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Our beloved Spock is featured in the header photo, taken in 1979. These are some of my LPs, themed compilations, and the like.

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Monday, November 30, 2015

A Piano Made from a Gold Bar?


Musical Maven Max Morath does old-timey stuff with flair and verve on az golden-colored vinyl LP.  Recorded live in Cripple Creek, CO.





01 - Lies
02 - Ace in the Hole
03 - How Ya Gonna Keep ’Em Down on the Farm
04 - Row, Row, Row
05 - Gold Bar Rag
06 - Tearjerker Medley
07 - A Bird in a Gilded Cage
08 - Wang Wang Blues
09 - Bedelia (I Wanna Steal Ya)
10 - Take Back Your Gold
11 - Spaghetti Rag
12 - Take Me Out to the Ball Game
13 - The Curse of an Aching Heart
14 - Music for Melodrama


  

Thursday, November 26, 2015

MA-45 - Joy and Noise, Disc 1


If you're thankful and you know it, make some noise!


1 -    Not the Same     Crystal Lewis
2 -    King of My Life   T-Bone, Natalie Larue, djMAJ
3 -    I Am   Ginny Owens
4 -    This Mystery     Nichole Nordeman
5 -    Freedom    Nicole C Mullen
6 - Sleep   Riley Armstrong
7 - If You Really Knew Out of Eden
8 - We Rock This Mic KJ52
9 - Hands and Feet Audio Adrenaline
10 - Remains of the Day Say-So
11 - Cartoons Chris Rice
12 - Use Me Here Miranda
13 - All Over Me/Do Not The Benjamin Gate/John Reuben
14 - Waiting Room   LaRue
15 - Stranded Plumb
16 - Lukewarm II Hot Emcee One
17 - The Rumor Weed Song The W's
18 - Gone Switchfoot
19 - Karaoke Superstars Superchick
20 - Why Can't I Be on MTV Calibretto 13
21 - Dandelions   Five Iron Frenzy

MA-45 - Joy and Noise, Disc 1  NEW 2021 LINK

As a certified "softie,"  I tear up when I sing along to quite a few of these, especially the last!

See you Monday!

 

Monday, November 23, 2015

Music of the Crusades: Songs of Love and War


Here's a fascinatin' conglomeration of music that's purty different from the mass-produced crap that comes along on most radios nowadays.

That's because it's from an older worldview which felt that individual expression was of little worth unless aimed at a higher calling; that self-denial was a virtue; and other odd beliefs.

Like most human points of view, these feelings also were both ignored when expedient, and taken to hideous extremes.  Still, this music is exotic and interesting.  The topics aren't OUR love, or OUR war, so we can perceive them from a nice remove.



1 -     La quinte estampie reale      Anonymous, French 13th century
2 -     Pax in nomine Domini!      Marcabru, 1137
3 -     Parti de mal      Anonymous, French, 1189
4 -     Chevalier, mult estes guariz Anonymous, French, 1147
5 - Chanterai por mon corage Guiot de Dijon, 1189
6 - Danse Real Anonymous, French 13th century
7 - Sede Syon, in pulvere Anonymous, French, ca 1195
8 - Palästinalied Walther von der Vogelweide, 1128
9 - Condicio - O nacio - Mane prima Anonymous, French 13th century
10 - O tocius Asie Anonymous, French, 1248
11 - La uitime estampie reale Anonymous, French 13th century
12 - Cum sint difficilia Anonymous, French, 1248
13 - Li noviaus tens Le Châtelain de Coucy, 1189
14 - Fortz chausa es Gaucelm Faidit, 1199
15 - Je ne puis - Amors me tienent - Veritatem Anonymous, French 13th century
16 - Ahi! Amours Conon de Béthune, 1188
17 - La tierche estampie reale Anonymous, French 13th century
18 - Ja nus hons pris Richard Coeur de Lion
19 - Au tens plain de felonnie Thibaut de Champagne

 
Music of the Crusades: Songs of Love and War