Now 🎵 THAT is what I call a lineup.

The 2 ‘permanent’ members of the Haiku Hillbillies plus their occasional phenomenal guest guitarist Tom Conway. Right there I miss Maui. And all the more special to be at Ocean Vodka.

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I love Rick Beato’s podcast channel and Ted Gioia’s writing and so was delighted to watch this meeting of minds last night …

🔗🎵📼 Rick and Ted ‘chat’

🎈123/366 For your most happy listening pleasure … put me in such a good mood.

🔗🎵📼 The Mariachis with Hugh Cornwell perform Golden Brown

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🔗 🎵 📼 Good Morning Good Morning Good Morning Good Morning Good Morning

(📸 from earlier today)

🔗 Cigarettes After Sex are playing Madison Garden.

Don’t worry, I hadn’t heard of them either.

🔗 🎵 Apocalypse is their ‘biggie’. (1,233,307,237 streams. Apparently, I must have been under my rock at the time.)

🔗 🎵 📼 Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) - not as many!

That's Entertainment ...

No - 🎵🔗 not this

We knew Ms. Redstone wanted out. Looks like it’s going to happen.

And Ellison’s Skydance seems to be in the frame for the preferred acquirer which I definitely do not get - but sure why not?

I look forward to opinions from people like Rob Long and Peter Kafka, if I were to predict - I am guessing that Long in particular might be thinking like me. (Or am I thinking like him?)

The main question is what does David think he is buying and what does Shari think she is selling - because I think they are two very different things. But Heh! What do I know?

(Side Note - The ‘Ellison’ is Larry’s son - who seems to be turning out to be a media/entertainment version of technology dad.)

🎈112/366

🎵 Years since I listened to this and as it turns out - 50 years old this year. As fresh and moving and as brilliant as it was back then.

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Have to say that were somebody to back me up against a wall - put a gun to my head and ask me 🖇️ who my top 10 artists - ever - were, XTC would be on that list.

📼 Just finished watching this

Just lovely and a tremendous trip down memory lane.

📼 🎵 But We Had Music

… via the inimitable Maria Popova

In case you thought that there’s not much variety in music these days … turns out that at the Macro level - you are spot on.

🔗 🎵 Global Album Charts - IFPI

TL;DR

Taylor Swift and Kpop - that’s (just about) it.

Bowie - It wasn’t just his music that was ahead of its time.

🎵 🎬 Listening to Steve Howe in interview and my mind keeps hearing Billy Mac (Bill Nighy) being interviewed in Love Actually.

I can find a song in 🍎 🎵 Music.
I can play that song in 🍎 Music.
I can add that song to my library in 🍎 Music.
I can add that song to a playlist in 🍎 Music.
AND THEN …
In the playlist in 🍎 Music it is greyed out and I can’t play it.

What is up with that?

Some people respond to me with musical references.

I do it. A lot. In reverse? Not so much.

This is an example of someone who has done it a few times. ❤️

So, may I introduce you to - no, not ‘Billy Shears’.

Elvis.

No, not that Elvis.

This Elvis.

🔗 🎵 📼 Elvis Costello Performance

📼 🎵 Orbital

Gorgeous. Totally gorgeous. Welling with tears.

In the spirit of John Cooper Clarke and Simon Armitage.

🔗 From my friends at Steam

You’ll be hearing more about them soon as part of a larger initiative I am working on.

Oh - and if you like Orbital - you might also enjoy 🎵 📼 🔗 this

💬 🎵

Ted is often very wise.

🎈031/366 | 🚚 Moving In

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a photographic image of ‘cars moving in stereo’

’A photographic image of 'cars moving in stereo' By 'Leonardo'

A lot going on today - net net, 🎵 📼 this came to mind.

When all is said and done and after it’s all come together I’ll come back and explain in the comments.

If you can’t wait - there’s a clue in both audio and visual.

Until then. Enjoy …

LATER

1st February

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I learned about a 🎵musical 🎻 instrument museum through a Substack a couple of weeks ago. I’m a sucker for that ‘kind’ of museum.

Imagine my delight to discover that in another couple of weeks, when we have moved into our new digs, it will be just a 6 minute walk to visit.

There’s 📼🎵 something in the air. Anybody else feeling it?

It started happening last week. All good.

But .. not all good apparently 😖

I tried to find a post on my site to link to - #FAIL.

This is the message

2024-01-23 11:34:07 Error: Error building site: open content/2022/01/01/the-first-message.md: no such file or directory

🖇️ But it is there

Gnashing teeth.

Talk about a downer!

If you are reading this post on my site, you will see that this link is rendered as an embedded video at the bottom of the post. (THANKYOU @rknightuk]. It will render just fine - unless the video owner wants you to watch it over on YouTube (and to be fair - there are very good reasons for that). If that happens, click on the link above and you will be taken to YouTube. The 'error' is only because the creator wants you to got to YouTube to watch it. That said - on rare occasions, it might actually be broken. If it is - sorry about that - try sending me an email and I will check if I made an error.

 

🎵 Hadn’t heard this for years. Still love it.

📼 Streetband - Toast