Quotation
du jour: Bob Marley ~ One thing about music, when it hits you, you
feel no pain.
[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 Clifton, New Jersey.]
As
i mentioned last week, apart from this program, i don't listen to
commercial radio, and this week's show's ads seemed to be mostly
Christmassy. It was quite a revelation: i know that the First World
is virtually 100% about money, but this was ridiculous. They have no
shame anymore (if they ever did). There wasn't even the faintest
suggestion in any of them that Christmas might just possibly be a
time of spiritual uplift. Maybe i'm just more nรคive
than i supposed.... So, go ahead, spend all your money giving things
they don't want to people you don't like. Consumerism gone mad.
Reluctantly,
an A- is all i can award this week's installment. There was certainly
nothing wrong with it – A- is still pretty darned good, right? --
and there were certainly a few songs i can well and truly say that i
love. Further, there was nothing that pissed me off (although i could
have lived without the Black Oak Arkansas track). But ... there was
nothing extraordinary.
Well, maybe the Jeff Beck....
I
seem to recall reading somewhere that the host, John Ulett (a.k.a.
Uman) was going on holidays. It was either on his blog or his Twitter
feed. Anyway, he had absolutely zero presence on the microphone this
week. He must have pre-programmed it, though – after all these
years, i recognise his style and his faves. Too bad, i really enjoy
his commentaries and i like the sound of his voice. Plus he's a nice
man – i met him once.
The
one problem i had with this week's show (apart from the fact that it
ended way too early) was that, while KSHE's home page usually shows
what's playing now, there were a few times it didn't, and i wasn't
always sure what the song was. I did eventually identify each one,
but it was a bit like work. Rest assured, i have 'em all right, but,
working on a Sunday? It just goes against the grain.
It's
been a long time since i inserted my own ugly mug into one of my
posts. I'm not going to horrify anyone with it today, but there down
there are my feet, listening to the Klassics show, along with the
rest of me (mostly out-of shot). Yes, that's the St Louis city flag
on my socks.
The
Band – Up On Cripple Creek
Santana
– Winning
The
Grateful Dead – Friend Of The Devil
Gary
Wright – Love Is Alive
Wet
Willie – Everything That You Do (Will Come Back To You)
Jethro
Tull – Bungle In The Jungle
Trapeze
– Midnight Flyer
Traffic
– Freedom Rider
Status
Quo – Down Down
Van
Morrison – Into The Mystic
Couchois
– Roll The Dice
April
Wine – All Over Town
Toby
Beau – Westbound Train
Rare
Bird – As Your Mind Flies
The
Climax Blues Band – I Am Constant
The
Babys – California
Roger
Daltrey – Say It Ain't So Joe
Stillwater
– I Reserve The Right
Graham
Parker – White Honey
The
Allman Brothers Band – Wasted Words
Badfinger
– Day After Day
Billy
Joel – Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
UFO
– Doctor Doctor
Billy
Rankin – Baby Come Back
Dr
John – Right Place Wrong Time
Charlie
– Don't Look Back
The
Hooters – All You Zombies
George
Harrison – Bangla Desh
Horslips
– Sure The Boy Was Green
Dave
Mason – Takin' The Time To Find
Black
Oak Arkansas – Jim Dandy
Hall
And Oates – Good Night And Good Morning
Rocky
Burnette – Tired Of Toein' The Line
James
Taylor – Shower The People
Jeff
Beck – Rice Pudding
John
Lennon -- #9 Dream
Rare
Earth – I Just Want To Celebrate
John
O'Banion – Love Is Blind
Arlo
Guthrie – Coming Into Los Angeles
Todd
Rundgren – Hello It's Me
Queen
– More Of That Jazz
And here are the albums that helped with the pain this week:
Buffalo
Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
Juicy
Lucy – Lie Back And Enjoy It
James
Taylor – October Road
Runrig
– Heartland
Planxty
– The Well Below The Valley
Genesis
– Invisible Touch
Wolfscote
– Turn The Glass
The
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
Brand
X – Unorthodox Behaviour
Jethro
Tull – A Passion Play
Fish
– Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors
Steely
Dan – Aja
Dick
Gaughan – Gaughan
Peter
Hammill – The Future Now
Rod
Stewart – Camouflage
Silly
Wizard – A Glint Of Silver
Florence
+ The Machine – High As Hope
Blodwyn
Pig – Getting To This
The
Nice – Nice
Dead
Can Dance – Dionysus
The
Byrds – Free Flyte
Mari
Boine Persen – Gula Gula
Lorin
Maazel & The Berlin Philharmoniker – The “Ring” Without
Words
Van
Halen – 5150
Free
– All Right Now: The Very Best Of Free
Ofra
Haza – Fifty Gates Of Wisdom
Sharon
Shannon – Sacred Earth
The
Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
Various
Artists – Heart & Soul
Chantal
Kreviazuk – Colour Moving And Still
Roxy
Music – For Your Pleasure
Garfield
– Out There Tonight
Dan
Fogelberg – Nether Lands
Sparks
– Kimono My House
Tyrannosaurus
Rex – A Beard Of Stars
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