Thursday, October 23, 2025
Birthdays . . . Pauline Black say “Bo!'
Happy birthday to Pauline Black, born as Belinda Magnus in Romford, Essex on this day in 1953. Someone who loves her switched the radio on.
The SeLecTor- On my radio´91
Re-boot!
The Selecter were a 2 Tone ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in the mid 1979.
Elliott Smith Live at Maxwell’s Hoboken NJ USA 1999 | Floppy Boot Stomp
Elliott Smith - Live Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ 1999
A Silent Way Special
Lineage: wav > CD
Taped by: Erik Brady
"Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, the area in which he first gained popularity. Smith's primary instrument was the guitar, but he was also proficient with piano, clarinet, bass guitar, drums, and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style, characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery," and used multi-tracking to create vocal layers, textures, and harmonies.
After playing in the rock band Heatmiser for several years, Smith began his solo career in 1994, with releases on the independent record labels, Cavity Search and Kill Rock Stars (KRS). In 1997, he signed a contract with DreamWorks Records, the label for which he recorded two albums.[2] Smith rose to mainstream prominence when his song, "Miss Misery"—included in the soundtrack for the film Good Will Hunting—was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category in 1998.
Smith suffered from depression, alcoholism, and drug dependence, and these topics often appear in his lyrics. At age 34, he died in Los Angeles, California, from two stab wounds to the chest. The autopsy evidence was inconclusive as to whether the wounds were self-inflicted. At the time of his death, Smith was working on his sixth studio album, From a Basement on the Hill, which was posthumously released."
Setlist:
1. Son of Sam
2. Happiness
3. Coming Up Roses
4. Everything Reminds Me of Her
5. LA
6. The White Lady Loves You More
7. Everything Means Nothing to Me
8. Color Bars
9. Satellite
10. Southern Belle
11. Better Be Quiet Now
12. Last Call
13. Can't Make A Sound
14. Independence Day
15. Trouble (Jon Brion Cover)
16. Jealous Guy (John Lennon Cover)
17. The Biggest Lie
1. Son of Sam
2. Happiness
3. Coming Up Roses
4. Everything Reminds Me of Her
5. LA
6. The White Lady Loves You More
7. Everything Means Nothing to Me
8. Color Bars
9. Satellite
10. Southern Belle
11. Better Be Quiet Now
12. Last Call
13. Can't Make A Sound
14. Independence Day
15. Trouble (Jon Brion Cover)
16. Jealous Guy (John Lennon Cover)
17. The Biggest Lie
Dwight Twilley - Please Say Please (c.1977) | Guess I’m Dumb,
Please Say Please
Dwight Twilley Band - Please Say Please (197?)
I was getting my hair cut recently, and there was a power pop comp playing in the background. This very Beatleseque song came on and I had to Shazam it. It was Dwight Twilley and band, and it came from collection of material that was never released between 1974-1980. In 1993* Shelter records finally opened up the vaults.
*which is when Twilley died from a long struggle against cancerDave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - Roads Girdle The Globe (XTC cover) | HERBERG DE KELDER
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - Roads Girdle The Globe (XTC cover)
HERBERG DE KELDER
formerly Le Ramasseur De Mégots
Jeff Beck on Guitars + | Don’s Tunes
JEFF BECK - On Guitars : Strats vs. Les Paul's
Jeff Beck: “I think it was when we did the [1969] Beck-Ola album that I got fed up with the sound of the Les Paul. In the studio, the Les Paul didn’t sound a lot different from the John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. Lovely sound, but every track ends up sounding very similar. The Strat seemed to respond more to my aggressive playing than the Les Paul, which just sounds dreadful if you start hitting it.”
The Les Paul is heavier, but because of that bulk you can do bends on it more easily. Also, the Les Paul’s lack of a vibrato arm means you’re not wrestling against the spring-loaded bridge all the time.
The Strat is the ultimate because it’s like having a miniature pedal steel within it. Once you get familiar with where the bends are and where they meld down into a fourth or whatever, you can do all kinds of pedal-steel-like things, which I think are cool. Some of the things that sound the most difficult are the easiest for me.“
Photo: Robert Knight Archive/Redferns
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