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sammymaudlin

Sep 152008
 

This is a quickie. Don’t know if it will pick up any traction but I am curious to hear anyone’s thoughts. As I was just starting to listen to The Plastic Ono Band album this afternoon (tip to RTH for reminding me how great this recording is) when I was notified that iTunes had an update. I did the update without even seeing what it was and had to shut iTunes down.

When it came back up it had this “Genius Sidebar” that makes recommendations and playlists. I was still humming Lennon’s Hold On in my head so I used that to create my first Genius playlist. I let it spin without looking at what was selected. Interesting. Although I could kinda feel a flow I couldn’t really put my finger on how it did what it did. And then Funhouse came on.

Shortly after Talking Head’s Air. Oddly though it is the live version from the Stardust Ballroom concert.

Wha?

Anyone have any thoughts or insight on what goes on here?

Another one after the fold.
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Aug 302008
 

Preface

My first exposure to Robert Fripp was via Eno which quickly led to a love affair with King Crimson’s Discipline.

KC in turn led to exposure of Exposure his first proper solo album (his two previous releases were credited to Fripp & Eno).

Chris Stein directed this 1979 promo.

The UK music mag, WIRE said that Exposure is

the Sergeant Pepper of avant punk.

That is certainly debatable but it would for sure be a part of that debate. (In fact it is. See the Avant Punk nomination thread below.)

Exposure is chock full o’ the who’s-who of the late ’70s intellectual, stool-sitting, headless guitar and tapeloop set; Barry Andrews, Phil Collins, Eno, Peter Gabriel, Tony Levin and Daryl Hall. Yes, that Daryl Hall.

SIDEBAR: Then current Fripp girlfriend, Joanna Walton, wrote most of the lyrics. Joanna died in 1993 as a passenger of Pan Am Flight 103.
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Aug 212008
 

AP: Olympic Rock News

By STEPHANIE ZACHAREK
Published: August 22, 2008

In was announced earlier this morning that the International Olympic Committee will investigate whether the Chinese women’s gymnastics team that won the gold medal had underage athletes. IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said “There certainly seems to be a lot of scantily clad pre-teen Chinese girls strutting around the Bird’s Nest these days.”

Within seemingly minutes Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page announced that he will be playing The Olympic Closing Ceremony in the Bird’s Nest on Sunday. A publicist for Gary Glitter said that Gary is “distressed” that he won’t be able to participate due to a prior booking.

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