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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Sep 9

Kitchen Listening #37. Big Star. Cult classic sounds of the 70's. A nice set of dinner music.
* Big Star #1, 1972
* Radio City, 1974
* Third/Sister Lovers, 1978
* Live at Lafayette's Music Room 1973, 2009
#ClassicRock #RockNRoll #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #BigStar

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 29

Kitchen Listening #36. The Moody Blues. Four more classic albums. Made for a nice recent morning listening session.
* Every Good Boy Deserves a Favour, 1971
* Seventh Sojourn, 1972
* Octave, 1978
* Long Distance Voyager, 1981
#ClassicRock #RockNRoll #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #MoodyBlues

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 26

Book Shelf #182. St Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street by Ada Calhoun, 2015. An amazing cultural history of a street in NY's East Village. I really liked the oral history aspect of the book. Very entertaining and socially relevant. Finished it last night. #books #booksky #NYC

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 26

This Clapton set...
* Eric Clapton, 1970
* Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, 1970
* Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert, 1973
* 461 Ocean Boulevard, 1974

G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 26

Kitchen Listening #35. Eric Clapton albums from the early 70s made for a wonderful afternoon today while getting some painting done. I saw him perform twice. Derek & The Dominoes in 1970 and solo in 1974. Never saw Cream... damn it.
#ClassicRock #RockNRoll #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #EricClapton

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 25

We certainly need to do a better job with everything like healthcare, education, crime, housing, climate change, corporate welfare, etc, etc.

G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 25

Book Shelf #181. Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, 2025.
Recently read this unique perspective on our world and everyone should read this interesting book as we pass through the current trump dystopia.. it was like rethinking liberal dem everything.
#books #booksky #democracy #politics

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 24

This first set of four albums was awesome and really brought back some memories. I hadn't listened to these records all the way through in many years. More to come.
* Days of Future Passed, 1967
* In Search of the Lost Chord, 1968
* On the Threshold of a Dream, 1969
* A Question of Balance, 1970

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 24

Kitchen Listening #34. The Moody Blues. 4 classic albums from 1967-1970. A very intense fascinating band. I did get to see them live a couple of times. Once in a small club and later in a large festival setting. Both in the late 1960's.
#ClassicRock #RockNRoll #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #MoodyBlues

Days of Future Passed, 1967
In Search of the Lost Chord, 1968
On the Threshold of a Dream, 1969
A Question of Balance, 1970

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 23

I was a big Rod Stewart and Faces fan during the early to mid 70's. The last album I got from him aside from this set was in 1975. As much as I liked those albums of Rod Stewart in the 70s there is something very raw and exciting about this box set. Another great collection from Rhino Records.

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 23

Kitchen Listening #33. Five Guys Walk Into A Bar. A Faces 4 CD box set that includes tracks from their four albums along with many rarities, non-album singles, BBC sessions, etc. A great Rod Stewart five hour listening experience.
#ClassicRock #RockNRoll #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Faces #RodStewart

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 13

Book Shelf #180. Lynch on Lynch by David Lynch, 1997. Read this amazing film memoir recently after his passing. I saw all of his movies. Got his albums too. It was interesting to read what he had to say about his films over the years.
#DavidLynch #filmsky #moviesky #booksky #cinema #filmnoir #book

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 12

Book Shelf #179. Music History. Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY and the Lost Story of 1970 by David Brown, 2011. Just read this fascinating story of four iconic albums from 1970. It was also a very important year in my life at 18.
#musicsky #books #booksky #music

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 11

* Can't Buy A Thrill, 1972
* Countdown To Ecstasy, 1973
* Pretzel Logic, 1974
* Katy Lied, 1975
* The Royal Scam, 1976

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 11

Kitchen Listening #32. Relaxing with some early Steely Dan. I got these albums as they were released in the early to mid 70's and played them a lot back in the day. It was nice to spin these five today and I'll play some more tomorrow.
#ClassicRock #RockNRoll #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #SteelyDan

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 10

* Native Sense with Chick Corea, 1997
* Like Minds with Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Pat Metheny and Roy Haynes, 1998
* Gary Burton Collection, 1996
* ECM Selected Recordings: Rarum, 2002

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 10

Kitchen Listening #31. More Gary Burton on the vibes. I enjoyed the first set so much I had to keep going. I do have a lot of his albums in my collection so why not. So here are a couple of later albums and a couple of collections. Sounds wonderful.
#music #MusicSky #musicbluesky #jazz #JazzSky

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 10

* Crystal Silence with Chick Corea, 1972
* Gary Burton & Kieth Jarrett, 1971
* Matchbox with Ralph Towner, 1974
* Dreams So Real, 1975

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Aug 8

Kitchen Listening #30. Gary Burton with 4 albums from the early 70's in my collection. I've always loved the vibraphone sounds of Gary Burton and that he played with so many different jazz artists too. I saw him live with Chick Corea in a small club. 74
#music #MusicSky #musicbluesky #jazz #JazzSky

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · May 2

Trump is replacing Veterans Day with “Victory Day for World War I,” taking away the honor of the day from millions veterans.

Trump plans to change Veterans Day into ‘Victory Day for World War I’

Veterans Day has been a federal holiday since 1938, honoring the contributions of American military personnel.

www.militarytimes.com

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VoteVets @votevets.org · May 2

Veterans Day began as Armistice Day, honoring the end of World War I—then it was changed to honor ALL who served.

Now Trump wants to rename it. Reframe it. Twist it into a tribute to conquest.

Veterans don’t need rewritten history. They need respect—and the benefits they earned.

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Apr 24

Vinyl Spins #101. Dub Housing - Pere Ubu, 1979. RIP David Thomas. I had to spin one of my favorite Pere Ubu albums this morning. I'll listen to a few more later.
#music #vinyl #vinylrecords #MusicSky #nowspinning #rock #NewWave

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Apr 22

Film Favorites. Random Pick #44. The Last Detail, 1973. This movie was released about a week or so before I got out of the Navy. I saw it shortly after and had read the novel a couple of years earlier. Liked Jack Nicholson movies during those years.
#filmsky #movies #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge

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G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Apr 22

The author Peter Lovesey came to my attention when he recently passed away. I've wanted to read his detective series but just hadn't. Now that I've read the first book of the Peter Diamond series I'm hooked. It was a fantastic book.

G-Sphere Sounding @geoemery51.bsky.social · Apr 22

Book Shelf #178. Crime Mystery Favorites. The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey, 1991. I just finished this novel today and gave it 5 stars on Goodreads. This was my first book by this author and I'm looking forward to reading many more in this series.
#books #booksky #CrimeNovel #noir #mystery

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