What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)

Posted by: Tam on 06 June 2005

Anyway, to kick things off, I'm currently, and probably for most of the rest of this week, listening to Radio 3's Beethoven Experience. They're doing one of the piano concertos at the moment and (number 2 with Glenn Gould). Anyway, the experience thing probably needs its own thread, but, even on this cheapo radio it's proving fairly enjoyable.

So, what are you listening to right now?
Posted on: 14 January 2007 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
quote:
Originally posted by Haim Ronen:


Between the prerparations of the lamb stew and the Basmati rice. Dinner is served in an hour.

Haim


Enjoy!
Ciao Haim!
Posted on: 14 January 2007 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
quote:
Originally posted by {OdS}:
one of the many I have to, though...! I liked the Steven Soderbergh version much; hypnotic movie, with brilliant cast and wonderful music.


Hi OdS!
You don't "have to".
Do it as a pleasure and discovering!
Smile
Posted on: 14 January 2007 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Posted on: 14 January 2007 by Chillkram
Posted on: 14 January 2007 by JWM
quote:
Originally posted by ROTF:
I really like the Captain, but TMR is always a difficult listen



Indeed! It's certainly not easy - I can only listen in chunks, and at least some of it is torture. But something to be done occasionally, VERY occasionally...

I particularly like 'Hair Pie : Bake 1' reminds me of the thousands of over-wintering Icelandic and Russian swans not so far away from here.

I heard the story on some documentary a few years back. I seem to recall that the Captain more or less barricaded-in the other musicians in a remote building for about a month before recording until, so desperate to leave, they complied with his every requirement in a hellish recording period. Chaos Method Musicianship, I think. Don't know quite how egging-on was required from Zappa!

James
Posted on: 14 January 2007 by Guido Fawkes
Yes the late John Peel did a programme about the Captain - the Grow Fins box set CD3 contains recordings from the legendary TMR sessions, but I don't own the set unfortunately. I heard lots of it on the JP show.



Legend has it that Zappa was ready to help the Captain refine TMR as he thought the session was just a first cut, but the Captain said: Frank, the album's done. I've no idea if that's true, but Jimmy Carl Black of The Mothers and Magic Band fame said it was.

Details here - anybody got this set?

It is shame that BBC4 who seem to be California Dreaming at the moment don't think to repeat this show about one of most creative and unique talents to emerge from the West Coast of America. I know the Captain appeared on their OGWT show, but there is much better footage of him.

I saw the Captain supporting PF at Knebworth many years ago and he was excellent.

Well as I haven't got Grow Fins - I decided to listen to



I may be hungry, but I sure ain't weird, as Don Van Vliet said.
Posted on: 14 January 2007 by Haim Ronen
Posted on: 14 January 2007 by fishski13
Haim,
quote:
Between the prerparations of the lamb stew and the Basmati rice. Dinner is served in an hour.

i cooked a lovely vegetable curry with basmati this evening berfore heading out into the beautiful snow-lit evening to buy this...

really nice via the headphones.
PACE
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
First 2007 "Diapason D'Or" issue with a nice selection of pieces from Albeniz's Iberia played by Olivier Chauzu, Kalliwoda's Simphony n°5(finale) and others.
Think i'm going to get a subscription.
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by BigH47
JJ Cale and Eric C - Road to Escondido CD. To be followed by:-
Loreena McKennitt - An Ancient Muse CD. Late Xmas present as we had Xmas dinner at my sisters yesterday.It was the first day all 10 of us could make it at the same time.Football and shift workers eh!
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by SteveGa


Rain Tree Crow
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by Haim Ronen
quote:
Between the prerparations of the lamb stew and the Basmati rice. Dinner is served in an hour.

i cooked a lovely vegetable curry with basmati this evening berfore heading out into the beautiful snow-lit evening to buy this...

really nice via the headphones.
PACE[/QUOTE]

Fishski,

Dou you do the Basmati plain or the Indian way with onions, raisins and almonds?

I am going outside now to deal with the snow.

Regards,

Haim

Posted on: 15 January 2007 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
quote:
Originally posted by Haim Ronen:
Dou you do the Basmati plain or the Indian way with onions, raisins and almonds?



You guys are making me salivate!
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by SteveGa


Tosca - JAC
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by BigH47



Just played it again. Great
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by SteveGa


Madeleine Peyroux - Dreamland
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by Ian G.


Joe Jackson - Night and Day - vinyl? .. but of course Smile
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by Michael_B.
Paul Wertico Trio's Another Side and I'm quite mesmerised. Great stuff!
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by ewemon
Boz Scaggs- Come on Home
Bobby Blue Bland- Touch of the Blues
Kenny Neal- Walking on Fire
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by {OdS}
quote:
Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
Hi OdS!
You don't "have to".
Do it as a pleasure and discovering!
Smile


well, speaking of movies, "wish" and "have to" are synonyms to me Winker
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by sjust
Was:
George Winston - Winter into spring. What a crap album that I've bought, as one of the first 10 CD's in my life. Not all Windham Hill productions are bad, though. Ackerman, De Grassi, for example have done some good work, there..

Is:

Now, we're talking...

cheers
Stefan
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by Haim Ronen


Up & Down / Milcho leviev, piano & Dave Holland, bass / MA002A

The cover is a perfect weather forcast for here now, the music is fun for anytime.

Haim
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
quote:
Originally posted by Haim Ronen:


The cover is a perfect weather forcast for here now, the music is fun for anytime.

Haim



Haim.
You're lucky somehow.
Here the season is a "no season" and i'd really like to have that meter of snow that makes everything so soft!
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by Haim Ronen
quote:
Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
Haim.
You're lucky somehow.
Here the season is a "no season" and i'd really like to have that meter of snow that makes everything so soft!


Gian,

Up to four inches it is fun. More than that and it becomes a pain. Temperatures are supposed to drop to -10C and I am sure my luck will be solid frozen.

Regards,

Haim