[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 an American address. This week, according to https://whatismyipaddress.com/ i was listening from North Bergen, New Jersey once again.]
Quotation Of The Week ~ David Gilmour: I think myself that, rather like books, music is meant to enter into the brain, well via your ears rather than your eyes but, it's - I think a lot more should be left to the imagination.
I'm sorry, but i really had to struggle not to give this week's instalment a relatively poor grade of "B-." There was just too much music that was "ok but ordinary" and a couple of songs that were embarrassingly bad: those by Man (a group whose music i've enjoyed in the past) and Loverboy (whose music i have never liked). I also had an excruciating moment when KSHE announced that they were playing a song by Aerosmith; fortunately for me, they played Russ Ballard instead. It must have been a programming glitch. That's often a problem when radio shows are pre-recorded, i believe.
I decided to be generous, though, and grade it "B+" 'cause i'm such a nice person, loved by young and old alike. Besides, there were some really great numbers today, by Yes, Pink Floyd (all 23+ minutes of Echoes), The Records and 10 c.c. Incidentally, that latter track is one of the reasons i became a devoted fan of KSHE, all those years ago. Quite possibly the very first time i tuned in, or i should say, clicked "play," they aired it as part of their regular programming and i knew i'd found something special. (Nowadays, of course, they just play the same old crap every other rock station plays -- except on Sunday mornings!)
I did have one technical problem with my local machine: my Internet connection went down half way through the Rush song and returned half way through the number by Santana. Considering that i'm not wild about either of those, it wasn't a major disaster, just annoying.
And remember, it's still not to late to order your very own KSHE Ugly Christmas Sweater! (The dashingly handsome model is Uman, our host.)
Brian Protheroe -- Pinball
Batdorf & Rodney -- Poor Man's Dream
Billy Joel -- Travelin' Prayer
Them -- Gloria
Rush -- Xanadu
Santana -- Stand Up
The Yardbirds -- For Your Love
The Doobie Brothers -- Echoes Of Love
The Who -- The Punk Meets The Godfather
Z.Z. Top -- Blue Jean Blues
Yes -- Starship Trooper
Boston -- Used To Bad News
Asia -- Time Again
UFO -- Mystery Train
Man -- Rainbow Eyes
Jackson Browne -- Hold Out
Rod Stewart -- The First Cut Is The Deepest
The Records -- Starry Eyes
The Rolling Stones -- She's A Rainbow
Randy Pie -- Stand Up
Loverboy -- When It's Over
Pink Floyd -- Echoes
Brother Cane -- And Fools Shine On
Fandango -- Blame It On The Night
Russ Ballard -- Voices
Peter Frampton -- Do You Feel Like We Do
Gary Wright -- Can't Find The Judge
Atlanta Rhythm Section -- Don't Miss The Message
Pat Benatar -- You Better Run
10 c.c. -- Feel The Benefit
Rare Earth -- Get Ready
Eric Clapton -- Mainline Florida
Humble Pie -- Stone Cold Fever
Blackfoot -- Highway Song
My personal playlist is a very long one this week: i took a much-needed nine days off and was at home for most of it, torturing the optical drive and avoiding other people as much as possible. The list could have been even longer if not for all of the movies and YouTube vids i watched....
Dick Gaughan – Live In Edinburgh
Eleftheria Arvanitaki -- Greatest Hits
Luna -- Luna
Elbow -- Little Fictions
Marillion -- With Friends From The Orchestra
Donal Lunny -- Coolfin
Patty Loveless -- Mountain Soul
Jane Siberry -- No Borders Here
Various Artists -- A Little On The CD Side, Vol. 14
Eliza Gilkyson -- Paradise Hotel
Peter Gabriel -- Rated PG
Jacky Terrason & Cassandra Wilson -- Rendezvous
Steeleye Span -- They Called Her Babylon
Caro Emerald -- In Concert (DVD)
Zaz -- Effet Miroir
Yes -- Relayer
Be+Bop Deluxe -- Electrical Language
Richard Thompson w. Linda Thompson -- Live At The BBC (3 CD + DVD)
A Fine Frenzy -- One Cell In The Sea
Thin Lizzy -- Black Rose: A Rock Legend
Jefferson Starship -- Red Octopus
Bill Bruford -- One Of A Kind
Philip Pickett w. Richard Thompson et al. -- The Bones Of All Men
Mike Oldfield -- Guitars
Marillion -- Brave
New Musik -- Anywhere
John Lennon -- Menlove Ave.
Jon & Vangelis -- The Friends Of Mr Cairo
Andy Irvine & Davy Spillane -- East Wind
Ray Davies -- Our Country: Americana Act II
Outback -- Baka
Bob Dylan -- Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
June Tabor -- Ashes And Diamonds
Florence + The Machine -- How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Terje Rypdal -- Conspiracy
The John Renbourn Group -- Live In America
Rory Gallagher -- The Beat Club Sessions
Great Big Sea -- Play
Pink Floyd -- Is There Anybody Out There? (2CD)
City Boy -- Anthology
Kate Bush -- The Red Shoes
Sheila Chandra -- Weaving My Ancestors' Voices
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