Grateful Dead :: 08.30.70 :: KQED Studios San Francisco, CA

Many, many, many thanks go out to Christopher Hazard for all his work on this and making it possible for the rest of us to enjoy. He notes:

“This is the second time i uploaded this video in 24-hours... I managed to remove almost all of the flicker from the video and cleaned up the temporal noise to a huge extent (and it took 24-hours on a brand new RTX 3090TI machine for this 28-minute video!) -- I am really happy with the results so, welcome to the Re-Remaster? :D Enjoy!!!”

I’ll be honest enough to admit that I don’t know what most of the machine numbers mean or even really what (Native 16:9) means. But I know good music when I hear it and this is goooooood music.

Setlist:

  1. Easy Wind

  2. Candyman

  3. Casey Jones

  4. Brokedown Palace

  5. Uncle John's Band

The Deets:

This is an audio and video remaster of Grateful Dead August 30th, 1970 KQED Studios San Francisco, CA.

Grateful Dead [1080p RE-Remaster] August 30th, 1970 - KQED Studios San Francisco, CA (Native 16:9).

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Goose :: OK, They're Good! (Plus Trey Anastasio!)

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I’ll be honest: I’ve tried to dig Goose several times. I’ve watched several live sets and lots of people I respect dig them. I don’t know why, but I just didn’t connect with them. I think it may have something to do with the moustaches and my own biases. You see, my Dad had a mustache, and any time I try to grow one, I just see my Dad in the mirror, and I love my Dad, but that’s not what you want to see when you look in the mirror.

Anyhoo: (as always), I’m on a big Kurt Vonnegut kick, and I just watched the 2021 documentary which included the quote from Cat’s Cradle: “As Bokonon says: 'peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from god.” That’s when Pitchfork decided to review the bands newest album Dripfield and I decided to give them another try.

Brady Gerber’s review includes this short section:

Watching their viral set at Peach Fest 2019—which, like many Goose sets, you can stream in full on YouTube—I thought wow, these guys can play. But it wasn’t just their virtuosic performances: Between the sprawling solos, they had actual songs that I walked away humming.

So, like any good Bokononist would, I went and watched that “viral'“ 2019 Peach Fest set. And I ended up digging it. A Lot. I sent it to my brother and a friend with the caption: “I think I might have been won over.” You see, they too had tried Goose before and found it not to their taste. But this set won them both over just like it did me. Maybe it will do the same for you. Maybe not. Either way, I hope you enjoy and occasionally stop along to remember that “I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.”

The Deets:

Goose plays Peach Fest 2019 in Scranton, PA.

Setlist:

  1. Madhuvan

  2. Time to Flee

  3. All I Need

  4. Wysteria Lane

  5. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo

  6. Arcadia

  7. The Way It Is

  8. Hot Tea

Trey Anastasio of that band from VT sat in the other night with Goose in NYC and thanks to the wonders of the technology, you can watch it right here right now:

The Deets:

  • Goose - Hungersite → Arcadia (feat. Trey Anastasio) - 6/25/22 Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY

Here is the band’s official video for Hungersite:

Meat Puppets Ring In The New Year (Just Not This One)

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The Meat Puppets play a private party in Tempe, AZ 12/31/99.

Only two songs.

But two glorious songs.

Setlist:

  1. Seal Whales

  2. Up On The Sun

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Ernie Francestine's Character of Light

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Pittsburgh guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Ernie Francestine’s third album Character of Light will be released July 22 by WarHen Records.

Francestine is a music teacher and plays in multiple acts, including the Buckle Downs. But whereas the Buckle Downs mine soulful R&B, Francestine’s newest solo album takes a quieter turn but demands your attention nonetheless.

Ernie says:

“Character Of Light was born in Spring of 2021 when Warren Parker of WarHen Records reached out about recording a solo album. I dove in and immediately began writing and compiling ideas.

I wanted to record an album inspired by the music I listen to most. Character Of Light brings together hints of folk, ambient, traditional acoustic music and Tropicalia.”

Character of Light feels immediate yet nostalgic. Francestine says he wanted the album “to feel like a welcome guest at any time of day in any season” and he has succeeded. This is music for all seasons; on the porch at dusk, or serenading the sunrise. The music is warm, welcoming and intriguing. Guitar lines weave in and out of one another while Moog synthesizers and field recordings add ambient wash. The music feels lived in (in the best possible way) yet reveals new details with each listen.

Character of Light (both the album and the song) arise in a gentle wash of guitar and invokes whatever may come with a wistful hopefulness. This is instrumental music with a voice. In “Two Birds,” that voice is the sparse but not spare piano melody floating above guitar and building into a worldless chorus that is somehow both hopeful and forlorn. “Everything is Transparent”soulfully saunters down a melody lane that you know you’ve never been down before but somehow feels familiar; like home. “Wild Purple” conveys that memory on the tip of your tongue that doesn’t need to be spoken after all. “The Stone & The Evergreen (Pt. 1).” closes the album with a melody you feel like you’ve known your whole life. And maybe you have and Francestine is just reminding us.

Check out "Two Birds:”

I recently had a chance to catch up with Ernie to chat about the project.

Tell us about the title, Character of Light:

I had been kicking around ideas for a title for a long time and a few contenders came and went. I was having trouble getting the last track of the record (Character of Light) written and recorded and I just stumbled upon this phrase in my head and I immediately knew it was going to the title of the record and of the last song I was finishing up. I like the ambiguity of it and I also think it encapsulates what the record is about. It feels like the record.

This music is very different from your other projects. Was it difficult for you to “find a voice” in instrumental music?

Writing for my other band (the Buckle Downs. is very different and I really wanted to do something that I could see the entire project through to the end myself. One principle I use in writing music is eliminating anything that will slow me down. I have my entire recording set up ready to go at any moment and after recording my first instrumental recording during the pandemic (The Quiet Shift) - I knew I wanted to continue in this genre because it felt like the one with the least amount of restrictions to actually completing a chorus…a song….an album. I am able to see tangible progress without second guessing if it needs drums, a different melody or changing lyrics.

Was there a vision beyond “an instrumental album?”

I think he heard my previous release "The Quiet Shift" and was interested in something with a similar vibe. I would say that this one builds on that release. That one was recorded entirely on my iPad with no more than one overdub on each track. This one is definitely more layered and uses a wider variety of instruments.

You note that you wanted to record an album "inspired by the music" you listen to most. Who might be a few artists that were touchstones or inspirations for this project? What music do you listen to most?

I listen to ….instrumental music the most. Whether that’s jazz, Brazilian music, Afro beat, tropicalia, instrumental folk guitar. I like figuring out the emotion the music is trying to convey without the help of lyrics.

What’s next for you?

Whats next: am really feeling inspired to keep this going and try to work more within the sound I've created for myself. I've got conceptual ideas for a few albums in my head and usually the one that wins out is the one I sit down and start working on. I've learned to always try and make the demo a usable take because we used a lot of demo takes on the final tracks of this record. So I feel set up with more knowledge and better processes to compose in a more efficient manner.

All proceeds from the sales of this album will be donated to Everytown, an organization fighting for sensible gun laws across the country.
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Detective Blind Debut Single 'Tell Me' Out Now

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Indie rock sister act Detective Blind's debut single 'Tell Me' is out now. Eldest sister Montgomery is billed as a “15-year old Broadway Vet,” but otherwise, there’s not much online about this young band (yet) except that they’re sisters, they used to be a cover band and now they rock.

Can’t wait to hear more from these sisters.

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New Music Alert :: Seryn is Too Far Gone

Some of my favorite people are in a band called Seryn. If you don’t know them, then you haven’t been around this site very often. That’s OK, I don’t hold it against you.

All that to say; these fine folks recently released their new single ‘Too Far Gone’ and it’s great. Listen below and please purchase wherever you support musicians.

Fire For The People :: A Blue Scholars Playlist

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I think I’ve shared this before, but we drive a 12-passenger van. Because, of course we do. What else are we going to drive? The kids broke the AUX input several years ago, but the CD player works. So sometimes we make mixes especially for the van. Sometimes they are various playlists, and sometimes they are artist-specific. One of our favorite artists as a family is Seattle’s Blue Scholars.

I’m not sure if they ever broke up or if they’re just on some weird hiatus, but I don’t think they have released music together since 2011’s Cinémetropolis. Anyways, if you don’t know, them, Blue Scholars are (were?) a politically conscious Seattle hip hop duo. Formed in 2002 while members, DJ Sabzi (Saba Mohajerjasbi) and MC Geologic (George Quibuyen) were both students at the University of Washington. The duo put out 3 full-length albums, 4 EPs and a lot of singles. All of which is worth hunting down while the group is on hiatus(?).

Here’s the releases I drew from:

Tracklist:

  1. Solstice: Reintroduction from Blue Scholars

  2. Fire For the People from Bayani

  3. Lalo Schifrin from Cinematropolis

  4. Bruise Brothers from Blue Scholars

  5. Joe Metro from Bayani

  6. New People from Ooof!

  7. Sagaba from Blue Scholars

  8. Fou Lee from Cinematropolis

  9. Blue School from Blue Scholars

  10. Still Got Love from Bayani

  11. Selfportrait from Blue Scholars

  12. Southside Revival from The Long March EP

  13. Seijun Suzuki from Cinematropolis

  14. The Inkwell from Blue Scholars

  15. Hi-808 from Oof!

  16. Marion Sunshine from Cinematropolis

  17. Motion Movement from Blue Scholars

  18. Yuri Kochiyama from Cinematropolis

  19. Evening Chai from Blue Scholars

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Jake Xerxes Fussell: Live For Tiny Desk's Home Concerts

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It’s only February, but I can already tell you that Jake Xerxes Fussell’s newest album Good and Green Again will be on my year-end favorites list.

Drawing from folk, American and even bits of Appalachian music, Fussell has created a beautiful, challenging and yet hopeful album. His incorporation of strings and horns (sometimes reminding me of Gregory Alan Isakov flourishes) brings a lushness to the music that’s comfortable in all the right ways.

Earlier this year, Fussell recorded his (at home) NPR Tiny Desk Concert. According to NPR: “Fussell recorded at a friend's home in Pittsboro, N.C., with Casey Toll on upright bass and Libby Rodenbough on violin, harmonium and backup vocals. The mantle behind them is adorned with a tiny desk surrounded by various vegetable-shaped candles.”

You’re not going to find much better things to do with 18 minutes. Give it a try:

  1. Setlist:

  2. “The River St. Johns"

  3. "Have You Ever Seen Peaches Growing on a Sweet Potato Vine?"

  4. "Breast of Glass"

Players:

  • Jake Xerxes Fussell: guitar, vocals

  • Libby Rodenbough: violin, harmonium, backing vocals

  • Casey Toll: upright bass

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New Music Monday: In the Running :: Solilians

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Their label describes them as “Jewish mystics/drone/space pop explorers” and that gives you a pretty good starting point.

Solilans is the project of keyboardist Benjamin Malkin and began when Malkin wrote a 7” soundtrack for Ian Densford’s Binah Comics, a “super-powers tale sans violence”

Now a quartet featuring two vocalists, Neptune Sweet (Electric Djinn) and Sharon Malkin.

In the Running 2 is the second in I Heart Noise’s ongoing In the Running series and the second featuring Solilans. The first was a split EP with Boston’s Skyjelly. But this release find the attention placed on Solilans. As far as I can tell, “Klezmische” is a clever play on the group’s fusion of Kosmische with Klezmer music. If that’s difficult to imagine, you’re on the right track.

Fusing psychedelic, ambient, drone, and folk and even Indian instrumentation, the group creates sonic soundscapes that wash over you and wrap around your soul. With hypnotic, trance-like vocals, you might think of something along the lines of Sky Cries Mary (anyone remember them?). But this is truly original and creative music. There’s a balance throughout the release that weaves in and out itself. The disparate elements create a tension that keeps you engaged while the swooning vocals and repeating loops provide counteract that tension with mesmerizing effect. This balance between tension and release/relaxation is a wonderful musical theme throughout. I can’t wait to hear more from Solilans.

Highly recommended.

Preview:

The fine and fabulous folks over at Foxy Digitalis premiered the video for “Old Schmeckled Hen” earlier this year. Check it:

Pentangle Live On Belgian TV (1972)

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From the Youtube Page:

“This Belgian TV special from 1972 captures the band in all its glory as they work their way through six songs from the albums Solomon's Seal, and Reflection.”

Meet Me At The Gates :: A Holiday at the Sea Spiritual Rendezvous

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As we enter Junior Year of the Pandemic, I have been looking outside of the expected places for comfort, assurance, and even meaning.

In those olden days of yore, the “Elders” or the “wise ones of a city” might meet at the city gate where they would gather to discuss life’s complexities and to offer advice to those who asked.

I know none of you asked, and I don’t claim to be wise, but if any of you ever wanted to meet at the gate, here would be my advice.

Setlist:

  1. Let Us Make a Record by Sister Gertrude Morgan

  2. I'm So Happy And Free The Lord Save Me by Rev. Lonnie Farris

  3. Wonderful by Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir

  4. Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah by Indian Bottom Association

  5. Jesus Will Provide by Isaiah Owens

  6. Fix It Jesus by Reverend Charlie Jackson

  7. Higher Power by Ramsay Midwood

  8. People Get Ready by Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers

  9. I Have A Savior I Can by Leon Pinson

  10. Yeah, Lord! Jesus is Able by Rev. Louis Overstreet

  11. I Was Healed By The Wounds In His Side by Sister Gertrude Morgan

  12. A Little More Faith by Reverend Gary Davis

  13. Pray For Me by Leon Pinson

  14. Is There Anybody Here Who Loves My Jesus? by Rev. Louis Overstreet

  15. Take Care of Us by Revelations

  16. God’s Got It by Reverend Charlie Jackson

  17. Joyful Noise by Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir

  18. The Lord’s Prayer by The Spiritualaires of Hurtsboro, Alabama

  19. God’s Gonna Separate by Reverend Gary Davis

  20. Take Your Burdens To The Lord by Washington Phillips

  21. God’s Mighty Hand by Rev. Utah Smith

  22. I Want To Ride That Glory Train by The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir

Steve Gunn, Shahzad Ismaily, and Ryan Sawyer :: Live Improv Set at Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY 9/4/21

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Thanks so much to the amazing Bryon Whitley for posting this amazing set.

Steve Gunn, Shahzad Ismaily, and Ryan Sawyer performing a live improv set at Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY 9/4/21.

“A set of wonderful improvisational music created by three sensational musicians.”

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Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band :: Approximately Infinite Universe Live! [1973 Full Broadcast]

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John Lennon’s website notes:

“There’s a fury at the core of Yoko Ono’s 1973 rock opus Approximately Infinite Universe that was not apparent on previously recorded efforts. Ono has always been a master of turning pain and sadness into art, but here, there’s a clenched-fist intensity that sets it apart in her deep, unparalleled catalogue. Ono is angry. She proved that one can carry a boundless love for humanity and still be furious — furious at male/female relationships, at war, at your partner.”

Notes:

Yoko Ono (with John Lennon) is interviewed on May 12, 1973 for the PBS television program "Flipside" at The Record Plant East in New York City. She also performs tracks from her then latest album "Approximately Infinite Universe" (as well as a track released only as a single in Japan) with the Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band.

(Aired on June 30, 1973).

Setlist:

  1. Joseijoi Banzai

  2. Death of Samantha

  3. Catman (The Rosies Are Coming)

  4. Winter Song

  5. Death of Samantha (Reprise)

Endless Boogie Live at The Bootleg Theater (4/5/2016)

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Endless Boogie performs live at The Bootleg Theater, Echo Park, Los Angeles, California (April 5, 2016 ).

Sorry, don’t have the setlist for this one. You could probably figure it out if you wanted to. Otherwise, just jam.

Players:

  • Jesper Eklow (aka "The Governor") on guitar

  • Paul Major (aka "Top Dollar") on guitar and vocals

  • Mark Ohe (aka "Memories from Reno") on bass

  • Harry Druzd on drums

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Soundtrack to the Collective Meltdown (2021) :: A Holiday At The Sea (MEGA) Playlist

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The next time you’ve got nearly 5 hours to kill, I’ve got the mix for you! These are not necessarily my “favorite songs of 2021.” Instead, these are choice cuts; one representative track from each of my favorite 50 albums of the year. Regardless of length.

Get ready for a ride.

Tracklist:

  1. Pray for Peace by Ustad Saami from East Pakistan Sky

  2. Recessinater by Birds of Maya from Valdez

  3. The People vs. the Rest of Us by Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble from NOW

  4. Bell Song by 75 Dollar Bill featuring Barry Weisblat from Social Music at Troost Vol. 1

  5. Ya Rossoul by Khaira Arby from Khaira Arby In New York (Live In 2010)

  6. Movement by Bell Orchestre from House Music

  7. Broken Mirror (A Selfie Reflection)/Composition 9 by Matthew E. White and Lonnie Holley from Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection

  8. Riddim Rek Sa Niouy Mom by Wau Wau Collectif from Yaral Sa Doom

  9. All That They Left You by Six Organs of Admittance from The Veiled Sea

  10. Days Like These by Low from Hey What

  11. VBS by Lucy Dacus from Home Video

  12. Brothers by Phil Cook from All These Years

  13. Dark In Here by the Mountain Goats from Dark In Here

  14. Djougoh by Nahawa Doumbia from Kanawa

  15. The Call by Madlib from Sound Ancestors

  16. Beat Up Born Where I Come From by Ghost of Vroom from Ghost of Vroom 1

  17. Dovetail by Girls in Airports from Leap

  18. descension (Out of Our Constrictions) III by Natural Information Society and Evan Parker from descension (Out of Our Constrictions)

  19. Beowulf’s Trip by Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders from Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders

  20. World is Turning by Rose City Band from Earth Trip

  21. Disposable Thumbs by Endless Boogie from Admonitions

  22. Staggering With a Lantern by Mountain Movers from World What World

  23. Albuquerque by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis from CARNAGE

  24. OUR SIDE HAS TO WIN (for D.H.) by Godspeed You! Black Emperor from G_d's Pee At States End!

  25. Juvenescence by Yasmin Williams from Urban Driftwood

  26. Invisible Map by Derek Piotr from Making and Then Unmaking

  27. You Can Regret What You Have Done by Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy from Superwolves

  28. This Old World by Billy Strings from Renewal

  29. Kelp Highway by Drew Gardner from Drew Gardner

  30. Jnoun ! by Bachar Mar-Khalifé from Ghost Songs

  31. In Remembrance Of Those Fallen by Sons of Kemet from Black To The Future

  32. Bertha The Cool by Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog from Hope

  33. Give Me Back My Loving by Leo Nocentelli from Another Side

  34. Don’t Let The Tears by Howlin’ Rain from The Dharma Wheel

  35. Tree of Tule by Daniel Lanois from Heavy Sun

  36. Way To Cairo by Native Soul from Teenage Dreams

  37. Ethiopian Sunshower by Adrian Younge And Ali Shaheed Muhammad from Brian Jackson JID008

  38. Zengadyw Derekou by Hailu Mergia from Tezeta

  39. Ya Habibti by Mdou Moctar from Afrique Victime

  40. Tropicale Moon by Mouth Painter from Tropicale Moon

  41. Natural Facts by Wet Tuna from Eu’d To A Fake Boogie Volume 4

  42. Shrinks the Day by Ryley Walker and Kikagaku Moyo from Deep Fried Grandeur

  43. Musungu Elongo Paints His Face White to Scare Small Children by Kasai Allstars from Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound

  44. Trap Life by Sault from Nine

  45. Désert by Dobe Gnahoré from Couleur

  46. Part 1 by Elkhorn from The Golden Lag

  47. If It Comes In The Morning by Hiss Golden Messenger from Quietly Blowing It

  48. Morning River by Steve Gunn from Other You

  49. Shiva With Dustpan by Ryley Walker from Course In Fable

  50. Cortez the Killer (live) by Neil Young and Crazy Horse from Way Down In The Rust Bucket

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2021 Year In Review :: Favorite Albums

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Here’s the dealio, my coolios.

Each year, I keep a running diary of sorts of all of the things I liked each year. If you’re interested (which I doubt you are), you can follow along with my real-time unedited yearly bookkeeping here.

At the end of each year I try to cull down the music section to what really defined my year musically. No ranking. Just great music. Here are 50 of my favorite 2021 albums in alphabetical order.

Albums In Visual Alphabetical Order:

Albums In Alphabetical Alphabetical Order:

  1. Social Music at Troost Vol.1 by 75 Dollar Bill

  2. Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders by Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders // Elixor of Life by Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders

  3. Khaira Arby in New York (Live in 2010) by Khaira Arby

  4. House Music by Bell Orchestre

  5. Valdez by Birds of Maya

  6. Carnage by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

  7. All These Years by Phil Cook

  8. Home Video by Lucy Dacus

  9. Kanawa by Nahawa Doumbia

  10. The Golden Lag by Elkhorn

  11. Admonitions by Endless Boogie

  12. Drew Gardner by Drew Gardner

  13. Ghost of Vroom 1 by Ghost of Vroom

  14. Leap by Girls in Airports

  15. Couleur by Dobet Gnahoré

  16. G_d's Pee At States End! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

  17. Other You by Steve Gunn

  18. Quietly Blowing It by Hiss Golden Messenger

  19. The Dharma Wheel by Howlin’ Rain

  20. Brian Jackson JID008 by Brian Jackson, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge

  21. Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound by Kasai Allstars

  22. Heavy Sun by Daniel Lanois

  23. Now by Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble

  24. Hey What by Low

  25. Sound Ancestors by Madlib

  26. Hope by Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog

  27. Ghost Songs by Bachar Mar-Khalifé

  28. Tezeta by Hailu Mergia

  29. Afrique Victime by Mdou Moctar

  30. Dark In Here by the Mountain Goats

  31. World What World by Mountain Movers

  32. Tropicale Moon by Mouth Painter

  33. Teenage Dreams by Native Soul

  34. descension (Out of Our Constrictions) by Natural Information Society/Evan Parker

  35. Another Side by Leo Nocentelli (1971)

  36. Making and Then Unmaking by Derek Piotr

  37. Earth Trip by Rose City Band

  38. East Pakistan Sky by Ustad Saami

  39. Nine by Sault

  40. The Veiled Sea by Six Organs of Admittance

  41. Black to the Future by Sons of Kemet

  42. Renewal by Billy Strings

  43. Superwolves by Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

  44. Deep Fried Grandeur by Ryley Walker And Kikagaku Moyo

  45. Course In Fable by Ryley Walker

  46. Yaral Sa Doom by Wau Wau Collectif

  47. Eau’d To A Fake Boogie Volume 4 by Wet Tuna

  48. Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection by Matthew E. White and Lonnie Holley

  49. Urban Driftwood by Yasmin Williams

  50. Way Down in the Rust Bucket by Neil Young and Crazy Horse

  • Browse my favorite albums of the year

  • Browse my “2021 Yearly Wrap-it-Up” which is really a ramble about seeing Phish

  • Browse my favorite books of 2021

  • Browse my favorite movies of 2021

  • Browse my favorite television of 2021

  • Listen to a nearly 5-hour very low quality mix of one song from each of my favorite albums of 2021 called “Soundtrack to the Collective Meltdown”

Neil Diamond Live at the BBC (1971)

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Neil Diamond Live at the BBC (1971).





Setlist:

  1. Countdown

  2. Sweet Caroline

  3. Neil Talking (solitary man story)

  4. Solitary Man

  5. Neil Talking (cracklin’ rosie story)

  6. Cracklin’ Rosie

  7. Neil Talking (BBC cup)

  8. Done Too Soon

  9. Modern Day Version of Love

  10. Neil Talking (Bob Russell)

  11. He Aint Heavy, He’s my Brother

  12. Neil Talking (Holly Holy)

  13. Holly Holy

  14. I am, I said

  15. Neil Talking (BLTSS Story)

  16. Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show

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A Sliver Of The Whole :: A Holiday At The Sea Playlist

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This was originally a mix that was supposed to just feature some live Grateful Dead and live Velvet Underground cuts. That mix is still in the works, by the way, but this one morphed out of that project and features several other bands from the 1968-1971 sliver of time. Don’t ask me how it ended up being that, the mix made itself, man.

What we ended up with is a mix that features MC5, the Beatles, the Velvet Underground, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, and the Stooges (and then kept going until I whittled it back down to these tracks). This is a mix I regularly play around the house, so, I hope you enjoy it; because this mix has been getting lots of Sonos time around here, whether the kids like it or not.

Setlist:

  1. Kick Out The Jams by MC5

  2. Get Back by the Beatles

  3. Sweet Jane by the Velvet Underground

  4. Commotion by Creedence Clearwater Revival

  5. Parachute Woman by the Rolling Stones

  6. St. Stephen by the Grateful Dead

  7. The Eleven by the Grateful Dead

  8. Rock & Roll by the Velvet Underground

  9. Shakin’ Street by MC5

  10. Down On the Street by the Stooges

  11. Dig A Pony by the Beatles

  12. Bootleg by Creedence Clearwater Revival

  13. The American Ruse by MC5

  14. Street Fighting Man by the Rolling Stones

  15. I’ve Got A Feeling by the Beatles

  16. Real Cool Time by the Stooges

  17. Graveyard Train by Creedence Clearwater Revival

  • Visit the Beatles’ official site

  • Purchase the Beatles’ music at Amazon

  • Follow Creedence Clearwater Revival at Facebook

  • Purchase Creedence Clearwater Revival’s music at Amazon

  • Visit the Grateful Dead’s official website

  • Follow the Grateful Dead on Facebook

  • Follow Grateful Dead on Twitter

  • Purchase Grateful Dead music on Amazon

  • Purchase MC5’s music at Amazon

  • Visit the official page for the Stooges

  • Purchase the Stooges’ music at Amazon

  • Visit the Velvet Underground’s official site

  • Purchase the Velvet Underground’s music at Amazon

R.E.M. Live at the 688, '81

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In February 1981, a year-and-a-half before ‘Chronic Town’ would be released, R.E.M. played three at Atlanta’s 688 Club.

Setlist:

1. “Rave On” (Partial)
2. “Burning Down”
3. “Dangerous Times”
4. “I Don’t Want You Anymore”
5. “Get on Their Way”
6. “Different Girl”
7. “Permanent Vacation”
8. “White Tornado”
9. “Narrator”
10. “Wind Out”
11. “Gardening at Night”
12. “Mystery to Me”
13. “Radio Free Europe”

Erykah Badu Live at Java Jazz Festival (2012)

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Erykah Badu Live at Java Jazz Festival (2012).

Setlist:

  1. Gone Baby, Don't Be Long

  2. 20 Feet Tall

  3. The Healer

  4. Appletree

  5. Love Of My Life

  6. Daylight (RAMP)

  7. Bag Lady

  8. Durand Bernarr Freestyle