Yes, I already posted about this show, but I am adding a couple video clips from the show. For the original post click here, and here are the videos:
Concrete Blonde at Ace of Spades “True”
The second video is after the “read more”. See you on the other side…
Hello again friends, family, and music lovers…
This is the twenty-third in a series of posts about the music we own. We sort-of collect items by certain artists, as you may notice (Tom Waits!). And yes, we are both still obsessed with music!
Artists are listed as last name, comma, first name. If it is a band then it is just the band name. Anyway, check it out and see what you think. Leave me a comment below the list!
Name – Title – Format – Size – Country – Comments
Wagner, Jack – All I Need vinl 7 US
Wainwright III, Loudon – Unrequited vinl 12 US Promo.
Wainwright III, Loudon – Attempted Mustache vinl 12 US
Wainwright III, Loudon – Album III vinl 12 US
Waitresses, The – Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful? vinl 12 US
Waits, Tom – Beautiful Maladies CD 5 US
Waits, Tom – Nighthawks At The Diner CD 5 US
Waits, Tom – Blue Valentine vinl 12 US
Waits, Tom – Heartattack And Vine vinl 12 US
Note: for photos from the show and the full set list, click on the “continue reading” below…
Another note: I had this posted at SacMusicBlog too.
Veteran rockers Concrete Blonde were at Sacramento’s Ace of Spades last night and brought down the house with an energetic and spirited show that had the audience cheering and yelling for more.
Singer-songwriter Jim Bianco opened up the show with an entertaining set of originals. One audience member called him “a young Tom Waits”, but that’s not exactly true. He does have an offbeat style in both performance and lyrics but is at least a little closer to the mainstream. And was that a nylon string classical guitar that he was playing the crazy heck out of?
Time for the headliners: Concrete Blonde have been together since the late 80s and have broken up and retired more than a couple times. But they are back again and haven’t lost a beat. The show had only a couple numbers that were not immediately recognizable (Rosalie, The Damage I’ve Done). Very early on they played a blazing cover of Beds Are Burning (the Midnight Oil protest song) which was a definite highlight. But most of the show was classic song after classic song. Joey, True, Mexican Moon (acoustic), Someday, Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man, Tomorrow Wendy, God is a Bullet, Caroline, 100 Games of Solitare, Everybody Knows (acoustic), and more. And of course, for the encore, Bloodletting (The Vampire Song).
Finally! And only a few weeks late! Here are my picks for the best albums of 2011. Well, at least for the moment. And by “best” I mean that I liked them best! What did you like?
The Cars “Move Like This”
Death Cab For Cutie “Codes And Keys”
The Decemberists “The King Is Dead”
Eisley “The Valley”
Robbie Robertson “How To Be Clairvoyant”
Tom Waits “Bad As Me”
And also good…
Jack’s Mannequin “People And Things”
Adele “21”
Gavin DeGraw “Sweeter”
Jimi Hendrix “Winterland”
Jethro Tull “Aqualung” 2-CD reissue
Paul Simon “So Beautiful Or So What”
So what do you think? What did I miss? Leave me a comment.
Here is the latest update. Some we bought, some were gifts, a few we burned. 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
Waits, Tom – Bad As Me CD 5 US 2CD Ltd Edition
Bush, Kate – 50 Words For Snow CD 5 US
Jethro Tull – Aqualung CD 5 US Two CD 40th Anniversary Special Edition
Cars, The – Move Like This CD 5 US
Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line CD 5 US
Concrete Blonde – Bloodletting CD 5 US 20th Anniversary Edition, six bonus tracks
Gabriel, Peter – Us CD 5 US
Heap, Imogen – Speak For Yourself CD 5 US
Young, Neil – International Harvesters – A Treasure CD 5 US
Cure, The – The Only One CD 5 US
Cure, The – The Perfect Boy CD 5 US
War is over, if you want it. Happy whatever-you-celebrate, hope you find peace and love in the coming year.
And a happy new year. Let’s hope it’s a good one, without any fear.
John Lennon wanted to change the world. He did change mine.
Thirty one years ago today was a tragic day. We lost a great man and a great artist.
From Wikipedia:
John Lennon was an English musician who gained worldwide fame as one of the founders of The Beatles, for his subsequent solo career, and for his political activism and pacifism. He was shot by Mark David Chapman at the entrance of the building where he lived, The Dakota, in New York City, on Monday, 8 December 1980; Lennon had just returned from Record Plant Studio with his wife, Yoko Ono.
Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, where it was stated that nobody could have lived for more than a few minutes after sustaining such injuries. Shortly after local news stations reported Lennon’s death, crowds gathered at Roosevelt Hospital and in front of The Dakota.
And one more video. Let’s “continue”…
Woody is perhaps America’s best living filmmaker. Certainly in the top five. I have loved his movies for as long as I can remember and look forward to each new one. So I want to wish him a very happy birthday!
Here’s a clip from a very early movie, still funny over 40 years later…
What’s your favorite Woody Allen movie or scene?
Yep. We had two. The first was with my family at a local restaurant. It was nice to see the family and afterwards we went over to my Dad’s house to visit a while. Good times.
The second dinner is the one in the picture. Tofurkey roast with stuffing inside, mashed potatoes, different stuffing, creamed corn, salad with Seitan and faux blue cheese, homemade cranberry sauce, red wine (sangiovese), and a cranberry apple crisp for desert. All vegan. All tasty!
Hope you had some good dinners too 😉
Hello again, family, friends, and everyone else too. The pictures from our San Francisco 2011 anniversary trip are now online! We had a great time.
Any questions, just ask. Take a look! Leave a comment if you want, I’ll be waiting….
Wow. Our 25th anniversary. Damn, that’s a long time, Petra B! I don’t regret it at all though.
And yes, there will be pictures here soon. But not yet!
We decided to take a short trip to San Francisco for our anniversary. We left Friday early afternoon and arrived a couple hours later at our first destination, a reuse/recycle store called Scrap. We found a few things there but not much, but it was still fun to look. Then we made our way through the traffic and rain to our hotel, the Galleria Park. It’s in a great location and close to a lot of things. We checked in, just in time for the free daily wine reception (translate: free wine). We were getting pretty hungry and luckily we had brought with us
I call it “Spongebob with Collard Green Leaf”.
What do you think?
Hello again friends, family, and music lovers…
This is the twenty-second in a series of posts about the music we own. We sort-of collect items by certain artists, as you may notice. And V/A means “various artists”. And yes, we are both still obsessed with music!
Artists are listed as last name, comma, first name. If it is a band then it is just the band name. Anyway, check it out and see what you think. Leave me a comment below the list!
Name – Title – Format – Size – Country – Comments
V/A – Grammy Nominees 1999 CD 5 US
V/A – A Very Special Christmas Live CD 5 US
V/A – American Idol Greatest Moments CD 5 US
V/A – Billboard Top Rock ‘N Roll Hits – 1972 CD 5 US
V/A – Music Express Productions – DJ To Go CD 5 US Prince and others
V/A – A Motown Christmas CD 5 US
V/A – Wild And Wooly CD 5 US
V/A – Funk Blast! CD 5 US
V/A – A Holiday Wish CD 5 US
V/A – Hear Music – Waking CD 5 US
V/A – Chestnuts CD 5 US Promo
V/A – Double Shot Pop Alternative CD 5 US Beth Hart, Jill Sobule, Morrissey, etc
V/A – The Concert For New York City CD 5 US Bowie, Etheridge, Mellencamp, etc
V/A – Just Say Noel CD 5 US XTC, Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Beck, etc
Earlier this year I posted about going to see Elvis Costello in Reno (read about it here and more here). Well, I finally got around to posting more of the videos that I took at the show.
Check out the links below for video of Elvis doing four more songs from the great Spinning Songbook Tour in Reno Nevada.
