Dinosaur Jr.

'I Bet On Sky' by Dinosaur Jr.

New sounds for me. I guess I'd seen the name previously but had no idea. Then a few nights ago I heard the song, 'Watch the Corners' on the OPB Music overnight radio stream. Delighted to find that not only did I enjoy that one song but I enjoy their body of work which is pretty extensive. Either under this band name or solo efforts by J Mascis.

I love it when that happens!!!

And the bonus of great album artwork!! Worthy of framing.

Discovering Gold

OPB Music overnight streaming ….. turning me on to new sounds and causing sudden trips to the record store. This is from three evenings ago.

• Craig Finn - When No One's Watching
• Geographer - I'm Ready
• Wye Oak - Before
• Beirut - Gallipoli ***** …… I'm obsessed with the trumpets on this. I'd heard it once or twice before but it was this listen that opened my ears to the beauty of the trumpets.
• Dan Black featuring Kid Codi - Symphonies ***** …..  Leading to a download.
• Other Lives - Take Us Alive
• Nilufer Yanya - Paralyzed
• Boreen - Lovely
• Aan - Cause and Effect
• Dinosaur Jr. - Watch the Corners ***** ….. Research, followup research and two trips to the record store. Good amount of music to discover under this name or the band's frontman, J Mascis. .
• Babehoven - Lena
• Pavement - Stereo

And a few from the current early morning listening session …..

• Damien Jurado - Allocate ..... Been following his music for the past ten years. Loving the violins used. 
• Generationals - When They Fight, They Fight ***** ..... Has a 60's era feel to it.
• Booker T. Jones featuring Sharon Jones and Matt Berninger - Representing Memphis *****
• Dirty Projectors - Cannibal Resource
• The National - Apartment Story *****
• Emma Ruth Rundle - Fever Dreams *****
• Blind Pilot - Keep You Right *****
• Jonathan Something - For All My Life ..... "I brought my donkey to a horses show" I'm not saying he sounds like George Harrison but that's who came to mind as I listened.

Night Listening

Another late night radio playlist ….. because I'm always listening and searching for something new and exciting.

• Nilufer Yanya - Thanks 4 Nothing
• Angie McMahon - Keeping Time *****
• The Shaky Hands - Another World …..  A few introductory notes that brings to mind CSNY's song, 'Shadow Captain.'
• Bahamas - Lost In the Light
• Blood Orange - Clipped On
• Peter Gabriel - Digging In the Dirt ….. You don't hear a lot of older classics on this music stream. A longtime favorite.
• Photo Ops - Once Around the Town Square
• Saint Seneca - The Awefull Yawn
• Ellen Jewell - Sea of Tears
• Just Lions - Paper Cage
• Palehound - Aaron
• Ten Fe - Won't Happen

Late Night Radio Playlist

OPB Radio Playlist, Number 3547. Sunday Night .....

• Babehoven - Lena ..... Ever since The Beatles, it's been partially true ..... nowadays more than ever you have difficulty, when seeing a playlist, knowing which is the band name and which is the song title.
• Pavement - Stereo
• Palehound - Aaron
• Thee Oh Sees - Hang a Picture
• Radiohead - Morning Mr. Magpie
• Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen *****  ..... "I used to be seventeen, now you're just like me."
• Quasi - The Curse of Having It All
• Reptaliens - Shuggie
• Laura Marlling - False Hope

Tuesday Night .....

• Andrew Bird - Fallorun ..... Something about the first few notes I heard when I joined this programming and song already in progress caused me to think of The Smiths.
• Broken Bells - No Matter What You're Told
• Babehoven - Out of This Country
• Kevin Morby - Aboard My Train
• The Black Keys - The Length's ***** ..... A far away slide guitar
• Strange Ranger - Leona
• Phantogram - Into Happiness
• The National - Hey Rosey
• Sufjan Stevens - Love Yourself
• LVL UP - She Sustains Us *****
• Shy Girls - Hallelujah *****
• The Spinanes - Reach V. Speed *****

Finding My Mojo

Music sampler disc that came with the June issue of Mojo Magazine.

One Bob Dylan recording. One Dylan cover. Mostly Americana offerings from musicians who have some sort of association with or comparison to Dylan.

Like a great radio station with no commercials.

Highlight for me, 'New Partner' by Will Oldham.

Additional Highlight: 'You'll Miss It When It's Gone' by The Skiffle Players.

Gary Clark Jr.

Gary Clark Jr. - This Land. 

A few months ago (bought it on my birthday), upon first and second listens, other than the opening song, 'This Land', I was disappointed. Tonight's listening experience was much different. Thankfully first impressions are not always the final word. Right place and time again!!

It rocks in a lot of places!!! It's R&B and soulful in some spots and there's even a heavy reggae influence in one song. Great guitar playing.

Delayed birthday gratification!!!

5/28/19 UPDATE: Listened to this again!! I must have been suffering from temporary sensory impairment not to love this on first listen.

John Doe

John Doe - 'A Year In the Wilderness. 

One of those recordings I found at the Friends Store in the public library. A $2.00 price tag so I took a chance.

The thing is, I should have known John Doe's music. Another huge gap in my collection (and knowledge).

Aimee Mann and Kathleen Edwards contribute voices on it.

I had it in the CD player and it started playing. After a few minutes, I was like: "Who is this?" By the time the tenth song started I had to open up the player and discover its identity. I must have begun listening once before without an impression being formed ..... Sometimes it just needs to be the right place and time before greatness is discovered.

I Am Easy to Find

The new album by The National. I could hardly wait to get my hands on it. The noticeable difference between this album and their previous recordings is the addition of female vocalists, which in this case I love. The highlight for me is the final song, 'Light Years'. I've felt the need to listen to the entire record four times since it came out so I guess you could say that I'm highly recommending it!!!

Past 24 Hours

Just a few things that I've listened to in the past twenty-four hours ..... Andrew Bird - "My Finest Work Yet", Neko Case, k.d. lang & Laura Veirs - "Case / Lang / Veirs" and Beth Gibbons and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra - "Henryk Gorecki: Symphony No. 3"

Old Dude's Playlist

The playlist of an unidentified old dude, Though if anyone really needed to know, I might admit to knowing said dude ....

• Neil Young - Old Man ..... I've reached a point where I need to hear this at least once a week. The song never grows old.
• Neil Young - Heart of Gold .... See above.
• Pedro the Lion - Bad Diary Days
• The Church - Under the Milky Way ..... One of the last vinyl records I bought before the transition to compact discs before the full circle and triumphant return to vinyl.
• Crosby, Stills & Nash - Helplessly Hoping ..... When I sing along at home I think that I add a needed fourth harmony to their three part perfection. Not sure that CSN would see things quite the same.
• Steely Dan - FM (No Static At All) ..... Nothing reminds of high school days quite like Steely Dan.
• Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain ..... Read a great story about this song. A guy returning home after five years overseas in the army. No money. No advance word to his family that he was on the way and worried that it had been so long that no one would recognize him when he arrived home. He managed to hitch a ride with a guy who was playing this song on the car stereo. When he arrived at home, everyone went wild!!
• Donovan - Atlantis ..... I have memories of hearing this in the 7th or 8th grade on a tiny record player in Catholic school. Maybe the nuns of those days believed in the existence of Atlantis? 
• Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 / Saturday In the Park

Friends and Neighbors

Listening to a KLCC-fm (Eugene, Oregon) radio broadcast of their "Friends and Neighbors" program. Actually a podcast of a past program. Mostly singer/songwriter and folk music sounds. When I remember the day and times, I try to tune in for this program and their "Front Porch" program. Podcasts make it all convenient. It's nice to have a few music programs remaining on the radio.

There's also a program called, "The Mist Covered Mountain" that has Celtic Music themes. Years ago I used to record selected parts of it from reel-to-reel tape onto cassette tapes. Still have those cassettes in a shoe box in my closet.

Billie Holiday

This was last evening's listening experience. A pleasure. Billie Holiday ..... Not something that I would have listened to as recently as ten years ago. Fortunately I've since managed to evolve beyond an apparent state of clueless. Jazz vocals from the 1940's and 50's.  A compilation of recordings. One of the greatest voices in history. Some of the songs were recorded on 78's and sound a bit scratchy but that only adds to the ambiance.

The great Jazz bassist, Charles Mingus is playing on some of the tunes.

I found the compact disc earlier in the day at the public library's annual book sale. Fifty cents for great music!! A bargain!! Note that her first name was spelled incorrectly on the album cover.