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Blogger Takeover LXXXIX

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BOOM! Timing of a mongoose!! It’s pinch, punch first of the month AND it’s time for us all to gather round the BBQ table – vegetarian options on the faraway grill, away from the meat, and everything else on this one. Grab a plate, grab some sides, help yourselves to a wee refreshment, and please tell us – what have you been watching , reading , listening to, or otherwise using to divert yourselves from all the current mayhem?

Blogger Takeover LXXXVII

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As the rain cascades down, and we wonder if we have skipped straight from a brief spring to Autumn, we find ourselves on the first Friday of the month. So, please, come in to the cabin, hang your wet coats over there, help yourself to a warming cup, sit down by the fire and tell us all what you have been listening to, watching, reading, or otherwise using as a coping mechanism in these troubled times

Blogger Takeover LXXXVI

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Pinch! Punch! First of the month! Here at Casa Malo we have blues skies today, and snow yesterday, which was an unpleasant surprise after basking in the warmth of the sun earlier in the week.

Still, here we all are, and I need to know (I need to know) – what have you all been listening to, reading, watching or generally diverting yourselves with over the last month ?

Blogger Takeover LXXXIV

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It is a wild and windy first Friday of a new month (weather in GLA, clock running a few hours ahead) So please gather round and share with us – what have you been listening to, watching, reading, getting up to in general?

And as we seem to be moving out of all the restrictions, at least here in the UK – is there anything coming up we should know about?

Chris Hillman’s autobiography

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Chris Hillman – he was THERE. The Byrds, The Burritos – and it looks like he has a dry sense of humour through it all.

From the interview :

Somehow, during the chaos of the train tour, Gram and I managed to find time to write another semi-gospel song called “The Train Song.” I already mentioned Gram’s knack for pulling off whatever hijinks he could think of, but he did it again when he cooked up the idea of hiring R&B pioneers Larry Williams and Johnny “Guitar” Watson to produce that record as the Burritos’ next single. Larry was best known for his songs “Dizzy, Miss Lizzy” and “Boney Maroni” (with the memorable line, “skinny as a stick of macaroni”), while Johnny was known for his signature song “Gangster of Love.” It was an idea only Parsons could come up with.

When the day arrived, we were all standing in the parking lot of A&M’s studios when a gleaming red Cadillac convertible pulled up with Larry Williams behind the wheel and Johnny “Guitar” Watson riding shotgun. They looked like a couple of characters straight from Central Casting. Larry had his initials emblazoned across his jumpsuit, which of course » Continue Reading.

Nala Sinephro – Space 1.8

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A review in the Guardian flagged this up to me – quite lovely. You could call it ambient, or jazz, or devotional music, maybe spiritual jazz is the closest.

From the interview – “When I produce this type of music, I have to be very open and surrender to the sound,” Sinephro says. “I reach a trance-inducing state where I might play a note for 10 minutes straight, if that’s what I’m feeling. While my hands are doing their job, I’m almost sleepwalking.”

It is on the second spin, and I think it will be a listening staple for the next while.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/17/nala-sinephro-mystical-jazz-harp-space-1-8

Glasgow Calling, Glasgow Calling – SATURDAY 6th NOVEMBER MINGLE

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Attention, please, from anyone interested in a casual Glasgow Mingle (with a Bona Fide International Guest). Sal Warpe of the Bonn parish is in town, and would like to meet up with whoever is available. I suggest Saturday 6th – late afternoon for beers and blethers with the option of food and record shopping.

How about starting in Mono (which includes a bar, a great range of food and a record shop) and then moving on to the Laurieston ?

Jim Dickinson – wise words

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Jim Dickinson, great producer, performer and all-round mensch, shares some of his wisdom here.

Whole set of them here – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCny7DB-ectfcyNmfJCx58cg/search?query=dickinson packed with great anecdotes and hilarity

Blogger Takeover LXXIV

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…. as we puzzle over how to change the time on the clock in the car, and settle for remembering it is out for the summer, please gather round and share whatever you have been enjoying listening to, watching, reading, playing or in any other way drawing sustenance from.

Here’s hoping lockdown eases off safely for everyone!

Top Ten Albums List – VOTES REQUESTED

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A friend of mine is researching for a book on the public’s 10 favourite albums and WANTS YOUR LIST.

I know we will all have opinions on this – if you can put your thinking caps on and send him your 10, that would be lovely. Do let him know that you are from the afterword, too, please.

Here’s his spiel : I am currently doing research for a coffee table book and require your assistance. The book is the 100 best albums of all time as voted by the public. If you could send me your 10 (not 100) favourite albums of all time, you know, the ones you keep going back to or mean something to you, then that would be greatly appreciated. No two albums may be of the same artists. I have deliberated whether ` the best of ` should be included, but yeah ok even though they`re not real albums. Obviously the more results the more accurate, so therefore I am asking if you can forward this to all your contacts. Your top 10 can be sent to email address derektop10@outlook.com