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Archive for October, 2009

Alvin and the Chipmunks to Brother Jack McDuff (SMLP #9: Special Halloween Edition)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 Posted in Saturday Morning Listening Party | No Comments »

Last week, I mentioned that I made the rookie error of not checking that a record isn't hopelessly warped before buying it. For this week's listening party, I would like to mention an even more fundamental error. I failed to ...

Wings to Rain Tree Crow (SMLP #8: Hopelessly Warped Edition)

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in Saturday Morning Listening Party, Your Discography Help Requested | 1 Comment »

Today's $1 purchase from the nearby second-hand store is Venus And Mars by Wings. Sadly, I didn't get to listen to this on the turntable. I made a rookie error. I purchased a hopelessly warped LP. There is ...

Styx To Flaming Lips (SMLP #7: Vaguely Pirate Edition)

Saturday, October 17th, 2009 Posted in Saturday Morning Listening Party | No Comments »

Today's $1 purchase from the second-hand shop and the start of this week's route: Styx, Pieces Of Eight. Mostly, I bought it because there are moai on the cover and a song entitled "Aku-Aku", thematically connecting it to Martin Denny and ...

Your Discography Help Requested: Martin Denny, et al.

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 Posted in Your Discography Help Requested | No Comments »

Some burning questions that got buried at the bottom of the last Listening Party post: #1: Martin Denny, "Burma Train" on the album Primitiva: Is this personnel listing in Music Routes correct?  If not, what is the correct personnel listing?  It ...

David Sylvian to Arthur Lyman (SMLP #6: Swine Flu Edition)

Saturday, October 10th, 2009 Posted in Saturday Morning Listening Party, Your Discography Help Requested | 2 Comments »

Humuhumu is sick, so we stayed in this Saturday morning.  (She doesn't have swine flu—the title is just a joke that is probably unfunny, in poor taste, and something that I will regret before I even finish this parenthetical comment.)  ...

Bon Jovi to Strong Bad (SMLP #5: Nephews-Oriented Special Edition)

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 Posted in Saturday Morning Listening Party | No Comments »

Today, I'm with Porterhouse and Xam, my 11-year old and 9-year-old nephews. So I got their input on what to listen to this morning. Porterhouse and Xam love Strong Bad, thanks in no small part to their awesome uncle. Earlier ...