Author: stevenology

The Book I Read: Reckless By Chrissie Hynde

Chrissie is a badass woman. And I mean that in the best possible way. This book chronicles her life, as told by herself. She doesn’t mince words and includes some less flattering parts too. But she remains a unique woman in modern rock. Her attitude and reluctance to compromise set her apart from many others in the business. [continued]


Music Collectors Know


Our Latest 26 Music Items

Here is the latest music update. Some were new, some were used, most were cheap, a couple were free, and of course some were for the wife. The CDs are first, then the vinyl. Click on the “read more” link to see the whole post. Do you love any of these? Hate any of them? Or are you just confused?

Read all the way to the end and then leave me a comment!

ARTIST TITLE FORMAT SIZE COUNTRY COMMENTS
Prince 1999 Box Set CD 5 US Five CDs, One DVD
Prince The Versace Experience – Prelude To Gold CD 5 US
Prince Sing The Hits Of Prince Volume 1 CD 5 US Karaoke CD
Martinez, Melanie K-12 CD 5 US CD plus DVD
Eilish, Billie When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? CD 5 US
Dukes Of Stratosphear Psurroundabout Ride CD 5 US CD plus Blu-Ray
Rolling Stones, The Exile On Main Street CD 5 US
Furstenfeld, Justin Songs From An Open Book CD 5 US
Furstenfeld, Justin Open Book Winter Album CD 5 US
New Order Spooky CD 5 UK
Devo Baby Doll CD 5 US
Weezer Weezer (Blue Album) CD 5 US
Weezer Weezer (Green Album) CD 5 US


Our Latest 59 Music Items

Here is the latest music update. Some were new, some were used, most were cheap, a couple were free, and of course some were for the wife and/or kid. The CDs are first, then the vinyl, then the 8-tracks LOL yes really. Click on the “read more” link to see the whole post. Do you love any of these? Hate any of them? Or are you just confused?

Read all the way to the end and then leave me a comment!

ARTIST – TITLE – FORMAT – SIZE – COUNTRY – COMMENTS
Beatles, The – Abbey Road Super Deluxe Edition CD 5 US 3 CDs, 1 Blu-Ray
Hitchcock, Robyn/Andy Partridge – Planet England CD 5 UK
Barnett, Courtney – Tell Me How You Really Feel CD 5 US
TC&I – Naked Flames – Live At Swindon Arts Cent CD 5 UK Colin and Terry from XTC
Waits, Tom – Nighthawks At The Diner CD 5 UK
Lahey, Alex – I Love You Like A Brother CD 5 US
Morgxn – Vital CD 5 US
OMD – Peel Sessions 1979-1983 CD 5 US
Dylan, Bob – The Times They Are A-Changin’ CD 5 US
Dylan, Bob and The Band – The Basement Tapes CD 5 US
Decemberists, The – Her Majesty CD 5 US
John, Elton and Leon Russell – The Union CD 5 US


Pictures From The 2019 Seattle And Bumbershoot Trip

Hello again, family, friends, and everyone else. The pictures from our 2019 trip to Seattle and the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival (and much more!)  are now online! We had a great time and so did our friends. Take a look at the pictures.

If you are thinking of going in 2020, let me know!

If you have any questions, just ask. And leave a comment if you want….

2019 Seattle photos

2019 Bumbershoot photos

2019 Prince At The MoPop Museum photos

What we did on the 2019 trip – part 1

What we did on the 2019 trip – part 2


The 2019 Seattle And Bumbershoot Trip – Part 2

Click here to read part 1 first

Continued from part 1. I’ll post some pictures soon. It’s our annual trip, read all about part 2 now.

Saturday August 31


The 2019 Seattle And Bumbershoot Trip – Part One

It’s our annual trip to Seattle for the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival. We go every year, since 2001, making this our 19th year in a row. And we love it more than ever. This year our granddaughter Josephine went with us again. Also traveling, our friends Mama O and Claudia, and Margaret from Portland.

I’ll post some pictures soon, but first, here’s what we did on our trip.

Monday August 26th


Our Latest 32 Music Items

Here is the latest music update. Some were new, some were used, most were cheap, a couple were free, and of course some were for the wife and/or kid. The CDs are first, then the vinyl. Click on the “read more” link to see the whole post. Do you love any of these? Hate any of them? Or are you just confused?

Read all the way to the end and then leave me a comment!

ARTIST TITLE FMT SIZE CTRY COMMENTS
Hozier – Wasteland, Baby! CD 5 US
Prince – Ultimate Rave CD 5 US Two CDs, one DVD
Numan, Gary – Tubeway Army Premier Hits CD 5 US
Cooper, Alice – Welcome To My Nightmare CD 5 US
Cooper, Alice – Killer CD 5 US
Cooper, Alice – Billion Dollar Babies CD 5 US With bonus disc
Shins, The – Port Of Morrow Acoustic EP CD 5 US Promo
Something Corporate – Audioboxer CD 5 US
Bowie, David – Rock ‘N Roll As Much As We Can CD 5 US Bootleg
Bowie, David – Telltales CD 5 UK Interview CD
DiFranco, Ani – Madison 1.25.04 CD 5 US
Garbage – Version 2.0 CD 5 US Two discs – CD-R
Jethro Tull – Benefit CD 5 US Four bonus tracks
Parker, Graham – Squeezing Out Sparks-Solo Acoustic 40th CD 5 UK Autographed
Loeb, Lisa – The Very Best Of CD 5 US
Browne, Jackson – Together Again… Live Syracuse ’71 CD 5 US Bootleg
Heart – Live In Atlantic City CD 5 US CD-R
V/A – Songs From The Material World CD 5 US Tribute to George Harrison
Prince – The Versace Experience – Prelude 2 Gold cass na US
Hozier – Wasteland, Baby! vinl 12 US
Stone, Allen – Naturally EP vinl 12 US
Costello, Elvis – Purse vinl 12 US
Bowie, David – Pinups vinl 12 US Picture Disc
Parker, Graham – Steady Nerves vinl 12 US
Jethro Tull – North Sea Oil vinl 10 US
Devotchka – Straight Shot vinl 7 US
Record Company, The – Life To Fix vinl 7 US
Prince – Originals CD 5 US
Waters, Roger – Amused To Death CD 5 US
Jethro Tull – A Passion Play CD 5 US
Bush, Kate – Remastered Part II CD 5 US 11-CD Box set
Mellencamp, John – Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County CD 5 US With Stephen King and T-Bone Burnette. 2-CD, 1-DVD


Music Therapy


Terrific Tunes For Tuesday – Take 70

It’s not Tuesday? So what. It’s still a terrific tune by one of my favorite bands and one of my favorite songs by them, Great music, great lyrics, great mood, great musicians. This song has it all.

 


At Least I Know The Important Stuff

Well, yeah…


Learning About The Beatles Gives Life Meaning

Last semester I attended a 13 week, two hours per week, seminar called “Rock, Pop, and Soul Music 1964-1969”. Yes, really. It was a blast and one of the high points of each week.

Well, it’s time for the new semester to start this week and I’ll be taking another music-related seminar.

This one is called “The Beatles Jukebox” and here’s the description:


Our Latest 19 Music Items

Here is the latest music update. Some were new, some were used, most were cheap, a couple were free, and of course some were for the wife and/or kid. The CDs are first, then the vinyl. Click on the “read more” link to see the whole post. Do you love any of these? Hate any of them? Or are you just confused?

Read all the way to the end and then leave me a comment!

ARTIST – TITLE – FORMAT – SIZE – COUNTRY – COMMENTS

Beatles, The – The Beatles (White Album) Box Set – cd – 5 – US – Six CDs, one Blu-ray
McMahon, Andrew In The Wilderness – Upside Down Flowers – cd – 5 – US
Something Corporate – Played In Space: The Best Of – cd – 5 – US – Includes bonus CD
Decemberists, The- Traveling On – cd – 5 – US
Loeb, Lisa – Lullaby Girl – cd – 5 – US – Autographed
Hart, Beth – Front And Center – Live From New York – cd – 5 – US – CD with DVD
Costello, Elvis – Look Now – cd – 5 – US – With bonus CD
Sisters Of Mercy, The – First And Last And Always – cd – 5 – US
Eisley – Room Noises – cd – 5 – US – Autographed
Knipp, Katie – Take It With You – cd – 5 – US – Autographed
Parker, Graham – One Stop Clearance – cd – 5 – US – CD-R, promo-only album
Parker, Graham – The Best Of 1988-1991 – cd – 5 – US
Jethro Tull – Too Old To Rock ‘N’ Roll: Too Young To Die – cd – 5 – US
Jethro Tull – War Child – cd – 5 – US – 40th Anniversary edition
Shakira – El Dorado – cd – 5 – US
Sterling, Lindsey – Holiday Picture Disc – vinl – 7 – US – Picture disc
TC&I – Great Aspirations – vinl – 10 – UK – Colin Moulding and Terry Chambers from XTC
Numan, Gary – Berserker – vinl – 12 – UK
Hozier – Nina Cried Power EP – vinl – 12 – US

For My Guitar-Playing Peeps

Science says:

True? Or not? Let me know, leave a comment…


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