Zoviet France at the time I first saw them were Mark Spybey, Ben Ponton and an absolutely amazing dancer whose name I never caught. The venue I saw them was called Jabberjaw, located in Los Angeles sometime in the early 1990s, if my memory serves me. The band left an incredible impression on me, and since then, members have been involved in many interesting projects. Here they are at their peak.
Music
A Miscellany of Tasteful Music 05-03-2014
AMOTM-05-03-2014 by Rudy Carrera on Mixcloud
Thanks to being busy, it’s been quite a long delay in podcasts. Here is the tracklist:
- Test Dept – Sarff
- Franco – Attention na SIDA
- George Dalaras & Goran Bregović – Nychta
- Shockheaded Peters – Son Of Thumbs Of A Murderer
- Chris Cornell – Billie Jean
- Randy Newman – In Germany Before The War
- Valentina Goncharova – Ocean, Pt. 5
- Milladoiro – A Bruxa
- The Orioles – Is My Heart Wasting Time?
- The Ink-Spots – I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire
Enjoy!
[Video] Charles De Goal – Exposition
Press Releases
As time is freeing up, I am considering posting press releases on worthy projects. If there are any interesting bands or labels who wish to put up press releases for me to post, do let me know. Please send a sample of the music and a press-release I can easily format into the blog.
Neil Young’s next act: music technology entrepreneur
Unlike a great deal of my colleagues, I’m not a vinyl snob. Yes, it sounds wonderful for rock and jazz, but as I enjoy listening to classical and experimental music, I like the idea that I can hear such things with clarity.
That being said, the great Neil Young, himself a fan of technology, has started a service dedicated to audiophiles. PonoMusic (not quite ready for launch yet) is the name of his new venture, and it will be launched on Kickstarter this week.
Upstart Business Journal has more on this wonderful development here.
[Video] Paco De Lucía – Entre Dos Aguas
The late master at the peak of his powers. Rest in peace, Paco.
RIP Paco De Lucía
Sad news to report. Perhaps the best known modern gypsy guitarist, Paco De Lucía, has passed away due to a heart attack. He was 66.
La Informacion reported the news today, as did ABC.es in Spain. English-language obituaries are sure to come in shortly.
[Article] Neal Morse, A One Man Arian Rock Band
I’ll be the first to say that I happen to like Progressive Rock in all its many forms, from avant-prog to Christian symphonic, and everything in-between. I am also a fan of Neil Morse, who is the subject in question in this article written by Brendan P. Foht over at First Things.
What I don’t care for much is Morse’s Catholic bashing. The ground he attacks from is shaky at best, heretical at worst. Though I’m not Roman Catholic (I’m Eastern Orthodox), some of the lyrical content is amusingly bad when Morse strays into overly deep theological matters, and it never dawns on him that Sola Scriptura is itself unbiblical, rendering the whole of Protestant criticism moot.
Still, he is a fine musician, and it seems that First Things, a Christian-based magazine more focused on the arts, philosophy, culture and politics, seems to have a a thing for Mr. Morse and one of his side bands, Transatlantic. It’s nice to see prog make its way up to academia, and I’m thrilled to see it written about rather well, though I think that Foht’s tagging prog rock a ‘disreputable’ genre to be a bit of overkill. Glam, however…
[Video] Georg Ots – Catarí (Core ‘ngrato)
Suitable for Valentine’s Day, here’s a tune from Naples, Italy, sung by the Estonian vocalist, Georg Ots.
A Miscellany of Tasteful Music – 02-13-2014
A Miscellany of Tasteful Music – 02-13-2014 by Rudy Carrera on Mixcloud
Welcome to the fourth edition of A Miscellany of Tasteful Music. This is our Valentine’s Day edition. Curl up with your loved one and enjoy these classics, or if you’re alone, pour yourself a stiff drink (vodka and lime for me today), to keep you focused on the music.
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