Brian - Some Comedy From the Murphy Boys

July 17, 2016, 11:45 am

I wanna get some more comedy out there, and I want to do somebody's complete work for once. So, I present everything I have from the Brothers Murphy. Two of these I've put up before, but I've replaced those links with these ones.

With Eddie, he's responsible for my love of standup comedy. I think I was 9 when I first saw his 1983 comedy special. As soon as I was old enough to find them, I had both of his cassette tapes. I must've played "Family Barbecue" hundreds of times. The files here also include his self-titled album from '82. These are classic comedy. Just try to glaze over the gay jokes.

EDDIE LINK 1 (NEW)
EDDIE LINK 2

In the last decade or so, Charlie has really taken up the mantle of being the funny one. Included here is the collection of his Chappelle Show stories (previously posted) as well as his only album I can find. The standup is great, though you can tell his voice was shot from touring. Both of these albums are in one file.

CHARLIE LINK

I said I was gonna "blacken" up the blog, and I guess nothing does it better than "Darkness!"...

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Been a while BUT

July 17, 2016, 4:57 pm

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Finally I have fucking internet service, complete story to come, but MY part of the blog (thanks to everyone who helped out!) will be resuming soon WITH a slamming new guest contributor, Madame Angela who is a bad-ass in EVERY sense of the word..........thanks for sticking around, thatnks to EVERYONE who helped out (there were many!) (especially Brian and Jonder!), but I hope to get things back to normal (or BETTER than that!) by tomorrow! Thanks for visitiong!

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The "real" Scott on various issues

July 18, 2016, 2:20 pm

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Ok....hello all......this stuff is the down but not out BigScott62.....I have been away for a while, and
am lucky that my contributors have stepped up and kept the blog alive.

Few random things I want to ramble about, first of which is the origination of my lack of Internet service. Well, here goes.....as some of you know, my wife of 30 years and myself have decided we are finished, plenty of blame both ways, mostly ammicable....we will always have a wonderful son together, which is the main accomplishment for both of us.

Anyway, a couple weeks ago, while our son was away visiting in alaska, and while I was at work, my wife came and took a bunch of furniture, aND ALSO SHUT OFF MY INTERNET/WIFI, which was much worse than the furniture.........she f ucking knew what this blog means to me, and rather than allow me to enjoy one small fraction of my life, decided to cut THAT off as well.

Well, I must say I had a LOT of trouble with Time Warner, getting reconnected, as of Friday 7/15 I have me connection back, finally.

I want you ALL to know, however, that in the downtime I have met someone very special.......her name is angie, but to the blog sphere she will be Madame Angela......she is quite knowledgeable on music, and will be writing and assisting on some future posts. Like to mention, as well, that I am TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH HER, at this point it's just fun to keep telling everyone.

THANKS SO MUC H to everyone who kept the blog afloat while I got it together.....Brian and Jonder especially, but Jose & the Spanish All-Star Blogger team, John n (buried in links!), Jon S, StudBoy, Clifff from the UK, and GODDAMN even Andie James and DAVE SEZ! WOW!

OK, lets back to posting some sounds......my first post back is a John N submission, live recordings from three bands that will likely draw interest here.

First we have The Fall, whom have been a hot topic around here for a spell, live at Reykjavik Iceland,
9/12/83.....having never heard this one, ought to be a good one. TRACK LIST: 01 Tempo House/02 The Classical/03 Eat Y'self Fitter/04 Hexen Definitive/05 I Feel Voxish/06 The man Whose Head Expanded/07 Garden/08 Kicker Conspiracy/09 Look, Know/10 Backdrop

Next up John N sends us a fab Keith Richards boot, "A Stone Alone", which I've also not heard and seems to come
from fairly recent sources........this one sounds way cool as well.....

TRACKLIST-01 Whole Lotta Shakin Going On/02 Say It's Not You/03 Don't/04 Blue Monday/05 Oh What
a Feeling/06 Sing Me Back Home/07 The Nearness Of You/08 Apartment No. 9/09 All I Have to Do Is Dream
/Key to the Highway/11 Worried Life Blues/12 Sing Me Back Home/13 She still Comes Around/14 Apartment N0.9
/15 Sing Me Back Home/16 Worried Life Blues/17 Apartment No. 9/18 Say It's Not You

And finally, buried under a zillion other links from link -God John N, "Live From Chicago park West,
1978"......I don't THINK this one was included in the batch I recently had up, so this may be fresh material for all of us anyway!

TRACKLIST-01 The Big Country/02 Warning Sign/03 The Book I Read/04 Stay Hungry/05 Artists Only/06 The Girls Want to be With the Girls/07 Don't Worry About the Governement/08 The Good Thing/09 Uh-Oh Love Comes/10 Love>>Building on Fire/11 New Feeling/12 Psycho Killer/13 Thank You For Sending me an Angel/14 Take Me to the River

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July 18, 2016, 3:50 pm

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(Scott) Ok, latest blog news is that of COURSE we can overcome THIS bump in the road, Jonder and
Briqn did an INCREDIBLE job of running the blog while I was out of commission, John N. continued to submit literally HUNDREDS of links, which I have yet to sort through (you'll be seeing a bunch of them).....while I was gond the MIGHTY Cliff stepped up with more reggae, even long-time contributors from WAYY back, DaveSez and Andie James (WHERE have you guys been? DO NOT be such strangers!) steppd up and contributed.......I still have some stuff that some bands have sent me that I want to put out there as well, and I REALLY hope that Jon S and Studkid will be bqck, they've been MIA for a while, and they are both tremendous contributors. I know others contributed while I was gone, MD Milner, and Jose and the Spanish Blogger All Star team to name a few.....thanks to you ALL, you've helped ME to understand that a LOT of people DO dig this blog, and some bitch on a hisy fit isn't going to clome close to destroying what we have built here.

My new great friend Madame Angela, is going to be a find addition, I think for a while she will be commenting a lot on stuff like Tori Amos, Melssia Etheridge, Sletater Kinney, etc, but the breadth of her knowledge is FAR greater than that, and she has a wonderful personality/sense of humor/way of speaking that I think will eventually fit right in here. AND I'm crazy sick flipped over her, so gimme a break for a minute!
PLASE Everyone continue to contribute.......Jon S and Studkid, We miss your unique contributions PLEASE come back! this blog is going to get better and MORE diverse in the future.......please don't miss it. I'm damn proud of this blog, and I (as well as my team) SHOULD BE, we do our best, trust me!
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A Washington DC Band called Dot Dash sends me a couple of MP3's, there is also a streaming link for their album......as we all know, this is NOT my favorite method, but since I've been away a bit, I'm going to allow it.......

https://dotdashdc.bandcamp.com/track/daddy-long-legs

https://dotdashdc.bandcamp.com/track/the-infinite

Here are the links for the songs "Daddy Long Legs" and "The Infinite"........and, as much as I don't want to do this, here is the streaming link for their album "Searchlights"

http://dotdashdc.bandcamp.com/

If you hear it before I do, let me know......I have a lot of catching up to do here for a while....

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OH, and fuck.......why not add part NINETEEN of my Doors series, this one fairly lame, 2002 "Live in America", a mush mash of various performances from this/that locale, this/that date......anyway, you know I am committed to send you ALL this stuff, so here you be...........TRACKLIST-01 Light My Fire/02 Been Down So Long/03 Back Door Man/04 Lover Hides/05 Five to One/06 Touch Me/07 The Crystal Ship/08 Break on Through/09 Bellowing/10 Roadhouse Blues/11 Alabama Song/12 Love Me Two Times Girl/13 The End

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July 18, 2016, 4:22 pm

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Yes, I've been down for a while........ yes my TEAM has covered my ass....NOW hat is going to happen is that with MYSELF back, my helpers at full strength, sand my new love/helper/assistant Madame Angela whom you all will LOVE, this blog is going NOWHERE but UP!!!!!!!! We strive for unique, sand with all of our magnificent contributors, we achieve it! Don't EVER leave us, we are ALL dedicated to you folks getting the MUSIC YOU LOVE, and that is ALL we care about........see you tomorrow, and the next day and the next.........this is not the end, rather, THIS is the "beginning of a NEW AGE!"

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Alan Vega of Suicide (1938-2016)

July 19, 2016, 12:00 am

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(BRIAN) - Here at Growing Bored, we could not let the passing of Alan Vega go unheralded. So I went back to October 2014 and rescued a Suicide post that Scott did. I also added this video clip here at the beginning. This post has been read over 5000 times, and many of you already have the material, but there's always somebody out there who hasn't heard "Frankie Teardrop" yet! And devoted fans: dig into these live discs if you haven't. I have another one of his solo discs that I'll add to this sometime, but for right now this is a perfect tribute. Fuck, can anyone picture Alan Vega almost making it to eighty????
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(ALL LINKS ARE LIVE)

I first became aware of Suicide in 1979-80 on an episode of "The Midnight Special" that was hosted by The Cars. I remember Iggy performed "Bored" and "Five Foot One" from his then current "New Values" album, M performed "Pop Musick", and I don't remember who else, but Suicide really struck me. (Brian here - above is a vid from that performance) -

....vocalist Alan Vega and synthesizer/drum machine
whiz Martin Rev treated me to a creepy new sound, one that would influence many others in the future (Ministry and the Raveonnetes come to mind, among others)......went out and bought their debut album the next day, thought it was REALLY great,
my friends were pretty split on it, some loved it, some hated it. Myself, I loved the hypnotic synths and Vega's tortured

vocals on great tracks like "Rocket USA", "Frankie Teardrop", "Cheree" and "Ghostrider".....I'd give it a four star rating at
the time, still sounds good enough to maintain that rating today for my money.
They released a similar album, also titled "Suicide", which is generally referred to as "the second album".....still pretty
good, "Diamonds, Fur Coats, Champagne", the great "Dream Baby Dream", "Radiation" and a couple more would stack up with most
of the first album.
Suicide didn't enjoy a lot of mainstream popularity, and are REALLY forgotten today, sort of strangely, as they were quite
influential......as I was always a fan I do have a fair amount of rarities, these really aren't for dabblers, check the two
official releases before diving headfirst into some of these. "The Rehearsal Tapes" contains no overlap with anything on the

albums, basically it could almost stand independently as an album on its own....."Speedqueen" is quite a cool track
indeed....
The treasure here though is the rare SIX disc set of live shows, see below for dates, venues, and set lists, again,
DEFINITLEY not for the dabbler, but if you find yourself a new-found fan of the band, or like myself have always enjoyed their unique sound, this is a blessing.
I also happen to have a solo effort by Alan Vega, might as well throw that one out there as well.....from 1985, it's entitled
"Just a Million Dreams".....not too bad, I consider it sort of "Suicide-lite", but the duo of Vega and Rev played off each
other so well, that this comes out as, honestly, fairly mediocre.
Tell me what you think. Perhaps you remember that television performance? Most likely you've heard "Rocket USA" as it appears on many 1970's new wave comps, but they were really so much more than just that one landmark track.....some really fine stuff here, especially some sometimes staggeringly good stuff on the live sets.

SUICIDE-01 Ghost Rider/02 Rocket USA/03 Cheree/04 Johnny/05 Girl/06 Frankie Teardrop/07 Che/08 Cheree (remix)/09 I Remember/10 Keep Your Dreams

SUICIDE (SECOND ALBUM)-01 Diamonds, Fur Coats, Champagne/02 Mr Ray/03 Sweetheart/04 Fast Money Music/05 Harlem/06 Touch Me/07 Be Bop Kid/08 Las Vegas Man/09 Shadazz/10 Dance/11 Super Subway Comedian/12 Dream Baby Dream/13 Radiation
THE FIRST REHEARSAL TAPES-01 Speedqueen/02 Creature Feature/03 Tough Guy/04 A-Man/05 Sneakin' Around/06 Too Fine For You/07 See You Around/08 Be My Dream/09 Spacae Blue Bamboo/10 Spaceship/11 Into My Eyes/12 C'mon Babe/13 New City/14 Do It Nice
LIVE 1977-78 DISC 1-01 CBGB Sept 29 1977 (96 Tears Intro / Ghostrider / Rocket USA / Cheree / Jonny / Frankie Teardrop)/ 02
CBGB Dec 3 1977 (Ghostrider / Jesus Vega / Frankie Teardrop / Put A Little Love In Your Heart)/03 The Palladium NYC Jan 7 (Rocket USA / Cheree / Dance / Frankie Teardrop)

LIVE 1977-78 DISC 2-01 Maxs Jan 13 (Ghostrider / Rocket USA / Cheree / Dance / 96 Tears / Frankie Teardrop)/02 CBGB Feb 3 (Harlem / Ghostrider / Keep Your Dreams / Dance / Frankie Teardrop)/03 Brussels June 16 1978 (Frankie Teardrop)
LIVE 1977-78 DISC 3-01 Paris Olympia June 18 1978 (Ghostrider / Rocket USA / Cheree Dance / Frankie Teardrop / Backstage)/02
Hamburg Audiomax June 28 1978 (Rocket USA / Cheree / Harlem)
LIVE 1977-78 DISC 4-01 Berlin Kant Kino/Neue Welt June 30 1978 Set 1 (Ghostrider / Rocket USA / Cheree / Harlem / 96 Tears)/02 Berlin Kant Kino/Neue Welt June 30 1978 Set 2 (Ghostrider / Rocket USA / 96 Tears dance / Harlem)
LIVE 1977-78 DISC 5-01 London MusicMachine July 24 1978 (Rocket USA / Dance / Harlem Cheree / Mr Ray)/02 Our Price Radio Ad /03 Erics Liverpool July 29 1978 (Rocket USA / Cheree / Ghostrider / 96 Tears)/04 Erics pt 2 July 29 1978 (Cum Ahead/Frankie Teardrop)
LIVE 1977-78 DISC 6-Maxs August 25 1978 (Ghostrider / Rocket Miss USA / Cheree / Mr Ray / Jonny / Harlem)
ALAN VEGA-JUST A MILLION DREAMS-01 On the Run/02 Shooting For You/ 03 Hot Fox/04 Too Late/05 Wild Heart/06 Creation/07 Cry Fire/08 Ra Ra Baby

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July 19, 2016, 10:48 am

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(scott)-Oh, I wish I had time to post ten times a day now athat I am back, I DO have a lot of great
plans yet for the future of the blog.....I noticed that in my absence the legend that is DaveSez checked in with some greatness the Scars, and I KNOW Dave Sez loves him some JAM!!!!! Don't know if ya have these Dave, (bet ya do), but a fine John N submission anyway. read the notes and grab theses great discs right up, the Jam were certainly among the greats! SET THE HOUSE ABLAZE!!!!!!
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The Jam – Fire and Skill: The Jam Live (2015)

Named after the legend painted on Paul Weller s amp, Fire And Skill is a superb six disc boxed set featuring six previously unreleased concerts, one from each year of The Jam s major-label career.

Starting with an incendiary early gig at London s famous 100 Club from 1977, the show featured took place 10 months after they first played the venue in November 1976, and was recorded for broadcast on American radio ahead of the trio s inaugural visit to US in October 1977 for a six-date tour.

A Music Machine show from 1978, featuring most of the 2nd album This Is The Modern World . The show was The Jam s sixth live show of the year and one of four low-key shows in the capital to fanfare their new News Of The World single under the banner The London Blitz .

Reading University, February 1979 - playing material from their breakthrough album All Mod Cons , was The Jam s first live appearance of 1979, and found the band in a radically different place to their showcase at the Music Machine 12 months before. In that time, their third album, All Mod Cons , had been released to critical acclaim, and their status as one of the New Wave s most musically substantial and exciting bands had been secured. And Weller was still only 20 years old...

Newcastle City Hall October 1980, previewing songs from forthcoming album Sound Affects . In the time between The Jams show at Reading University on Disc 3 and their appearance at Newcastle City Hall 20 months later, there had been more extraordinary developments in the group s world. Setting Sons , their fourth album, had given them a Top 3 hit with The Eton Rifles , which was followed in February 1980 with the stirring Number 1 single, Going Underground . After three years on Polydor, The Jam had finally become the biggest group in the UK.

London s legendary Hammersmith Palais December 1981, part of The Jam s four consecutive nights,

previewing material from the forthcoming final album The Gift . The shows taking the innovative form of a 60s soul revue, showcasing new acts including Bananarama, Department S and TV21.

One of the band s final ever gigs at Wembley Arena - 1982. Late in 1982 The Jam announced they were splitting up - there would, though, be a final chance for fans to experience The Jam s astonishing live shows, with a 14-date farewell tour announced for late November and December. The centrepiece was a five-night stand at Wembley Arena, the 10,000-capacity shed next to the London football stadium (the recording here is from the second date), the biggest live venue in the capital.

Packaged in mini, lift-off lid box this set includes a separate hard-back book and individual gatefold

wallets for the discs, as well as new essay, period photos and rare memorabilia. All audio has been remastered at Abbey Road.

Disc: 1
1. I've Changed My Address
2. Carnaby Street
3. The Modern World
4. Time For Truth
5. So Sad About Us
6. London Girl
7. In The Street Today
8. Standards
9. All Around The World
10. London Traffic
11. Heat Wave
12. Sweet Soul Music
13. Bricks And Mortar
14. In The City
15. Art School
16. Back In My Arms Again
17. Slow Down
18. In The Midnight Hour
19. Sounds From The Street
20. Takin My Love
21. In The City (encore)

Disc: 2
1. The Modern World
2. London Traffic
3. I Need You
4. The Combine
5. Aunties And Uncles
6. Standards
7. Here Comes The Weekend
8. Sounds From The Street
9. News Of The World
10. London Girl
11. In The Street Today
12. Bricks And Mortar
13. In The Midnight Hour
14. Carnaby Street
15. All Around The World
16. Slow Down
17. News Of The World (Sound-check bonus track)

Disc: 3
1. The Modern World
2. Sounds From The Street
3. Away From The Numbers
4. All Mod Cons To Be Someone
5. It s Too Bad
6. Mr Clean
7. Billy Hunt
8. In The Street Today
9. Standards
10. Tonight At Noon
11. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
12. News Of The World
13. Here Comes The Weekend
14. Bricks And Mortar / Batman
15. The Place I Love
16. David Watts
17. Heat Wave
18. A Bomb In Wardour Street

Disc: 4
1. Intro
2. Dreamtime
3. Thick As Thieves
4. Boy about Town
5. Monday
6. Going Underground
7. Pretty Green
8. Man In The Corner Shop
9. Set The House Ablaze
10. Private Hell
11. Liza Radley
12. Dreams Of Children
13. The Modern World
14. Little Boy Soldiers
15. But I m Different Now
16. Start!
17. Scrape Away
18. Strange Town
19. When You re Young
20. The Eton Rifles
21. Billy Hunt
22. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
23. To Be Someone
24. A Bomb In Wardour Street
25. David Watts

Disc: 5
1. The Gift / Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
2. Man In The Corner Shop
3. Ghosts
4. Absolute Beginners
5. Town Called Malice
6. Set The House Ablaze
7. That s Entertainment / Tales From The River Bank
8. Precious
9. Happy Together
10. In The Crowd / David Watts
11. Boy About Town
12. Pretty Green
13. Funeral Pyre
14. Circus
15. Going Underground
16. Big Bird
17. Little Boy Soldiers

Disc: 6
1. Start!
2. It s Too Bad
3. Beat Surrender
4. Away From The Numbers
5. Ghosts
6. In The Crowd
7. Boy About Town
8. Get Yourself Together
9. All Mod Cons
10. To Be Someone
11. Smithers-Jones
12. The Great Depression
13. Precious
14. Move On Up
15. When You re Young
16. David Watts
17. Private Hell

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999 Punk Singles Collection

July 20, 2016, 9:01 am

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Not a huge fave of mine, but 999 spit out some decent Britpunk singles ca.late 70's-early 80's.....pretty sure I've not posted this before, so if you are a "999 virgin", well, here's as good a place as any for a deflowering.

999 were originally vocalist/guitarist Nick Cash, vocalist/guitarist Guy Days, bassist Jon Watson, and drummer Pablo DeBritain. Anyway, fans of the fast/furious UK punk singles of the era can rejoice, enjoy this collection, might get something else put up today too.

01 I'm Alive/02 Quite Disappointing/03 Nasty Nasty/04 No Pity/05 Emergency/06 My Street Stinks/07 Me and My Desire/08 Crazy/09 Feelin Alright With this Crew/10 Titanic (My Over) Reaction/11 You Can't Buy Me/12 Waiting/13 Action/14 Homicide/15 Soldier/16 Found Out Too Late/17 Lie Lie Lie/18 Trouble/19 Made a Fool of You/20 Boys In the Gang/21 Brent Cross

For my jack "Emergency" was the best track, but "Nasty Nasty" and some others make this worth a listen......

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Brian - Three Impressions of DUNE

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Frank Herbert's Dune is one of my favorite books, and still the greatest science fiction novel ever written in my opinion. I've read it at least 5 times in my life. It has a tapestry as rich as the Lord Of the Rings. Actually, it's better, since Dune is infinitely more readable than Tolkien. And this whole obsession with the story started when I was a kid....

When I was in fifth grade, I got really sick at school. I was sent home. As I was lying on the couch - thrashing around in a boiling fever - I watched the movie Dune for the first time. Witches, nausea, the Spice, heat, dizziness, desert prophecy, sandworms.... it all had a profound effect on me. Within a few years, I'd read all of the original books.

This post is three separate pieces of music inspired by Dune. You'll find it runs all over the musical spectrum....

Klaus Schulze - Dune

You ever seen Jodorowsky's Dune, that documentary about the director of El Topo's aborted attempt at making a film version? For music, Jodorowsky was gonna enlist Floyd and Magma for the soundtrack. Ever since I found this album, I've wondered if this music by Tangerine Dream's Schulze was prospectively meant for the film. It's just a theory...

It's really good. Spacey synths, intermittent percussion, disembodied choral voices... it actually sounds quite a bit like the actual score that was made for the film 5 years later. The other song, "Shadows Of Ignorance", is good too, but it's a little self-consciously synth-y to my ears. This disc is pretty rare, though it looks like it's getting reissued in the near future.

David Matthews - Dune

First off, it's not that Dave Matthews, OK? This guy was an arranger and bandleader in the 70's. I believe he worked for James Brown, among others. This is one of those space-themed funk/disco albums from the latter part of the decade, along the lines of that Star Wars album by Meco that I posted months ago. This disc even has versions of two SW themes cuz, hell, everyone was doing it! Also contains a rather tepid cover of "Space Oddity" and... the theme from Silent Running?

But the reason why this is here is the Dune tracks, right? Ok, well....take "Muad'dib" for example: tasty bass, disco strings, wakka wakka guitar, a sax beating the melody into your head like latter-day Weather Report. How all this is meant to invoke the hellish world of "Arrakis", or the powerful "Bene Gesserit" witches, or the everpresent threat of "Sandworms", I don't know. It just seems like any other well-played disco funk, so it fits right in with a lot of what I've posted lately.

Dreaming Of Sandworms: The Dune Suite

This last one is something Jonder and I came up with. About three months ago, I was trying to put together a compilation of songs from David Lynch movies. Inspired by the Eraserhead score, I thought of using bits of dialogue from his films between the music. Jonder had the great idea of editing the pieces together into suites. And while the rest of this "anthology" is currently on hold, one thing we really ran with was Dune....

I remember we spent three days over a weekend sending a flurry of emails and attached mp3s back and forth. Somehow, consumed with inspiration, we hammered this thing into shape. I may have mapped it out, but Jonder was the man running the faders as it were, so it's as much his as mine. It's about 24 minutes long, divided into two 12 minute suites. There's plenty of HQ video clips from the movie on YouTube - though not enough for my liking - and we spliced their audio together with pieces of Toto's score. Yes, I said Toto...

What we end up with is kinda like a radio play, or a shorthand impression of the film. The basics of the conflict are laid out, along with a few choice speeches and some spacey ambient interludes. Near the end, we even used an unused part of the score ("Paul Kills Feyd") along with the movie sound effects, weaving in and out. One other cool thing this can show you musos out there is the amazing sound design of the film. Alan R. Splet was still working with David Lynch, and he did a great job with this movie. Spaceships thrumm, man....

Really, this is pretty cool and Jonder and I are proud of it. The muse seized us by the neck with this one, it came together so well. Please give it a listen.

As a completely unrelated comedy bonus, here's another great album by my man Mitch.

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The Pinkos

July 20, 2016, 3:25 pm

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Forgot all about this one, and I shouldn't have, this is a little-known piece of ass kicking alt/punk/grunge/whatever.......you should like this one, Vanessa Vaselka contributes guitar licks and some often magnificent lyrics (that play perfectly with her pissed off/bored vocals), while Steve Moriarity of the Gits contributes drums........

Good songs here, covering bad love situations, the current USA, and just general "NOT get-down-and-boogie music", which is exactly what I need right now. Check this out if you've not heard it, this one is bad ass, 4 stars all the way, 12 great songs but worth it for "Madonna Whore", "Wearing His Clothes", "Billy Jack and Me'.............aww fuck it they're all great.

Enjoy, sorry I forgot about this gem for so long!

THE PINKOS-01 Free As You Want to Be/02 Gonna Get Em/03 Billy Jack and Me/04 Dirty Hands/05 Pirate Girl/06 Suicide Farm/07 Salem/08 Madonna Whore/09 Wearing His Clothes/10 Miserable/11 Pinko's Theme Song/12 Hush Girl

I AM BACK MOTHERFUCKERS AND PREPARE FOR SONIC OVERLOADS FROM BOTH ME AND THE GREATEST BLOGGING TEAM IN THE FUCKING UNIVERSE!

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July 21, 2016, 4:12 pm

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Image result for michael kiwanuka love and hate album

(Scott) one thing I can always say for sure about Jon S, (one of my many favorite submitters) is you NEVER know what he is going to send in.......and, to my memory, he has never once steered me wrong, some incredible submissions, all of which have been phenominal, and most of which have come to me as at least relative unknowns.......so, here is another that I know little about, but for a fact I trust the judgement of Jon S!
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Allow me to introduce you to Michael Kiwanuka, if you're not already familiar. His new album Love & Hate is on of the best albums of the year, no hyperbole necessary. Check it out. Also included here is his debut album, Home Again. Enjoy!

Love & Hate (2016)

01 Cold Little Heart/02 Black Man In A White World/03 Falling/04 Place I Belong/05 Love & Hate/06 One More Night/07 I'll Never Love/08 Rule the World/09 Father's Child/10 The Final Frame

http://www74.zippyshare.com/v/pwN1d0Om/file.html

Home Again (2012)

01 Tell Me a Tale/02 I'm Getting Ready/03 I'll Get Along/04 Rest/05 Home Again/06 Bones/07 Always Waiting/08 I Won't Lie/09 Any Day Will Do Fine/10 Worry Walks Beside Me

http://www52.zippyshare.com/v/xAU7k3sK/file.html

wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka

short set and interview on KCRW 7/12/16

http://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/morning-becomes-eclectic/michael-kiwanuka-2016-07-12

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Dead Kennedys Comic book

July 21, 2016, 4:27 pm

≫ Next: Well, let us vote on a (to me) minor topic.....

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Unsure if I've ever posted this before, but I certainly should have, at least when Brian tapped into my old DK's post.......I'm really interested in the response drawn by comics, because, my children, I have a LOT of them.......don't wanna put them up if it's a waste of my time, but I got TONS.....so PLEASE voice your opinion, we DO fucking aim to please round here......I got ALL the "Rock n Roll Comics", all the "classic" underground stuff, "Zap", "Freak Brothers", THOUSANDS more.....let me know, and if this is something popular, we can open another chapter of this blog! I just have to know what you guys want, we be here to fucking SERVE!

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Well, let us vote on a (to me) minor topic.....

July 22, 2016, 8:24 am

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Having been induced to nausea by the portion of the Republican Convention that I forced myself to watch, I do come up with an idea......being as the blog has been through a few changes during my absence, ONE has been commented on the most......the header/picture. Jonder was playing around with it and accidentally removed the one that had been there forever, the "hot bitchy looking woman" (one of my favorite things, of course), and replaced it with the multiple Iggy pictures you see now. I've had comments both ways, so I will leave itup to you folks, we'll vote on this like good little Nazis.......do you prefer:

1) The "classic" hot bitchy chick

2) The current Iggy look, OR

3) Something else, which YOU must contribute yourself (anything at all will be considered)

To me it makes no difference, but I think it might be slightly interesting......take the time to vote in the comments section, and we'll tally the results in a week or so......plese remember if you vote "3", you need to contribute the image, for everyone to see and consider.

Got a day off, least part of one, so let us fucking blog like crazy here for a bit.......Madame Angela will be introduced over the weekend, remember she is the love of my life, so please be here to meet her and check out her on music/love/sex/life/religion and lots more, she'll be a WONDERFUL addition. I know I keep saying so, but give me a fucking break I'm a fucking teenager in love.

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Setting my watch by the great Jon S

July 22, 2016, 8:48 am

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(scott)-The legend that is Jon S sends a bunch of stuff for your approval.....like I said
yesterday, this guy is nothing if not unpredictable as to his fab submissions, and also has NEVER EVER disappointed. Check below as he submits more R*dioh*ad, and other Jon S-related classics from the likes of Girl Band and the incredible Car Seat Headrest....thanks som much Jon S, much love from the blog your way as always!

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Ok - a couple of new things, and some live stuff.

Kino Kimino is a Kim Talon project, with Steve Shelly and Lee Ranaldo joining her in the studio, and Bait Is For Sissies has a fun, sharp 80's throwback sound.

Weaves have an angular post-pop-punk sound. Another fun album, this and Kino Kimino I'd call good summer riding in theCAR

records.

A couple of recent Car Seat Headrest live recordings - one is from their recent Pitchfork Festival show and the other is short, in studio set. Both feature a cover of David Bowie's song Blackstar and are pretty cool.

A threesome of Girl Band recordings, also featuring their recent Pitchfork Festival show.

And finally, a soundboard recording of Radiohead from a few weeks ago - soundboards being a rarity so far on this tour.

Kino Kimino - Bait Is for Sissies (2016)

01 Passion/02 Pale Calico/03 Blood Bath/04 Rosy Rudiger/05 Loincloth/06 Caste Out/07 Chalk Like/08 Hide Your Kin/09 Grapes/10 Lace Them Out

http://www36.zippyshare.com/v/LPiCHQAB/file.html

Weaves - Weaves

01 Tick/02 Birds & Bees/03 Candy/04 Shithole/05 Eagle/06 Two Oceans/07 Human/08 Coo Coo/09 Sentence/10 One More/11 Stress

http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/61Cv9d1X/file.html

Car Seat Headrest

Pitchfork Music Festival 7/15/16

01 Fill In The Blank/02 Blackstar_Times To Die/03 Vincent/04 Drunk Drivers_Killer Whales/05 1937 State Park/06 Unforgiving Girl (She's Not An)/07 Something Soon

The Current Session 7/18/16 (Live in studio)

01 Stop Smoking/02 Fill In The Blank/03 Unforgiving Girl (She's Not An)/04 Blackstar

http://www46.zippyshare.com/v/6604yS6L/file.html

Girl Band

The Casbah, San Diego 3/24/15

01 Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage?/02 Lawman/03 The Cha Cha Cha/04 Sexy Wife/05 De Bom Bom/06 Paul

http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/SYiPBODT/file.html

The Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco 3/27/15

01 Sexy Wife/02 De Bom Bom/03 Lawman/04 Why They Hiding Bodies Under My Garage/05 Paul/06 The Cha Cha Cha

http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/mqyWN3Q9/file.html

Pitchfork Music Festival 7/15/16

01 Pears For Lunch/02 De Bom Bom/03 Baloo/04 Fucking Butter/05 In Plastic/06 Lawman/07 Paul

http://www91.zippyshare.com/v/p4ESMnft/file.html

Radiohead

OpenAir Festival, Switzerland 7/2/16

01 Burn the Witch/02 Daydreaming/03 Decks Dark/04 Desert Island Disk/05 Ful Stop/06 Lucky/07 Talk Show Host/08 Lotus Flower/09 No Surprises/10 Pyramid Song/11 The Numbers/12 Identikit/13 Weird Fishes_Arpeggi/14 Everything in Its Right Place/15 Idioteque/16 Bodysnatchers/17 Street Spirit (Fade Out)/18 Bloom/19 ParanoidANDROID

/20 Nude/21 2 + 2 = 5/22 There There/23 Exit Music (for a Film)/24 Karma Police

http://www83.zippyshare.com/v/J48764M0/file.html

http://www2.zippyshare.com/v/MFLSZOrt/file.html

and ALSO for R*dioh*ad fans:

a fantastic 1080p 50fps concert on youtube - NOS Alive Festival 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWFqudOS3yo&feature=youtu.be

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Brian - Comedy and Music From A Wild and Crazy....well, you know...

July 22, 2016, 11:04 am

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≪ Previous: Setting my watch by the great Jon S

I wanna rescue an old link from expiring, and augment it with newer material. This is an almost complete summary of the man in question. First up is the link I have that contains his first three comedy albums. Many of you have downloaded these before, but it can always use a few more....

The first new link here is for his fourth album, "The S. Martin Brothers". I've always wondered what his fans at the time must've thought of this: divided in half between some leftover standup sets and a side of bluegrass banjo tunes, it must've been polarizing. In his book "Born Standing Up", Steve talks about how he became really jaded with comedy, especially as he was playing to Led Zeppelin-capacity crowds by the end of the 70's. It's hard to evolve your comedy when 10,000 people just want to hear you scream SNL catchphrases. So, after this he was done.

Many years later, in a post-O Brother Where Art Thou? musical climate, he decided to release some more music. I bought "The Crow: New Music For The 5 String Banjo" right when it came out. I'm not much of a bluegrass fan, but if I'm gonna have some of the genre, it might as well be from him! A great album; I particularly like the Martin-sung "Late For School". Went on to win a Grammy. Here's a great PBS performance of the title track -

A year later, he released the album "Rare Bird Alert" with the group Steep Canyon Rangers. It's an equally accomplished effort. Steve sings the hilarious "Atheists Don't Have No Songs", as well as doing a bluegrass version of his song "King Tut". Both albums are in one file. (The Crow is m4a, by the way).

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RIP Dennis Green

July 23, 2016, 5:23 am

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Just a quick note on the passing of Dennis Green, Vikings' coach

from 1992-2001......after the great Bud Grant he was, imo, the best coach the team has had. He seemed to make some critical in game errors, frankly true head scratches at times (see: taking a knee at the end of regulation, NFCC game 1998).........but, to his credit,he knew offensive football, and was certainly better than the clowns who followed him.......RIP Coach Green, taken far too young......#vikingnation

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Needing a Tom Petty fix? Here's an overdose......

July 23, 2016, 7:59 am

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From John N comes a sprawling six disc-plus set, a career spanning retrospective involving
the aforementioned Tom Petty......lots of stuff here, and if you are already a fan, chances are good you already have a lot of this. I posted some Petty boots a long while back, including the classic video of them performing on the roof of the Don Ceasar Hotel/resort in St. Petersburg Florida, long a favorite vacation spot of mine.

Anyway, lets break down what we do have......th first few links here represent a 75-page book, I assume with a lot of pics (I haven't looked at it yet), but no matter what the quality, certainly bonus material for this massive six-disc sledgehammer.

the first three discs here are more or less "best of" discs, as I said, fans of Petty are 99% sure to have these already, but hey.....maybe you need a newer, cleaner version of (Disc 1)"Breakdown", "American Girl", the super-chaotic "I Need to Know", or "Even the Losers" (these are MY personal faves).

Disc 2, "Spoiled and Mistreated" is more previously released material, "Jammin' Me" ("Take back Vanessa Redgrave, take back Joe Piscopo, take back Eddie Murphy, and give em all someplace to go"), a cool live version of the Byrds (probably other than Dylan Petty's no. 1 influence) "So You Wanna Be a Rock N Roll Star", and some of the other successful latter-day singles that don't really thrill me.....here they are though!

Next is Disc 3, and again, it's more previous releases.....some good stuff though, "Into the Great Wide Open" and "Mary Jane's Last Dance", notably. If one just discovered Petty this morning, these first three discs would be about all you'd ever need.

Now things get interesting. Disc Four "Other Sides", contains live tracks,alternate versions, B-Sides.....all that good stuff. "Trailer" was a B-Side that could have been a fine single, there is a live (wait for it) "Psychotic Reaction", and more tasty rarities.

Disc Five is plenty more rarities, a demo of "Stop Draggin My Heart Around", most interesting (to me) Petty's original band Mudcrutch taking on "Don't Do Me like That", and many more tracks that were new to me.......good stuff here, meets MY approval all day long.

The final (sixth) disc is again a mash up of various rarities, these ones really seem to be
scraping, and far more interesting than listenable, but hey, overall, this is THE ultimate compilation from one of America's true great rock n rollers, Tom Petty. Cats like this deserve to be anthologized properly.

This set absolutely does so for Tom Petty.

Don't forget to check out the book, too, and report back with a review if you get to it before myself!

DISC 1 (THE BIG JANGLE)-01 Breakdown/02 American Girl/03 Hometown Blues/04 Anything That's Rock n Roll/05 I Need to Know/06 Listen To her Heart/07 When the Time Comes/08 Too Much Ain't Enough/09 No Second Thoughts/10 Baby Is a Rock n Roller/11 Refugee/12 Here Comes My Girl/13 Even the Losers/14 Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid)/15 Don't Do Me Like That/16 The Waiting/17 A Woman In Love/18 Something Big/19 A Thing About You/20 Insider/21 You Can Still Change Your Mind (Scott breaking in: HOW in the FUCK did they omit "Century City"?)

DISC 2 (SPOILED AND MISTREATED)-01 You Got Lucky/02 Change of heart/03 Straight Into Darkness/04 Same Old You/05 Rebels/06 Don't Come Around Here No More/07 Southern Accents/08 Make It Better (Forget About Me)/09 The Best of Everything/10 So You Want To Be a Rock N Roll Star (Live)/11 Dona't Bring me Down (Live)/12 Jammin' Me/13 It'll All Work Out/14 Mike's Life/Mike's World/15 Think About Me/16 A Self-made Man

DISC 3 (GOOD BOOTY)-01 Free Fallin/02 I Won't back Down/03 Love is a Long Road/04
Runnin Down a Dream/05 Yer So Bad/06 Alright For Now/07 Learning to Fly/08 Into the Great Wide Open/09 All or Nothin/10 Out in the Cold/11 Built to Last/12 Mary Jane's Last Dance/13 Christmas All Over Again

DISC 4 (THE OTHER SIDES)-01 Casa Dega/02 Heartbreakers Beach Party/03 Trailer/04 Cracking Up/05 Psychotic Reaction (Live)/06 I'm Tired Joey Boy (Live)/07 Lonely Weekends (Live)/08 Gator on the Lawn/09 Make That Connection/10 Down the Line/11 Peace In LA/12 It's Rainin' Again/13 Somethin' Else (Live)/14 I Don't Know What to Say To You/15 King's Highway (Live)

DISC 5-(THROUGH THE CRACKS)-On the Street/0 Depot Street/0 Cry to Me/04 Don't Do Me Like That (Mudcrutch)/05 I Can't Fight It/06 Since You Said You Loved Me/07 Louisiana Rain (original version)/08 Keeping Me Alive/09 Turning Point/10 Stop Draggin My Heart Around (Demo)/11 The Apartment Song (demo)/12 Big Boss Man/13 The Image of Me/14 Moon Pie/15 The Damage You've Done (Country version)

DISC 6-(NOBODYS CHILDREN)-01 Got My Mind Made Up (original)/02 Ways to be
Wicked/03 Can't Get Her Out/04 Waiting For Tonight/05 Travelin'/06 Baby Leat's Play House/07 Wooden Heart/08 Gods Gift to Man/09 You Get Me High/10 Come On Down To My House/11 You Come Through/12 Up In Mississippi Tonight

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A Request from Pete

July 23, 2016, 8:41 am

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≪ Previous: Needing a Tom Petty fix? Here's an overdose......

Pete has been around for a while, and I noticed that when I posted the Dead Kennedy's comic,
Pete requested some "Eerie" or "Creepy" comix/magazines.....can't find any Eerie, but here is a fine handful of Creepy mags.....if you can't read them, you need simply to download CDisplay, it's free and will let you see and read these in a most easy format.

What we have here are issues 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20.....hard to find stuff here, happy to offer it up!

Classic memories of an awful childhood (mine), late 60's-early 70's comics and records and novels and marijauna and promiscuous early-teen chicks.....well if it weren't for that stuff,who knows what may have become of me?

Well, as Blue Oyster Cult might say "Wait......there's more".....not sure if this is up Pete's

alley or not, but a close enough companion piece that I'm gonna put it here anyway....about ten issues of the great (non-comic) Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, also a fave of mine as a lad....lots of classic pics from great and not so great horror films past and present....again, you will need CDisplay to properly view these, very rare and if you remember these from youth and have forgotten about them, you are gonna fucking FREAK

Let me know your thoughts on this type of post......I have (literally) THOUSANDS more of this type of thing, I could list them for you to choose from if there is enough interest.

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TV On the Radio

July 23, 2016, 8:56 am

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≪ Previous: A Request from Pete

(Scott) Another super-submission from Jon S, I am myself quite down with TV On the Radio,
I post it not ONLY because of Jon S' incredible track record, but also to indicate my concurence.....don't miss this one please.
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I absolutely love TV On The Radio and you should, too. If you don't know them, start with Return To Cookie Mountain or Live At Amoeba Music. You can take it from there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_on_the_Radio

OK Calculator (2002)

01 Freeway/02 Say You Do/03 Pulse of Pete/04 Me - I/05 Buffalo Girls/06 Ending of a Show/07 Hurt You/08 Netti Fritti/09 Yr God/10 On a Train/11 Sheba Baby/12 Y King/13 Aim to Please/14 Bicycles Are Red Hot/15 Los Mataban/16 Robots/17 Doing My Duty/18 Untitled

http://www103.zippyshare.com/v/2RfgRXBD/file.html

Young Liars (2003)

01 Satellite/02 Staring at the Sun/03 Blind/04 Young Liars/05 Mr. Grieves

http://www10.zippyshare.com/v/RY4BIzQ1/file.html

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)

01 The Wrong Way/02 Staring at the Sun/03 Dreams/04 King Eternal/05 Ambulance/06 Poppy/07 Don't Love You/08 Bomb Yourself/09 Wear You Out/Walking the Cow

http://www26.zippyshare.com/v/6PcXwV5t/file.html

Staring At The Sun (2004)

01 Staring At The Sun/02 Freeway/03 On A Train

http://www50.zippyshare.com/v/VI3OEYxY/file.html

New Health Rock (2004)

01 New Health Rock/02 The Wrong Way/03 Modern Romance

http://www52.zippyshare.com/v/wLIBDzuz/file.html

Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)

01 I Was a Lover/02 Hours/03 Province/04 Playhouses/05 Wolf Like Me/06 A Method/07 Let the Devil In/08 Dirtywhirl/09 Blues From Down Here/10 Tonight/11 Wash the Day/12 "Heroes"/13 */14 Snakes and Martyrs/15 Hours (El-P remix)/16 Things You Can Do

http://www106.zippyshare.com/v/1ntm8Bvn/file.html

Province (2006)

01 Province/02 Dumb Animal/03 Wasted Weekend

http://www117.zippyshare.com/v/2SZnlkUd/file.html

Munich 11/20/06

01 radio intro & presenter/02 Ambulance/03 Dirtywhirl/04 Province/05 Wolf Like Me/06 Young Liars/07 Hours/08 I Was A Lover/09 Wash The Day/10 Satellite/11 presenter/12 Staring At The Sun

http://www74.zippyshare.com/v/zYNkbjE4/file.html

Live at Amoeba Music (2007)

01 Untitled/02 Blues From Down Here/03 Wolf Like Me/04 Province/05 Wash The Day

http://www58.zippyshare.com/v/fqX1jF0S/file.html

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Welcome Madame Angela

July 24, 2016, 4:21 pm

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(Scott)- I want to introduce all of you to not only our newest contributor, but also the true
love of my life Madame Angela.....
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Hi everyone. I hope you enjoy my eclectic tastes and views onmusic. Today I give to you two discs of The Singing Bowls of Tibet..,,,,,these are albums of music for healing meditation. On the "Shangri la" disc, a couple of tracks which allegedly can assist with sinus problems.

The (copper) bowls are struck with a wooden rod to extract sound/noise. The rod then is run around the exterior of the bowl, the resulting sound is a result of the varying bowl sizes.

I hope you find these helpful/enjoyable because they have been very helpful to me. Here is an alternative way to health.

THEA SURASU-THE SINGING BOWLS OF SHANGRI-LA-01 Memories of Xanadu/02 Shambhalla//03 Symphony For Shangri La/04 Heartbeat Wisdom

BENJAMIN IOBST-SEVEN METALS SINGING BOWLS OF TIBET-01 Sound Meditation 01/02 Sound Meditation 02

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