#4333-4334 re Mellencamp

I kind of liked John Cougar. Then Mellencamp. But I was listening to Freedom's Road yesterday and heard these lyrics for the 1st time:

"I'm navigating my way down Freedom's Road
Trying to make my way back home
I got my foot to the floor
But she must need bleeding
This car just don't want to roll"

WTF?? You don't have to know a lot about cars to know that there is nothing you can bleed that will make the car go faster. Lost a lot of respect for JM there. Sounds like something Steve Miller would have written.

NIN - Pretty Hate Machine...been awhile.

Still holds up for me.

they're very moving songs.

don't go out of your way. there's a ton of stuff out there made for each of us.

Never really realized there was so much dislike for JCM. I liked his self-titled album ("John Cougar") but pretty much stopped listening to him after that. Too much Top 40. Fast forward to somewhere around 10 years ago and I bought a used copy of his greatest hits for like $3.00. Forgot he had so many "hits" and kinda, sorta got into it. Maybe not enough to go back and buy his catalog but enough to put him on every once in a great while. I now take his music for what it is, an artist that found commercial success and stuck to the formula. Like Frankie said, there's a ton of stuff out there so lots to go around.

Frank Sinatra - May 22, 1968 - Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA

Don't listen to Ol' Blue Eyes enough.

Jane's Addiction...Nothing Shocking....I'd put in Porno for Pyros, but found it mostly irritating....everything's better now

Jim Carroll Band - Catholic Boy

Eric Clapton - Slowhand in the Garden - April 27, 1987 - Madison Square Garden, NYC, NY

Jimi Hendrix - Astro Man, Discs 1& 2

Next, next Monday the 18th marks 47 years since his passing.

78 F / 70% RH / weather app says 0 mph but that's gotta be off. WAG at 10, if not a little more

Van Morrison - selected cuts from "Too Long in Exile" (...love the cuts with John Lee Hooker...) and "Days Like This."

78 F / 70% RH / 4 mph

Laughter, Love & Music - Nov. 3, 1991 - Polo Fields, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA

Jimi Hendrix - Aug. 30, 1970 - Blue Wild Angel - Isle of Wight

Van Halen - Self-Titled

I got yardwork to do!

Steve Wilson - To The Bone

Porcupine Tree is pretty much all Steve...



After yardwork I have some NFL to watch...tunes cranked!

Jimi Hendrix - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

47 years

80 F / 61% RH / 15 mph

Missed E-Town. Hoping to make their Red Rocks show in 2018.

Here's a throwback for the old Ginger Baker Fans. Recently found this original double vinyl album in pristine condition from and old radio station at a record shop in Estes, CO for $20.
Thought you might appreciate Conan.

Ginger Baker's Air Force

If it's the album I'm thinking, it had w-a-y cool artwork. 🍺

Back when the design for an album was an artform, along with the music. Simply listen to the percussion by Ginger. He was a genius.

Watch the documentary - Beware of Mr. Baker