88/1001: Cream, Disraeli Gears (1967) Eric Clapton, like American filter coffee, is definitely a lot better with Cream. #VinylSky #1001Albums #NowPlaying
#NowPlaying #OperaSky Berlioz' 5-act grand opera, Les troyens. Colin Davis/LSO 2000 Barbican live recording. At 26 seconds shy of 4 hours long it's safe to say I'll be pacing myself.
87/1001: Love, Forever Changes (1967) She: "You said you would love me forever!" He: "Well, forever changes."' The broken vase on the back cover says everything, as does the music, about the mass delusion of 1967 "flower power" An album for the ages #VinylSky #1001Albums #NowPlaying
#NowPlaying #OperaSky Die Walküre (DG). Family therapy was clearly not an option in the house of Wotan.
It's #PowerPopFriday! #NowPlaying: Fabulous Poodles, Unsuitable (1978) #VinylSky #PowerPop Once upon a time this was John Peel's favourite band
86/1001: Tim Buckley, Goodbye and Hello (1967) #VinylSky #1001Albums Yellow is an underrated colour
Rupert Brooke. Britain's original pretty boy. Some people can wear anything. One suspects the fragrant lady of the house may have had a hand in it. #Grantchester #GardenParty
#NowPlaying Just casually listening to Das Rheingold, as one does. #OperaSky #Wagner
85/1001: The Monkees, Headquarters (1967) They actually played their own instruments on this one. My copy was previously owned by "Errol", thanks Errol #VinylSky #1001Albums #NowPlaying
84/1001: The Beau Brummels, Triangle (1967) #1001Albums Released two years after their performance on The Flintstones as the Beau Brummelstones #VinylSky #1001Albums
#NowPlaying The Ladies Man (1961) Jerry Lewis at his most unhinged. I love it #FilmSky
#OperaSky #NowPlaying Fidelio, Otto Klemperer on EMI (recorded 1962) A Fourth of July reminder, courtesy of Beethoven: tyranny never gets the last aria.
It's #PowerPopFriday! #NowPlaying: The Pinkees (1982) #VinylSky #PowerPop Great Beatleque power pop songs. But when 'Danger Games' inexplicably jumped into the UK Top 10 after stalling at #27 it was formally flagged as benefitting from a chart-rigging scheme. And that was it for The Pinkees.
Metsochism: reading about the Mets while on holiday from the Mets #MetsSky
Actually it's MY birthday today. We'll be watching the #Mets and playing Rock Em Sock Em Robots on the front lawn
In other news, I'm not sure this particular Gautier translation by Agnes Lee has stood the test of time 🤨 ... 😬 ... 😅 Reader, yes, I am twelve.
Just heard from the Beeb that David Hockney is gone. He left his colours with us. Thank you, David Hockney.
Picked up a cheap copy of this recently on account of a certain single track on it. IYKYK #NowPlaying #VinylSky
It's #PowerPopFriday! #NowPlaying: Marshall Crenshaw (1982) AM radio dreams in the age of FM. "There She Goes Again," "Someday, Someway," ... solid side one start to this debut #VinylSky #PowerPop
Now Playing: La Notte / The Night (1961) No one depicted life inside the collapse better than Antonioni. #FilmSky