Good Morning

Wake up and smell the coffee!

Kid Stuff

My Fave Xmas Songs #8

Now for my eighth favourite Xmas song.

Steeleye Span - Gaudete

Just Wondering

What is the longest you've ever had to go without sleep? Why?

If you were to create a Scrapbook of Happiness, what would you be sure to include in it?

Have you ever binge-watched a TV series? If so, what was it? Why did you like it so much?

Happy Birthday Alyssa

Sending you birthday kisses.

Relaxing Day

Most of the day was listening to music , reading , and listening to the radio but tomorrow is my last day of work before Xmas itself - i have a couple of supermarket visits to do in Broadstairs and Hythe - negotiated extra bonus pay as well - hence i will be up early - but not too early - to get both done.

Tuesday Music Selection - Bjork Heavy

This selection tends to be Bjork heavy -

The Sugarcubes - Birthday

( More Bjork here )

Listen To This

I found this hardback for a quid in Faversham the other day -




And some music theory now -

Alex Ross: Chacona, Lamento, Walking Blues

The book has one chapter on Bjork. Hence previous post and his discovery of Bob Dylan.

Alex Ross: The Beatles and Bob Dylan, New and Acquired Tastes

Part I

1. Listen to This: Crossing the Border from Classical to Pop

2. Chacona, Lamento, Walking Blues: Bass Lines of Music History

3. Infernal Machines: How Recordings Changed Music

Part II

4. The Storm of Style: Mozart’s Golden Mean

5. Orbiting: Radiohead’s Grand Tour

6. The Anti-Maestro: Esa-Pekka Salonen at the Los Angeles Philharmonic

7. Great Soul: Searching for Schubert

8. Emotional Landscapes: Björk’s Saga

9. Symphony of Millions: Classical Music in China

10. Song of the Earth: The Arctic Sound of John Luther Adams

11. Verdi’s Grip: Opera as a Popular Art

12. Almost Famous: On the Road with the St. Lawrence Quartet

13. Edges of Pop: Kiki and Herb, Cecil Taylor and Sonic Youth, Sinatra, Kurt Cobain

14. Learning the Score: The Crisis in Music Education

15. Voice of the Century: Marian Anderson

16. The Music Mountain: Mitsuko Uchida at Marlboro

17. The End of Silence: John Cage

[chapter added for paperback and European editions]

Part III

18. I Saw the Light: Following Bob Dylan

19. Fervor: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

20. Blessed Are the Sad: Late Brahms

Jón Leifs

Here is a new composer to me and hails from Iceland.

Jón Leifs - Hekla

Prelude / Förspel (1961)
Helsinki PO.../Leif Segerstam (1997)

Jón Leifs - Geysir

Enjoy.

Good Night

Time for bed.