Whtcha all listening too?

[cenacle]

Stork! I remember him well We used to hang out at a Phish chat called Land's End. My pre-SpiritPlants home. I remember hearing Stork play guitar in person, not sure where, really enjoyed it.

Phish touring days, I recall them with so much fondness. Now I hear Trey Anastasio is getting busted for painkillers :cry: And his last solo album was good too!

I think he needs to get back on the train :wink:  :twisted:

[TroutMask]

Actually Stork flies out Sunday. Theoretically, considering the recent storms.

Track 02 (title unknown), XYZ (Jimmy Page, Chris Squire, Alan White). That's a weird combo, eh? I don't think they ever released anything official.

-TM

[OBODAOUR]

Angels and Airwaves - We Dont Need To Whisper
Flyleaf - Flyleaf
Gary Jules - Trading Snakeoil For Wolftickets
Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape
Hawthorne Heights - If Only You Were Lonely
Atreyu - A Death Grip On Yesterday
Hinder - Lips Of An Angel
Tori Amos - A Piano

2 name a few

Peace
ObOdAoUr

[JRL]

Bad Xmas musick

[laughingwillow]

I must admit I'm hooked on the Phil at Warfield sets featuring J Scofield. The recording is excellent and there is so much open space in the sonic mix.

I wonder what Scofield thought of the bazaar which is da dead scene where the psychedelic tool is da rule?

lw

[JRL]

I bet he loved every minute of it. You prolly know he was a famous junkie for many years.........

[laughingwillow]

I think maybe my jazz bud told me of Scofield's past addiction during a recent sesh with the shows as a backdrop. Suppose it shouldn't come as a surprise. I do remember he told me Miles managed to kick on his own. And that Miles once played a gig in Cedar Rapids Ia back in the day when jazz mucisians from the city were touring the U$ by train. Apparently my friend had an uncle who was an old-school jazz musician working in NY. He claimed that there once was a billboard in NYC that read: "If you think you can play, try playing in CR." hehe Apparently there was little appreciation for the finer aspects of jazz out on the prairie back in those days. But I guess Miles still put on one hell of a show those nights in Cedar Rapids....

lw

[JRL]

If I remember right, Miles was a junkie as a young man, from when he was hanging out with Bird, but kicked. Then when he took a few years off in his 60s hi did a whole "coke and bitches" thing.

He didn't cop to tripping, but listen to Bitches Brew. The music certainly has that certain something...........

[JRL]

BTW, the cds came today. An embarrasment of riches. When  you have time to listen to all that music?

[laughingwillow]

I'm glad to hear the discs arrived OK, bro. I guess most of the time you spend playing, I spend listening, eh? hehe

Most of my musical enjoyment these daze takes place in the afternoon, after I'm done teaching and before Laura makes it home for the evening. Doing dishes and cleaning the house has evolved into a sort of personal meditation for me during the last few years. (I tried explaining that concept to wierdo awhile back, but he didn't seem to appreciate the finer points of this exercise. hehe)

Shucks, I'm guessing that I have at least a couple hundred hours of dead/phil related sets on disc that I haven't even got around to listening to yet. And most of that was gifted to me before I had a burner. Things have gotten a little out of hand since I've put myself into that musical loop....

I'm curious to hear what you think of the Steve Earle/Del McCoury Band collaboration that was included. Word on the street is that there was a little tension between Del and Steve during the collaboration process. Del required Steve to wear their version of a monkey suit while promoting the album. Steve had a problem with that, as he claimed that the only times he was ever forced to wear a suit was on the days he was standing in front of a judge on his way into the slammer. Del also had a problem with Earle's use of colorful language on stage. Del prefers a more wholsome show, apparently. This caused Steve to make the statement during an interview that Del didn't like any cussing with his music while he (Steve) liked a little music to go along with his swearing. At least Del was able to recognize the beauty in the songs and lyrics Steve brought into the process. Bluegrass needs folks like Steve Earle to continue writing new, viable material if it is going to evolve and continue growing.

lw

[fuzz]

hey Laughing...cause i am a curious little monkey. What do you teach?
And, yeah, doing the dishes, cleaning or cooking is indeed a great meditation and a great way to practice ones hand skills as well;)

HIGHLY recommended to all (especially males) out there  

As for music, since, this is a music thread, as for the past few years, i guess i'd say its 70% electronica stuff, chill and more upbeat, 20% reaggea and world, 10% other weird stuff.

Bitches Brew's in indeed a fantastic album.
and oh man, seing the Violent Femmes live'd be real sweet.
It's been a couple years since i havent seen any live music besides psy parties, thatd be fun.

[laughingwillow]

I teach english as a second language.

lw

[fuzz]

cool Laughing:) maybe i'll ge to do that when i'll be in some weird foreign asian country;)

for more tunes, here is what i play on winamp:
//http://www.last.fm/user/Manue23/

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[JRL]

So LW, you can come over and meditate at my house anytime you want.

I was on a music fast yesterday, you need a break from anything sometimes. Today it's right back in the saddle, I got 5 hours of teaching to do. I will listen to the Steve-Del stuff first.

There seems to be a forward moving faction in the bluegrass world, my friend Barfly calls it New Grass. He has been known to play slide mandolin on his versions of Welcome to the Jungle or Whole Lot of Love ect. Good stuff indeed.

As far as my listening, I been listening to mixes from a session I did with Cadillac Steiny featuring the fabulous Johnny Guitar Knox. I also have been wading through the Grateful Dead internet archive chronologically.

[VajraPirate]

Yea there is definately a Blue Grass revival going on. I have a friend who plays the mandolin, it's all I ever hear over at his place.

He and a few other guys get together at a local bar to do some improvised Blue Grass, haven't got to go see them yet but I'm sure it'd be interesting.