Ping Pong

As a lover of exotica and cool soundtrack music and things groovy baby, a link to an interview with Shawn lee of The Ping Pong Orchestra -
http://www.scorebaby.com/interviews.html

No Boots

Visited the boot fair at the station but shouldn't have bothered as it was, wel,l quite empty of stalls. This was due to the forecast of wet and windy weather for the weekend,but whilst it is overcast, touch wood, the deluge has not come.  I then thought of tripping up to London and visit haunts like Intoxica! and Record Xchange, Sister Ray and that other one in Soho (whose name escapes for the time being) Decided i would wait til later  in the week.

Had a call from Tim and Karen today - he is going good ,well, great guns, with his computer course. A technophobe now turned into a computer geek - well maybe?  He doesn't  think people google themselves, ,but Karen said they did, well for the record i haven't but now i am intrigued. Am I tht vain? Suggested he visited my LJ site, as well as Mike's lesser output as coming42 - and talking of bruv M will meet some day this coming week. he suggested somewhere at The Marina - Benny and Johnny's was his choice - fine by me.

Tom Verlaine's "Miller's Tale" is a good double CD with one side live and a 13 min version of "Marquee Moon" on it", just fantastic. Purchased it  from Resident for a cheap £4.99 on Friday.

Getting into the Fifth Dimension, a totally forgotten unsung soul group from the late sixties / early seventies, with harmonies and melodies so summery and perfect , and if you like The Free Design then you must get into the Fifth Dimension. Groovy babe !!

Did not know Tim was a fan of the work of Johhny Cash , esp.the Rick Rubin produced American recordings selection. "Hurt" is a classic,and the video is just so sublime. So for Tim, and other Cash devotees, this amazing last video by Cash of "Hurt" -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_EPqpwsa_s

It still makes me weep.

No Relation

No relation but the picture of this guy does look a bit like my cousin Tim (from a distance). Yes i just googled my name. Aparently something to do with Maths in the States.

http://www.math.sc.edu/~sumner/

Oh well,just thought it might be interesting.

Funk Selection

A good friend of mine (Charlie)  asked me the other day what are the funkiest soul and funk albums, so I thought about it and here is my list of those i remember from my funk years of the seventies,etc. All good funk and about half on vinyl , plus some CD reissues.

JBs/Maceo/Fred Wesley LPs
Roy Ayers -Coffy (OST)
Nite-Liters LPs (all of them! Not a bad cut and great instrumental Funk)
Bar-Kays Gotta Groove
Black Heat - Black Heat
Brick - S/T
Julius Brockington - Sophisticated Funk
B.T. Express - Do It
Dennis Coffey - Early LPs
Lyn Collins - Think
Commodores - Machine Gun
Counts - What's Up Front That Counts
Cymande - 1st
Betty Davis - 1st
Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different
Manu Dibango - Makossa Man
Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
Dyke & The Blazers - Funky Broadway
Earth, Wind &  Fire - S/T
Earth, Wind &  Fire - Another Time
Fatback Band - Perception LPs
Funk Inc - LPs
Funkadelic - LPs
Fuzzy Haskins - A Whole Nother Thang
Isaac Hayes - Shaft
Isaac Hayes - Tough Guys
Isaac Hayes - Truck Turner
Incredible Bongo Band - Both LPs
Isley Brothers - Brother, Brother, Brother
Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing
King Curtis - Instant Groove
Kool & The Gang - Early LPs, esp jungle Boogie  etc.
Mandrill - Just Outside Of Town
Mandrill - Mandrill
Mar-Keys - Damnifiknow
Mar-Keys- Great Memphis Sound
Mar-Keys - Memphis Experience
Curtis Mayfield - Take your pick
Gwen McCrea - Rockin Chair
Meters - Early LPs
New Birth - S/T
Ohio Players - Early LPs
Olympic Runners - First 3 LPs
Parliament - LPs (like Funkadelic depends on your taste- me i will take both)
Politicians - S/T
Sir Joe Quarterman - S/T
Eddy Senay - Hot Thang
Eddy Senay - Step By Step
Sly & The Family Stone - All the early ones
S.O.U.L. - Both LPs
Soul Searchers - We The People
Sound Experiences - Live
Southside Movement - S/T
Temptations - All Directions
Temptations - Cloud Nine
Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
Temptations - Puzzle People
Ike Turner - Black Man's Soul
Ike and  Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits single
Earl Van Dyke - Earl Of Funk
Charles Wright and the 103rd Street Rhythm Band - most Lp's

That covers it

Magic Roundabout To Wallace & Gromit

Well it did turn out to be a really really wet day. Got soaked going out getting a take-away for L and myself from the not so far Chinese restaurant this early evening, less than ten minutes walk but still drowned like a rat.

BBC 4 has been doing a series on children's TV and some memories of stuff seen as a child came flooding back, The best of them being The Magic Roundabout as narrated by EricThompson. So surreal and really above the heads of most kids, no wonder adults enjoyed it. Then my other favourite ,and still watch occassionally, Wallace and Gromit.

So here is a seminal episode from the series..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3DcChXNyYQ&mode=related&search=

Booinng! Time for bed said Zebedee.