Monday, 1 October 2018

KSHE Klassics Show, Sept. 30th, 2018


Quotation du jour: Kate Bush ~ I think it's almost a law of nature that there are only certain things that hit an emotive space, and that's what was always special for me about music: it made me feel something.

[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 via a VPN to spoof a non-Canadian address. This week, according to https://whatismyipaddress.com/, i was listening from NYC again, which was fine with me. When you're tired of New York, you're tired of life, to paraphrase Dr Johnson. ]

Because it included a song by Dan Fogelberg – for the fourth time in five weeks! -- today's installment is automatically given and A+ in my book (or, on my blog). (John Ulett, a.k.a. "Uman," the host, spoke about Dan briefly, and remarked upon what an extraordinary talent we lost when he passed. No argument here!)

The fact is, this episode was tumbling towards a B+ until Dan came on. There was certainly nothing i disliked, but not much that i loved, either.

I also had a minor technical problem. Some of the schtuff that gets played here is pretty obscure and sometimes i can't immediately identify it. When that happens, i go to KSHE's home page and it will show what's playing. Not today, though. For the entire four hours, it indicated that they were playing "Learning To Fly" by Pink Floyd, which was the song that they played right before the Klassics Show began. The fourth song? I have no idea who performed that, even after some frantic Googling.

However! All was not lost. I have the Tune In Radio app on my phone (where i have KSHE as a favourite), and i discovered after the first hour of desperate Googling, that Tune In was showing the artists and titles. This was life saver. I mean, who's ever heard of Max Gronenthal before? (Turns out he was in Grand Funk Railroad under the name Max Carl.) (Whatever went wrong on KSHE's home page has now been fixed, it would seem. I'm not listening but apparently they're playing The Beatles' "Dig A Pony" as i type.

Oh, and here's Doraville, Georgia: the stuff that dreams are made on.



The Atlanta Rhythm Section – Doraville
Steve Miller Band – Your Saving Grace
The Police – Walking On The Moon
??? -- Riding The Wind
Brewer And Shipley – Witchi Tai To
Spirit – 1984
Santana – Flor D'Luna – Moonflower
America – Sandman
The Angels – Out Of The Blue
Outlaws – Hurry Sundown
J. Geils Band – Love-itis
Ambrosia – Ready
Iron Butterfly – Scorching Beauty
Buffalo Springfield – Broken Arrow
Albert Hammond – Smokey Factory Blues
Roy Buchanan – Can I Change My Mind
Max Gronenthal – Get It Straight
Michael Martin Murphey – Geronimo's Cadillac
Sammy Hagar – Crack In The World
Dan Fogelberg – Man In The Mirror/Below The Surface
Nazz – Open My Eyes
Eumir Deodato – Super Strut
Ian Hunter – Just Another Night
Dave Mason – Pearly Queen (live)
The Rockets – Desire
Icehouse – Crazy
The Allman Brothers Band – Trouble No More
Dwight Twilley – Girls
Saga – Wind Him Up
Elton John – All The Young Girls Love Alice
Flash – Small Beginnings
The Firm -- Satisfaction Guaranteed
Triumph – Just A Game

My own personal playlist. Yes, I know it's a long one this time. I had the week off, for medical reasons (because a few of the people I work with make me sick). A lot of music was listened to, a lot of beer was imbibed.... Here's what found its way onto the corporate optical drive:

Fairport Convention – Rosie
Dick Gaughan – Handful Of Earth
Yes – Close To The Edge
Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy
Kate Bush – Never For Ever
Capercaillie – Sidewaulk
Cheryl Dilcher – Special Songs
Colin James – Miles To Go
James Taylor – Covers
The Trews – Hope And Ruin
Donna Summer – Live And More
Art – Supernatural Fairy Tales
Paula Cole – Ballads
Dick Gaughan – The Definitive Collection
Richard Thompson – 13 Rivers
Runrig – In Search Of Angels
Graham Nash David Crosby – Graham Nash David Crosby
The Mothers Of Invention – Freak Out!
Steve Rothery – The Ghosts Of Pripyat
Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet – Landfall
The Albion Band – An Evening With The Albion Band
Paul Simon – The Rhythm Of The Saints
Oysterband – The Big Session Vol. 1
Martin & Eliza Carthy – The Moral Of The Elephant
The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
Thin Lizzy – Live From Derby
Marillion – All One Tonight
The Beatles – Abbey Road
Christine McVie – In The Meantime
Kensington Market – Avenue Road
Yes – Tales From Topographic Oceans
Peter Gabriel et al. – Big Blue Ball
Donovan – A Gift From A Flower To A Garden
Wolfscote – Turn The Glass
Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense (DVD)
Bluehorses – Ten Leagues Beyond The Wild World's End
Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
Loggins & Messina – Sittin' In Again
Coldplay – Parachutes
Big Wreck – In Loving Memory Of...
Sharon Shannon – Each Little Thing
Linda Thompson – Dreams Fly Away: A History Of Linda Thompson

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