A Big One! Impressions Part 2, Faust, old recollections and free music download sites! And More! Whew!!

Free Music Downloads.
And legal too!!!

#1 - Live Music Archive.

They have some live concerts available for free download. How many? Oh, only about 37,000.

It only includes artists who are trade-friendly. So...no worries about artistic infringement and all that legal stuff.

I've downloaded some great shows by Dream Syndicate (yes!!!), Cracker, Hammell On Trial, Josh Ritter (mainly for the Guru, but it sounds good), Acid Mothers Temple (double YES!!!), Soul Coughing (cool!) and there's tons more to check out and explore...awesome site!!!!

#2 - Puzzling Music Archives

Another great free, legal music download site. Nowhere near as big, but sure as hell more
w e i r d...
For those of you into the weird fucked-up shit (like me), check out Fat Worm of Error, New Faggot Cunts and especially Deerhoof!
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Impressions (Part 2)

Can: The Peel Sessions 1973-1975 (1995)
Finally! Some live Can! It's great. The 1st track with Damo is the best...he's wild! The rest is without Damo, but I still love their later stuff.

Dream Syndicate: Medicine Show (1984)
I remember buying this when it came out in 84, and I was into them. Then I sold my lps [aside: * sigh cry sob *...I hate youth, alcohol and lack of money!] and the only cds I had of theirs was the first (great) and a scratched copy of their greatest hits.
forward 20 years later * BAM!!! *
I've got back into these guys once again! It's cool re-discovering great music. These guys also have a couple of shows on "Live Music Archive" that I've already downloaded.
I've listened to the 1987 set from Greece and thought to myself: "Self. These guys were awesome live! I've got to check out the 20 or so live shows that Steve Wynn has on Live Music Archive"...real raw guitar-based rock'n'roll..."John Coltrane Stereo Blues" absolutely blows me away every time!
Steve Wynn Official Web Site.

Captain Beefheart: Captain Hook 1974 (1993) bootleg
This is a boot from a concert with the so-called "Tragic Band".
Well...I think this concert is the tops!!!
The Captain's in great voice, the band's tight and rockin'.
I always liked Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974). First purchased on 8 track when I was around 15 0r 16.
I love how the Cap throws out poetry every so often to an unsuspecting crowd...great show!Here's a link to a note from Michael Smotherman (keyboardist for the Tragic Band) which I think sheds some light on this period of the Cap. Interesting.
P.S. I agree that Bluejeans and Moonbeams (1974) indicated that the Cap needed a break to rejuvenate...which he did!!

Alex Harvey: Rock Workshop (1970)
Early pre-Sensational Alex Harvey is relatively straightforward, but his charisma and personality still shines through (check out "Born in the City"..."You To Lose" is interesting even though it sounds like Alex isn't totally comfortable in this style). A number of instrumentals surprisingly. I find him intriguing...whom knows? Maybe I'm even related to him!
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Faust: Faust (1971) **** / So Far (1972) *****

free your mind...
experience
different places...
crevices...
holes in the soul...
a murder mystery
for fortune seekers...
a junkie's paradise
where Miss Fortune
is the heroin
surging
through your veins

sunshine girl
sits crosslegged
knitting rainbows
reading Henry Miller
and sipping wine

it's a rainy day
sunshine girl
it's a rainy day.

"It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl" & "No Harm" are my 2 favorite Faust songs! ...
why do they want Daddy to take the banana?
what does it matter that tomorrow is Sunday??

These are definitely questions worth pondering!!!
What twisted perversions are they talking about???
I mean...bananas and daddy? and on Sunday!!!!

Brilliant...great Faust web site
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Recollection Time

Out of the blue...old thoughts...
The Violent Femmes playing their first Canadian show...
ever...
a minister's son
from Milwaukee Wisconsin
in my hometown of Hamilton, Ontario.

Now get this...
In the basement of my old
Roman Catholic Church...
Canadian Martyrs'...
2 blocks from where
Harvey Dog
was raised
as a young pup...

My buddy JK and I got shitfaced [aside: as usual] and the band played great and we stood at the side...pounding 'em back like thirsty motherfuckers...and I pissed next to the bass player, Brian Ritchie, and he verified it was their first time in Canada...he was friendly.
The band got high outside...
my old Church, my old Grade School...
how times had changed
how times had changed.

We got drunker...bought a cool red Violent Femmes t-shirt...had a few more drinks...
broken glass,
a hand in the broken glass...a little blood...more drinks
Mickey DeSadist of The Forgotten Rebels was there...he sang with the opening act...good, but the ol' noggin's a little dull on the details...

a good time was had by one and all...

then I went back to JK's
...and we had, if I recall

...a few more drinks.
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Depression Status: Well, I've worked really hard on controlling this depression bastard and the hard work is paying off. One thing I've learned through this ordeal (which has been going on intensely for over 3 years now) is that controlling depression requires work...forever!
some of the hardest work I've ever had to do.

So if you're struggling...keep working hard
you can get over it.

positive vibes
positive vibes...
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Vaspers has added more Camouflage Danse mp3s for free download! Here's the link for details and lyrics and all kinds of good stuff.
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Guru T-Lu on the New York Dolls: One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This (2006)
"David Johansen sounds like Randy Newman fronting a rock band."
[aside: the album sounded good on first listen. Can't compare to the original 2. How could it?]
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Great conversation between Thelonius Monk and some reporter.
"What kinds of music do you like?"
MONK: "I like all types of music."
"Do you like Country and Western?"
MONK: "I like all types of music."
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