And then I found another #DavidStoneMartin cover... one of a handful he did for the curious Grand Award label. An audio documentary on the History of #Jazz (up to 1955 when this was released), it is curiously narrated by the voice of future cartoon superhero #Underdog.... Cont'd #musicsky #jazzsky

That "Ren Hoek" sort of feeling when navigating tax season as the world teeters on a high-wire over a rising lava flow of global unrest, tech madness and societal stupidity... #renandstimpy #life #taxes

Some pretty #flowers by the seaside in March down in Pacific Grove...

Groovy 1967 Georgie Fame featuring a big band w/ Ronnie Scott, Kenny Wheeler, Dick Morrissey, Gordon Beck & many others. Live/studio set, I don't think this got released in the US. A shame. Its good. Well loved but enjoyable UK press found at Mill Valley #Music for $1. #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz

Determined that a longstanding low level hum on this turntable was from a faulty pre-amp AC adaptor. Tracked down a new one from Bellari/Rolls (makers of my tube pre-) and its sounding pretty great so far. Now to figure out which of several tubes I have is best. 1of2 #musicsky #music #vinyl #stax

National Geographic Award winning photograph of the year. So beautiful. 🐝🐝🐝

Bargain Bin #Blues - Was a bit dirty, had an upper seam split & minor surface scuffs, but this 1970 LP by Otis Spann cleaned up fine. A smoker. Great band: Paul Humphrey & Max Bennett (who around this time recorded on Zappa's Hot Rats) plus Louie Shelton & Tom Scott. A keeper. #musicsky #bluesky

Just the right vibe I needed to get my morning moving along... Loving this new Vinylphyle reissue of her breakout hit from 2000. My listening report is on eCoustics (dot com) including insights from Ms. Badu who was involved in its remastering. #musicsky #music www.ecoustics.com/music/erykah...

Happy score : white label promo of The Mighty Clouds Of Joy's 1975 LP "Kickin'." Features a song I only knew from #JerryGarcia : "Mighty High." Jerry closed the 1st show of his I saw with it (9/17/76). Great gospel group, crossed over to the mainstream. Bargain bin find. #musicsky #music

Sometimes I’m relieved that he’s a TACO, but not enough to ever forgive him - or the people who voted for him or those who otherwise enabled him.

I kind of assumed the dim bulbs in the White House thought they could order Automatic Patriotic Wartime Effect (APWE) the way you order pizza, then skipped all the steps like warming up the public and having a reason and a plan, and well it's not working and we're not forgetting the Epstein files.

Been going down a bit of #Nektar rabbit-hole and revisited this handy 2011 CD retrospective set which a friend (who prefers to remain nameless) bought for me as a gift at one of the shows that year (thank you again mystery friend!). Cont'd #musicsky #music

Did I "need" another Chico Hamilton LP? No but (a) I'd never seen this before & (b) it was $1, vinyl clean so... why not? Guitars by Jim Hall or Howard Roberts. George Duvivier on bass. Expanded 1956 edition of a 1955 LP with a different cover. Nice stuff. Pretty chill. #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz

Resharing an old FB post from January 2015. The original long post follows. #musicsky #music #andrewlloydweber #jesuschristsuperstar #vinyl Growing up as a little kid in 1970, you couldn't escape hearing Andrew Lloyd Weber's groundbreaking rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar... Cont'd

Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion. Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

A President simply cannot do this. It’s not like “controversial” or “breaking norms.” The President not controlling our money is the main structural support beam of American democracy. It’s the whole fucking thing. You let him do this, you have ended the separation of powers.

Ah, nostalgia.

I do wonder if they experience a sales bump due to people comically posting his picture on this day....

I like what I've been hearing from Angine de Poitrine so far, but I also can't help but think about music from Robert Fripp's short lived League Of Gentlemen (which included Barry Andrews from the early incarnation of XTC). #musicsky #music #fripp youtu.be/_4HGyfms_pU?...

It's not often that you find a 45 RPM single by Gary Usher' & Curt Boettcher's Sagittarius… But I did at a local thrift for .75c. Shown here with the LP it's from, which I found years ago at a thrift an hour south of Palm Springs for 2$ (a promo copy!). #musicsky #music #vinyl

My listening report on the new Definitive Sound Series "one step" process remasters of R.E.M.'a 1982 debut, Chronic Town -- and the band's 1983 debut, Murmur -- is now on Analog Planet (dot com). Spoiler Alert: Both sound tremendous! #musicsky #music #REM www.analogplanet.com/content/one-...

Jangling my way into the weekend with R.E.M.'s 1982 debut, Chronic Town. This is the new Definitive Sound Series "one step" process remaster issued as a double play with the band's 1983 debut album Murmur. Both sound tremendous. My listening report is on Analog Planet (dot com) #musicsky #music

The Army Chief of Staff, a combat veteran with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, asked Pete Hegseth why he was blocking the promotions of two Black officers and two female officers who had earned them. Hegseth refused to answer. Then he fired him.

Trump is calling for a record $1.5T defense budget. Roughly half of this spending will go to private contractors, many of whom routinely price-gouge the government. Reminder that Don Jr. and Eric Trump are big investors in drone companies looking to obtain defense contracts. See the problem?

Friday begins with #ShonenKnife 's special expanded vinyl edition of 2023's "Our Best Place," continuing this great Japanese band's trajectory of fun. It includes my current fave song about spicy vegetable curry. My review on eCoustics (dot com). #musicsky #music www.ecoustics.com/music/shonen...

Loving this more than expected: The Six And Seven-Eight String Band Of New Orleans. Found at a thrift or the flea market but the amazing thing beyond the fact that this 1956 LP was not played much if at all is that the music is jolly fun! Long post, cont'd #musicsky #jazzsky #spongebob #slackguitar

Random Thought: Just realized that this early R.E.M. track sounds almost like early Cure at points... youtu.be/I2ldtKJbNQQ?...

Vince Guaraldi's music is among the nicest to wake up to so I'm enjoying another spin of the first time #soundtrack release to "It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown," a new issue from the #Peanuts archive. My review is on eCoustics (dot com). #musicsky #jazzsky #music #jazz #vinceguaraldi

My review of the wonderful double-header 1st time release of #VinceGuaraldi's music for "Its Arbor Day, Charlie Brown" plus bonus soundtrack from "Charlie Brown's All Stars" (the 2nd #Peanuts TV special!) is on eCoustics (dot com). #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz #music www.ecoustics.com/music/its-ar...

Waking from an odd dream involving Walter Becker discussing (perhaps not real) militantly intense vegan dietary passions I had an earworm for my 2nd favorite #SteelyDan album, Katy Lied. Since I have this wonderful #UHQR edition, figured I'd give it a spin over the WLP original. #musicsky #music

The Royal Spam - You know it's time to wake yourself from a deep sleep when dreaming an interview with Steely Dan's Walter Becker discussing militantly vegan dietary preferences. What an odd dream... #music #food #dreams

Nothing to sneeze at, I like The Bee Gees' Odessa, an album which has grown on me since I was given it in the mid 1990s. Curiously I am not allergic to it but apparently the flock cover design was discontinued in part due to allergic reactions among workers during assembly. #musicsky #music

FYI to some of my #punk rock centric FB friends. #musicsky #music #maximumrocknroll #punkrock #gabbagabbahey www.wgnsradio.com/article/9858...

Is Conlan Nancarrow the right #music to play first thing on the last Tuesday of March in 2026? More or less what I expected only (so far) less dissonant. Kind of like playing Keith Emerson at 78 RPM. Music For Cellular Microsopy Viewing? Music for Building An Anthill? Bargain bin find. #musicsky

Kickstarting Monday with my favorite Who album, energy needed after an emotional rollercoaster of a weekend. This seems to be a true UK original Track Records pressing of #Quadrophenia. Always wanted, but rarely shows up here or priced beyond my budget. Cont'd #musicsky #music #thewho

Historically, I've not connected with Thad Jones & Mel Lewis' music. That said, I'm enjoying this 1971 Blue Note LP. For 1970s big band #jazz I have a soft spot for Maynard Ferguson's over-the-top bombast (Live At Jimmy's is a fave), but this is pretty nice. $2 bargain bin find. #musicsky #jazzsky

When it all gets to be too much, and you think you can’t go on, take a look at this. Two legends in the fight for freedom and justice. Jane Fonda and Joan Baez. No Kings - March 28, 2026

Almost purged this 1958 Red Norvo album but then I realized it's got Ben Webster and Harold Land on it so I'll probably file it under Ben... #musicsky #jazzsky #music #jazz

Omg! Huge shoutout to San Francisco, CA! Ocean Beach, you crushed it! 🌊

Why do I need a mono copy of The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus LP? These producers were behind legendary bubblegum hits (influenced groups like The Cars & The Ramones). This music was made for AM radio. Good to hear it in mono. Bargain bin find at Grooves Records. 1of2 #musicsky #music

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

Seems no better day than today to listen to Woody Guthrie's 1956 LP Bound For Glory which includes his inspiring classic "This Land Is Your Land." #musicsky #music #nokings

Bas-Relief With Rigid Unguents - Waking up with Frank #Zappa ’n the good Cap’n #Beefheart, spinning the new 50th Anniversary remaster of Bongo Fury. This 2LP expansion, which I review Analog Planet (dot com), includes a 2nd disc of Bonus Fury! Read up now for more embossment! #musicsky #music

Frank Zappa's Bongo Fury turns 50 this year & the #Zappa- verse is celebrating with special reissues. I'll review 2 on this bluesy-rocking 1975 LP w/ Captain Beefheart, the 1st now on Analog Planet (deluxe 2LP #vinyl w/ amazing "Bonus Fury"!) #musicsky #music www.analogplanet.com/content/50th...

There are a whole bunch of reasons to turn out for #nokings tomorrow but here are maybe the top two: 1) huge turnout is a signal to republicans edging away from Trump and puts steel in Dem spines. 2) least we can do to honor bravery of Minnesotans who turned the tide

T'was a time in thee not too distant past where you'd see tabloids like this in market check out lines & shake your head knowing it was ridiculous sensationalism. Now, as we are living in the upside-down, this is daily reality. Can't wait until we get this ship right-sided, sailing calmer waters...

Stepping up my energy a bit with an upgrade of this early 60s LP by Tacoma garage rockers The Wailers. LP This copy isn't perfect (they never are) but it plays much better than my old one. Thrift find. #musicsky #music #garagerock

The cover is literally chewed up & the vinyl looks trashed. But... its an original 1956 #BudPowell LP with cover art by #MadMagazine 's Don Martin. And, for 1$, its as close to an OG as I've ever gotten (even poor condition copies sell for lots, nice ones much more). Cont'd #musicsky #jazzsky