Quotation du jour ~
William Shakespeare: If music be the food of love, play on.
[As you may or may
not know, i live in Canada, and for some reason KSHE doesn't stream
their audio to here and i have to connect via a VPN, to spoof a
non-Canadian address. This week, according to
https://whatismyipaddress.com/
i was listening from San Francisco.]
Boy, did i ever need
this show today. I've had a brutal week.
Last Sunday, my ISP
shut down my email account. I realised this when i couldn't send or
receive messages. I called tech support on Monday and they said that
my account had been spewing spam on Sunday morning (as i was
listening to this show). So i changed my password and was back to
normal ... for a while.
On Tuesday, my PC died,
and i've been so damned busy at work (my other job, that is) –
starting early and staying late virtually every day – that i
haven't found the time to take it in to the shop. I'm writing this on
my old laptop, which is slow but functional.
But therein was another
problem – when i tried to log in to email on the laptop with the
new password, i couldn't. Oh, what fresh hell is this, i moaned. It
took me a few days but i solved it (i'm not just another pretty face
after all!) My new password includes a couple of hashtags, but when i
typed # on the laptop, a ｣
would appear. (Well, they are
both “pound” signs.) Of course, when typing a password, this
wouldn't be visible. I eventually discovered that the laptop had
somehow switched to a British English keyboard, instead of a Canadian
English one. Solved!
But, enough about me
(remembering of course that all of my posts are all about me,
tra la). On to the music...
...and damned good it
was. This instalment definitely merits an A. (It's not really fair to
penalise the show itself for all of the friggin' Christmas ads they
had to play, that's a corporate decision and everyone has to make a
living.) The songs by Renaissance, The Move, James Taylor, Genesis
and Mama's Pride were almost enough to kick it up to A+ and
there was certainly nothing that annoyed me. Well, apart from the computer....
Barclay James Harvest –
Titles
The Ozark Mountain
Daredevils – If I Only Knew
U2 – I Will Follow
Traffic – Medicated
Goo
Kansas – Song For
America
The Atlanta Rhythm
Section – Mixed Emotions
Derek & The Dominos
– Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
The Who – Happy Jack
James Taylor – Sweet
Baby James
The Jimi Hendrix
Experience – Manic Depression
Graham Parker – Don't
Ask Me Questions
Dave Mason – Let It
Go, Let It Flow
The Michael Stanley
Band – My Town (St Louis!)
Nazareth – This
Flight Tonight
The Move – Feel Too
Good
Steely Dan – Black
Friday
Jefferson Starship –
Stranger
Yes – Changes
Asia – Time Again
The Sutherland Brothers
& Quiver – (I Don't Want To Love You But) You Got Me Anyway
Joe Walsh – Welcome
To The Club
Foreigner – Woman Oh
Woman
Jackson Browne – Rock
Me On The Water
Bruce Springsteen –
Kitty's Back
Mama's Pride – In The
Morning
The Crazy World Of
Arthur Brown – Fire
Journey – On A
Saturday Night
Utopia – Love Is The
Answer
Sammy Hagar – The Ice
Man
The Little River Band –
I'll Always Call Your Name
The Electric Light
Orchestra – Rockaria!
Deep Purple – Space
Truckin'
Renaissance – Mother
Russia
Bob Seger – If I Were
A Carpenter
The Kinks – Tired Of
Waiting For You
Michael Knott – Shine
A Light
Genesis – The Lamb
Lies Down On Broadway
This -- you may be
relieved to know -- is an abbreviated list of the CDs i forced on
Cate this week. Tuesday to Sunday only. You'll recall my PC died on
Tuesday and my playlist for Sunday and Monday was on it.
Renaissance -- A Song
For All Seasons
Santana -- Milagro
Various Artists --
Peter And The Wolf
Steeleye Span -- Winter
Jethro Tull -- This Was
Various Artists -- Two
Rooms: Celebrating The Songs Of Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Jane Siberry -- City
Genesis -- Foxtrot
Afro Celt Sound System
-- Flight
The Hooters --
Hooterization: A Retrospective
Jefferson Airplane --
After Bathing At Baxter's
Fairport Convention --
Jewel In The Crown
Kate Rusby &
Kathryn Roberts -- Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts
Steve Reich --
Different Trains
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