Now spinning, after starting the week in Paris & seeing Taylor Swift close out her show with her song "Karma":
I'm starting the weekend back in Massachusetts with Karma (1969), a spiritual free jazz classic by Pharoah Sanders. Both this & stadium pop are dear to my heart, because music is THE BEST.
I'm starting the weekend back in Massachusetts with Karma (1969), a spiritual free jazz classic by Pharoah Sanders. Both this & stadium pop are dear to my heart, because music is THE BEST.
03:35 PM - May 17, 2024
Chris loves Flower.
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
01:52 PM - May 17, 2024
Remembering-Taylor-Swift-and-The-Eras-Tour-in-Paris lunchbox cartoons. Photo taken by me at Paris La Défense Arena, 12 mai 2024.
08:48 AM - May 17, 2024
Les minuits dans le Métro.
Paris, France.
12:07am, 13 mai 2024
Paris, France.
12:07am, 13 mai 2024
09:53 AM - May 14, 2024
Padlocks at Sacre-Cœur.
Montmartre, Paris, France.
12 mai 2024
Montmartre, Paris, France.
12 mai 2024
09:49 AM - May 14, 2024
Championship baguettes, seconds before baking.
Fête du Pain, Paris, France.
Fête du Pain, Paris, France.
08:06 AM - May 11, 2024
Going-to-the-Taylor-Swift-Eras-Tour-in-Paris lunchbox cartoons.
Somerville, Massachusetts.
Somerville, Massachusetts.
02:50 PM - May 10, 2024
Today's walk: 4 miles.
Soundtrack: Reputation (2017), by Taylor Swift.
Result: This album is my jam, all big bad electronic bangers and strong sassy humor...for her birthday, I'm taking my daughter to the Eras Tour in Paris this weekend, and to quote the opening track here, we are so READY FOR IT!
Soundtrack: Reputation (2017), by Taylor Swift.
Result: This album is my jam, all big bad electronic bangers and strong sassy humor...for her birthday, I'm taking my daughter to the Eras Tour in Paris this weekend, and to quote the opening track here, we are so READY FOR IT!
03:41 PM - May 09, 2024
Now spinning at my house, as the dreary rain outside is overcome by wondrous sound:
Journey In Satchidananda (1970) by Alice Coltrane...mesmerizing modal jazz infused with harp, bells, oud, and the drones of a tamboura, pierced by Pharoah Sanders on soprano sax. Divine, truly.
Journey In Satchidananda (1970) by Alice Coltrane...mesmerizing modal jazz infused with harp, bells, oud, and the drones of a tamboura, pierced by Pharoah Sanders on soprano sax. Divine, truly.
10:41 AM - May 08, 2024
Today's walk: 3.8 miles.
Soundtrack: Around The World In A Day (1985), by Prince.
Result: On a glorious spring day surging with blossoms, I'm immersed in this kaleidoscopic album, a glorious work blossoming with baroque pop, aching ballads, fiery rock, and lithe funk. 💜
Soundtrack: Around The World In A Day (1985), by Prince.
Result: On a glorious spring day surging with blossoms, I'm immersed in this kaleidoscopic album, a glorious work blossoming with baroque pop, aching ballads, fiery rock, and lithe funk. 💜
06:02 PM - May 07, 2024
Now spinning at my house, in honor of my daughter's birthday:
Folklore and Evermore (both 2020), her favorite albums by Taylor Swift....gorgeous acoustic reveries and evocative lyrical storytelling...I'm thankful for these twin masterpieces that mean so much to our wonderful girl
Folklore and Evermore (both 2020), her favorite albums by Taylor Swift....gorgeous acoustic reveries and evocative lyrical storytelling...I'm thankful for these twin masterpieces that mean so much to our wonderful girl
12:36 PM - May 03, 2024
Today's walk: 3.8 miles.
Soundtrack: Come With Us (2002), by The Chemical Brothers.
Result: ...as pioneer skies dazzled my elastic eyes, i did go with these electro gods through bouncing galaxies, star guitars, and shimmering hoops of sound, and yea verily and for true, it was indeed most kickass...
Soundtrack: Come With Us (2002), by The Chemical Brothers.
Result: ...as pioneer skies dazzled my elastic eyes, i did go with these electro gods through bouncing galaxies, star guitars, and shimmering hoops of sound, and yea verily and for true, it was indeed most kickass...
05:33 PM - May 02, 2024
Hooray, after months of research and writing, I just turned in the manuscript of my second book today! All I can say right now is that it's about jazz, and it's groovy as hell. And now I need sleep!
cheers---mrb
🎵🎷🎹🎺🎸🥁🎛🎶
cheers---mrb
🎵🎷🎹🎺🎸🥁🎛🎶
09:52 PM - May 01, 2024
Today's walk: 3.8 miles.
Soundtrack: Invincible Shield (2024), by Judas Priest.
Result: ...volcanic guitars, thunderous blastbeats, supernova choruses, Rob Halford's operatic screams...it's like riding with the Valkyries, armed with flamethrowers as well as broadswords...holy cow!
🤘🤘🤘🤘
Soundtrack: Invincible Shield (2024), by Judas Priest.
Result: ...volcanic guitars, thunderous blastbeats, supernova choruses, Rob Halford's operatic screams...it's like riding with the Valkyries, armed with flamethrowers as well as broadswords...holy cow!
🤘🤘🤘🤘
02:58 PM - Apr 30, 2024
Now spinning at my house, on a drizzly morning spent indoors:
Harvest Moon (1992) by Neil Young...I love it when Neil Young is ferociously loud, but I also adore this elegant country-tinged crepuscular classic, his loveliest album musically and lyrically in my opinion
❤️🌾❤️
Harvest Moon (1992) by Neil Young...I love it when Neil Young is ferociously loud, but I also adore this elegant country-tinged crepuscular classic, his loveliest album musically and lyrically in my opinion
❤️🌾❤️
09:37 AM - Apr 30, 2024
Today's walk: 3 miles.
Soundtrack: Nonetheless, by Pet Shop Boys.
Result: Now in their fifth decade, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe still make immaculate pop, with brilliantly witty lyrics and beautiful beats, and now with the lush orchestration gracing to this new one, I can only feel love, unlimited.
Soundtrack: Nonetheless, by Pet Shop Boys.
Result: Now in their fifth decade, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe still make immaculate pop, with brilliantly witty lyrics and beautiful beats, and now with the lush orchestration gracing to this new one, I can only feel love, unlimited.
04:19 PM - Apr 29, 2024
Now spinning at my house:
L'Avventura (2003) by Dean & Britta...sterling songs by these veterans of the band Luna, lush production by Tony Visconti, plus—most importantly—a cosmic cover of Buffy St. Marie's "Moonshot," which was the song my wife and I chose as the first dance at our wedding 🥰
L'Avventura (2003) by Dean & Britta...sterling songs by these veterans of the band Luna, lush production by Tony Visconti, plus—most importantly—a cosmic cover of Buffy St. Marie's "Moonshot," which was the song my wife and I chose as the first dance at our wedding 🥰
02:05 PM - Apr 26, 2024
Pompeii absurdist-dad-joke lunchbox cartoons. Somerville, Massachusetts.
10:39 AM - Apr 25, 2024
06:55 PM - Apr 24, 2024
Roman Colosseum lunchbox cartoons. Somerville, Massachusetts.
09:25 AM - Apr 24, 2024
Okay, so it's been about a dozen years since I last saw one of these Coldplay Singles 1999–2006 box sets, and today one was sitting on the counter in the record shop down the street from my house. So now I have it in my house, and I'm enjoying it very much, thanks! cheers---mrb
01:38 PM - Apr 23, 2024
Venetian-gondola lunchbox cartoons. Somerville, Massachusetts.
10:07 AM - Apr 23, 2024
Now spinning at my house, much to my surprise:
I came home this afternoon to find my house throbbing with this favorite loud jazz-rock-Afrofunk mayhem...my son had put Dark Magus (recorded 1974) by Miles Davis on my turntable and had cranked it up while he was cleaning his room!
I came home this afternoon to find my house throbbing with this favorite loud jazz-rock-Afrofunk mayhem...my son had put Dark Magus (recorded 1974) by Miles Davis on my turntable and had cranked it up while he was cleaning his room!
04:42 PM - Apr 22, 2024
Now spinning at my house, where it was just delivered:
The Tortured Poets Department (2024) by Taylor Swift, all shimmering synths & poignant tales of heartbreak (no matter who they are or aren't about)...this gorgeous album just glows & I can't wait to listen again, with my daughter after school
The Tortured Poets Department (2024) by Taylor Swift, all shimmering synths & poignant tales of heartbreak (no matter who they are or aren't about)...this gorgeous album just glows & I can't wait to listen again, with my daughter after school
11:28 AM - Apr 22, 2024
Cacio e pepe, artichoke.
Piazza del Popolo, Roma, Italia.
Piazza del Popolo, Roma, Italia.
10:34 AM - Apr 20, 2024
Today we ate at Canova, Federico Fellini's favorite place. He lived nearby and even had an office in the back. The inside has stills from his films, posters, photos, his cartoons. A lovely alfresco lunch, and one that gave us some dreamy modern cultural history.
Piazza del Popolo, Roma, Italia.
Piazza del Popolo, Roma, Italia.
10:23 AM - Apr 20, 2024
