Set List - April 30, 2012

Murray, David - Joanne's Green Satin Dress - Flowers for Albert - India Navigation
Murray, David - Santa Barbara And Crenshaw Follies - Live At The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club - India Navigation
Lewis, Ramsey - Eternal Journey - Maiden Voyage - Cadet
Lewis, Ramsey - Bold And Black - Another Voyage - Cadet
Lewis, Ramsey - Uhuru - Another Voyage - Cadet
Shaw, Woody - Love Dance - Woody Shaw Live, Vol. 1 - High Note
Kloss, Eric - Children of the Morning - To Hear is to See! - Prestige
Kloss, Eric - Cynara - To Hear is to See! - Prestige
Kloss, Eric - Sunshine Superman - Consciousness! - Prestige
Martino, Pat - Consciousness - Consciousness - Muse
Benson, George - Top of the World - Body Talk - CTI
Farrell, Joe - Bass Folk Song - Moon Germs - CTI

Pink Floyd - April 29, 1972

Pink Floyd
The Spectrum
Philadelphia, PA
April 29, 1972

Opened - September 30, 1967
Closed - October 31, 2009
Demolished - November 23, 2010 - May 2011

Capacity for Concerts - 18,369

Huge venue for Pink Floyd at this point in their career.

Information here:

http://www.rememberthespectrum.com/default.asp

List of concerts and tickets from this venue (but not this gig) here:

http://denparrish.com/spectrum.html

Pink Floyd - April 28, 1972

Pink Floyd
Auditorium Theater
Chicago, IL
April 28, 1972

Pink Floyd - April 26-27, 1972

Pink Floyd
Ford Auditorium
Detroit, MI
April 26 – 27, 1972

Speak to Me
Breathe
On the Run
Time
Breathe (Reprise)
The Great Gig in the Sky
Money
Us and Them
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse
One of These Days
Careful with That Axe, Eugene
Echoes
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Blues

Boot is from April 27, 1972.

Pink Floyd - April 25, 1972

Pink Floyd
Allen Theatre
Cleveland, OH
April 25, 1972

Pink Floyd - April 24, 1972

Pink Floyd
Sports Arena
Toledo, OH
April 24, 1972

Pink Floyd - April 23, 1972

Pink Floyd
Music Hall
Cincinnati, OH
April 23, 1972

Set List - April 23, 2012

Human Arts Ensemble - A Lover's Desire - Under The Sun - Universal Justice
Lake, Oliver - Owshet - Heavy Spirits - Arista/Freedom
Lake, Oliver - Africa - Ntu: Point From Which Creation Begins - Arista/Freedom
Carroll, Baikida E. J. - Forest Scorpion - Orange Fish Tears - Palm
Davis, Miles - Footprints - Village Gate 1969 - Boot
Corea, Chick - Sundance - Sundance - Groove Merchant
Owens, Jimmy - Chicago Light Green - No Escaping It - Polydor
Bartz, Gary - Straight Street - Ju Ju Man - Catalyst
Shaw, Woody - Katrina Ballerina - The Moontrane - Muse

Pink Floyd - April 22, 1972

Pink Floyd
Akron Civic Theatre
Akron, OH
April 22, 1972

Pink Floyd - April 21, 1972

Pink Floyd
Lyric Theater
Baltimore, MD
April 21, 1972

The venue is now a part of the Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric.  Muck Fodell.  No known recording.

Pink Floyd - April 20, 1972

Pink Floyd
Stanley Theater
Pittsburgh, PA
April 20, 1972

For info on this venue:

http://mondaymorningjazzandblues.blogspot.com/2011/11/pink-floyd-november-19-1971.html

Inherent Vice - Thomas Pynchon

A crime/detective novel set in Los Angeles, CA in the late sixties with a load of music references.  An easy read by Thomas Pynchon's standards.  He mentions "The Pipers at the Gates of Dawn."  I liked it.

Pink Floyd - April 18, 1972

Pink Floyd
Memorial Arts Center
Atlanta, GA
April 18, 1972

The venue is now known as the Woodruff Arts Center.  No known recording.

Pink Floyd - April 16, 1972

Pink Floyd
Township Auditorium
Columbia, SC
April 16, 1972

A nice smaller venue with a capacity of 3,099. A couple of the pictures are from a Frank Zappa website. He also played here in 1972.

Breathe in the Air
The Travel Section
Time
Breathe Reprise
The Mortality Sequence
Money
Us and Them
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
One of These Days
Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Echoes
Atom Heart Mother

Set List - April 16, 2012

Human Arts Ensemble - Whisper of Dharma - Whisper of Dharma - Universal Justice
Braxton, Anthony - My Funny Valentine - What's New in the Tradition - SteepleChase
McLean, Jackie - Zimbabwe - Dynasty - Triloka
McLean, Jackie - Sweet Love of Mine - Demon's Dance - Blue Note
Shaw, Woody - Spiderman Blues - Setting Standards - Muse
Shaw, Woody - Symmetry - The Iron Men - Muse
Jefferson, Eddie - Freedom Jazz Dance - Things Are Getting Better - Muse
Blackrock - Bad Cloud Overhead - 7" - Select-O-Hit
Green, Al - I'm Still in Love With You - I'm Still in Love With You - Hi
Green, Al - Here I Am (Come And Take Me) - Call Me - Hi
Terry, Buddy - Kamili - A Loud Minority : Deep Spiritual Jazz From Mainstream Records - BGP
Foster, Frank - The Loud Minority - A Loud Minority : Deep Spiritual Jazz From Mainstream Records - BGP

Pink Floyd - April 15, 1972

Pink Floyd
Hollywood Sportatorium
Pembroke Pines, FLA
April 15, 1972

At the time, I guess this was the only big place for concerts in southern Florida. No air conditioning. Torn down in 1993.

There is a bootleg of this show out there but I could not get my hands on it due to the crackdown on the internet. No downloads anywhere and I'm not going to start bit torrenting again. I just don't have the time. Following Pink Floyd around on tour forty years ago has been fun but, in light of the difficulties posed in getting boots and the fact that my favorite period of Pink Floyd was pre-Darkside, this hobby may be coming to an end. I like looking at where Pink Floyd played, but it's going to be bigger venues from here on out and there really is less fun in that. We'll see, but I'm probably winding down here.

Pre-Darkside Pink Floyd forever, please.

Pink Floyd - April 14, 1972

Pink Floyd
Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory
Tampa, FLA
April 14, 1972

No known recording.

Conversations With David Foster Wallace - edited by Stephen J. Burn

Most of this book is newspaper articles that were written around the time that "Infinite Jest" was published or shortly after. Did you know that "Infinite Jest" is 1,079 pages long? If you did not know that before reading this book, you do now. Almost every article mentions the length of "Infinite Jest." Reading this, I was reminded again to read some of the writers that David Foster Wallace liked but, otherwise, this book was not terribly insightful. I guess David Foster Wallace did not like Hunter Thompson. Imagine that? All of the interviews seemed very locked in to the time when they happened, which is in the nineties. It all seems very ten years ago to me and I've moved passed it.

Set List - April 9, 2012

Mitchell, Blue - Deeper in Black - Collision in Black - Blue Note
Mitchell, Blue - Good Humor Man - Heads Up! - Blue Note
Mitchell, Blue - Blue Dashiki - Bantu Village - Blue Note
Mitchell, Blue - Granite and Concrete - Blue's Blues - Mainstream
Mitchell, Blue - Soul Village - Blue Mitchell (AKA Soul Village) - Mainstream
Mitchell, Blue - P.T. Blues - Last Tango = Blues - Mainstream
Mitchell, Blue - Dorado - Graffiti Blues - Mainstream
Tolliver, Charles - Effi - Live In Tokyo - Strata-East
Mobley, Hank - Suite (Thinking Of Home/The Flight/Home At Last) - Thinking of Home - Blue Note
MacDermot, Galt - Black Enough - Cotton Comes to Harlem - United Artists
MacDermot, Galt - Coffee Cold - Shapes Of Rhythm - Kilmarnock
MacDermot, Galt - Cathedral - Woman is Sweeter - Kilmarnock
Sons of Slum - Right On - The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles Vol. 3: 1972-1975 - Stax
Black Nasty - Gettin' Funky 'Round Here - The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles Vol. 3: 1972-1975 - Stax
Hayes, Isaac - Theme from The Men [Instrumental] - The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles Vol. 3: 1972-1975 - Stax
Taylor, Johnnie - I Believe in You (You Believe in Me) - The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles Vol. 3: 1972-1975 - Stax
Foxx, Inez - Crossing over the Bridge - The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles Vol. 3: 1972-1975 - Stax
Chandler, Gene - Hey, Little Angel - The Gene Chandler Situation - Mercury
Black Heat - Zimba Ku - V/A - Right On! - Warner Music UK Ltd.
Wright, Charles - Soul Train - V/A - Right On! - Warner Music UK Ltd.
Purple Image - Living in the Ghetto - Purple Image - Map City

Marquee Moon - Bryan Waterman

A very well-researched historical account of the time and place that produced this highly influencial record. I've been a fan of this album for over twenty years. It's playing in my head now as I type this. I just sent an email to a guy I used to work for who hipped me to this album as a teenager, thanking him. Thanks, Dave.

Set List - April 2, 2012

Dolphy, Eric - In the Blues (1-2-3) - Eric Dolphy in Europe - Volume 3 - Prestige
Dolphy, Eric - Laura - Status - Prestige
Dolphy, Eric - Don't Blame Me - Status - Prestige
Mann, Herbie - Memphis Underground - Memphis Underground - Atlantic
Shepp, Archie - There's a Trumpet in My Soul (Part 1) - There's a Trumpet in My Soul - Arista
Shepp, Archie - Things Have Got To Change (Parts 1 & 2) - Things Have Got To Change - Impluse!
Laws, Ronnie - Life in Paradise - Friends and strangers - Blue Note
MFSB - Love is the Message - Love is the Message - TSOP
Darondo - How I Got Over - Let My People Go - Luv 'N' Haight
Darondo - Let My People Go - Let My People Go - Luv 'N' Haight