Goytrude (left) and Oyma on th' cusp o' th' musical zeitgeist, yestiddy. |
Irma: I liked that one album by that fat girl.
FT3: Adele? I think that was last year?
Gertrude: We did her already, Irma.
Irma: (giggles) We should be so lucky.
Gertrude: (gestures) Elbow deep in that bi-
FT3: (cutting in) So! Have you liked any new albums this year?
Irma: Garcia's People.
Gertrude: (raises fist in solidarity, rips out I.V. drip) Solid, Jackson!
FT3: Garcia Peoples.
Irma: What?
FT3: The band's called Garcia Peoples.
Gertrude: (farts audibly, sniffs) That makes a shitload of no sense.
FT3: (fanning air) What about the difficult second album by Fernweh?
Irma: Fernweh? Fernmeh, more like. I think I speak for us both in lamenting the shift to a harder-edged sound and losing the ruralist influence that made the first album so special.
Gertrude: Blow it out yer ass.
FT3: She just did. Any albums by broads? Sorry - chicks. Dames.
Irma: Lana Del Rey moistens my oyster.
FT3: But the records? Seriously? Can she even, like, sing?
Irma: Who gives a shit? Nobody, apparently.
FT3: What about the new Neil? World Record?
Irma: Not as good as Barn.
Gertrude: I think ... I'm having a diaper failure ...
Irma: Without me? Again?
[Tape ends]
Say, fellows! Did you lissen to any new records this year? Can you remember them? Add a comment, should sudge be your inclination.
Albums I liked in 2022:
ReplyDeleteCharles Wesley Godwin - How The Mighty Fall
Midlake - For The Sake Of Ethel Woods
Anddddd...that's it. So, Top Two, folks?!
Okayyy - I'm up for these. But remember - I know where you live.
DeleteMrs. Myra Nussbaum Sings Tom Waits. Gizzard arousing. And her "Sniffing Hens" EP is sublime.
ReplyDeleteClar has been accepted as (unpaid) intern at The National Cheese Board Of Canadia (Accounts Receivable). Kudos, Clar!
DeleteFarq is currently under investigation for sprinkling paprika on a Fox Terrier.
Delete*pushes Clar playfully in chest with both hands*
DeleteThis is exactly what Al Gore had in mind, when he invented the interwebs.
DeleteMy favorite recording of 2022:
ReplyDeleteCécile McLorin Salvant - ‘Ghost Song’
Other favorites from 2022 (sadly no Rock):
Redman, Mehldau, McBride, Blade - 'Long Gone'
Charles Lloyd - 'Trios: Sacred Thread'
Ruthie Foster - 'Healing Time'
Janiva Magness - 'Hard To Kill'
The Black Keys - 'Dropout Boogie'
Rory Block - 'Ain't Nobody Worried'
Buddy Guy - 'The Blues Don't Lie'
I have hopes for the new Harvey Mandel. Not spun it yet.
DeleteSame here.
Deleteditto for the Harvey Mandel. & awaiting FZ's Waka/Wazoo!
DeleteLooking forward to that Zappa, too. Hasn't shown up yet.
DeleteI played the Mandel. Oh well.
DeleteI played it, too. Doesn't sound like the Mandel I was expecting & only 28 minutes long? Wouldn't want more though, as it all sounded about the same (not good, IMO). Much prefer HM & the Snake Crew from 2008!
DeleteBeing 28 minutes long is its best thing.
DeleteIs it deliberately meant to sound so lo-fi? 28 minutes of mud.
DeleteWhat I used to love about his playing was his melodic sense (and tone, of course). None of that here.
Delete"28 Minutes of Mud" would make for a good title...Truth in advertising!
DeleteHarvey is not a well man, and sadly it shows on 'Who's Calling'.
DeleteEssential Logic - Land of Kali
ReplyDeleteLoaddowning as we speak - that cover, though - yikes.
DeleteJD Allen - Americana Vol. 2
ReplyDeleteSteven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra - Good Time Music (Community Music, Vol. 2)
Donald Byrd - Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux
Nyx Nótt - Themes From
And more probably, the above are just the most recent ones...
I am enjoying nina hagen's new one. - useo
ReplyDeleteThe Cleaners From Venus - That London
ReplyDeleteThe Sadies - Colder Streams
North Mississippi Allstars - Set Sail
Spoon - Lucifer on the Moon (Adrian Sherwood reworking of Lucifer on the Sofa).
ReplyDeleteHey, who's stealing my handle???
Delete2022 release, Jon Spencer and the Hitmakers - Spencer Gets It Lit, which is nasty, stupid and loud.
ReplyDeleteOld stuff, Be Bop Deluxe mostly and some Mingus.
Surprise Chef- Education and recreation
ReplyDeleteSppon - lucifer on the sofa (theoriginal album
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