Captain Sensible - 'Wot'
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Friday, May 15, 2026
Fripp & Eno - The Heavenly Music Corporation I (No Pussyfooting, 1973)
Fripp & Eno - The Heavenly Music Corporation I (No Pussyfooting, 1973)
On September 8th 1972, Robert Fripp brought his guitar and pedal board to Brian Eno's home studio. Using Eno's twin tape recorder/loop method set-up Fripp provided two takes - one for the background guitar loop and one for the foreground solos with Eno selectively manipulating which signals were committed to the final tape. The 21 minutes piece of music that resulted, The Heavenly Music Corporation became one of the most significant and influential pieces of electronic music ever recorded.
The other track on the album Swastika Girls was not recorded until over a year later in August 1973 - the track title inspired by a picture of girls wearing a swastika and little else that was pinned to the mixing console. Also pinned to the console was a piece of paper with the words 'No Pussyfooting' - Fripp's reminder to both musicians that they should not compromise what they felt to be right or be deterred by the hostility to the project shown by management and record label alike (there was talk of Fripp leading Eno into 'un-commercial territory).
The Doors - Peace Frog (as relevant today as ever was . . . )
Quite liked this makeshift video film for one of my favourite tracks and it seems apt at the moment . . .sent out to my American pals
Blood in streets, the town of New Haven, there’s blood in the streets its up to my knee
"Peace Frog"
The Doors
The Streets (Mike Skinner) - Let’s Push Things Forward | HERBERG DE KELDER / nattjames-blog
Herberg found this one here who says:
Today’s song of the day is taken from The Streets’ album, ‘Original Pirate Material’.
A fantastic album, released in 2002. An unusual flow, Mike skinner bounces along this track to great effect. Absolute classic.
Jeff Beck on playing style . . . . .Don's Tunes
Jeff Beck: I had a criticism once, I read a review of one of Ronnie Wood’s gigs, and I know what they meant by this comment - and it said, ”Ronnie Wood, unlike some people we could mention, knows when to shut up” - and I just suddenly went red, and I thought, ”They’re talking about me! S***.” And it stuck with me, and I used that criticism to some effect.
Cause you know, you talk about the 70’s, and Eric Clapton playing 20-minute guitar solos - without even one rest - absolutely note linked to note, there’s not one break in it. And that last concert was the epitome of everything I didn’t want to be - standing there wailing away for hours on the same riff.
And also, I’ve been heavily influenced by Scotty Moore and people like that, and Albert Lee, cause he just plays beautifully, and Steve Cropper - he just does a jab in ”Green Onions”, and it’s so cool. They’re the kings, just wonderful players.
Paul Guy Interview
Photo: 1967 Pictorial Press Ltd
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Keb Mo - Henry (for TAJ MAHAL) | RAWA Blues Fesitival with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra]
Wow! Check this tribute to Taj Mahal from Keb Mo and the National Orchestra of Poland
2016 - Keb’ Mo’ took the stage at the RAWA Blues Festival in Poland with NOSPR [Narodowej Orkiestry Symfonicznej Polskiego Radia] to perform “Henry" – an especially moving tribute to the legendary, Taj Mahal – an early inspiration turned long-time friend and musical partner in TajMo.
FULL CONCERT HERE
Rawa Blues Festival: Keb' Mo' & NOSPR Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rising Sons (featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder) - The Last Fair Deal Gone Down (1965)
Rising Sons (featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder), The Last Fair Deal Gone Down (1965)
Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder’s band Rising Sons was signed to Columbia Records and they recorded an amazing album of reworked blues numbers. Columbia shelved it so they promote The Byrds instead. Our loss.
HERBERG DE KELDER
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Rik & Ade
Ade shows off his organ!
All Things Rik and Ade
>> Criminal Minds <<
from today’s Popbitch
- I feel Rik would have laughed his head off to discover this!
A case of mistaken identity!
"It’s coming up on 12 years since Rik Mayall died. And apparently there was one fact that always bugged him.
He could never work out how he ended up with a (minor) criminal record when he was young.
Mystery solved.
And, not altogether surprisingly, Keith Allen was involved. [Lily’s dad, actor, pop star (ahem!) comic and all round mentalist!]
Keith is guesting on the next episode of the new 90s-flavoured podcast
from Martin Deeson (the original Editor-at-Large of Loaded magazine).
This is what Allen confessed:
Early on in his alternative comedy TV career, he attended a counter march,
protesting at the National Front one taking place.
But he managed to get arrested and taken to the police station.
When the charge sergeant recognised him “from off the telly”
it became clear the copper had got it slightly wrong and thought he was Rik Mayall.
Keith promptly launched into his mate’s stand-up act and played along.
With unintended consequences.”!!!
Keith
Paul Simon + Ladysmith Black Mambazo - “Diamonds on The Soles Her Shoes” [Graceland] 1986
“Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” is a song by American singer Paul Simon. It was released as a single in 1987 from his seventh studio album, Graceland (1986). The song features guest vocals from the South African male choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
“Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” was written when Simon went to South Africa. While he was there, he gathered various music from locals. Upon returning to New York in the spring of 1986, Simon finished the album with the artists that came back with him from South Africa. But "Diamonds" wasn’t originally planned for inclusion on Graceland. It was only after Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo performed the song on the May 10th episode of Saturday Night Live that Simon decided to delay the planned July release date of the album to do a full studio recording (and accompanying music video) of the track and include it on the record.
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