I don't know what to say. I like it, I'm a tad embarrassed to say. I find it...
"SHIA LABEOUF" is a song by Rob Cantor. It tells the true story of an actual cannibal.
Moby | Play (1999)
I'd heard of Moby for years but can't say I'd ever heard his stuff. I really like it. Most tracks have a creativity and interest that go beyond common dance tracks. I especially enjoyed "Honey", "Natural Blues", and "Run On" from this album. I'lll be downloading more Moby.
Goldie | Timeless (1995)
I shared this "discovery" with my son who typically likes Electronica, Dance, House, whatever-the-hell this is called. (Dads often want to appear cool to their kids.) "Yes, Dad, Goldie is pretty good for old school." It was sort of like I had just discovered, and then shared, an Atari Game Console with him.
Do I like it? Musically? It's so repetitive. Dancing to it? I no longer have the energy. Listening to it? It makes me feel old. And bored.
Another beautiful SF sunset
My brother knows me so well.
This birthday card had me ROTFLMAO.
if you're happy and you know it:
Clamp your hams.
The Who | The Who Sings My Generation (1966)
I found it interesting that the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die included this first release from The Who (The Who Sings My Generation, 1966) and the first release from the Rolling Stones ( The Rolling Stones, 1964) but not the Beatles debut (Please Please Me, 1963). I'd already listened to the Stones album, but needed to buy Please Please Me from iTunes to compare the opening salvos from these three British Invasion powerhouses.
The Who's debut doesn't forsake the past with nods to the Blues and early 1960s pop but adds an edge and a hint of the social upheaval to come later. This is particularly evident in the rebellious take-us-as-we-are attitude n the title track "My Generation" and the pop sounding melody, but angst ridden lyrics of "The Kids Are Alright". They take a "surfing sound" drum track and lay on a highly distorted electric guitar in "The Ox" instrumental -- a hint of experimentation to come by The Who.
The Rolling Stones debut is blues-driven with the debut of the over-the-top showmanship that Mick Jagger later masters.
The Beatles Please Please Me is fun, mop head bopping pop. I like it but in today's context, it doesn't seem ground breaking or interesting. Several other Beatles albums made the 1001 Albums list but not this one. I can now see why.
Sunset over SF Bay
LAX to OAK sunset
Objects in the mirror
“Objects in the rear view mirror may be closer than they appear.”
“Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.”
Discuss...
The holiday season 70 years ago
On the lookout for German snipers, a squad of Third Army Infantrymen move cautiously through the streets of Moircy, Belgium. 12/31/44. Co. C, 1st Bn., 345 Reg’t., 87th Inf. Div.
Seventy years ago, the Nazis made one last ditch effort, a surprise attack that drove a wedge between Allied forces and caused heavy losses in men and territory. German fuel shortages and the return of clear weather -- allowing Allied air-superiority -- eventually turned the tide back to the Allied cause.
The Germans called it "Operation Watch on the Rhine," while the French called it the "Battle of the Ardennes." The Allied Command called it the "Ardennes Counteroffensive."
History knows it as the "Battle of the Bulge."
My father-in-law, Bob Match, was there.