The Ready Set in Hershey, Pa on June 25th, 2010.
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Dustin playing in Cady Groves' band in Hershey, Pa on June 25th, 2010.
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The Top 897 Albums of All Time
July 10, 2010 by 1 Comment
I decided to re post this one – because I heard that YOU had not had the chance to read it when it first went up back in 2008. Enjoy! And don't forget to argue.
One of our local radio stations WTMD 89.7FM in Towson Maryland recently did a countdown of the top 897 albums of all time (89.7FM = Top 897 – Get it! radio people… ) anyway as a lover of lists in a list loving land I was enthralled.
The station solicited votes from listeners – we were encourage to send our top 10 albums of all time and the staffers, along with the help of a Cray XT-4 supercomputer would compile the list and Play it for us during the entire month of February.
It was a great month of radio and interesting to hear the diversity of recordings included in th list. Everything from Ella Fitzgerald to Public Enemy made the list. Here's the Top 25.
The full list is HERE
| 1. The Beatles – St. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| 2. The Beatles The Beatles (aka The White Album) |
| 3. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon |
| 4. The Beatles – Abbey Road |
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5. The Clash- London Calling
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| 6. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run |
| 7. U2 – The Joshua Tree |
| 8. Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks |
| 9. The Who – Who's Next |
| 10. The Beatles- Revolver |
| 11. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin IV |
| 12. Radiohead – OK Computer |
| 13. Paul Simon- Graceland |
| 14. Rolling Stones- Exile On Main Street |
| 15. Grateful Dead- American Beauty |
| 16. Beatles- Rubber Soul |
| 17. Neil Young- Harvest |
| 18. Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited |
| 19. Nirvana- Nevermind |
| 20. Counting Crows – August and Everything After |
| 21. Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue |
| 22. Fleetwood Mac – Rumors |
| 23. Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced? |
| 24. Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed |
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25. Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers None from the 21st Century. 3 from the 1990's 2 From the 80's 12 from the 70's 7 from the 60's and 1 – Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" from the 1950's, Which, by the way, is one of the most played around my house over the past 20 years. The first 21st Century release shows up at #33 Wilco – "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot". An album the Warner Music paid for TWICE. It's a great story. The top ranking Female artist album was at #36 "Blue" By Joni Mitchell. Now, I LOVE Joni, but I can hardly listen to those early records anymore. The air is thin up around those notes – it makes me dizzy. Personally, I would have "Court and Spark" – #99 – ranked highest among Joni albums followed by "Heijira" and Maybe even "Hissing of Summer Lawns" before I got to "Blue" Speaking of Women. Carole King's "Tapestry" a core element of every teen-aged girl's record collection in the 1970's ruled the charts for months. It show up here at number 46. This is where this list starts to smell fishy and the gloves come off. I'll start – Tapestry a greater album than "Tommy", "Axis Bold as Love" "Songs in the Key of Life" or "Hotel California" I don't THINK So! That's the fun part, debating favorites and defending personal tastes. Music is so personal, so powerful and so polarizing. Damn, Whaddda ya mean Devo "Freedom of Choice" is at # 876?? That is easily a Top 800 record! |
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Stereo Skyline in Hershey, Pa on June 25th, 2010.
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Plays Zappa & Glass
July 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
These days Chelsea is the one seeing the most live music. In fact, so far this summer the only show that I have purchased tickets to see is the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performing works by Frank Zappa and Phillip Glass on Friday July 23rd at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.
And I'm pretty damn excited to see this. Frank Zappa was of course, born in Baltimore – but I never knew that Philip Glass was too.
Here are the details of the concert – lifted directly from the BSO web site.
Marin Alsop, conductor
Shodekeh, beatbox
Zappa -
Dupree's Paradise
Zappa -
Be-Bop Tango
Zappa -
Outrage at Valdez
Zappa -
G-Spot Tornado
Jan Mikael Vainio -
Excerpts from Fujiko's Fairy Tale
Shodekeh -
Beatbox Solo
Glass -
Symphony No. 4 "Heroes"
Dupree's Paradise
Zappa -
Be-Bop Tango
Zappa -
Outrage at Valdez
Zappa -
G-Spot Tornado
Jan Mikael Vainio -
Excerpts from Fujiko's Fairy Tale
Shodekeh -
Beatbox Solo
Glass -
Symphony No. 4 "Heroes"
The BSO celebrates two of Baltimore’s most celebrated native sons,
composers Frank Zappa and Philip Glass. From his early work with the
Mothers of Invention to his classical, rock, jazz and electronic
compositions, Zappa is revered for the complexity and versatility of his
music. Hear his own great orchestral versions of classics such as
“Be-Bop Tango” and “Dupree’s Paradise”. Marin Alsop and the BSO also
perform Philip Glass’
Heroes Symphony based on the David Bowie classic
‘70s album, and introduce Baltimore beatboxer, Shodekeh, in a unique
collaboration of vocal drumming pyrotechnics with orchestra.
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and DAMN how much do you love youTube. Is there a version of Be-Bop Tango available – of course there is! From Sweden in 1973.
Want your own ticket> go HERE
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Forever The Sickest Kids in Hershey, Pa on June 25th, 2010.
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Pete Quaife, Original Bassist of the Kinks R.I.P.
July 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
On June 24th, Pete Quaife, the original Bassist for one of my favorite bands ever, The Kinks, passed away after a long illness. Along with Ray Davies and his brother Dave Davies, Pete was a founding member of the band and played on those great early hits, "You've Really Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night" Along with later gems including "Sunny Afternoon" and the beautiful "Waterloo Sunset".
I searched around YouTube to find a great version of "The Village Green Preservation Society" and I found one but it was a live performance from 1973 after Pete had left the band, so instead I found this fantastic video created for "Sunny Afternoon" This video sums up the charming oddness that is The Kinks. "Lazing on a Sunny Afternoon, in the Summertime" except, in this video… Not exactly.
God Bless the Kinks.
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The guitar case for Carter Hulsey's Gibson Hummingbird as he plays with Cady Groves in Hershey, Pa on June 25th, 2010.
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On the way to Beach House You Pass Wye Oak
July 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
There are a number of Baltimore musicians getting some serious national attention in all sorts of genres including he joyful psychedelic soundscapes of Animal Collective, the crazed boy and his laptop dance mania of Dan Deacon, and the driving funk beats meets Thelonious Monk style Jazz Piano of the brilliant Lafayette Gilchrist and New Volcanoes.
But the performers we are discussing today are Wye Oak and Beach House.
This Beach House is a winter time Beach House, it's lonely and chilly at times and beautiful and invigorating at others. I happen to love the Seashore in winter and this music conjures that feeling up with grace. Beach House is the duo of Victoria LeGrand and Alex Scally and the have released two albums on the local Carpark label. Both albums were very well received and with the release of their 3rd album Teen Dream on the SubPop label they are breaking out all over. TV appearances, Cool festivals European tour, all that fun stuff. The music is often called "Dream Pop" and if Brian Wilson and Nico had a baby, well that would be really weird, but if they did it might make music that sounds like Beach House.
Until it was toppled in a thunderstorm a few years ago the Wye Oak was the largest White Oak tree in the US. When you travel from Baltimore or DC to the Maryland Beaches on Rt 50 you pass the Wye Oak State Park, the smallest state poark ever. Pretty much a lawn with this giant tree and now, a lawn.
Estimate to be 460 years old, the Wye Oak was an impressive sight and worth the short detour on a trip to the Beach House…. So anyway…
There's a Baltimore band named Wye Oak and they are a duo as well. Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack make some beautiful music together and they are keeping busy this summer hitting the road with Deer Tick and the legendary Lou Barlow.
This is a really nice video co-starring the city of Baltimore fo rthe song "Please Concrete"
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All Time Low in Hershey, Pa on June 25th, 2010.
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