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Saturday, January 18, 2003
Way Too Young  I suppose this is a little like when someone dies in the family, and people who have not seen each other for years get together, and are actually glad to see one another - even though they feel sort of bad about feeling good. Like when my grandmother died.. so many cousins and aunts, uncles and kids together.. One could say my sudden fascination with boots of The Clash is something like this... I've loved them for a long time though. I got into the Clash about the time I first started buying records like crazy. So I have my Clash collection - just not the boots really, until now. I'm loving it... Although, you'll want to avoid "Clash Live '79" like the plague. It sounds awful! Mmm, what am I listening to now? Nice and mellow sound. That's the trouble with loading up songs willy-nilly from various boots all at once! I really cannot believe Joe Strummer has died. He was *way* too young!!!!! Peace Anthems I love The Clash... Just listening to some of a boot of a Japanese show from 1982... "Charlie Don't Surf" paints the horror of a war in SE Asia..... As a reported 20,000 march for peace, downtown, here in the sunshine today. Lord, please, peace... Now, "White Man In Hammersmith Palais", another of my all-time favorite anthems, and another plea for sanity - for peace. Oh man, what an incredible version of "Washington Bullets", from a different show, in New York City (& another *different* version of "Charlie Don't Surf.") How strange, somehow Delroy Wilson, "The cool operator" makes it into the lyrics of "White Man In.." I just listened to Delroy's version of "I Shall Be Released" the other night....The sound is muddy, and his voice doesn't help. (Of course, Gregory Isaacs is the *real* "Cool Operator." These singers are *nothing* alike.) The Carl Touch, circa 1993  Carl Wilson is the right one to sing "I Can Hear Music." (And "Darlin", and...) As Carl fans constantly point out, he gave the latter Beach Boys, even missing Dennis and Brian, a special feel. Mmm, this is a nice set, Beach Boys' "Live at the Paramount," from 1993... Nice big set list. I've been listening to a Beach Boys Family and Friends in Las Vegas CD lately too, and it's fun to hear many of the same songs, performed here. Very nice. Ha, Mike Love *is* likeable in his own funky way. He seems to have gotten to be a lazier singer as time goes on though... As if, he needed Brian to keep him in line, artistically. Friday, January 17, 2003
Beautifully Haunting Jo-Ann Greene on All Music Guide has it exactly right... "Slim Smith was blessed with one of the most haunting voices in Jamaica � soft, but with astounding power, yet shot through with an astonishing vulnerability that added to the emotional impact of every song he sang." Yeah. Just listening to a Pressure Sounds CD of (Slim Smith and the) Uniques this morning, "Watch This Sound." Pretty much things I have - however with outstanding sound on this one... Now I read about another CD of his out on the UK Westside label.. Hmm, supposed "rarities" of his, although again, I think I pretty much have all those songs.. He's the type of (rare) guy who I wouldn't want to miss a single song of, though... Sure hope I come across that *other* CD some time... Oh man, "Speak No Evil" makes me crazy!!! Goosebumps - that guy was incredible. Thursday, January 16, 2003
 Reggae Web-Fest I'm enjoying a little reggae web-fest tonight... You never can have too much good music. :-) Bedhead Morning It's a Bedhead morning. Alternatively laid back and rocking. Just giving their album "Transaction De Novo" a listen this morning. Something new to me. (Although it seemed like I never got a chance to really get into it...) It's later now, and I'm checking out Liz Phair, "The Complete Girlysound Demos." She sounds good rough. Even on "Fu** and Run" she sounds vulnerable. Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Coffee I don't know which tasted better.. Just now I'm eating some Brown Cow Cream Top Creamy Coffee yougurt... Mmmmm! Just what I needed. Last Saturday morning, arriving at the picturesquely sited grade school gym for a youth practice basketball game, at a place we'd never been to before, I was greeted with the firm warning, "No drinks allowed inside the gym, including water." Ahhhh! Having thoughtfully stopped, still half-asleep, at the Starbucks in Garden Home, for a nice big cup of coffee ("venti" I think they call it) I was really looking forward to settling into my seat and drinking. The morning was grey, with a very chilly wind blowing through the trees, seemingly hastening everyone inside, "quickly!" I thought for a minute, noting the water bottles and a sole Aladdin coffee cup arranged outside the closed door... "No way!" I thought. "I'm drinking my coffee now, chill wind or not!" So, I pulled my hood tight over my head, slipped on my comfy black leather gloves, and settled in for some coffee... "Hmm.." I thought, "it *is* freezing out here...Since I'm out anyway, maybe there's something interesting to see.." Just then a woman rushed by, taunting me good-naturedly, "That's what you get for having Starbucks!" "Yeah," I laughed. Then I made my way towards the back of the school, where the playing fields were, empty... Oh, nice... Huge evergreen firs leaned and leaned back, struggling against the wind. Mmmm, just standing there bundled up, in the bracing wind, alone, watching those trees while I enjoyed my nice hot coffee with lots of cream... Finally I found a little corner nook out there too, sheltered from the wind, where I could still watch the stormy weather. It almost seemed unfair to be out of that strong burst of cold, and still be able to see... Soon my coffee was about gone. I put the small bit left down next to the other liquids left outside, and went into the windowless cool gym... One of the referees was a girl, at least she seemed to be, and I was told she was - who had a beard. A small but noticable, and quite odd-looking beard. Monday, January 13, 2003
My Birthday Scope It's almost spooky but I like it... This is from my birthday scope for this year, which I just took a look at: "During February, you could change residence or marital status. Wherever you live, you will make it beautiful, comfortable and intellectually stimulating." How could they have known anything about this?? Hmm, well, perhaps this, if all goes well... God willing. I love this one too, for this month: "You need to listen to your heart, and not your head." Why, of course. ;-) Sunday, January 12, 2003
She Can Be A girl can be so... warming, so caring, so loving... Then, I never expect it, though she can be unkind or uncaring... Then, I'm shocked and hurt. Why? As if *I* am always loving? |
