Hey Chairman

"You know me - I'm acting dumb..." Scene ain't particularly humdrum today though. Have a nice weekend.

Buzzcocks - Boredom
Adverts - Bored Teenagers
Snatch - When I'm Bored
Destroy All Monsters - Bored
Iggy Pop - I'm Bored

Plus the obvious non-boring bonus track to make it a six pack:

Boredoms - Bocabola

Burning Embers

A shimmering delight from Sandy Denny and her Fotheringay, tiptoeing through the tulips at the so-called Dutch Woodstock: the 1970 Holland Pop Festival in Rotterdam. "Come inside before it starts to rain..."

Fotheringay - Two Weeks Last Summer (live)

Glory Glory

Want the gospel truth? Then look no further and get the exemplary When I Reach That Heavenly Shore triple disc collection. Out December 9 on the trademark-of-quality Tompkins Square label, so would make an excellent Xmas prezzie methinks.

Blind Gussie Nesbit - Pure Religion

Newly Born

All dig one of the - admittedly very few - highlights on Beck's Song Reader collection. Yup, that's Jerry Williams Junior, better known as the Dogg, bringing total destruction to your mind yet once again.

Swamp Dogg - America, Here's My Boy

Red-Eyed Rhyme

"I took myself for a strong and loving soul, 'til I found myself face down on the barroom floor..." A melancholic Jerry Jeff tackles a Michael Murphey composition, live with the Lost Gonzo Band in the outlaw country outpost of Luckenbach, Texas.

Jerry Jeff Walker - Backsliders Wine

Know What I Mean?

Been listening to quite a bit of jazz lately, and thought a hot little six pack would be just the thing for a dreary Monday like this one. So without further ado...

Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans - Who Cares?

Bud Shank - All The Things You Are
Lee Konitz - People Will Say We're In Love
Blue Mitchell - The Thing To Do
Kenny Clarke - Bohemia After Dark
Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron - Left Alone

Angelic Yells

What would a Current 93 album be without the warblings of Antony? Cue esoteric high priest David Tibet's latest offering, the piano-driven I Am The Last Of All The Field That Fell: A Channel. Here goes, my Johnsons: "The hope light in your eyes moved open the spheres and spelled 'summer dust'..."

Current 93 - Mourned Winter Then

Twisted Vines

"Once I ran from the morning sun, once I ran from the rain..." Not anymore though. Love is in the air and on the brain, see? Jim Ford always digs deep.

Jim Ford - Love On My Brain

Watching The Ride

Seen the Nick Cave documentary 20.000 Days On Earth yet? You should. Self-mythologizing never looked so good.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wide Lovely Eyes

But Of Course

A moving and hypnotizing requiem to one of the true blues greats? Check! As Fahey, the original American Primitive guitar maestro, once said about this composition himself: "He was in his quiet way, a very great man, and I deeply mourn our loss of him. So, I wrote this requiem for him, about him, but I play it the way Charley Patton would have played it, had he ever thought of such a thing, which of course he never would have..."

John Fahey - Requiem For John Hurt

Full Circle

"I almost asked you who you were..." The long-forgotten 360's hailed from Boston and came upon the scene in '91 with a pretty fine debut album called Illuminated. Is it just me, or does this sound just a tiny bit dated already?

360's - Deadpan Superstar

Piece Of Cake

Juan Moneo (1952-2013) hailed from a veritable flamenco dynasty in Jerez de la Frontera. A fine fine singer, he didn't record a lot of albums, as he preferred to perform live. I just managed to score his Luna Mora album, which comes highly recommended. Musica, maestro!

Juan Moneo "El Torta" - Carbon De Caña
Juan Moneo "El Torta" - Tengo Momentos

Givin' It All

Surprisingly found my copy of the Complete Basement Tapes in the mail yesterday. Not half bad, considering its official November 4 release date. Lo and behold indeed! Don't you weep and don't you moan, you need this treasure trove in your life pronto.

Bob Dylan & The Band - 900 Miles From My Home