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.”
This album by Portishead did absolutely nothing for me. It’s a nothing album that I played and I barely recognized that it was playing and I didn’t realize when it ended. There was an occasional unpleasant scratchy dog barking like noise that would get my…
After Murmur and Fables, Green is third in my top 3 R.E.M. albums. When it’s great, it’s really great and even when it isn’t really great, it’s pretty great. I’ve always liked “Turn You Inside-Out” so that is my feature for today. To learn more…
I had never heard of this before but I listened and I am not really sure what it is or how to describe it and I think I hated it but I didn’t skip through any of it and I think I might listen to…
Today was the day we saw the remastered Pink Floyd at Pompeii at our somewhat local IMAX. I’ll post my review tomorrow but Gina’s more diligent about her grateful nightcap posts so I thought I would share her thoughts tonight in the interim.
Not being at all familiar with this band or album, I wasn’t sure what to expect from a band named Primal Scream, and the unexpected is exactly what I got. Screamadelica is an audio cornucopia of an album, it’s overflowing with an assortment of different…
This was a fun record to listen to, probably because it’s obvious they were having fun making it. It’s swinging and joyous and oh boy the trumpet playing is fantastic. I am familiar with a lot of the songs because of remakes by contemporary artists…
I can absolutely appreciate that different types of music can connect with different people and honestly that’s sort of the coolest thing about music for me – the discovery – finding what affects me and allows me to really connect with it. When I read…
We are pretty loyal to our local neighborhood pizza place. We’re fans of the real Chicago thin crust tavern style pizza (cut in to squares) that we get there. Sometimes though (just sometimes…) we like to take advantage of the fact we have a Lou…
From the iconic self introduction through the ending visit to Greystone Chapel, we get an intimate tour of life at Folsom Prison through the eyes of Johnny Cash. The album isn’t just a perfect representation of prison life though, it also serves as a perfect…
I liked a bit of this, there were some nice instrumental sections that were jams – celtic folk jams but jams nonetheless. It’s really just not my thing though, I guess. To learn more about the 1001 Albums Project, I first wrote about it here.
In between listens I always remember liking this album more than I actually do. It’s got some really good stuff but the misses are big, and Immigrant Song is quite possibly the worst thing they ever did, although I imagine The Crunge would maybe like…
What an amazing voice, so strong and forceful but with nuance and soul and a crackle. The band is great and she is great and the album is great. For me, her version of Kris Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee” is the star here. I…
I have really only heard a few songs by Billy Bragg prior to listening to this album, other than the Mermaid Avenue stuff with Wilco. I liked this a lot, it’s full of protest songs and country songs and a phenomenal cover of “The Tracks…
Fee has moved on from her pillows to a new spot. Gina has been cutting up some cardboard boxes for a craft project and Fee has moved right in to one of them. She sleeps there all the time now. and often times she will…
I like R.E.M. a lot and have ever since I first heard “Radio Free Europe” on WXRT in 1983. I have mixed feelings about this album though. One one hand I dislike “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite” and “Man On The Moon” so much that I…
