Limerick Time

Limerick time again. This time to the lady in the middle,one of the market researchers (and probably a friend of the EB),Angela Grappe.



This is the world of Angela Grappe,
Who thinks no Market Eesearch job is crappy
She is totally way out mad on Golf
But not as mad as that German,Adolf
And i hope this ode has made you happy.

Fin.

More Finds

Yesterday up in London found some more CD's quite cheaply. First off "Beatlemaniacs!! The World of Beatles Novilties" (Ace Records 2006) for £8 from Reckless Records (still sealed), "Pole" by Pole (Mute 2003) and "Back To Black" Various Artists (Lo Recordings 2005), the latter two were £4 each.

Nice stuff in all.

Then did a survey at Polegate Co-op for one of my companies i work for.

Syd Barrett Dies

Sad to hear the passing of Syd Barrett,as mentioned already by Bagrec and Steviecat,but i have a link to a Guardian article,which is, http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/obituary/0,,1817952,00.html. And please no more jokes about pipers at the gates of dawn!! (Yawn!)

Seventies Music Again

Thinking about what people have said and blogged and in discusion with Steviecat,the seventies was a fertile ground for experimentation,even in the usual safe mainstream of pop.Think of "Son of My father" by Chicory Tip which lead Stephen towards electronic music,and hence the pioneers;novelty records like "Mouldy Old Dough",and the plain odd stuff.

Then you had the true vanguard of experimentation from Germany,Krautrock. Can were and still is the most influential band from this period,followed by Faust,Neu!,and Kraftwerk. Tangerine Dream petered out too soon after Phaedra and Stratosphere. Can apppeared quite alot in my Possible Top 101 albums list,and all their excellent albums have been remastered in SACD compatible hybrid CD's. Stick them in your DVD player and get superb sound quality,and just as good in standard hifi CD players. Great liner notes too.

Other pioneers of musical excellance are the great Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band,and it looks like EMi are about to release remastered editions of his work whch came after Trout Mask Replica.Stuart Maconie featured "Bat Chain Puller" on his BBC Radio 6 programme.

The first two Roxy Music LP's were revelatory.Later in the decade David Bowie released the ultra-cool "Low" and "Heroes".

Some way cool jazz was made via Tribe Records,Black Jazz,Groove Merchant,Delmark and other independent labels.Reggae became more serious and Rasta dread,and dub was the chill out music to listen to at sound systems around the Rugby area when i was still lving up there.

So basically , it was a musically diverse period. So enough of this shoe gazing and lets go forward.

The Tuesday Temptational Tunemeiasters

Playlist time again,whether from CD player,PC,or iPod.

1/ Can - Tago Mago CD
2/ Various Artists - Back To Black CD
3/ Pole - Pole CD
4/ Swamp Dogg - Total Destruction To Your Mind 7"
5/ Various Artists - Beatlemaniacs!! CD
6/ Can - Future Days CD
7/ Faust - The Faust Tapes CD
8/ Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs CD
9/ Various Artists - Nuggets CD
10/ Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (mp3 download)
11/ Skip Spence - Oar CD
12/ Vashti Bunyan - Diamond Day (CD track and Mobile phone advert)

Included are two kind of tributes to the mad hatter by Pink Floyd and Vashti Bunyan (well almost with the latter).

We do not need ID cards

Interesting to note that ID cards are losing political support. We don't need them - we do not want it forced on us.It will not deter terrorism. It will erode liberty and freedom,and will evoke a sense of distrust and insularity.
Article in the Guardian at http://politics.guardian.co.uk/polls/story/0,,1505894,00.html#article_continue