Blast IT

[caseyjo]

Whats the last song, Tv Vid, or on-line tune you listened to?..If you cant remember, what do you feel like listening to & if you dont feel like listening to anything, what is one of your all time favorite tunes?..Take your pic.....It's Blast it  time in the old TBd music room tonight.... So hit it peeps This is what I just listened to......It's actually on my profile right now.

[Snagg]

Today, in Musical History, February 19th, 1947: John Curtis Holder, Jr, AKA "Jackie Curtis", gender-bending actor-actress, Warhol insider, and a possible inspiration for Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side", b. NYC, NY

[Snagg]

[Snagg]

Cover Of The Day:



"My World Is Empty Without You" (Holland / Dozier / Holland), # 5 Pop, 2/19/66 (the Supremes)

1971 cover by the Heptones, who, like many reggae outfits, covered anything and everything their producer threw at them - and, occasionally, struck gold.

This version was recorded as a single in 1971, and has been anthologized at least a dozen times since.

[Angharad]

Nice. I also like their covers of "Crystal Blue Persuasion" and "Our Day Will Come."

[Snagg]

Today, in, er, "Musical" History, February 20th, 2010:

The Barbican, in London, England, hosts an event where the only performers are 40 zebra finches, which are allowed to land on plugged-in electric guitars and upside-down cymbals which contain bird seed, while the whole thing is recorded.

Which is a truly creative way of addressing the question of what exactly is "art".

Because...while it is debatable if the finches have genuine artistic intent (and are not just making mating-ritual sounds), they still naturally make what many people consider "music" - While the Frenchman who came up with the idea and implemented it, pretty clearly does have "artistic intent", and simply let the birds use different instruments to create their "music". 

(The YouTube video has been viewed over 520,000 times)

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/feb/26/exhibition-art

[Snagg]

[Snagg]

Cover Of The Day:



"Won't Be Long" (J. Leslie McFarland), #7 R&B, 2/20/1961, Aretha Franklin & the Ray Bryant Combo

Cover by Sly & The Family Stone, recorded live at the Fillmore East, NYC, October 4th & 5th, 1968

[Snagg]

Today, in Musical History, February 21th, 2012: 

Pussy Riot throw down, and unleash the public performance, in a Russian Orthodox church, that gets them arrested, tried and sentenced to prison, just for daring to complain about the close ties between the official state religion and the murderous dictator who holds Donald Trump's leash.



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

[Snagg]

[Snagg]

Cover Of The Day:



"Erotic Neurotic", not a single, a song off of Brisbane, Australia's the Saints' debut album, "(I'm) Stranded", released 2/21/1977 -

and making the status quo-disturbing point that punk was not just a local, easily-dismissed trendy thing, confined to New Yawk or London; It was going to go global, whether the music establishment liked it or not.  

Cover by Pennsylvania garage punks the Original Sins, from a 1992 various-artists collection, "Neurotically Yours - A Tribute to the Saints"

[Snagg]

Today, in Musical History, February 22nd, 2000: Yo La Tengo release their 9th album, "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out" - It's title based on a Sun Ra quote.

[Snagg]

...Which is always a good excuse to post something by Sun Ra...



An episode of PBS' "American Masters" debuted on Friday night, with Sun Ra & the Arkestra as it's subject. I think I'll go watch it right now....