Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 17 - Cluster - Sowiesoso

More boring electronic noodling. They added some talking and animal noises this time. Even as background sound, there is better stuff out there.

Set List - April 25, 2011

Coltrane, John - I Wish I Knew - Ballads - Impulse!
Coltrane, John - Ascension (part II) - Ascension - Impulse!
Shepp, Archie and Max Roach - Sweet Mao - 3. Le Commencement - Force - Uniteledis
Moncur, Grachan III - Air Raid - Evolution - Blue Note
Moncur, Grachan III - Gnostic - Some Other Stuff - Blue Note
Byrd, Donald - Slow Drag - Slow Drag - Blue Note
Sugarman Three - Double Back - Soul Donkey - Desco
McCoy, Freddie - Listen Here - Listen Here - Prestige
Smith, Lonnie - When The Night Is Right - Afrodesia - Blue Note
Lee, John & Gerry Brown - Rise On - Infinite Jones - Keytone
Brackeen, Charles - Charles Concept - Rhythm X - Strata-East

Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 16 - Cluster - Zuckerzeit

Electronic bloops and bleeps that really did not do anything for me at all.

Pink Floyd - April 22, 1971

Pink Floyd
Norwich Lads Club
Norwich, England
April 22, 1971

No known recording.

Set List - April 18, 2011

Ellington, Duke & John Coltrane - Big Nick - Duke Ellington and John Coltrane - Impulse!
Coltrane, John - Soul Eyes - Dakar - Prestige
The Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman - Lonely Woman - Atlantic
Hill, Andrew - Black Monday - Andrew!!! - Blue Note
Percival, Norman and His Orchestra - Waterloo Sunset - Wonderland By Night - Reader's Digest
Moncur, Grachan III - When - New Africa - BYG
Willette, Baby Face - Bantu Penda - Mo' Roc - Argo
Sugarman Three - Sock Monkey - Sugar's Boogaloo - Desco
Sugarman Three - Modern Jive - Pure Cane Sugar - Daptone
Smith, Johnny 'Hammond' - Clemente - Look Out! - New Jazz
Fields, Lee - Problems - Problems - Soul Fire
Damn Sam The Miracle Man and The Soul Congregation - Smash - Damn Sam the Miracle Man and the Soul Congregation - Tay-Ster
The Mighty Imperials - Duck Hunt - Thunder Chicken - Daptone
Shades Of Brown - Lie Number Two - S.O.B. - Cadet
Amy, Curtis - A Soulful Bee, A Soulful Rose - Way Down - Pacific Jazz
Mount Everest Trio - No Hip Shit - Waves From Albert Ayler - Atavistic

Pink Floyd - April 16, 1971

Pink Floyd
The Rank Suite
Doncaster, England
April 16, 1971

No known recording.

The Budos Band and Charles Bradley at the Beachland Ballroom

Unfortunately, due to a gig that I was playing at the Happy Dog on the same night, I missed a good chunk of this gig. What I saw was fantastic and very inspiring. It's got to be tough to keep such a big band going. Also, I had no idea that the Budos Band had such a large jam band following. There were more than a few white reggae dudes at this show and that's always troubling.

Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 15 - Cluster - Cluster II

Like being hit in the head with a brick and just lying there for awhile. Or taking a short walk through a cavernous and echoing empty space. Cover art suits the music.

No Logo - Naomi Klein

Because I am always behind the times and do not follow the trends, I just read this book about modern production, marketing, and consumption processes now. Probably not that big of a deal because, besides getting side-swiped by 09.11.01, I'm guessing not much has changed. Or, you know, it did not all of the sudden get magically better. In any event, knowing how the world works is important if you want to do something about it or if you just want to operate efficiently in the world as it exists. I was teasing, while reading this book, that this book was the best book that I had ever read about any topic - ever. I was just kidding around but, still, this book was pretty good.

Two quotes from the book:

" . . . while wandering his mind during his last illness." p. 263

"If we tell them all companies are guilty, they will feel they can do nothing." p. 423

Cleveland Confidential Book Tour at the Rock Hall

Cheetah Chrome (Rocket From The Tombs, Dead Boys, Batusis)
Mike Hudson (The Pagans)
Bob Pfeifer (Human Switchboard, Tabby Chinos, former Senior Vice President A&R/Epic/Sony Records and President of Hollywood Records)
David Thomas (Rocket From The Tombs and Pere Ubu)

I told Cheetah Chrome when I bumped into him at the Hyatt at the Old Arcade the next day that I wished that David Thomas would have not talked so much because I would have like to have heard what Mike Hudson and he had to say.

Have you seen the youtube clip of the drunk guy falling on Mike Hudson at one of these readings?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n15regtBaTI

Have you seen the picture of Dave Atkins of the New Salem Witch Hunters asking questions? It's in here:

http://rockhall.com/photo-gallery/the-cleveland-confidential-boo/

Set List - April 11, 2011

Tchicai, John - Afrodisiaca - Afrodisiaca - MPS
Thornton, Clifford - Speak With Your Echo (And Call This Dialogue) - Ketchaoua - BYG
Braxton, Anthony - The Light On The Dalta - Anthony Braxton - BYG
Morgan, Lee - Roccus - Indeed! - Blue Note
Timmons, Bobby - The Party's Over - This Here Is Bobby Timmons - Riverside
McNeir, Ronnie - Extra, Extra - Ronnie McNeir - RCA
Williams, Andre - Andre's Thang - Movin On: Greasy and Explicit Soul Movers 1956-1970 - Vampi Soul
Payne, Freda - Unhooked Generation - Band of Gold - Invictus
3 Pieces - Concrete Jungle - Vibes Of Truth - Fantasy
Little Beaver - Concrete Jungle - When Was the Last Time - Cat
The Fatback Band - Concrete Jungle - 14 Karat - Polydor
The Budos Band - Ghost Walk - The Budos Band - Daptone
Bradley, Charles and The Bullets - Now That I'm Gone - Daptone 7 Inch Singles Collection Vol. 2 - Daptone
The Budos Band - Smoke Gets In - The Budos Band EP - Daptone

Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 14 - Can - Delay 1968

Another almost rocking outing from Can. There were times that they reminded me of the Velvet Underground. That's not a bad thing.

Set List - April 4, 2011

Coltrane, John - Crescent - At Temple University 1966 - Boot
Rotary Connection - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun - Hey Love - Cadet
The Dave Pike Set - Rabbi Mogen's Hideout - Infra-Red - MPS
Lewis, Ramsey - Up In Yonder - Back To The Roots - Cadet
Brown, Odell - Tasha - Odell Brown - Paula
Brown, Odell - Come Together - Free Delivery - Cadet
Hathaway, Donny - I Believe To My Soul - Everything Is Everything - Atco
Afrique - House Of Rising Funk - Soul Makossa - Mainstream
Jones, Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" - Sweetback - Sweetback - Joka
The MG's - Frustration - The MG's - Stax
Bo Diddley - Black Soul - The Black Gladiator - Checker
Prince - #1 - Loring Park Sessions - Boot
Smith, Lonnie - I Feel the Earth Move - Mama Wailer - Kudu
Jackson, Melvin - Bold & Black - Funky Skull - Limelight
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - The Boogie Back - Change Up The Groove - Polydor
The Budos Band - Ride or Die - The Budos Band II - Daptone

Pink Floyd - April 3, 1971

Pink Floyd
Sportpaleis Ahoy
Rotterdam, Netherlands
April 3, 1971

Astronomy Domine
Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Fat Old Sun
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Cymbaline
The Embryo
A Saucerful Of Secrets
Atom Heart Mother

Great version of "Atom Heart Mother" to end this show. The orchestra and chorus were mixed perfectly with the band. Also, I think they were jumping into "Echoes" at some point during "Atom Heart Mother," but, then again, it could have just been my imagination.

Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 13 - Can - Ege Bamyasi

I think I like Can better among all of these Krautrock bands because they are still, in its most basic form, a rock band, and I like rock music.