Link at the Air concert at the royal Albert Hall … a very chill way to spend an hour and a half

This was quite chucklesome.

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

A bit late in the day, but just a nod to say that The Reluctant Beatle, the biography of George Harrison by Philip Norman, is available today on Amazon as a kindle daily deal for just £1.99. That’s all folks.

Well tomorrow actually but what’s a day out of the 18,263 since that long ago Saturday September 14 CSNY, Joni, Tom Scott, The Band and Jesse Colin Young hit the boards at Wembley.

Bob Dylan was rumoured to appear but didn’t and Neil Young drove off to Morocco in a Rolls Royce he bought With his share of the takings.

Anyone else there that day aside from Elvis Costello and myself?

New album out today from a group I’ve loved for more than 30 years. It’s very good. And very happy to see them, after all this time, getting the lead review in the Guardian from Alexis Patredis. Also saves me reviewing it myself.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/12/tindersticks-soft-tissue-review-abundant-with-lovely-subtle-details

And yes, Stuart Staples does maybe occasionally sound like Vic Reeves’ club singer, just to get that out of the way.

From Neil Young….

After famously playing their second show at Woodstock in August 1969, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young spent the rest of the year touring and writing songs for what would become CSNY’s 1970 debut, Déjà Vu. A newly discovered multi-track recording of the band’s September 20, 1969, concert at the historic Fillmore East in New York City captures an early moment from that first tour and will be released as a double live album on October 25.

Live At The Fillmore East, 1969 will be available from Rhino.com on vinyl (2LP) and CD on October 25. A special clear-vinyl edition will be available exclusively at select retailers on the same day. An unreleased live version of “Helplessly Hoping” is available today digitally.

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young were heavily involved in the creation of this never-before-heard live show. Stills and Young compiled and mixed the original eight-track concert recordings with John Hanlon at Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles. The audio is AAA lacquer cut for the vinyl release to provide the highest audio fidelity.

Young recently said: “[We] have the tapes, and they sound so real. We mixed at Sunset Sound – » Continue Reading.

A friend showed me this one – archive dot ph – which enables you to read an article that’s behind a paywall. So for example I saw this headline in Rolling Stone “The Democrats Are Winning The Record Store Battle”, copied the URL, bunged it into that webpage and lo and behold was able to read it.

Of course there is the issue, no pun intended, of supporting print journalism, especially what remains of the music press. (Although RS these days is about much more than just music). I think if I wanted to read large chunks of Rolling Stone every day I’d subscribe, but that’s not the case. Between us Mrs M and I subscribe to a bunch of mags/papers we like to read regularly.

http://archive.ph

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 am hopping mad, farting sparks, blowing steam and absolutely scunnered. In a couple of recent blogs I have mentioned that I am moving house very soon. Well, I was (and hopefully still am).

At the start of last week I received phone calls from both the agent I am selling through and the one I am buying from making hopeful noises about the sale of my flat nearing completion, to the point where the buyer’s solicitor was preparing his final report so contracts could be exchanged. I didn’t hear any more by the end of the week so I contacted my solicitor, and she forwarded me an email from the buyer’s stating that he had just had an ‘interesting’ (the last word you want see a lawyer use) conversation with my buyer and asking for some further details from me.

The exact nature of the details is unimportant, but today it has resulted in the buyer withdrawing from the sale. He blames his solicitor for not raising concerns he had months ago, his solicitor blames him for not making him aware. Or so I’ve heard, I haven’t spoken to either directly which is probably just as well for all » Continue Reading.

Xena, our 11 year old Springer Spaniel, has been diagnosed with early-stage cataracts.

Under normal circs, would be happy to take her to a specialist to see if they can be operated on.

Problem is, having undergone TIPLO cruciate ligament surgeries in each of her hind legs In the last five years, Xena suffers from quite serious arthritis. While powerful monthly Liberium painkilling shots supplemented with Remedium tablets (when necessary) ease her pain, her movement is seriously impaired and she has piled on an alarming amount of weight. Sadly, this is a vicious circle that it is almost impossible to break.

As B and I aren’t keen on subjecting X to the stress of another operation or, indeed, whether she might survive it, would be grateful to hear from any other AWers with experience of caring for a visually impaired family pet.

With Harris’s campaign losing momentum, most recent polls putting her and Trump level on around 49% and only eight weeks to go to polling day, tonight’s debate could well be the defining moment of this year’s election.

Can H stand up to the sort of media scrutiny she’s far gone out of her way to avoid?

Can T spend 90 minutes focusing on issues without resorting to personal abuse?

It promises to be quite a night.

James Earl Jones has left us.

What a voice.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce81rkg87w8o

Hello, hope that everyone is well & all is good.

I have been a little quiet on here recently due to life being busy & time flying by at an alarming rate! However, I thought I would drop a quick post to see if anyone is interested in receiving some free books. I am having a clear out & tying to stop books taking over the house seeing as I currently buy more than I manage to read! Most have gone to the charity shop or the lovely book box we have at the end of our street, but there are a few I thought were Afterword friendly so I wanted to offer up here first.

If you fancy any of these then either comment below or send me a DM with your address & I will get it posted to you. If any ar enot claimed I will drop them at the local charity shop next weekend (14th Sept).

Classic British 60s R’nB

Saw him in 2013 with Alan Price at the Half Moon in Putney. Shook his hand. Of course i didn’t get a photo.

Rock Star Games’ Grand Theft Auto has made UK£6.4 billion over the years.

It’s makers have apparently just offered Heaven 17’s Martyn Ware the princely sum of UK£5,700 for the rights to Temptation.

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/