Quotation du jour ~ Anthony Burgess:
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Snore and you sleep alone.
This morning, i was listening from
Clifton, New Jersey, ten miles west of New York City. I know my
precise location this week because i found this website:
https://whatismyipaddress.com/
As you know, KSHE doesn't stream their audio to Canada, so i have to
use a VPN to fool them into thinking i'm listening from the States.
That website tells me my location. I like it.
All of the music this morning was from
the 80s -- it's an All-Eighties Weekend at KSHE. Fair enough: it's
not my favourite decade, that would be the 70s, but a lot of
wonderful music came out in those ten years. A lot of great music
came out in every decade of the twentieth century, really. Pop music
went into the toilet in the 21st century. The number one single here
in Clifton, N.J. -- and apparently in the rest of the western world
-- is by someone called Drake (???). Purely in the interest of
research, i looked him up on YouTube ... and managed to survive about
fifteen seconds of the song. Oh, ghastly. People buy this shit?
Music is alive and well in 2018 –
there's some great schtuff out there, but the music industry lost the
plot and you have to look very hard for it. Apart from
committee-written and auto-tuned pop rubbish, what are the record
companies releasing these days? Forty year-old radio broadcasts by
classic rock bands (no studio expenses there); deluxe editions of
40-year old albums with a few bonus tracks that weren't worth
releasing at the time; “best-of” collections by performers who
already have dozens of “best-of”collections out there (but this
new one includes a track that's never been released anywhere else!).
Pshaw, i say.
OK, rant over. All-Eighties Weekend,
eh? Normally i complain that the four hours seem to just zoom by, but
not today, it definitely dragged a bit. Highlights (for me): The
Hooters and Rockpile.
And here's my new (temporary) home,
Clifton, N.J. Looks nice.
707 -- I Could Be Good For You
Steve Winwood -- Don't You Know What
The Night Can Do
Aldo Nova -- Fantasy
Jimmy Barnes -- Working Class Man
Axe -- Rock'N'Roll Party In The Streets
Eric Clapton -- She's Waiting
Chris De Burgh -- Don't Pay The
Ferryman
The Who -- Another Tricky Day
Chris Rea -- Working On It
Tony Carey -- The First Day Of Summer
The Fixx -- Red Skies
.38 Special -- Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
Honeymoon Suite -- New Girl Now
Styx -- Snowblind
The Hooters -- All You Zombies
Shooting Star -- Hang On For Your Life
Icehouse -- Electric Blue
Steely Dan -- Time Out Of Mind
John Stewart -- Gold
The Kings -- This Beat Goes
On/Switchin' To Glide
Santana -- Winning
Kim Mitchell -- Go For A Soda
Sammy Hagar – The Ice Man
Krokus – Screaming In The Night
Rush – Time Stand Still
John Waite – Change
Robin Trower – Victims Of The Fury
Loverboy – Hot Girls In Love
Rainbow – Street Of Dreams
Martin Briley – Salt In My Tears
Queen – I Want It All
Rockpile – Teacher Teacher
The Police – Invisible Sun
Russ Ballard – Rene Didn't Do It
Journey – Girl Can't Help It
Saga – On The Loose
Eric Clapton – I've Got A Rock 'N'
Roll Heart
Greg Kihn Band – Jeopardy
The Tubes – Talk To Ya Later
The Grateful Dead – Touch Of Grey
Incidentally, in John Stewart's song
Gold, played today, does he sing "he makes $2.50 for an hour,"
or "he makes $2.54 an hour"? Thinking about schtuff like
this is what keeps me awake at night.
Here's what we've played this week at
World Headquarters. It's a longer list than usual because I had an
unexpected (and, to be honest, unwanted) 2⅓ day holiday. With pay,
fortunately. Long story.
Christine McVie – In The Meantime
Peter Gabriel – Birdy
Kathleen Edwards – Back To Me
Roxy Music – The Best Of Roxy Music
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
The Beatles – Revolver
Dan Fogelberg – Love In Time
Joni Mitchell – Court And Spark
Ten Years After – Ssssh!
Van der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts
Saga – Silent Knight
Martin & Eliza Carthy – The Moral
Of The Elephant
Dick Gaughan – Gaughan
Colin James – Fuse
Procol Harum – A Salty Dog
Steeleye Span – Hark! The Village
Wait
The Albion DanceBand – The Prospect
Before Us
The Kinks – The Collection
Kathy Mattea – Right Out Of Nowhere
Jane Siberry – Angels Bend Closer
Paul Simon – Live In New York City
(DVD)
Strawbs – A Choice Collection Of
Strawbs
Richard Thompson – Dream Attic
Counting Crows – August And
Everything After
Paul McCartney – Choba Ђ CCCP [The
Russian Album]
Fairport Convention – The Five
Seasons
Steve Earle – El Corazón
Rosanne Cash – The Wheel
John Kirkpatrick – Coat Tails Flying
Musicians Of The Nile – From Luxor To
Isna
Various Artists – Beat The Retreat:
Songs By Richard Thompson
Marillion – Holidays In Eden
Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
Cassandra Wilson – New Moon Daughter
June Tabor – Rosa Mundi
The Walker Brothers – Portrait
Various Artists – The Second British
Invasion!
Otis Rush – Any Place I'm Going
Caro Emerald – Acoustic Sessions
Runrig – The Story
Dan Fogelberg – Phoenix
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