3826 My music so far

Wednesday, February 2014

"At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution,

once revealed, must seem to be inevitable."

 --Raymond Chandler--

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I've been building my Pandora music channel.  The following list is what I've given the "thumbs up" (forgive the dates; I can't figure out an easy way to get rid of them), copied from the list kept by Pandora.  Of course, this isn't everything I like, just what Pandora has offered me so far. 

I've requested a few specific things that Pandora apparently does not "stock", like David Bowie's  Ground Control to Major Tom, and a few others I can't remember at the moment.  I also have a few Mid-eastern things I like, but no go (even though Pandora has oodles of African stuff).

Well, this is a start.

    Rocky Mountain High (Unplugged) (Live) by John Denver
    02-26-2014
    Homeward Bound (Live) by Simon & Garfunkel
    02-26-2014
   You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones
    02-26-2014
    Hey Jude (Live) by Paul McCartney
    02-26-2014
    The Battle Of New Orleans(British Version) by Johnny Horton
    02-26-2014
    Here Comes The Sun (Live) by George Harrison
    02-26-2014
    I'll Follow The Sun by The Beatles
    02-26-2014
    I Call Your Name by The Mamas & The Papas
    02-26-2014
    Floating The Flambeau by Gaelic Storm
    02-26-2014
    Watermark by Enya
    02-26-2014
    Unchained Melody (1991 Version) by The Righteous Brothers
    02-26-2014
    My Girl by Otis Redding
    02-26-2014
    I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) by The Four Tops
    02-26-2014
    Apache by Jorgen Ingmann
    02-26-2014
    Walk Don't Run by The String-A-Longs
    02-26-2014
    While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles
    02-26-2014
    Long Long Journey by Enya
    02-26-2014
    Copper Kettle (Live) by Joan Baez
    02-26-2014
    Let It Be (Live) by Paul McCartney
    02-26-2014
    Chain Of Fools (Unedited Version) by Aretha Franklin
    02-26-2014
    Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes
    02-26-2014
    Do You Love Me by The Contours
    02-26-2014
    Ring Of Fire by Johnny Cash
    02-26-2014
    The Joker by Steve Miller Band
    02-26-2014
    Sunshine Of Your Love by Cream
    02-26-2014
    Jumping Jack Flash (With John Lennon's Introduction) (Live) by The Rolling Stones
    02-26-2014
    Homeward Bound (Live 1969) by Simon & Garfunkel
    02-26-2014
    Sunshine On My Shoulders (Unplugged) (Live) by John Denver
    02-26-2014
    I'm Looking Through You by The Beatles
    02-26-2014
    Dream A Little Dream Of Me by The Mamas & The Papas
    02-26-2014
    Homeless by Kenyan Boys Choir
    02-26-2014
    Khawuleza, Hurry Mama Hurry! by Miriam Makeba
    02-26-2014
    What A Wonderful World (2007) by Israel 'IZ' Kamakawiwo'ole
    02-26-2014
    Conditional by Tracy Chapman
    02-26-2014
    Piney Wood Hills by Buffy Sainte-Marie
    02-26-2014
    Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) by The Beatles
    02-26-2014
    Dedicated To The One I Love by The Mamas & The Papas
    02-26-2014
    The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) (Live 1969) by Simon & Garfunkel
    02-26-2014
    North To Alaska by Johnny Horton
    02-26-2014
    Let It Be (Live At New York City) by Paul McCartney
    02-26-2014
    Leaving On A Jet Plane (Unplugged) (Live) by John Denver
    02-26-2014
    Mama Said by The Shirelles
    02-26-2014
    Dawn by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
    02-26-2014
    Brian Wilson by Barenaked Ladies
    02-26-2014
    The Retreat Song by Miriam Makeba
    02-26-2014
    Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Live) by The Band & Bob Dylan
    02-26-2014
    The Ballad Of The Devil's Backbone Tavern (Live) by Todd Snider
    02-26-2014
    Mbube by Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds
    02-26-2014
    Guiss Guiss by Cheikh Lo
    02-26-2014
    Jho Avido by Dobet Gnahore
    02-26-2014
    The Three Bells by The Browns
    02-26-2014
    Let It Be by The Beatles
    02-26-2014
    A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) by Marty Robbins
    02-26-2014
    You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' by The Righteous Brothers
    02-26-2014
    The Sound Of Silence (Live) by Simon & Garfunkel
    02-26-2014
    Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival
    02-26-2014
    Go Where You Wanna Go by The Mamas & The Papas
    02-26-2014
    Ventures' Medley: Lullaby Of The Leaves / Walk, Don't Run / Perfidia by The Belairs
    02-26-2014
    Top Eliminator by The Darts
    02-26-2014
    Stuck In The Middle With You by Stealers Wheel
    02-24-2014
    Bad Moon Rising (Live At The Wiltern Theater) by John Fogerty
    02-24-2014
    Funny How Time Slips Away by Ricky Nelson
    02-24-2014
    The Sound Of Silence (Live 1969) by Simon & Garfunkel
    02-24-2014
    Blackbird by The Beatles
    02-24-2014
    Respect by Aretha Franklin
    02-24-2014
    Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is A Season) (Live) by Judy Collins
    02-24-2014
    Scarborough Fair / Canticle (Live 1969) by Simon & Garfunkel
    02-24-2014
    Blowin' In The Wind (Live) by Judy Collins
    02-24-2014
    The Wanderer by Dion
    02-24-2014
    It Always Will Be by Willie Nelson
    02-24-2014
    Good Hearted Woman by Waylon Jennings
    02-24-2014
    Hey Good Lookin' by Johnny Cash
    02-24-2014
    Stand By Me by Ben E. King
    02-24-2014
    Lonely Bull by The Challengers
    02-24-2014
    Mary Hamilton by Joan Baez
    02-24-2014
    I Say A Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin
    02-24-2014
    Reels: The Trip To Derrow / The Traveller / St. Anne's Reel by Barry Dransfield
    02-24-2014
    You've Got A Friend (Live) by James Taylor
    02-24-2014
    Blowing In The Wind (Live 1976) by Joan Baez
    02-24-2014
    Don't Be Cruel by Elvis Presley
    02-24-2014
    Can't Help Falling In Love by Chris Isaak
    02-24-2014
    I Feel Fine by The Beatles
    02-24-2014
    City Of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie
    02-24-2014
    The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Live) by The Band
    02-24-2014
    Nienafing by Rokia Traore
    02-24-2014
    Torin Torin by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
    02-24-2014
    The Click Song by Miriam Makeba
    02-24-2014
    Watermelon Man (1962) by Herbie Hancock
    02-24-2014
    District Six (Live) by Hugh Masekela
    02-24-2014
    Come Together by The Beatles
    02-24-2014
    Homeward Bound (Live In Central Park) by Simon & Garfunkel
    02-24-2014
    Tomorrow Is A Long Time by Judy Collins
    02-24-2014
    The Bargain Store by Dolly Parton
    02-24-2014
    I Walk The Line by Johnny Cash
    02-24-2014
    A Good Hearted Woman (Live) by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
    02-24-2014
    Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys by Willie Nelson
    02-24-2014
    Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival
    02-24-2014
    Java by Al Hirt
    02-24-2014
    Fire And Rain by James Taylor
    02-24-2014
    Oh Very Young by Cat Stevens
    02-24-2014
    Tears On My Pillow by Little Anthony
    02-24-2014
    Denise by Randy & The Rainbows
    02-24-2014
    Down On The Corner by Creedence Clearwater Revival
    02-24-2014
    Creeque Alley by The Mamas & The Papas
    02-24-2014
    Light My Fire by The Doors
    02-24-2014
    Take Good Care Of My Baby by Dion
    02-24-2014
    Silhouettes by Rays
    02-24-2014
    Since I Don't Have You by The Skyliners
    02-24-2014
    Sleep Walk by Santo & Johnny
    02-24-2014
    Come Go With Me (Master) by The Del-Vikings
    02-24-2014
    Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers
    02-24-2014
    Motorcycle (Significance Of The Pickle) Song (Live) by Arlo Guthrie
    02-24-2014
    Up On Cripple Creek by The Band
    02-24-2014
    Statistician's Blues (Live) by Todd Snider
    02-24-2014
    Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) by Jim Croce
    02-24-2014
    In My Life by The Beatles
    02-24-2014
    So Early, Early In The Spring by Judy Collins
    02-24-2014
    My Country Tis Of Thy Peo by Buffy Sainte-Marie
    02-24-2014
    An Gabhar Ban by Clannad
    02-24-2014
    Maid Behind The Bar / Sligo Maid / The Green Mountain by Craig Duncan And The Smoky Mountain Band
    02-24-2014
    It Ain't Me Babe by Joan Baez
    02-24-2014
    Wild World by Cat Stevens
    02-23-2014
    Blackbird / Yesterday (Love Version) by The Beatles
    02-23-2014
    Up Around The Bend by Creedence Clearwater Revival
    02-23-2014
    With God On Our Side (Live) by Joan Baez
    02-23-2014
    Scarborough Fair/ Canticle by Simon & Garfunkel
    02-23-2014
    Imagine by John Lennon
    02-23-2014
    The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia by Reba McEntire
    02-23-2014
    Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette
    02-23-2014
    If I Were A Carpenter (feat. June Carter Cash) by Johnny Cash
    02-23-2014
    Sweet Sir Galahad by Joan Baez
    02-23-2014
    American Pie by Don McLean
    02-23-2014
    A-Quiet Tear (Lagrima Quieta) by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
    02-23-2014
    Dunlap's Creek by Anonymous 4
    02-23-2014
    Tempus Adventus: Populus Sion by Gregorian Chant For Seasons Of The Year
    02-23-2014
    Time Of The Season by Guess Who
    02-23-2014
    The House Of The Rising Sun by The Animals
    02-23-2014
    She's Not There by The Zombies
    02-23-2014
    Until It's Time For You To Go by Buffy Sainte-Marie
    02-23-2014
    Here Comes The Sun by The Beatles
    02-23-2014
    9 To 5 (Live From London) by Dolly Parton
    02-23-2014
    Jackson (Live) by Johnny Cash
    02-23-2014
    Alley Cat by Bent Fabric & His Piano
    02-23-2014
    Highway Chile by Jimi Hendrix
    02-23-2014
    I Will Always Love You (Live) by Dolly Parton
    02-23-2014
    Harper Valley P.T.A. by Jeannie C. Riley
    02-23-2014
    I Saw Her Again Last Night by The Mamas & The Papas
    02-23-2014
    Time Of The Season by The Zombies
    02-23-2014
    When I'm Sixty-Four by The Beatles
    02-23-2014
    I Got A Name by Jim Croce
    02-23-2014
    Night Comes On by Judy Collins
    02-23-2014
    The Boxer (Live 1969) by Simon & Garfunkel
    02-23-2014
    For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield
    02-23-2014
    Suzanne (Live 1976) by Joan Baez
    02-23-2014
    Killing Me Softly With His Song by Roberta Flack
    02-23-2014
    Cat's In The Cradle by Harry Chapin
    02-23-2014
    Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles
    02-23-2014
    Veni, Sancte Spiritus, Motet For 6 Parts (Doubtful): Veni Sancte Spiritus by Josquin Desprez
    02-23-2014
    Poison Glen by Clannad
    02-23-2014
    The Maid That Sold Her Barley by Deanta
    02-23-2014
    Caribbean Blue by Enya
    02-23-2014
    Harvest Moon Jig by Aine Minogue
    02-23-2014
    It's All Wrong, But It's All Right by Dolly Parton
    02-23-2014
    I Walk The Line (Overdubbed) by Johnny Cash
    02-23-2014
    This Time by Waylon Jennings
    02-23-2014
    Welfare LIne by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson
    02-23-2014
    On The Road Again (Live From Austin, TX) by Willie Nelson
    02-23-2014
    I'm Yours / Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Straight No Chaser
    02-23-2014
    Save Us All by Tracy Chapman
    02-23-2014
    Walk Away by Ben Harper
    02-23-2014
    It's All Been Done by Barenaked Ladies
    02-23-2014
    Roll To Me by Del Amitri
    02-23-2014
    Gospel Ship (Live) by Joan Baez
    02-23-2014
    The Sound Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
    02-23-2014
    Prudentia Prudentium, Gloria: Gloria: Prudentia Prudentium by Gregorian Chant
    02-23-2014
    On The Road Again (Willie Nelson & Family) (Live) by Willie Nelson & Friends
    02-23-2014
    Have You Ever Seen The Rain? by Creedence Clearwater Revival
    02-23-2014
    Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin
    02-23-2014
    The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (BBC Sessions) by Jimi Hendrix
    02-23-2014
    Down To The River To Pray (Live) by Alison Krauss & Union Station
    02-23-2014
    Newgrange by Celtic Woman
    02-23-2014
    People Are Strange by The Doors
    02-23-2014
    Something / Blue Jay Way (Transition) (Love Version) by The Beatles
    02-23-2014
    Hotel California by Eagles
    02-23-2014
    Over The Rainbow / What A Wonderful World by Israel 'IZ' Kamakawiwo'ole
    02-23-2014
    One Week by Barenaked Ladies
    02-23-2014
    Run-around by Blues Traveler
    02-23-2014
    Yesterday by The Beatles
    02-23-2014
    First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack
    02-23-2014
    Suzanne by Joan Baez
    02-23-2014
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3823 Evolution?

Monday, February 24, 2014

Just because there are questions doesn't mean there are answers.

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Yesterday morning I torqued up Pandora for the first time in ages, first time on this laptop.  I set up a channel and primed it with things like Barenaked Ladies, Simon & Garfunkle, Buffy Saint-Marie, Dolly Parton, Don McLean, Mommas and Poppas, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, a bunch of Irish stuff, and a slew of stuff from my youth.  Then I actively clicked "like" or "dislike" on what Pandora selected, to make sure Pandora had a wide sample of my taste to work from.

It started out pretty good, but oddly, after about 20 hours of play, Pandora has pretty much evolved (devolved?) to Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, and Johnny Cash, one after another, with occasional side excursions into other stuff I like (and don't like, e.g. trumpet instrumentals (ugh!) and Frank Sinatra (ugh ugh!!) thrown in.  Duh?)

I don't understand.  Yeah, I like Willie, Garth, and Johnny, but good grief!  Not exclusively!  And how many times do I have to click "dislike" on Sinatra and jazz before they get the idea?

Pandora's algorithms need some work.

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After something like four or five days of balmy sunny days rising into the forties and fifties, almost all the snow is melting away.  I actually had a surge of energy, got out and did some stuff.

Today we have been cast down again.  It's 36 F, and there's a strong nasty wind out of the north that actually hurts.  Oh well, not much longer now....

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LATER:  Ok, I figured out why Pandora keeps sending me Jazz and trumpets.  I've been clicking "Like" on everything from Hugh Masekela.  Check out "District Six".  Masekela isn't your usual jazz.
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3782 Catchy little tune

Friday, October 18, 2013

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words.

If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

--Philip K. Dick--

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMoK0focAFE&

 From an NPR article:

In November 1972, Italian pop star Adriano Celentano released a song that hit No. 1 in his home country, despite the fact that it wasn't performed in Italian.

It also wasn't performed in English.

In fact, it wasn't performed in any language at all.

The song, called "Prisencolinensinainciusol," was written to mimic the way English sounds to non-English speakers.

From "Now I Know" (a great place to visit, by the way): [A better link for the same place: http://nowiknow.com/archives/]

Despite the fact that the words aren't actual words, the song was incredibly popular in Italy and in other parts of Europe, cracking the top 10 on the Italian, Belgian, French, and Dutch charts (peaking at #1 overall in Italy) and hitting number 46 in Germany. Perhaps the listeners didn't know that the words were made up. Perhaps they didn't care. The song was catchy, regardless, and as any American non-Korean speaker can testify (think Gangnam Style), sometimes the "words" don't matter all that much.

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Bonus fact: In 1963, a group named the Kingsmen covered the song "Louie Louie," originally recorded by Richard Berry eight years prior. The Kingsmen's version is a classic and you've almost certainly heard it (but if not, here you go) and likely can sing the whole thing -- kind of. You probably have no idea what the actual words are because they're a garbled mess which is impossible to understand. But that didn't stop an angry parent from writing to then-U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and insisting that the lyrics were obscene. For some reason, this lead to an FBI investigation (!) which concluded, no, the lyrics are just unintelligible. The FBI was right, but they missed something. At about 0:53 into the song, Lynn Easton, the band's drummer, dropped a drumstick and yelled out the f-word. It's audible (but not obvious) in the recording (which if you didn't click to listen to before, you probably will now).

Wikipedia puts it a bit more humorously:  " In June 1965, the FBI laboratory obtained a copy of the Kingsmen recording and, after four months of investigation, concluded that the recording could not be interpreted, that it was "unintelligible at any speed".

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Back in maybe the late 60s or early 70s there was a Japanese song that was very popular, all in Japanese, and no one knew what it was about.  I heard it on the radio constantly, and I can hum the tune now, but I never learned the name.  It was one of my favorite songs ever, and I may never find it again.

Anyone know what it might be?

Later - The Queen  nailed it in the comments! I had the years wrong, but she still got it.  It's "Sukiyaki", by Kyu Sakamoto, on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zpOc9n7dlI.  Same version with Japanese and English subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C35DrtPlUbc.  I was almost afraid to see the translation, afraid the real words would spoil the song, but they didn't.  The English is pretty, too.  Sad, but pretty.

(Note that there are a few English covers of the song, but they changed the lyrics entirely.  Same tune, but NOT THE SAME SONG AT ALL!)
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3649 Kora!

Sunday, October 21, 2012

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.

-- Jack Nicholson --

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I love this!

[http://youtu.be/O37H6NODLDM] Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate, "Wonamati"

It's not my usual style or genre, but I love it.  I found it by accident searching for classical kora music.

I love kora.  That's the unusual instrument on the left.   I'd never seen one this size.  The traditional kora is huge and sits on the floor.  They have a very wide range of sounds.  Love 'em.

And, if you are very naughty, perhaps you'll figure out why I laughed.  And immediately wrote a note to The Man.

3462 Jasper says garbage trucks are scary.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Caring for the health of others - isn’t that a moral value?

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I don't care for most groups that define themselves as "metal". Seems like it's just noise with screaming. But check out the Swedish group "Therion". They seem to have had training in music theory, and the lead actually sings. Well, I haven't heard everything they've done, but what I have heard is interesting.

Go to Youtube and search for 'therion'. Don't watch the videos - just listen.

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I have a profile on OKCupid. It's usually disabled, doesn't show up, but occasionally I enable it to check the journals or profiles of others, or when I'm bored and want to see how random people answered questions. And then I can't disable it for a week, them's the rules ya know, so sometimes it's visible. I have a paragraph at the top saying that it's virtually invisible, and should be ignored. I still get the occasional nibble anyway. And I think about them.

Back when I had active profiles, I did meet some guys. I have a rule that I don't chat, or have extended email explorations, or phone calls. If we look at all interesting to each other, we meet someplace quiet but public immediately. I figure you can learn more about a person in one lunch than in weeks of emails or phone calls.

Partly that rule is because of one guy I'd corresponded with back in 2006. He owned a used bookstore just over the line in Connecticut and wrote the most beautiful emails. We clicked in philosophical matters. We couldn't seem to get our schedules in synch, so we corresponded for three months before we met, and by then I was half in love with him. Then one day we met.

He was a complete mess, physically and emotionally. He had severe edema in his legs, couldn't walk more than a few feet, and didn't know why because he hadn't seen a doctor about it. The skin was actually cracking and weeping. He had three dogs that literally were not allowed out of his sight. We couldn't go to the restaurant originally selected because there wasn't parking close to the outdoor dining area. We had to find a restaurant with a patio in sight of the parking lot so he'd be able to see the dogs in the car. And it was COLD and windy that day.

I was so disappointed, because by then ... well, I felt bad not just because I was crushed, but because I like to think I'm more interested in mind than body, but "maybe I'm fooling myself, maybe I'm a bad person for having so negative a reaction", and so on.

So after that, if you look interesting, we MEET, immediately, before you can crawl into my mind and heart and set up shop, and I'm forced to evict you.

Of course I haven't met anyone from those sites in years, not since the first date with The Man, but I remember what it was like.

Most of these guys seem to have a weird expectation. They seem to think that having agreed to meet, we already have some kind of relationship, a commitment. Like if there were anyone around to introduce me to, I'd already be presented as "my girlfriend". Some kind of Wild Western mail-order bride. And if you don't act like that, some of them get angry. If at the end of the meeting you indicate that you are happy to have met him but don't think we're a good match, they act like "why did you agree to meet me if you don't intend to follow through, why did you waste my time?" Yeah, I've heard those exact words.

I guess one way to handle that is to part letting him think you adore him, and then say no thanks from the safety of home. And that's another reason avoiding emails (except through the site) and phone calls is a good idea. I don't give out my contact info or my last name until the third date.

I guess it's because so many of those guys are desperate for a woman. That's all they want. A woman. Almost any will do. Some of them want only a vagina.

What do I want? (If I were still trolling online, that is....)

I DON'T want a man who
- needs a woman to complete his life.
- needs a housekeeper, maid, cook, or nurse.
- expects to move in together.
- starts out thinking we'll be getting married.
- wants someone to share expenses with that he can also sleep with.
- is willing to accept me before even knowing me.

I DO want a man who
- already is secure and happy alone.
- wants someone to share enthusiasms (museums, activities, festivals, travel) with.
- wants one or two weekends a month together (eventually), his place or mine.
- is willing to go Dutch on almost everything.
- doesn't need me, but learns to appreciate and want me.
- (Yeah, there are some bedroom requirements, too, but let's start with the basics.)

You know what? I think that kind of guy is extremely rare on online dating sites.
Wow. A light bulb just went on.
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1755 Joplin et al.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

It's after midnight, and I'm sitting here running numbers, and as usual the tv is on in the background. It's tuned to PBS, and I have no idea exactly what's on. It seems to be a documentary movie about a late 60s multi-day outdoor concert. Not Woodstock - there's no rain or mud, and the audience is sitting quietly on rows and rows of neatly arranged folding chairs - but there were several large concerts around that time.

Anywhoo, I was sitting here deep in numbers, when Janis Joplin came on.

Wow! You hear her records, and you think, yeah, she could sing. But to SEE her sing! What an experience! The womanchild was incredible! (That's how I can date this concert to the late 60s. She died of a drug overdose in 1970, I believe, at 27.)

This is it, THE performance:

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FlUAxqQkmc]

Ms. Joplin was followed by someone (not the Stones) doing "Paint It Black", one of my favorites, and right now, as I write this, Jimi Hendrix is tearing up "Wild Thing", and setting fire to his guitar.

Oops, he's gone. Now it's Moma Cass and friends. Oh, my.

I think I'm finished with numbers for the night.

Ok, over too soon. The credits are up. It was the Monterey festival, "The Summer of Love", June, 1967.

Sigh. Those were the days....

Back to numbers.
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1606 A Musical Gift

A gift for y'all.


[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8]

You know, I never knew the words, anyway. Sounds fine to me....
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1337 Table v. Database

Friday, June 29, 2007

Well, I screwed up.

The Man asked me a few weeks ago what my music collection consisted of, and I couldn't answer. It's pretty eclectic. There's no easy way to describe it as a whole. I'm likely to mention just whatever I listened to last.

Until the other night my closet shelves were so crowded I no longer knew what was there, and wore the same tops over and over. I'm doing the same thing with my CDs. There's so much there, many of which are trash, that I can't find the good stuff, or have forgotten what's there, so I listen to the same stuff over and over.

I decided to go through the collection, find out what I have, impose some order, make a list, maybe even find out if I have duplicates.

I've been having fun, pulling CDs out of the cabinet, popping some I haven't heard in ages into the CD drive, entering their data into an MS Word table.

Yup, a table. I screwed up.

On the desktop PC, I have lots of lists of things in database whatsises. I can sort those lists by column. Like by artist, album title, or genre (which is the way they should be organized anyway).

Guess what - a table is not a data base. You can't sort by artist or album title. You can't sort, period. My pretty list is just as useless as the jumble in the cabinet. It MATCHES the jumble in the cabinet. Latest interest on top. Sigh.

I have entered 152 CDs, of the close to 400 I have.

Sigh. Start over.
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