Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 30 - Harmonia - Musik Von Harmonia

File this in the records I won't listen to again category. Ambient electronic noodling. I am tying to understand why so many of these records got any run at all in the first place.

John Coltrane at Leo's Casino

Today is the last day but you still have time to make it down to Leo's Casino for what promises to be a memorable performance by Mr. Coltrane.

Set List - July 25, 2011

The Resonance Ensemble - Coal Marker (for Chris Marker) - Kafka in Flight - Not Two
Krupa, Gene and Buddy Rich - Drum Boogie - The Original Drum Battle - Verve
Rich, Buddy and Max Roach - Yesterdays - Rich Versus Roach - Mercury
Blakey, Art & the Jazz Messengers - Art's Revelation - At the Jazz Corner of the World - Volume 2 - Blue Note
Ammons, Gene - Till There Was You - Nice an' Cool - Moodsville
Stitt, Sonny - Memories of You - Stittsville - Royal Roost
Davis, Eddie "Lockjaw" and Shirley Scott - Just Friends - Misty - Moodsville
Jackson, Willis - Troubled Times - The Good Life - Prestige
Byrd, Donald - The Black Disciple - A New Perspective - Blue Note
Hancock, Herbie - Empty Pockets - Takin' Off - Blue Note
Lateef, Yusef - Eastern Market - Yusef Lateef's Detroit - Atlantic
Lateef, Yusef - Raymond Winchester - Yusef Lateef's Detroit - Atlantic

Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 29 - Guru Guru - UFO

Now we talkin' krautrock, baby! This is exactly what I think of when I think of the genre. Kind of heavy and spacey guitar rock freakouts that have a bit of Hawkwind in the mix. I dug this record - big time.

A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway

I re-read "A Farewell to Arms" in celebration of Ernest Hemingways' birthday. The version I read had this cover and was garbage-picked from a nicer house in my neighborhood. A previous reader annotated the book with underlining and insights such as "death" and "guilt." I enjoyed reading "A Farewell to Arms" more this time around than I did at age 16 but it was not a better book. Does that make sense?

Here I am on the front porch of the house where Hemingway was born in Oak Park, IL a few days ago. Old timey effect added by my wife. It's an old house, you know.

Set List - July 18, 2011

Jones, Elvin - Dido Afrique - The Prime Element/At This Point In Time - Blue Note
Jones, Elvin - Agenda - Poly-Currents - Blue Note
Morgan, Lee - Fire - Expoobident - Stateside
Morgan, Lee - Inner Passions Out - The Last Session - Blue Note
Morgan, Lee - Nommo - Live at the Lighthouse - Blue Note
Blakey, Art & The Jazz Messengers - Little Hughie - 'S Make It - Limelight
Blakey, Art & The Jazz Messengers - Freedom Monday - Soul Finger - Limelight
Blakey, Art & The Jazz Messengers - Between Races - Buttercorn Lady - Limelight
Blakey, Art & The Jazz Messengers - She Blew a Good Thing - Hold On I'm Coming - Limelight
The Whatnauts - Message From a Black Man - Introducing The Whatnauts - Stang
The Whatnauts - We Will Always Be Together - Reaching For The Stars - Stang
The Whatnauts - Corruption - Corruption - Stang
Fields, Lee - I'm a Millionaire - Let's Get A Groove On - Desco

Guided by Voices at the Pitchfork Music Festival

I had a good time in Chicago, IL. Got to see Smoking Steve and ride the train and run into Thurston Moore outside of Dusty Groove America. Good trip.