Sensory Dispensary
“The record you didn’t know you needed is what I am listening to in the other room.”
“The record you didn’t know you needed is what I am listening to in the other room.”
Finding a gem like this is why I wanted to do this challenge. I knew the radio hits but honestly had never gone deeper than that with War. I regret that now that as this was outstanding. In the instrumentals I heard some Traffic and…
This was completely new to me. I have heard of The Beau Brummels but had no idea what to expect. It’s pretty interesting musically, sort of a psychedelic folk rock, but the vocals were a big detraction. The singer has a trill in his voice…
Christine and the queens is a pseudonym for French singer / songwriter Rahim Redcar. I was not at all familiar with this when I got the assigned album – Chris. With my promise to myself to listen to at least the first minute of each…
Some people say Steely Dan is boring. Fuck that noise. The only thing boring about Steely Dan is trying to be clever when writing yet another 5 star review for a Steely Dan album. They got the Steely Dan T-Shirt Love the fuzzy guitar solo…
There’s something about this line, and the amazing delivery by Jeff Buckley that just slays me, every time I listen to this song. My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder I mean, what would you rather trade a kingdom for, a horse?
When I started this challenge I decided not to read anything about what albums are included or the criteria for inclusion. With that said, I have no qualms about this remarkable Jeff Buckley album being included in this list as I believe no life is…
Saddened to hear about the passing of George Wendt, far too young at 76. The rest of the world may think of him as Norm, but to me he’ll always be Fat Sam. No, free junk. That’s it…
I originally called these posts The Daily Dose but as it turns out I am not going to do these daily so I needed a new name. A handy thesaurus to the rescue and I introduce you to The Desultory Dose. Desultory means lacking a…
It was very interesting to listen to this album by Taylor Swift because even though I have only heard a few songs from it out in the world, I am really familiar with these songs because I have listened to the Ryan Adams recreated version…
For some reason I don’t often just put on Jimi Hendrix albums even though he will play in my mixes. I have listened, and liked, but the urge just doesn’t seem to hit me. Listening to this I think I understand why. While I love…
I have listened to Parliament in the past but usually it’s been Maggot Brain so I wasn’t really familiar with this one. That will change as this is incredible stuff here. Start to finish it’s got more funk per minute than anything has a right…
We listened to this album by Q-Tip on our way back to Santa Fe from Abiquiu and even the driver who does like hip-hop said she was tired of it and put on a Classic Rock Road Trip playlist. I am conceding that generally hip-hop…
Having listened to this from a-ha, I can finally mark as completed the task “decide if I like Norwegian synth-pop” that has been sitting on my to-do list for the last 40 years. Apparently the answer is no.
I wasn’t familiar with today’s album by D’Angelo. I can’t wait until I finish this in three years so I can read the book this challenge is based on to see what the criteria for inclusion is. Anyway, I thought he had a decent enough…
In 1982, fourteen year old me listened to some heavy metal and this album was certainly required if you wanted to be a freshman in highschool. Thankfully I soon decided that my musical tastes were non-negotiable and I moved on to better things. I seem…
