vol.2: Schubert to Present

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Grandpa Griffith LIVE! This Weekend

Saturday, April 14
At Galileo's.
10:00 PM -ish
$5 cover.
Opening band-the name of which escapes me.

We try really hard to give people a reason to come to multiple shows by trying to incorporate new bits of music and what-not. This show will be no exception.

Monday, April 09, 2007

A Fabulous Experiment and Nice Article

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html?hpid=topnews

Friday, April 06, 2007

Listen to What the Man Said (2001)

A Random CD Review from the Stutzman Memorial Library
Listen to What the Man Said: Popular Artists Pay Tribute to Paul McCartney by Various Artists (2001)

As a general rule, I don’t typically buy tribute albums. They have always seemed less about paying tribute and more about cash-generating enterprises devised by labels trying to get exposure for the lesser-known artists in their stables. Other than this album, the only other tribute CD that I can think of in the Stutzman Memorial Library is one for Van Halen that I paid a couple bucks for just to hear “Eruption” played on the organ and banjo and a Latin lounge version of “Everybody Wants Some.”

The same goes for this album, which I bought for a couple tracks by artists in whom I had some interest. First of which was They Might Be Giants covering “Ram On,” which I must admit was a bit of a disappointment. They do some weird things with the tune, first of all, making it an instrumental, and second of all, introducing an all-encompassing, non-rhythmically-related delay that sends the song into audible areas just shy of complete chaos. They Might Be Giants taking a turn as pop deconstructionists for once... I guess I could appreciate the theory behind that.

I also wanted to hear Owsley handle “Band on the Run,” one of my favorite McCartney songs performed by a guy who wears his Beatles love on his sleeve. Unlike TMBG, he didn’t futz with the music, playing it very close to the original. Other than the abusive pitch correction on his voice, I could get behind it.

Now, Allmusic hates SR-71’s punked-out version of the Costello-McCartney collaboration “My Brave Face.” I, however, love it. The chorus “Now that I’m alone again/ Can’t stop breaking down again” is so dramatically performed that it is the biggest ear worm of the whole album for me. It’s like a swarm of bees trapped and buzzing around in my head.

I was also interested in World Party doing “Man We Was Lonely,” an easily over-looked song and Matthew Sweet doing “Every Night” and those two didn’t let me down, nor did Sloan’s lo-fi’d out, driving version of “Waterfalls.”

Actually, the only song that I don’t like on this album is Robyn Hitchcock’s version of “Let Me Roll It,” a song off of Band on the Run that kind of annoys me in its original version. Hitchcock manages to not redeem it. His voice sounds like an electric razor in a giant, cavernous nose.

I have said it before that I think that Paul McCartney’s voice is perfect for pop music and the man has a gift for melody. It’s apparent even when other people take on his music. Something about his choices of notes is just so---ear-catching.

There’s a lot to like about this album. I need to go home and listen to it again!

Sunday, April 01, 2007

Damn You, Singing Dog in the K-9 Advantix Commercial!

I can't get that "There Ain't No Bugs on Me" song out of my head.

This is advertising of the most pernicious order.