Currently making my way through this series, and really digging it.
Derek Raymond (1931-1994) was the pseudonym of English crime-writer Robin Cook. Raymond was born wealthy (attended Eton - “a hotbed of buggery”), but grew disdainful of his upper-class background and became a criminal, and then later, a writer.
A Cork On The Ocean
My lovely wife got me the Smile Sessions box set for my birthday this month, and good lord, it is good. But let’s not forget about one of The Beach Boys’ other lost albums! LANDLOCKED! This set is made up of recordings from 1969-1970, some of which would be re-tooled for the Sunflower and Surf’s Up albums. There are a bunch of different versions of this bootleg out there — this is the one I’ve got. Don’t know if there’s like a definitive version, but whatever. This one has cool lost tracks like “Soulful Old Man Sunshine,” “Loop de Loop,” and “Lady,” along with alternate mixes/takes of classics like “Til I Die,” “Big Sur” and “Add Some Music.” It’s great, especially if you’ve fallen under the spell of post-Smile Beach Boys.
Can’t wait to read this. Sounds amazing.
Man, I ordered this online with a gift card that Jen’s family gave me for Christmas and a package came today, but it was the two other books I ordered and not this one even though I specifically noted that I wanted everything shipped together. It’s a #whitewhine, but goddamit I wanted to start reading this.
In the middle of this (and about 4 other books) now.
Badfinger - I’ll Be the One
A great Badfinger song that didn’t get released until it was a bonus track on a reissue.
I posted a recent Facebook comment regarding our policies with signing artists and found myself getting into a discussion of what the role of an independent label is in 2012, something I’ve often been asked about in interviews but have never really been able to elaborate on.
Basically, it…
iTunes Randomizer #15
Silver Jews “Federal Dust” (from American Water 1998)
An album I’ve always admired yet never owned (having the MP3s does not constitute ownership, in my book), some of the best SJ songs are on here, but my favorite LP of theirs remains Tanglewood Numbers. Good-to-great song, it’s just that I prefer my Joos a little lighter on the Malkmus.
It’s really slow at work, so I’m looking at old photos I uploaded to Facebook. It’s Grimmertown.
It’s me, the patron saint of slow workdays.
