I totally read this in John Lennon's voice and it was the best thing ever. Someone somewhere who can do a spot-on John Lennon imitation needs to record a reading of Finnegan's Wake. Or I may just take a crack at reading it myself, in John's voice, haha.

Yes, you read it. I'd buy it. :=)

As for John's knowledge of James's work, this might shed some light on it (excuse the ridiculously long url!):

http://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=nepca&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3D%2522john%2BLennon%2522%2B%2522finnegans%2Bwake%2522%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26sa%3DX%26as_q%3D%26nfpr%3D%26spell%3D1%26ved%3D0ahUKEwjNnd_r1LnQAhXMuhoKHZ

[No net timbre? Break a sloop now! (Broke 'em, John.) Ho, J. Meek orb won pools, aka E.R.B. (E.R.B.?). Mitten on!]

This quickie contemplates the change from <break> to <broke> in the Boys' version of "SJB". One way to resolve an impossible combination of letters arrived at by reversing a word is to question them:*

No net timbre? Break a sloop now! (Broke 'em, John.) Ho, J. Meek orb won pools, aka E.R.B. (E.R.B.?). Mitten on!

* Another is to make those letters stand for something, as in >Fresno's up at southern air, Marat. Author Ian R., eh? Trondheim, i.e., HD. Northern air: oh tuatara! Mr Ian R., eh? T.U.O.S. (tap us on, serf)<

Just finished this earlier.... a little more EDM than what I normally do but this is kind of the new sound.

https://soundcloud.com/billy-castillo-2/freckles

Very nice, sir. I think the tougher approach is a good development. "Misery" sounds cool too...   

[Emu Love? I'm a Johnston! (Knits Rex if Fataar rub a kook.) Nil? Pah! Choose no Marks, Alfred. No Wilson I.D., Enid. "Raja Hostel" big? XL! ("King Nik LX Giblets".) Oh... a Jardine! ("Dino's"? L!) I wonder-flask Ramones. Ooh, Chaplin kookaburra at affixer's tin knots. Ho, Jamie----volume!]

There may not be a photo of all nine Beach Boys together but this sprawling mess of a 'drome goes some way towards compensating for that omission by combining all of their surnames. As always, <Wilson> was the problem name to reverse, hence the play with L and XL...   

Emu Love? I'm a Johnston! (Knits Rex if Fataar rub a kook.) Nil? Pah! Choose no Marks, Alfred. No Wilson I.D., Enid. "Raja Hostel" big? XL! ("King Nik LX Giblets".) Oh... a Jardine! ("Dino's"? L!) I wonder-flask Ramones. Ooh, Chaplin kookaburra at affixer's tin knots. Ho, Jamie----volume!

First, it's time to go have a hamburger with baked beans for dinner.  Smells good in the kitchen.  It's been a simple Saturday.  Maybe some snow by midnight.

Hi, Will. Good to hear you're doing fine. We've had some snow too, in the Netherlands----about an hour's drive from here.

Darn it, now you've got me feeling hungry...!     

Fascinating. And thanks for sharing it over here, cap'n. :=)

I'm closer to the generation of your parents so my problem before anything else was the Generation Gap ("howling apes bashing guitars").

Maybe the UK was never that prone to such religion-related matters anyway (perhaps Beelzebub couldn't be in two places at once). White Magic and Black Magic were in vogue for a while (bluesman Graham Bond's dabblings in the latter may have brought about his (alleged) suicide (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Bond) but was never more than a fringe phenomenon.

   

I was thrilled to get 'Country Air' in stereo finally.

What's the deal with not releasing all of the Wild Honey album in stereo? Are multis missing or have they just not gotten round to it yet?

AGD discusses it here (second paragraph and then at the end):

http://www.esquarterly.com/bellagio/monostereo.html

And see here:

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/beach-boys-stereo-mixes-today-summer-days-wild-honey.163402/

I don't like horses as animals. Seeing that gif wasn't good. I like cats! But may I ask who do you talk about? I don't rmbr such username "the Horse".

It's SS poster bringahorseinhere? (He leaves off the ? at PSF).

A fine gentleman whom I found myself agreeing with on many occasions. And now he's back in circulation. :=)

Great to see the Horse posting again at PSF. :=)

Looking through the past inductees I don't see Captain Beefheart or Gary Numan. H'mm.

I don't sign in anywhere these days but if I were to vote it would be for The Zombies, Kraftwerk, ELO, Yes and yes... Joe Tex!

That remark in the sign-in procedure ("I'm not a robot") looks silly since Kraftwerk are among next year's nominees...  

They have added Glasgow, Scotland on May 26th 2017.  I'm a little disappointed that I am the first to post this info (I think) here and on the other board.

I heard from a friend, not a big fan, at lunchtime by which time a lot of good seats were gone.

I just happened to notice AGD's mention across the road of a local show and managed to get two pretty good seats (as I reported in the 2016 tour topic). Sorry you found out about the Glasgow gig so late...  

    

The past few evenings have consisted of watching an endless amount of Bob's Burgers.

I want to get drunk with Bob.

Bob?? Have I missed something?

Re: "Finnegan's Wake", as I understand it, the title in the cover is what frightened you? Does the story have elements of horror? I just googled it & it doesn't seem visually scary to me. Do I miss sth.?

Looking at the title reminds me of what an intense read everyone says it is. That's the only thing that's scary about it.

This is someone's annotated version of the very first page:

[Lonerism]

Tame Impala, everyone.

Yes indeed. Following up your enthusiastic post across the road, I now have Lonerism lined up for early morning/late night listening. :=)

[Aeneid]

The Illiad. I made it to around book 4, I think.

Wow. I remember reading the Aeneid years ago. What a story!   

[Finnegans Wake]

John K, thumbs up for the neutrality. I also went into Mike's book with a neutral position, for the same reason. And then the book ended up being hurled across the room a few times with cries of exasperation, LOL. But if you're able to maintain a neutral position regardless, then I tip my hat to you, sir.

I'l keep you posted. In the meantime, Finnegans Wake has somehow relocated from its upright position on a shelf in the hallway and is now lying on my desk. H'mm.   

This is for bringahorseinhere?, whatever he may be up to right now. We love you, man!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOnOWLhuT80

I remember this scorcher from Mike Raven's radio shows in the mid-sixties----that trumpet!    

Right now I have Mike's book ogling me from a bedroom shelf. It's been there for weeks. I suspect I just have to pluck up enough courage to open it and start reading and it'll be okay. As long as I finish it before June, when I'm attending a concert by Mike, Bruce and the lads...   

John K, I've been thinking about the best course of action for you, LOL. Read the book, get mad at Mike, be mad at Mike at the concert, but then maybe the concert eases the anger. Or go to the concert, enjoy the concert fully, then read the book and get mad at Mike... I don't know which is better!

But SCZ, I have no bone to pick with Mike. I wasn't there, as a wise friend puts it. I'm sure the book and the concert will be fine----in that order. But perhaps you were only joking. ;=)

The Eva Cassidy version of Autumn Leaves.     She has been gone for many years and I just Discovered her a few months ago while listening to random stuff on Pandora.    I can't recall when I  Was last so moved by a piece of music  upon first listen.  I have been going back to it almost daily.    You may have heard this before but if not, and you love the music discussed on this board, you should check it out.   

Thanks, donald. That is really beautiful. My favourite out of what I've heard from Ms Cassidy so far is Sting's "Fields Of Gold":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UVjjcOUJLE
 

[Salt a sea! Me, I'll e-frustrate J-Lo disc. I'm on ocean? Nah, I rev a wise water gear. O gnat----Angora egret awes. I wave Rihanna economics (idol jet art?). Surf Ellie Mae's atlas]

The sea in BB titles:

Salt a sea! Me, I'll e-frustrate J-Lo disc. I'm on ocean? Nah, I rev a wise water gear. O gnat----Angora egret awes. I wave Rihanna economics (idol jet art?). Surf Ellie Mae's atlas

[Ulysses.]

I've started Ulysses a few times over the past 17 years. I'm no longer optimistic, and removed the bookmark last time I rearranged my bookshelves.

I've actually read Ulysses. Jesus, what a broth of a book!

Finnegans Wake is another matter. Just looking at the title on the front cover scares the sh*t out of me. It probably doesn't help that mine's a cheapo copy and the paper stinks.  

Great topic there, SCZ. I used to devour books in years gone by but I can't seem to finish anything these days. Reader's block. Sudokus, crossword puzzles and palindromes are my lot...

Right now I have Mike's book ogling me from a bedroom shelf. It's been there for weeks. I suspect I just have to pluck up enough courage to open it and start reading and it'll be okay. As long as I finish it before June, when I'm attending a concert by Mike, Bruce and the lads...   

[Smile]

What, nobody's got any example where they liked guitar riff & the rest of choon is boring?

Apparently not!

To take a different tack, it's no sweat overdoing a riff, however good, but making sparing use of it is a rare quality.

I'm thinking of those thrilling eight bars in the Smile and BWPS versions of "Wind Chimes"  (here at 2:33):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjxK9ojmAT8

Just there and nowhere else. Less is more, indeed!



 

By sheer coincidence, john k in "What you listen" mentioned Fleet Foxes & right after New Riders of the Purple Sage "Panama Red" next track was "Blue Ridge Mountains". What's cool about is it sounds a bit 3-D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5dUsZ4Djd0

Lovely song there, RR. I have their other album with a similar picture on the cover but not this one...

My latest discovery on YouTube is the Brooklyn band Pavo Pavo:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/29/new-band-of-the-week-pavo-pavo-no-117-wistful-retro-pop-harks-back-to-the-70s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H8_NMfqRuo

It might appeal to fans of the likes of Fleet Foxes and Tame Impala... ;=)