23. May 2011 by admin.

My guitar hero, David Gilmour, toured several years ago with Rick Wright (R.I.P.) from Pink Floyd, and with Ray Manzanera from Roxy Music on guitar and several great guest stars.  I saw him on this tour, and his revival of “Echoes”, one of my favorite songs, which Floyd hadn’t performed live in decades, was the centerpiece of the show—one of the best live performances I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen some great artists over the years).

Here’s a video of Gilmour and his band performing “Echoes” beautifully in Gdansk from the same tour I saw him on.

This next song is one of the greatest dance remixes ever done, period.  It’s a Duran Duran song that, unremixed, is okay (perhaps even mediocre), but as remixed by Paul Oakenfold becomes a masterfully produced and interpreted song—listen to it with headphones.

Here’s a great song by the Charlatans, “Blackened Blue Eyes”—not new, but rocks pretty hard.

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21. May 2011 by admin.

You can see more of my photographs and artwork here

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16. May 2011 by admin.

Greetings!  Haven’t posted in a long time.

Here are some songs/albums I really like—maybe you will like them too:

Ancient Astronauts.

I first heard these outrageously great guys a few months ago, and then was lucky enough to go to their show with Rob Garza (of Thievery Corporation) in San Francisco.  AA rocked the house hard; they are seriously funky.  This is only one of their many really good tracks from both their 2009 album “We are to Answer”  and their most recent album, “Into Bass and Time”.

Here is another one by these guys…

Massive Attack.

I finally saw these guys last May on their current tour.  They had a great live show.  There are several favorite tracks I have from “Heligoland”, including “Girl, I love you” and “Atlas Air”.  But my friend turned me on to this remix of “Pardise Circus” and this has now become another favorite on this LP.

Lykke Li: 

She is a much better singer and more interesting by far than Katy Perry, Kesha, RiHanna, etc.  Lykke has a great voice and presence.

She channels an uncanny resemblance to Roni Spector of the Ronettes back in the ‘60s.  And I think she’s got an Amy Winehouse vibe going that works for her.

This track, “I follow rivers”  is also great, but in a different way.

TV on the Radio

If you haven’t heard TV on the Radio’s new album, you should check it out.  I especially like this track, “Will Do”.  They remind me a little bit of The Roots.

Big Audio Dynamite

Also, if you are, like I am, a fan of Big Audio Dynamite (Mick Jones’ band after The Clash), you will be interested in this video of BAD performing recently in LA, sounding very good.

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