Stuck in my head under the music I've been playing all day. The weirdest part is I've never even played MW2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBq1G3zefi4

Fri 14 May – Daikaiju, The Space Cossacks, Atomic Mosquitos

Caught in a tangle of emergency vehicles downtown, we missed any initial sets by The Space Cossacks or Atomic Mosquitos. But once uptown we had only half a pint's wait before a trio version of Daikaiju slipped inside the gallery door and onto the stage. (Were others on a secret mission elsewhere?) "Just" one guitar, bass and one drumset were enough to fill the small but lofty space with giga impact sonic blasts!

Having only the studio release from a few years ago, I was excited to hear…

1. Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine - Audacity of Hype
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/36103421.jpg
Released 20/10/2009
Played 8 times

Hm- according the handy checker cited below, I've only listened to one 2009-released album for 5 or more tracks' worth. Conclusion: I'm apparently still under that rock.

Apparently it didn't pick up on Them Crooked Vultures, for whom my last.fm radio scrobbles may not be properly album-linked (yet).

Nor, come to think of it, on any of Medeski, Martin and Wood's heavily played Radiolarians discs. Oops, Indirecto didn't date them.

Created using OnDistantShores's Album Of The Year journal generator.

Fri 5 Jun – Medeski Martin & Wood, Wood Brothers

Rainy night, kinda light crowd for a Friday night, drinks easy to hand and heavy-duty music easy to ear! Plenty of Radiolarians material I was hoping to hear, and some I didn't even expect to hear, apparently from Radiolarians III!

Stellar, way-out opening Reliquary was followed by a fully grounded Riffin Ed that put some of the audience more at ease, and so it went. Extra-fun parts: A second-set tune where all three played percussion (Wood and Medeski adding more cowbell); and a lightning-trade soloing part of the encore,…

Thanks to gracious livephish.com, I'm musically visiting the Coliseum at Hampton, VA, a site of deep personal meaning! On first listen, sounds like Phish have reincarnated themselves as the good, older Phish instead of the lame, intrahiatal Phish. Yay! Three meaty shows to enjoy, including these sets: 2009/03/06 I Hampton, VA, 2009/03/07 II Hampton, VA, 2009/03/08 I Hampton, VA.

Note: free mp3 d/l period ended Noon EST 3/13. But will be worth the price later (I expect to upgrade to flac).2009/03/08 I Hampton, VA

Oh garden of the west, how sweet your new bounty!

http://www.last.fm/label/Alia+Vox/albums

I've just whipped up a new favorite tag radio, alia vox, for Jordi Savall and friends. Thanks, Alia Vox!

So, The Beatles got hooks, Electric Light Orchestra got hooks, Coldplay got hooks- like it or not- but I think Alan Parsons Project got 'em all beat with this tune: Hyper Gamma Spaces.

I've always liked that one, a lot. Now maybe I know why: I just realized that to my ear, it's made of about 100% hooks (YMMV). If anyone knows a hookier song by any artist, I'd like to hear about it for comparison!

Another fun toy from Mr. Liekens (thanks to klimaz for the pointer):
Do you fit in?

Interesting personal findings:
-I need to listen to way less surf or surf rock in order to fit better into either Surf Music or Surf's up!! Best to brush up on the classic rock instead.

-To fit better into Cylinder Recordings, more punk listening would be good.

-The Medieval group calls for less instrumental and classical for instance, but way more metal.

-The one I tried that made the most sense? Great Black Music, where there's not much call for surf, but it…

After all these years and all his bluster, baggage, beefiness etc, I still have a soft spot for William Shatner, a man who really seems to take "all the world's a stage" to heart.

Huge thanks to emn_agent_g (presumably Greg Deocampo of Eclectic Method and/or formerly Emergency Broadcast Network?) for a memorable entertainment product:

http://www.medicinefilms.com/player.php?clip_id=189321

…EDIT: Found the um, smudgier version to embed below. But the link above is a bit better.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GOzkmyDMQIc

…And a few-sec longer prerelease version since the other links may now be problematic?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zLpLU7D7MWk

…And here is the substrate- fertile material!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aGy0yis92cU

Placeholder for notes on cylinder favorites from Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project, which was pointed to by a kind member of New People, Old Music.

Downloads in progress of Dance Music, Cakewalks, Jazz.

Quick likes (I'm a sucker for that loopy trombone trick on some of these): Frisco Jass Band, Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz band, Yerkes Jazzarimba Orchestra aka Jazzarimba Orchestra, Lanin's Orchestra

Also decent: Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra

Not as interesting: Broadway Dance Orchestra

Also to check later, home turf! http://www.archive.org/details/cylindertransfer apparent mirror of http://www.cylinder.de/