The Lovely Donna wrote:Luis Miguel-Love Songs

You've inspired me: Luis Miguel's Romances going on now.

Voy ... a apagar la luz ... para pensar en ti ...

I love the headline on the newspaper the little white dude in front is selling: "Scientist whips Rocky & Co." True dat.

Dimitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Munug-Whun Chung conductor

a bad ass early 70's, "Hard to Handle" on the Sirius Dead Channel

Pigpen and Garcia knocked it out of the park.

wish I knew which box old & in the way was, but right now
Thin Lizzy
blares

Angry Johnny & The Killbillies: Drag Racing With the Devil

"well, I had nothing better to do since baby gve me that big FU"....................

British Folk-Music Settings - No. 40, by Percy Grainger, transcribed by Joseph Kreines

The Asbury Brass Quintet with Adolph Herseth, trumpet soloist

Fleetwood Mac: "I'm so Afraid"

This is a cut from their live 1997 album, with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. It essentialy reprises the band's '70s material after Jeremy Spencer and Peter Green left. IMHO, Nicks is expendable as other members can carry the vocal load, but Buckingham is one of the underrated guitarists of the period.

No matter if you like them or not, Mick Fleetwood is one of the great percussionists of the period as well.

Live in Osaka
Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger Conductor

The Gallant Seventh (March), by John Phillip Sousa. United States Marine Band, Colonel John Bourgeois, Director.

From Wolfgang's Vault...

Pink Floyd

Fillmore West

April 29, 1970

If only to have been in attendence...with the proper pharma.

The bb. King. Allstars.
At bb. Kings
Memphis

Tonight at Orchestra Hall: The Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by 29 year old wunderkind Gustavo Dudamel.
City Noir by John Adams
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathetique, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Two encores inclued a wonderful rendition of Puccini's Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut

Tonight, 8:00pm at Orchestra Hall:
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5 in C# minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Seymon Bychkov, conductor

Can't wait

LCD Soundsystem - Home

This album is amazing. Its amazing that it topped the last one, but I find myself listening to it over and over again. Last night I sat at my computer finding crap sites to surf just to listen to more of it.

Anyway, probably not everyone's cup of tea, but if you know and have previously liked LCD, go get it and lets celebrate!

The National - High Violet. Pretty damn good.

The Open Road CD by John Hiatt, one of America's underrated and prolific singer-songwriters. I especially like "Haulin".

In keeping with my goal of exploring all things John Zorn...

-"In Search of the Miraculous" with the Alhambra trio plus Kenny Wolleson on vibes. Just as good as "Alhambra Love Songs", but with more drive to it.
-"Femina" - Gorgeous experimental classical with Zorn's string quartet.
-"Book of Angels: Lucifer" - The Bar Kokhba chamber ensemble from the Masada line-up run through a set of sephardic inspired Zorn compositions.

Some songs from the album can be listened to on his myspace...
http://www.myspace.com/johnzorn

I've had "Great Gig in the Sky" and "Any Colour You Like" running through my head on & off all morning. I dozed off while listening to DSOTM on my flight home from Vegas on Monday, I guess the music lodged itself into my brain. Could be much worse, I suppose

Gustav Mahler Symphonie No. 7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Khaopaat wrote: I dozed off while listening to DSOTM on my flight home from Vegas on Monday, I guess the music lodged itself into my brain.

Pink Floyd & the DSOTM masterpiece has that effect on me as well. Moreso when I was a youngster.

A hell of a volume, and a great way for Columbia to end it's retrospective on Mile's collected period works. The title is a bit misleading, as the recordings span a significant chunk of time and numerous lineup changes - '72 to '76 I believe - stretching beyond what was established on On the Corner. There is a (dis)continuity of feeling however - dark, brooding, elliptical funk; Repetition-repetition; and noise, mostly abstract with rare hints of color. Given the intensity of some of the work, it's no surprise that Miles basically disappeared artistically after the last recordings.

I find this set to be one of the most satisfying pieces of music I've ever heard. If you like hard stuff, this is harder stuff.

Favorites tracks include On the Corner (take 4), Rated X, Ife, Chieftan, He Loved Him Madly and Calypso Frelimo.

Obviously, I'm obsessed with Miles.

Johannes Brahms, Piano Concerto #1 in D minor
Arthur Rubinstein
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner

Played last night at Orchestra Hall by the greatest Strauss orchestra on the planet:

Chicago Symphony Orchesta, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Conductor

Weber Overture to Der Freischütz
Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2, Jorge Federico Osorio, soloist
Strauss Don Juan
Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

Doesn't get much better than that.

Earlier tonight at Orchestra Hall:

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, conductor

Beethoven Overture to Fidelio
Beethoven Symphony No. 8
Beethoven Symphony No. 5

1000 Homo DJs - some of the best examples of the Chicago industrial scene, even though they were just a Ministry side project and did very limited recording

Track1 currently playing - Supernaut
Trach2 coming up - Hey Asshole

1000 Homo DJs cover of "Supernaut" is excellent. Dare I say it might be better than the original.

Just released on the CSO-Resound label:

Ein Heldenleben, Richard strauss
Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink

Emmylou...no last name needed.

All I Intended to Be

Last night at Orchestra Hall:

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink conductor

Beethoven Symphony No. 2
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)