The Association's self-titled [eponymous - Ed.] album from '69 slipped between the cracks in the fracturing counterculture like everything else they did after their last proper hit single two long years previous. Too square for the hip, too hip for the square, they were a band that just didn't fit anywhere any more.
So anyway, I came up with an alternative that better expresses the mood of the album, and if I have to spell that out for you in moon rocks I've failed, haven't I?
If you know the band only from their sappy sunshine pop hits (don't get me wrong - I love sappy sunshine pop hits) the adventurousness and idiosyncracy of this album may come as a surprise. Some of it is a little weird? Upspeaking? Weird and beautiful. It really owes nothing to anyone, except Brian Wilson, and we all owe him.
I've melded in a rare contemporary song, Carney Creek, for that full girlfriend experience, but left the track order unchanged.
They never made a bad album, but this is truly special.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG
This post ratified by the Pop Of Rome (Pop's Plumbing n' Pipe, Rome, KY)
Something you look forward to, in a quiet way, in your daily life. Me: a walk along the riverfront of my little town as the sun comes up, saying hello to the other oldThaimers.
ReplyDeleteWell, other than that first pot of espresso of the day, I also look forward to my daily walk around my part of the city, just checkin' things out.
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My first sip of my luscious morning smoothie perfectly and lustily blended with fresh mixed berries, oatmeal, rich peanut butter, egg white protein powder, dark cinnamon, banana, almonds, cashews, walnuts, pecans, customized ice cubes and fresh coconut milk. Welcoming the day is pure pleasure after this scrumptious delight.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gwyneth Paltrow!
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DeleteMy Grandkids come over three days a week after school, we play silly games have a feed and enjoy each others silliness.
ReplyDeleteput on the coffee or refresh last night's brew (yeah i do that) take the dog out listen to the cats complain about said dog take my wife her morning cup and sign on to check mail watch the local weather report then it's time to take a nap
ReplyDeleteOpening my eyes and breathing. After that I take what comes.
ReplyDeleteA fine Scots tradition!
DeleteAs are excessive drinking and deep fried food - but they'd bee a wee bit too much first thing.
DeleteLike many, I get out in the morning to walk two dogs around the neighborhood. They aren't always cooperative or enthused (both are as geriatric as I am) but we're all present, together, in our little bubble.
ReplyDeleteI actually don't drink coffee or tea. My joke is that "it makes me talkative," which seems to amuse both those who know me, and those who don't.
D in California
If I have a day to myself, after breakfast I enjoy pottering about in my small garden (this morning that involved potting some chilli and tomato plants). Afterwards a coffee and hopefully listening to something interesting downloaded from here or elsewhere on the interwebs.
ReplyDeleteWhat is pottering? Why do it? Do potters potter or do they do something else? Is pottering related to pootling?
DeleteSome would say they are 'working' in the garden, I think pottering is just gently getting on with stuff :-)
DeleteJust walking the streets literally outside of our apartment, and getting to view spaces that date back, in some cases, to the BC era.
ReplyDeleteThe Bill Clinton era?
DeleteA good bike ride. Just after that first bit, where the thighs feel fatigue as the legs loosen up, and then you begin to just roll. Then it is breeze in your face, tunes in your ear (just one so you can hear traffic) and the sights of a world passing by.
ReplyDeleteI only just recently started cycling again (trick knee making it inadvisable for years). Went to an independent bike store, chose my bike (generic all-terrain), rode it around the block and promptly fell off in the street, right outside, as I tried to dismount. That old saying about never forgetting how to ride a bike may be true, but not for getting off.
DeleteThen do not dismount, I reckon'. Or do like m wife has done. She rides right up to steps and then it an almost horizontal dismount.
DeleteDon't give up!!!
DeleteI have mastered the rolling mount/dismount, which elicits spontaneous applause from onlookers.
DeleteI've just started a hybrid diet of fasting and keto in an attempt to get my weight down further (I've already lost close to 3 stone) to the point where the sawbones will fix my hip which means no carbohydrates every second day so at this point I look forward to days like today when I had bread and butter and chips along with some chicken, Sheer luxury (the dog was pleased; he like chips too - he only gets 1 or 2 and gets a couple of hours exercise every day).
ReplyDeleteIn a couple of weeks time I am planning a five day fast to super charge the weight loss (and another the following month before I see the quack) so by the Wednesday of those fasting weeks I'll just be looking forward to food, ANY FOOD
And when I finally get the operation over and done with the first thing I'll probably look forward to is fast food, biscuits and chocolate all of which are now completely off the menu until I get the hip done.
Most of all though I'm just looking forward to getting rid of the walking stick and being reasonably mobile again. I'm down to around 25% mobility now and its not fun anymore. If it all goes well I could be up close to 100% again and a few stone lighter too. So here's hoping......
Keto?
DeleteI'm no expert on this but as I understand it. When you eat, the body first processes glucose that it draws from carbohydrates and turns it into energy but when that is used up it forces the body into ketosis where it then consumes the available fat and protein. So the idea of a ketogenic diet is to bypass any glucose processing and keep the body in a state of ketosis for as long as possible making it as efficient at burning body fat as it can without fasting completely.
DeleteSo a ketogenic diet is basically a diet of below 50 grams of carbohydrate a day (no bread, cereals, rice, pasta, potatoes), no fructose (no fruit or nuts except the odd tomato), no sucrose (no sweets or desserts whatsoever; not even low and zero cal sweeteners which fool the brain out of the state of ketosis) and no root vegetables. Just protein (dairy, meat, fish, eggs etc) and other vegetables (legumes, brassicas, salad, squashes, funghi, capsicums, onions). In terms of drinks its either sparkling/plain water, black tea or coffee or "bone broths".
So what I'm doing is a 20 hour fast diet (I can only eat in a 4 hour window) and currently I'm doing a day of keto followed by a day of normal eating. The good thing is you can switch it up or down as you want. So for example I could do 2 days keto and one normal to give the diet a boost just as I could ease the length of the window to say 6 hours if I wanted, or switch it up to several days pure fast if I want to really burn the body fat. I've been on a fasting diet for nearly 9 months now but have only just started the keto aspect of it as my weight loss had stalled doing the ordinary 20 hours fast diet.
I'm just hopeful I'm only on it for a couple of months more to lose the last stone or so because the whole thing is beginning to drag a little. That said though even after I get the hip fixed I will continue to use it from time to time to control my weight not least because under a fasting diet you still eat everything you want as long as you don't over do it you just have to be disciplined about when you eat it.
Seems to me you have a very specific motivation for losing weight (reducing wear on the hip joint), which is more focused than "just" a desire to lose weight. Add the smart eating into the equation and you must be on the right track. Rotsa ruck! And thanks for the explanation - I learned a thing!
DeleteAfter checking out this album on Discogs I realized how many Association songs are part of my early years. Do you happen to have their 1968 album 'Greatest Hits!'? I can't find it anywhere.
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Voilà: https://workupload.com/file/Z3M58nV84DJ
DeleteOh Man!! Can't thank you enough for both of these Association albums.
DeleteBrian
You're very welcome - I hope you have the Waterbeds album, and the Stop Your Motor pimped version Ferris Wheel? Plenty more to come, next being an amended Goodbye Columbus.
DeleteFirst thing I usually do is going for an early morning bike ride, try to do at least 15 km with a few photo stops in between. Once I'm back home, breakfast time!
ReplyDelete"photo stops" - your dick-pics are the talk of the internet.
DeleteGlad to hear that at least something of mine has gone viral!
DeleteAlthough I'd preferred my regular photos & art pieces to have gone that way, better than nothing I guess...
Far too much exercise going on here for comfort's sake. Apart from the pottering and coffeeing of course.
ReplyDeleteCan I be the first to ask if there is a link to the album wot started this deluge of self-disclosure?
ReplyDeleteYes, by all means, proceed ahead.
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