Not sure if this has been flagged on here before. Quite good. Will add spotify link in comments.

Sitting on the loo and reached across ….

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I have bent a tine ( new word for me) on my garden fork. Some people say don’t heat it, just straighten it with a long pole. Others say no, that just weakens it, heat then bend. Others again say heat but it has to be right temp but cooled quickly in cold water.

What say the Massive?

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Youtube in comments. Ok I am still looking forward to it but to suggest thatcan actress who sings in the shower , as she says, is indistinguishable from Joan Baez. Hmm Proof of the pudding I guess.

Can’t have Thep doing all the heavy lifting when it comes to snakes. This one was a red bellied black and it was Adelaide.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-13/red-bellied-black-snake-hanging-from-fridge-ice-dispenser/103316582

KFDs post prompted this. They can be from The Afterword or The Word blog , current or inactive.

I’ll start.7.

I’d love to see who actually enrols.

https://roundtable.org/live-courses/music/the-poetry-of-bob-dylan-the-american-shakespeare

We are staying for 6 nights so preferably not something tiny, budget, around the 150 Euro mark.

Much appreciated.

Mickey is a fanatastic harp player and has been with Willie Nelson for decades. Ray Padgett interviewed him recently about guesting on this track with Dylan v playing with Willie as well as talking about his and Dylan’s harmonica playing.

Some lovely playing in the YouTube clip in comments.

https://www.flaggingdown.com/p/mickey-raphael-talks-playing-harmonica

I will attach a You Tube to the doco in the comments. A few things I gave trouble with. LN employs a vertical integration strategy. Book band own venue, ticketing etc. So they take various clips along the way. My query is, if LN didn’t own the service someone else would and they would take a clip too. I did agree that they have screwed festivals here. Favouring their artists and out of touch with what people want they don’t get the numbers so LN just stops the festival , some having run for many years. The don’t have he motivation or nouse to fix what is wrong with what they are doing. A Brit who has been lobbying in favour of Govt support for smaller music venues gets quite a bit of screentime. I can’t remember his name.

Some more background on the movie.I read it was authorised, so one assumes sanitised. This article has some more background on it and there is an extended trailer embedded. Looks ok, guess I will go….well of course you will, when was that ever in doubt says Mrs Wells.

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/a-complete-unknown-trailer-timothee-chalamet-bob-dylan-electric/

I know @Fatima-Xberg and maybe some others are fans. I saw their tour last year and still in fine fettle. Video in comments. From a newspaper :

Frontman Tex Perkins, speaking with Double J’s Karen Leng, explains the new material reminds him of The Cruel Sea’s earlier records.

In that “it owed a bit to that surf-instrumental vibe”, he said, “rather than where we ended up with things like Better Get A Lawyer, which is weird, grungy … with slide guitars.”

Wanting to do an album that was more like “early Cruel Sea”, Perkins desired to lean back into guitar-driven instrumental sounds.

Cool dude

https://themusic.com.au/features/saluting-america-s-first-rock-n-roll-president-jimmy-carter-he-s-100-today/CgqwHB8eAQA/01-10-24

I have oesophagitis which seems to be getting worse.

There’s a range of thinks to do and not do – booze , chocolate, spices etc. But I am thinking about the waking up at night from the burning in the err oesophagus. It is 5 am and I’ve been awake since 2. Aloe vera ,I found soothing drinking previously and wonder whether anyone uses it regularly , say before bed to ease symptoms. Supplementary question – drink from juice v making drinks from powder – any opinions ?

I know this is a bit niche but this forum always surprises.

I get the impression there are a few Afterworders doing radio shows or have done one in the past. I’d like to hear about your experiences. I started out with a tea chest of African records I brought back from living and travelling in Africa. It was the World music boom of the mid eighties- Gracelands, WOMAD etc. After being interviewed on Triple R ,the hippest and biggest community radio station in Melbourne.One interview ended up being 3 X 2hours of tales and music afterwhich I was offered a show. I tried to meld African with reggae, gospel, soul, funk etc – black music basically. After about 8 years I ran out of puff – work, family and the burn out of finding new stuff and researching the music pre internet saw an end to the show.I had no idea how many listeners there were, though years later I heard of bands who listened and of kids passing round tapes of some shows. Fast forward to 2024 and I am retired living in South Gippsland – the southernmost tip of the Australian mainland and I am back in the saddle. This time on a very small radio station, now housed » Continue Reading.

A great band who popified Chimurenga music. Their main guy Biggie Tembo was mentally ill and then hung himself and then so many of the band died of AIDS as it ravaged Zimbabwe. I recall some Scot fell in love with the band that became their base. I remember interviewing Rise and Shakey Kangwena the keyboard player, Lovely people. Elvis Costello has donated 1200 quid. If you are a fan and can spare some dosh, it’s a worthy cause.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/getting-rise-kagona-home?fbclid=IwY2xjawFbfSZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRTFMeojO0Wvl2cKFsNPD7PTGcX2k5BKXqarRUm7cFdrNOXYO6p6gJ9V-w_aem_fFPKE5Ur5UclWkacNW_VlQ

Came across this blog article. Reminded me what a great player. Gotta say I never noticed him playing with the Airplane at Woodstock. Hard to go past She’s A Rainbow as a favourite.

https://www.psaudio.com/blogs/copper/nicky-hopkins-an-unsung-musical-hero

Record Street Brewing in Reno, NV by Erik Burke

I particularly liked the split spine on the album next to Thriller.

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I had heard that he is the magic that is at the core of the ECM sound not Manfred Eicher. Interesting that he gets the studio piano tuned every day and sometimes twice a day.

https://tapeop.com/interviews/91/jan-erik-kongshaug/

MRS Wells and I are planning a trip to Greece. April is current intended date. -is this a good time to travel. Probably 4 weeks duration. Mrs Wells is keen on Turkey but I need to be convinced. My impression is most of heritage gone, and key spots very overcrowded with visitors e. Lying on a beach is not a priority as I live beachside and will be coming out of our summer. So what is the appeal for those who have visited? Thanks in advance.

Can’t use discogs. Where have people sold them and how did you value them?

I am looking for a small cooling fan for a hi fi set up. The area it is in is just a bit too snug and getting a new unit, at this stage, is not feasible. With summer ahead,down here, I am considering my options. One option is a small fan (the area is not sealed) to disperse the heat better. Obviously noise is a factor – can’t imagine it needs much grunt. Ideally I’d like to power it on and off with the amp. Can a USB port be used to power it? See attached photo.

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