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Old-school ɦǟƈӄɛʀ, musician/composer, pro web/game dev, founder, grammarian, writer, amateur astronaut, shirt designer.
My verbs are love, support and respect.
Joined Nov 2022
OK, just one more from my country jag.
I vividly remember this one playing in a darkened roller rink (ask your dad/grandpa) when the couples-only time would start (ask your mom/grandma).
I was 11 years old and wheeled all around the place looking for a girl I knew, because I wanted to ask her if she would go out and skate with me.
Never found her (her parents had already picked her up), so yeah, the song was doubly sad.
A song I would hum to my baby boy to comfort him and help him get back to sleep, though I didn't know what song it was.
Years later I hummed it to my mom, asking if she knew it.
She looked at me in surprise and said it was the song she would sing to me when I was a baby.
Probably not the most appropriate song to hum to your newborn child, but I guess it was popular a few years before I was born.
So here's Jim Reeves with "He'll Have to Go"
Fact: You won't hear many country or bluegrass picks from me.
But my Saturday just took an unexpected lateral jag into an old playlist.
So here is Kathy Mattea with "Love Chooses You"
Yes there is something you can do my love
Won't you help me through these troubled times
And serve to remind
That everything is gonna be alright
Despite my fighting bitter tears
These are the very best years
"Very Best Years" by The Grays
How it rambles 'round the moon
A let-go-of balloon
Nothing is forever
everything is soon
Hold your head up high.
Here is how my daily musical journey is going this drizzly pop Saturday:
Before there was Yes, there was the original Syn.
(sorry, couldn't resist)
Here is The Syn with "Flowerman"
Just heard about about Benny Golson's passing (September 24). 😢
Here is "Staccato Swing" from his 1959 album "Gone with Golson"
Was late to an event two nights ago because this was on the radio, and my friend and I simply COULD NOT leave the car until it was over.
Even if you're not into classical, put this on (preferably decent speakers or headphones) and see if you dig it.
Seriously, those piano runs near the end!
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126. Paraphrase on "Dies Irae"
Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal - Charles Dutoit
Get those toes a-tappin'.
Here is Honorary Astronaut with "Gold"
Not sure if I have a better word, but this song just... blooms.
Here is Chiara Dubey with "Amma"
For today's adventurous listening session:
Check out the full album "Inside the Cable Temple" by 万能青年旅店 [omnipotent youth society]
Style includes a mix of prog, jazz, contemplative and folk-rock, and it's one of my favorite albums of the last few years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibzqglZNyyk&list=PLdBgRSepCa9OyPdvgx7p7LxGcGKslpkJN
/nosanitize
Wallow in this one, friend.
Here is "A Scarcity of Miracles" by Jakko Jakszyk, Robert Fripp and Mel Collins.
Small portion of lyrics from "I Trawl the Megahertz" (Prefab Sprout)
C'mon. Get up and be happy, even if only for 3 minutes and 12 seconds.
Here is Ezra Collective with "Shaking Body"
Working late.
It's a Michael Franks "When Sly Calls" kind of night:
Hey, it's Jazz Orchestra Appreciation Day!*
Here is the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra (with Doc Severinsen) performing "Torque"
*in my household
codeWhisperer
- old blog
- https://www.oldirtyhacker.com
- fight error
- https://truth.fail
- My shirts
- https://www.punnybone.com
Old-school ɦǟƈӄɛʀ, musician/composer, pro web/game dev, founder, grammarian, writer, amateur astronaut, shirt designer.
My verbs are love, support and respect.
Joined Nov 2022