hired goon

Frank Marino & Mahagony Rush - Real Live -- recommended here a while back. I've had the CD for a few weeks, just getting around to playing it now. Extended guitar workouts, a lot of the tracks segue into each other ... very very nice.

--Geoff

Various - Blue Funk -- a chunk of funk from the Blue Note label: Blue Mitchell, Lou Donaldson, Grant Green, etc. 

--Geoff

A lot of dickering about bickering. You could be snickering over a Pickering, a kickering a ball, or watching lights a-flickering and clocks a-tickering.

It's all quite sickering.

--Geoff

Got a box chockers with CDs today, part of a job lot I picked up on Ebay. Collected and shipped courtesy of Logicprobe, who went above and beyond, and who has my eternal gratitude.

Lots of stuff too numerous to mention, including Tom Waits, Neil Young, The National, James Blake, Love, Nick Cave, Luka Bloom, Bright Eyes, Elliot Smith, The Clash, Badly Drawn Boy, The Decemberists, Cat Stevens, etc. 

My "CDs that I've ripped but haven't listened to yet" pile is already a mile long. I reckon it will be Christmas before I get to this lot. #FirstWorldProblems

--Geoff

Try to have a whine without the 'h' - it's more fulfilling
 
 
NB use of - instead of,

... except in this case, a semicolon is more cromulent.

edit: and a full-stop helps, too.

Geoff

I went to a garage sale this morning and picked up some really cool CDs for cheep:







Tetsu Inoue - Ambiant Otaku -- a classic ambient album from the Fax records heyday. Only 500 made, was very sought after back in the day.
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Sunset Mission -- just started getting into these dudes, very surprised to find one of their CDs out in the 'burbs.
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique -- Japanese pressing.
The Irresistible Force - Global Chillage -- another ambient classic from the early 90s, to replace my scratchy copy.
Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man In Babylon -- never owned any stuff from these dudes before.
Tosca - Delhi9 -- more from the Kruder & Dorfmeister crew. Has a second CD of minimalist piano music.
Prince - N.E.W.S. -- instrumental album from the wee purple one.
Various - Ninja Cuts: Flexistentialism -- double CD of stuff from the Ninja Tune label.
Various - Blue Funk -- compilation of funky shiz on the Blue Note label (Grant Green, Blue Mitchell, etc).
Jazzanova - The Remixes -- double CD of remixes from the Jazzanova dudes.

Lots of other stuff as well: heaps of Depeche Mode singles, more Beastie Boys and Money Mark, some Sly & The Family Stone, some early 90s electronic stuff (the Chill Out Or Die compilations), etc etc. I must have walked out with about 50 CD albums and 50 CD singles.

And heaps of James Ellroy books, including one that is signed.

Not a bad morning

--Geoff

Trinity Roots - Home, Land And Sea -- streaming via MOG. More Kiwi dubby goodness. 

--Geoff

Seu Jorge - The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions -- an oddity that I found today, basically one dude with his acoustic guitar playing Bowie covers, sung in Portuguese. Apparently used in the movie The Life Aquatic. 

--Geoff

Some shiz from Amazon UK wot I got today:

Fat Freddy's Drop - Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW and Live At The Roundhouse -- more dubby grooves from across the dutch.

--Geoff

ButterBeats in the Valley is also having a sale on Sunday (May 19)

We are clearing out of 4 storage rooms of excess stock at $5 each record.

10 000 LP Records for $5 or less.

30 boxes of LPs and 12s at $2 each.

2000 new CDs for $5 or less

All stock in shop 1/4 off!!

What - BUTTER BEATS MASSIVE 15TH YEAR SALE
Where - Butter Beats Record Store, Shop 11/8 Duncan St, Fortitude Valley, In The Chinatown Mall
When - 9am, Sunday May 19, 2013
Cost - Free Entry.

Could be an expensive weekend for some of you lot ...

edit: that's Sunday May 19, not this Sunday ... oops.

 
--Geoff

There's a record fair at the Queensland Museum this Saturday May 4:

Shop up a storm at the biggest Vinyl Fair in Queensland, with over 50 record dealers filling the Whale Mall on Saturday 4 May.

To celebrate our new exhibition, Collectomania, we are hosting an all-day Vinyl Fair in the Whale Mall. Find rare, ridiculous and rad pieces from all over the world as well as Vinyl Kitsch demos, DJs, Old Vinyl displays and badge-making. 

Where: Whale Mall, Queensland Museum
When: Saturday 4 May, 9:00am – 3:30pm
Cost: Free admission

See http://www.southbank...ania Vinyl Fair for more details.

--Geoff

Some CDs from Amazon and Discogs wot turned up today:

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away -- Neek's latest

Low - The Invisible Way -- Alan & Mimi's latest

Dead Can Dance - Anastasis -- Lisa & Brendan's latest

Godspeed You Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! -- more apocalyptic post-rock from Canadia

The Tea Party - Live From Australia -- Zep-infused rock from Canadia

Frank Marino & Mahogony Rush - Real Live! -- a non-stop rock/blues whirlwind from Canadia.

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth & Delores -- slow, dark, noir jazz.

Fat Freddys' Drop - Live At The Matterhorn -- early live album from these Kiwis, chock full of dubby jams.

--Geoff

As I said previously ... charming, Arty. Just charming.

I would assume that claiming homosexuality is a disease to be "cured", and then implying that homosexuality is linked to pedophilia, would be against the forum rules, e.g. the bit about "denigrating a group" on the basis of "sexual preference".

I'm outta here for a while. SNA is getting ugly.

--Geoff

being "gay" [...] finding a cure.

Some CDs wot I got from Amazon UK, coz they was cheep:

Mike Oldfield - Guitars -- allegedly just using guitars.

Temptations - Psychedelic Soul -- a 2CD compilation of late 60s/early 70s material, with producer Norman Whitfield.

Paul Buchanan - Mid-Air -- the dude from The Blue Nile.

--Geoff