Sunday, 1 July 2018

KSHE Klassics Show, July 1st, 2018



Quotation du jour: Harlan Ellison (1934-2018) ~ I think art must be tough! I think art has to be hard. I don't think it should be easy. I think it should take foot-pounds of energy to produce that art, otherwise we would have more mediocre writers, and we don't have room for any more mediocrity in the world. There's already enough of it being visited on us night and day through the Internet, and through television, and through politics.

[As you may or may not know, i live in Canada, and for some reason KSHE doesn't stream their audio to here. I have to connect to a VPN to spoof a non-Canadian address. This week, according to https://whatismyipaddress.com/, i was listening from New York City – a place i've actually been to a few times, and love.]

I have three words to say about this week's edition. Wow, wow, and wow!

As my regular reader may recall, last week's edition scored a mere 2 on the SRQ (Spriggs's Radio Quality) scale. Today's was definitely a 1! (Sorry, Bo Derek, but i was trained in research and, on a scale of one to ten, a one is the top score.) Look at that playlist, whew, so much there that i love and not one song that i disliked.

Alas, though, there was one song which, judging by its chorus, was called "Sail On, Sail On" and i have no idea who the performer was (and the information didn't appear on KSHE's website). I tried Googling the lyrics and i found songs by The Beach Boys and Lionel Richie (or maybe it was The Commodores, who cares?). I know it was neither of them so it shall remain this week's mystery track.



The Firm – Radioactive
Bob Dylan – Maggie's Farm
Flame – Beg Me
Jeff Beck – I Ain't Superstitious
Trapeze – Black Cloud
Fleetwood Mac – Sentimental Lady
The Fixx – Red Skies
Stillwater – Women (Beautiful Women)
The Kings – This Beat Goes On / Switchin'
Stingray – The Man In My Shoes
Atlanta Rhythm Section – Another Man's Woman
Loggins & Messina – Nobody But You
Eagles – James Dean
UFO – Cherry
Journey – Kohoutek
Uriah Heep – The Wizard
Headstone – Turn Your Head
Van Morrison – Into The Mystic
Peter Frampton – Lines On My Face
Robin Trower – Too Rolling Stoned
Badfinger – Baby Blue
City Boy – 5.7.0.5.
Ian Hunter – Cleveland Rocks
Kim Mitchell – Go For A Soda
The Sutherland Brothers – Arms Of Mary
John Stewart – Gold
Bruce Springsteen – The Promised Land
Starz – Cherry Baby
Genesis – Your Own Special Way
The J. Geils Band – Whammer Jammer
The James Gang – Midnight Man
Michael Schenker Group – Cry For The Nations
The Tubes – Sushi Girl
Stephen Stills – Love The One You're With
???? -- Sail on, Sail On
Elton John – Funeral For A Friend
Bob Seger – Sunspot Lady

Last week, at my other job (what, you don't think this blog is work?) i applied for a week's holiday or, as i worded it, psychotherapy leave. Plying my trade in a high-pressure environment where i'm surrounded by idiots six days a week is getting me down – i start to fear i'll lose it and wind up a cabbage. The earliest week i could get was at the end of July, moan, groan. Meanwhile, though, my medicine from The Beer Store® and the music i played at home this week helped a lot. Here's what bothered the optical drive:

Steeleye Span – Below The Salt
Jethro Tull – Crest Of A Knave
Kate Bush – Never For Ever
Van der Graaf Generator – World Record
The Kinks – Misfits
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Superstition
10 c.c. – How Dare You!
Saga – Images At Twilight
Terje Rypdal – Descendre
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – The Sky Is Crying
The Tea Party – Tangents: The Tea Party Collection
Peter Gabriel – OVO
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Black Moon
Spirit – Clear
Paula Cole – Ballads
Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
John Kirkpatrick – Sheepskins
Genesis – Wind And Wuthering
Procol Harum – Home
Florence + The Machine – High As Hope
Ray Davies – Our Country: Americana act II
Dan Fogelberg – River Of Souls
Joni Mitchell – Court And Spark
Dan Fogelberg – Live: Something Old New Borrowed … And Some Blues
Runrig – The Story
Caro Emerald – Live From Emerald Island
Rory Gallagher – Fresh Evidence

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