One of the very few rock bands where the standout player for me was the bassist.

“A bit of control but still allow the element of surprise.” That’s just it, isn’t it? Once we have become used to this possibility, there’s no undoing it. The genie is out of the bottle, so to speak.

Huh?

Never mind, all types welcome.

Cool. I like your list naming strategy. Gets all creative like.

Yeah I’m personally fond of big lists on shuffle because they surprise you, and I find that random sequencing creates novel effects in transition from one song to another. I’m retired so I have the time for […]

That’s definitely part of it. And if you only ever listened to albums that are masterpieces from beginning to end you would be missing out on awful lot of great tunes, exactly the kind that make a good list.

No I don’t think the album will die, for the kind of reasons that you mention.

When I say ‘large playlist’ I mean about 400 tunes. Shuffling is essential.

My fave of all time though is The Best of the Spencer Davis group with Steve Winwood. IMO Steve never equalled most of these performances in his later career. He’d done it all already.

But some of the best compilations are in fact not greatest hits at all. For example the Doors’ Weird Scenes inside the Goldmine.

It worries me that there are still those who cannot see this.

It’s called anti-natalism, and it has some serious philosophical adherents.

Two things about the Dems: they have become the party of war, and they have abandoned their old working class base as a gift to Trump.

Disagree entirely. This is a revisionist version of history. Through NME I learned about Can, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Gong, solo John Cale and Nico, Ptti Smith, Blondie, Dr Feelgood, the Pirates, Iggy, and so […]

Were you a student at Rhodes in the 70s? I was, and an avid reader of NME at that time.

Great drummer though.

But he’s still cool.

Yeah, these terms tend to shift. Take ‘dig’ for example. It shifts its meaning from ‘understand’ (Can you dig it?) to ‘like’ (I dig your wig).