Saturday, March 14, 2009

Dave Douglas - Keystone (2005)

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Track listing

  1. "A Noise from the Deep" - 6:54
  2. "Just Another Murder" - 4:51
  3. "Sapphire Sky Blue" - 4:55
  4. "Butterfly Effect" - 6:14
  5. "Fatty's Day Off" - 2:31
  6. "Mabel Normand" - 4:47
  7. "The Real Roscoe" - 4:31
  8. "Famous Players" - 6:52
  9. "Barnyard Flirtations" - 1:42
  10. "Hollywood" - 4:19
  11. "Tragicomique" - 5:18
All compositions by Dave Douglas
Personnel

* Dave Douglas: trumpet
* Jamie Saft: Wurlitzer piano
* DJ Olive: turntables
* Marcus Strickland: saxophone
* Brad Jones: bass
* Gene Lake: drums

Buckethead - Electric Tears (2002)

Electric Tears
Electric Tears cover
Studio album by Buckethead

Tracklist:

01 - All in The Waiting
02 - Sketches of Spain (for Miles)
03 - Padmasana
04 - Mustang
05 - The Way to Heaven
06 - Baptism of Solitude
07 - Kansas Storm
08 - Datura
09 - Mantaray
10 - Witches On The Heath
11 - Angel Monster
12 - Electric Tears
13 - Spell of the Gypsies





Kenny Garrett - Beyond The Wall

Garrett, Kenny - Beyond The Wall CD Cover Art






Personnel: Kenny Garrett; Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone); Mulgrew Miller (piano); Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone); Robert Leslie Hurst III (bass instrument); Brian Blade (drums); Ruggerio Boccato (percussion).JazzTimes (p.94) - "'Tsunami Song' is the disc's apex. Its theme is heartbreaking, and the ensemble expands its breadth with harp, violin, cello, percussion and the erhu. It's an absolutely gorgeous piece of music."

1. Callig
2. Beyond the Wall
3. Qing Wen
4. Realization (Marching Toward the Light)
5. Tsunami Song
6. Kiss to the Skies
7. Now
8. Gwoka
9. May Peace Be Upon Them

Dark Horse - Fore Smoked Stout

Fore Smoked Stout

Number Fore - Brewed with all malted barley and peat malt (smoked malt). This beer is full bodied with chocolate, roasted barley flavors, and a smokey almost BBQ finish.

Packages
4/6 bottle
1/6 bbl
1/2 bbl

Availability: Fall/Winter Seasonal
UPC: 817099004604

Day Keene - Framed in Guilt (1949)


Day Keene's first novel is a brilliant "Whodunnit" which has me very anxious to read more of his novels. Everything piece of the puzzle fits perfectly here, and this is one of those books where everything just comes together so perfectly at the end. I am going to try to track down his second novel - one of later novels is out on Hard Case Crime as well.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Billy Sheehan - Holy Cow


1. In a Week Or Two (Ill Give It Back to You)
2. Dynamic Exhilarator
3. A Litl Bitl Do It to Ya Evry Time
4. A Bloodless Casualty
5. Make It to Another Day (I Keep Rolling On My Way)
6. Another Broken Promise
7. Just Another Humanoid
8. Turning Point
9. Two People Can Keep a Secret (If One of Them Is Dead)
10. Theme from An Imaginary Sci Fi
11. Cell Towers


2008 Japan Only Release by Bassist Billy Sheehan (Steve Vai). Compared to his two previous solo efforts, 2001's Compression and 2005's Cosmic Troubadour, Sheehan considers Holy Cow "an evolution; a further advancement."

Joining him are Guitarist Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top as well as Simone Sello and Paul Gilbert , celebrated Drummer Ray Luzier, and Doug Pinnick on vocals.

Neko Case - Middle Cyclone



1. This Tornado Loves You
2. The Next Time You Say "Forever"
3. People Got A Lotta Nerve
4. Polar Nettles
5. Vengeance Is Sleeping
6. Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
7. Middle Cyclone
8. Fever
9. Magpie To The Morning
10. I'm An Animal
11. Prison Girls
12. Don't Forget Me
13. The Pharaohs
14. Red Tide
15. Marais La Nuit