. . . largely solely (bar Bluejeans and Moonbeams?) for the backlashing derision and tiresome nomenclature of ’Tragic Band’ I thoroughly enjoyed and continue to enjoy both albums and the fact that it contained many love songs to his wife Jan is a joy to me . . .the fact that he could be romantic and silly was a great reveal that never hesitates to make me smile . . . . if you don’t get IT I am sorry for you . . .tragic band? pomp and supercilious nonsense. Dismiss at your peril for that way hipster hell aways you all! Booglarised much? Yup! Show me your Peaches! might sign off with this one just to tease . . . . heck people it’s a love song! Y’all giving’ me the Same Old Blues
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - This is The Day [Unconditionally Guaranteed] | jt1674
Steeleye Span - Lovely on The Water [Please To See The King] | jt1674
. . . . might start winding down for the day now . . . .
Terry Reid - Season of The Witch [Bang, Bang You’re] | jt1674
. . . another version of the seasonally apposite Donovan song
Dressed in Black, Goth Divas from the Dark Side 1941-2025 [2026] | Butterboy
VA - Dressed in Black, Goth Divas from the Dark Side 1941-2025 [2026]
GOTH DIVAS
VA - Dressed in Black, Goth Divas from the Dark Side 1941-2025 [2026]
Dressed in Black traces a lineage of dark‑toned female expression that stretches across eight decades,
gathering voices who shaped the moodier corners of pop, rock and avant‑garde music.
What makes the set compelling is its sweep: from Billie Holiday’s haunted elegance to Diamanda Galás’
operatic intensity, from Siouxsie Sioux’s icy authority to Anna Calvi’s modern, fire‑lit drama.
Each track feels like a chapter in a long story about women who turned shadow into art.
The compilation moves confidently through eras. Judy Henske, Bobbie Gentry and Shirley Collins
bring folk‑rooted storytelling where death, mystery and moral weight sit close to the surface.
Julie Driscoll’s Season of the Witch stretches into psychedelic ritual, while Lydia Lunch and Anita Lane
push toward raw emotional exposure. Cocteau Twins and Nico add dreamlike detachment,
their voices floating above guitars and drones like ghosts refusing to fade.
What ties these artists together isn’t genre but atmosphere.
Each performance carries a sense of the nocturnal — songs built on tension,
longing, danger, or quiet defiance.
The sequencing makes the connections feel natural, showing how “darkness” in music
can be theatrical, intimate, political or simply beautiful.
For collectors, it’s a rare panoramic view of the goth impulse before and beyond goth itself.
For listeners, it’s a journey through voices that found power in the shadows. (Butterboy)
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Track list
01 Diamanda Galás with John Paul Jones - Do You Take This Man 6:09
02 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Night Shift 6:04
03 Danielle Dax - Cat-House 3:29
04 Anita Lane with Die Haut - Subterranean World (How Long...?) 5:51
05 Lydia Lunch with Rowland S. Howard - Cisco Sunset 5:46
06 Cramps - Garbageman 3:34
07 Judy Henske - Road to Nowhere 2:57
08 Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe 4:14
09 Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - Season of the Witch 7:56
10 Anna Calvi - Ain't No Grave 3:59
11 Shirley Collins - Death and the Lady 4:45
12 M U M M Y - Idiot Milk 2:56
13 Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck 3:18
14 Velvet Underground and Nico - All Tomorrow's Parties 5:58
15 Shangri-Las - Dressed in Black 2:55
16 Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday 3:13
17 Karen Dalton - Katie Cruel 2:43
18 Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You 2:35
19 Juliette Gréco - Ça Va "Le Diable" 2:10
Danielle Dax - Cat-House
Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger - Season Of The Witch (1968)
Karen Dalton - Katy Cruel
[Karen Dalton - Katie CruelKatie Cruel is a traditional American folksong, likely of Scottish origin. As a traditional song, it has been recorded by many performers, but the best known recording of the song is by Karen Dalton on the album In My Own Time. The American version of the song is said to date to the Revolutionary War period., the full lyrics are:When I first came to town,They called me the roving jewel;Now they've changed their tune,They call me Katy Cruel,Oh, diddle, lully day,Oh, de little lioday.ChorusOh that I was where I would be,Then I would be where I am not,Here I am where I must be,Go where I would, I can not,Oh, diddle, lully day,Oh, de little lioday.When I first came to town,They brought me the bottles plenty;Now they've changed their tune,They bring me the bottles empty,Oh, diddle, lully day,Oh, de little lioday.ChorusI know who I love,And I know who does love me;I know where I'm going,And I know who's going with me,Oh, diddle, lully day,Oh, de little lioday.ChorusThrough the woods I go,And through the bogs and mire,Straightway down the road,And to my heart's desire,Oh, diddle, lully day,Oh, de little lioday.ChorusEyes as bright as coal,Lips as bright as cherry,and 'tis her delightTo make the young girls merry,Oh, diddle, lully day,Oh, de little lioday.ChorusWhen I first came to townThey called me the roving jewelNow they've changed their tuneThey call me Katy CruelOh, diddle, lully day,Oh, de little lioday.
Siouxsie & The Banshees • Night Shift • live 1981
Brian Wilson - Do It Again ft. Wendy Wilson, Carnie Wilson
Beach Boy brains and Wilson Phillips!
Brian Wilson - Do It Again ft. Wendy Wilson, Carnie Wilson
Just so impressive and imagine Brian’s joy singing along with his daughters!
AWESOME!
Tom Petty LIVE Transmission Impossible - 2015 | soundaboard
Tom Petty LIVE Transmission Impossible - 2015
LIVETransmission Impossible -201510/10Always great qualityfrom this seriesTRACKS LISTJACKSONVILLE 1987101 - Bye Bye Johnny.mp3102 - Breakdown.mp3103 - King's Road.mp3104 - Waiting.mp3105 - Don't Come Around Here No More.mp3106 - For What It's Worth.mp3107 - Image of Me.mp3108 - Here Comes My Girl.mp3109 - Should I Stay or Should I Go.mp3110 - You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover.mp3111 - Any Way You Want It.mp3112 - Runaway Trains.mp3113 - Refugee.mp3
CHAPEL HILL 1989201 - Bye Bye Johnny.mp3202 - Damage You've Done.mp3203 - Breakdown.mp3204 - Free Fallin'.mp3205 - Waiting.mp3206 - Benmont's Boogie.mp3207 - Don't Come Around Here No More.mp3208 - Southern Accents.mp3209 - Even The Losers.mp3210 - Listen to Her Heart.mp3211 - A Face in the Crowd.mp3212 - Something Big.mp3213 - I Won't Back Down.mp3214 - I Need To Know.mp3215 - Refugee.mp3216 - Runnin Down a Dream.mp3
SANTA MONICA 1994301 - Free Fallin' (Bridge School Benefit 1994).mp3302 - Rainy Day Women 12 & 35 (Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert 1992).mp3303 - Straight Into Darkness (Farm Aid 1985).mp3304 - Refugee (Live Aid 1985).mp3305 - License To Kill (Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert 1992).mp3306 - Even The Losers (Farm Aid 1986).mp3307 - Spike (Farm Aid 1986).mp3308 - Across The Borderline (Farm Aid 1985 w. Bob Dylan).mp3309 - Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert 1992 w. Roger McGuinn).mp3310 - I Won't Back Down (Bridge School Benefit 1994).mp3311 - Time To Move On (Bridge School Benefit 1994).mp3312 - A Face In The Crowd (Letterman 1991).mp3313 - Thank God (Chabad-Lubavitch Benefit 1986 w. Bob Dylan).mp3314 - Fooled Again (I Don't Like It).mp3
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
for Rippin Frog
ART OF THE DAY: "The Two Fridas" (1939) Frida Kahlo
Think you know your Frida? ✂
"The Two Fridas" (1939) Frida Kahlo
Nat Myers - update and entry
NEWS from the Wards
Nat says:
"Since yall seemed to dig here’s some more lines of Red Devil Blues. I’ma laughing-to-keep-from-crying by nature, so when my hair fell out, I thought about who had the same size head as me & give me a wig.But truth told I wasn’t alone. I had so many hands to help me. My friend Carol quit her job cuz God told her to come tend to me. She held my hand in the hospital every day, and when the ifosfomade nearly drove me crazy & I wanted to pull the needle out of my port & jump out window, she kept me calm as much she could. I am strangely nostalgic now for how the light poured into that hospital room as she played solitaire while I tried to work thru blind boy fuller’s songs. Whenever I hear fuller I’m taken immediately back to that room. With her there I thought the eyes of god was on me. And so many friends and family. I am alive because I had yall.Lately my sickbed ain’t been kind to me. I been riding my pain like a bull leaper, but when I try to duck, it catches me low, when I try to jump it knows how high. Pain surrounds me like a circle round the sun. I can do bout nothing but take it. When pain is constant you have to ride it like a swell. And try to get to livin in between the hurt. So I continue to heal, too slow for my preference, but heal all the same, schemin like the young artist in my loneliness, exile, and cunning. My birthday is the day after Black Friday. Turning 36. I was born in the year of horse, beneath the stars of the centaur sign. Life was always gonna be movin fast for me.What yall think, Maybe I should release this joint?Be well. I’m slow to respond these days but I read bout everything and can’t thank all yall enough for the encouragement"
Nat’s Facebook page here ya hear
Love this and young Nat is so strong and full of life . . .do check him and his struggles out when you can and especially if you dig that sound as much as I do!
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