For your viewing and listening pleasure, Thomas Dolby’s “Airhead”:
(more…)Friday Random Ten: 2009-01-30
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nem Um Talvez | Miles Davis | Live-Evil [Disc 1] | Jazz |
| 2. | Little Earthquakes | Tori Amos | Little Earthquakes | Alternative & Punk |
| 3. | Aerial Tal | Kate Bush | Aerial: A Sky of Honey | Alternative & Punk |
| 4. | St. Teresa | Joan Osborne | Relish | Rock |
| 5. | In The Presence Of Enemies Pt. 1: I. Prelude / II. Resurrection | Dream Theater | Systematic Chaos | Metal |
| 6. | Survival Car | Fountains Of Wayne | Fountains Of Wayne | Alternative & Punk |
| 7. | Space Talk | Alex North | Alex North’s 2001 | Soundtrack |
| 8. | Your Time Is Gonna Come | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin I | Rock |
| 9. | Trial Of Tears | Dream Theater | Falling Into Infinity | Metal |
| 10. | Quien Sabe (Who Knows) | Stan Kenton | Cuban Fire! | Jazz |
New Nordic Tug 26
(via mby.com) This is the new Nordic Tug 26 due for launch at the 2009 Seattle Boat Show. When we tested the 42 (MBY November 2008) it impressed with gutsy performance from the single engine installation and surprisingly agile and enjoyable handling. The 26 is powered by a single 110hp Volvo Penta D3 diesel engine [...]
Friday Random Ten: 2009-01-23
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Repentance: VIII. Regret / IX. Restitution | Dream Theater | Systematic Chaos | Metal |
| 2. | Hypnotic | Terry Bozzio + Metropole Orkest | Chamber Works | Rock |
| 3. | Heart Of The Sunrise | Yes | Fragile | Rock |
| 4. | Zoot Allures | Frank Zappa | Zoot Allures | Alternative & Punk |
| 5. | Prelude | Kate Bush | Aerial: A Sky of Honey | Alternative & Punk |
| 6. | Slo-Funk | Omar Hakim | Burning For Buddy: A Tribute To The Music Of Buddy Rich | Jazz |
| 7. | Walking Back | The Cranberries | Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? | Alternative & Punk |
| 8. | Symphony No. 5; III. Largo | The Cleveland Orch. / Lorin Maazel | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring | Classical |
| 9. | Vital Transformation | Mahavishnu Orchestra | Inner Mounting Flame | Jazz |
| 10. | The Black Page #2 | Frank Zappa | Baby Snakes | Alternative & Punk |
Lost
(from the you read it here first dept.) Here’s the scoop on Lost: There was no plane crash and there is no Island. The passengers are all unwitting participants of a virtual reality experiment being carried out by the Hanso Foundation.
The Story of India
While watching The Story of India, I was reminded that I saw Michael Wood‘s film crew in Cochin (Kochi) India back in the early 90′s getting footage for Legacy: A Search for the Origins of Civilization…
The saddest day of the year
The saddest day of the year: YOU’VE already failed to keep your New Year’s resolutions, you’re completely skint and pay day seems so far away you’re contemplating the prospect of beans on toast every day for the next fortnight. It’s dark when you go to work and dark when you get home, the weather is [...]
Knife and Fork
For your viewing and listening pleasure, Stan Ridgway’s “Knife and Fork”:
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