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… at least from a guitarists perspective. The topic : Chord Construction Formulas The author : Chris Juergensen.com
As the man says :
Kudos to Chris – a really interesting page.
 Most readers have likely never heard of C.V. Jørgensen, Bifrost, Gasolin and Kim Larsen – but they and many others from the Danish music scene all contributed to my life of music in the early 70s. This one in particular – I have just played it at least 10 times as I have explored YouTube trying to find the right version to share … music has so many memories ….. the original just seems to me to have the edge over the later version …. enjoy.
ExtensionFM is a browser extension for Chrome that finds every MP3 file on pages you visit and automatically creates a library of those songs for you to enjoy. Sweeeet. I caught Manu Chao playing Austin City Limits on PBS last night. It was late. I was tired. I didn’t fall asleep. Just GREAT music. And of course – because one of the reasons of reading this blog is to understand just how far behind the music scene I truly am …. I am appalled to learn that he has been around since the last 80s !!!
And listen to the concert I saw last night here Latin meets Punk meets Reggae – with a lead guitar that a lot of bands would be proud of, a horn section, rhythm to keep it going – PASSION. Not sure how I missed this news – other than there is simply too much news. Too much. But did you know – The ‘Godfather of Punk’ is dead. Sad. 64 years old. Cancer victim.
Me, never a big fan of the Sex PIstols. Maybe I was too old. No. Actually it was (to my simple mind at least) just not good to listen to. I do know that punk was forged out of a ‘rebellion against the pomp rock stadium bands’ that had become prevalent in the 70s – but to position themselves as ‘the real deal’ – because they ‘told it as it was’ – don’t buy it.
Compare and contrast, some selected lyrics from The Sex PIstols in 1977:
Same Year – 1977 – PInk Floyd : Dogs:
The message from both bands was equally anti establishment – its just that you kinda had to spend time with ‘Syd’s Boys’ – but the Pistols – 3 minutes – tops – they were done ! (BTW – NIck Mason produced the Clash’s second album in the very same Pink Floyd owned studio in Islington that they recorded Animals – ironic?) Anyway – back to Malcolm. Accepting that he obviously had a big hand in the PIstols sound – which wasn’t my fave – I was a BIG Fan of his solo work around the 84 to 94 time slot – specifically …. (I still wonder whether the Pistols songs were so short because .. ok – not going to go there — different story. Meanwhile – do -if you have time – check out :
As I wrote to a friend recently – all are such cornerstones of my Music Collection that they LIVE on my IPOD Oh well – little point me writing an OBIT – when The Independent did such a great job, and more on his life here. Good piece from Sean O’Hagan in The Observer …  Photo above depicts ‘The Rolling Stones’, Gram Parsons and Anita Pallenberg at Villa Nellcote, France, 1971. One of a series of evocative shots taken by photographer Dominique Tarle. Photograph: Dominique Tarle Exile on Main Street is being reissued, in deluxe packaging – with 10 new bonus tracks. The Stones and the true story of Exile on Main St
Another wonderful quote :
…. no shit dick tracy ! … and talk about from the sublime to the ridiculous ”
Original piece found here : The Stones and the true story of Exile on Main St | Music | The Observer Kettle Prime’s farewell concerts just keep going ! I saw the one currently promoted on their home page in September ’09. It is now available as a free download – and they are performing again soon on Maui at the same venue. 
Worth a trip to Diamond’s if you are on Island.
Just had my ears engulfed with three tracks of this album. Wonderful. 
Passed on – with thanks to : Michael Me – big fan of Spiritualized – ever since Mark M put me on to the in the days of Ladies and Gentlemen … So imagine this that I have just found : ”
…. Jason was hesitant to finish the album, but a meeting with cult film director Harmony Korine inspired him to complete it. He also released a solo experimental record, Guitar Loops, and recorded the soundtrack to Korine’s 2008 film Mister Lonely, with the Sun City Girls. The six Harmony tracks on the album are named after the director. Not only that – but the track ‘don’t hold me close’ is a duet with Harmony’s wife. How do i know that – wiki of course. why did i look it up – i didn’t. However, my friend Russ (American living in UK) posted this to his blog – where of course one Harmony Korine is mentioned. Odd I thought – that’s the first track of Insurgentes. Wonder if there is a connection. There is. On the HK Wiki page : “Harmony Korine” is the lead track on the solo album Insurgentes by Porcupine Tree lead singer Steven Wilson.” But who is this Harmony Korine I ask myself ? Since I hadn’t connected the track to a real person before. So started reading about him – and that’s where I discovered the really deep connection to Spiritualized. I guess it is time for me to go see some of his movies. So – when can I see his next one ? Turns out that his next film, ‘Trash Humpers’, has premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. [Wikipedia] And so the connections continue – Trash Humping was also a term I did not know until the end of last week (note to self – get out more) – when I was listening to NPR – turns out – well – I’ll let you check it out - Guess what – according to Wikipedia – Harmony Korine – the Insurgentes track by Wilson was NPR’s song of the day – March 4th 2009 …… Wheels within Wheels my friends. Lasse works with The Tree, Blackfield, Opeth and The Pineaplle Thief – all very good in their own way ,,,, the lad obviously has an ear for good music ! The Tree might be going main stream … really ? Porcupine Tree Fans Snatch Up ‘The Incident’ | Billboard.com
Passed on – with thanks to : Billboard.com |
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