- Reflections - The Supremes
- Please Return Your Love To Me - The Temptations
- My Baby Must Be A Musician - The Marvelettes
- Yesterday's Dreams - The Four Tops
- For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
- You - Marvin Gaye
- Funky Street - Arthur Conley
- Ain't Nothin' But A House Party - The Show Stoppers
- Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone
- I Can't Stop Dancing - Archie Bell & The Drells
- I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) - James Brown
- (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin
- Tell Mama - Etta James
- A Man And A Half - Wilson Pickett
- Soul Limbo - Booker T & The MGs
- We're A Winner - Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions
- Slip Away - Clarence Carter
- Slow Drag - The Intruders
- I'm Sorry - The Delfonics
- Never Give You Up - Jerry Butler
- Stay In My Corner - The Dells
- I Think It's Gonna Rain Today - Dusty Springfield
- Going Back To Big Sur - Johnny Rivers
- Michael From Mountains - Joni Mitchell
- No One Is There - Nico
- Massachusetts - Bee Gees
- It Ain't Me Babe - Joan Baez
- Suzanne - Pearls Before Swine
- Voices In The Sky - The Moody Blues
- I Love You - People
- Maybe After He's Gone - The Zombies
- Jennifer Juniper - Donovan
- Sing A Song Of Summer - John Martyn
- Knee Deep In The Blues - The International Submarine Band
- Kind Woman - Buffalo Springfield
reflections, ruminations, ramblings and rants on music, books, beer, politics, technology, media, family, etc, etc. from a retired old man, music collector, librarian, political observer, technology geek, veteran, history buff, beer enthusiast, sci-fi fan, obsessive mixtaper and former DJ. I've also gathered writings from the past several years posted in various social media platforms. This blog has become an editing tool for my writings and everything here is a work in progress.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Reflections Of - Songs 1968
Friday, September 25, 2015
All Come To Look For America - Songs 1968
- Simon & Garfunkel - America (Bookends)
- James Taylor - Carolina In My Mind (James Taylor)
- The Beau Brummels - Turn Around (Bradley's Barn)
- The Band - Long Black Veil (Music From Big Pink)
- Bee Gees - I Gotta Get A Message To You (Idea)
- Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - Some Velvet Morning (Nancy & Lee)
- Johnny Rivers - Summer Rain (Realization)
- The Kinks - Days (The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society)
- The Rolling Stones - No Expectations (Beggar's Banquet)
- Traffic - Feelin' Alright (Traffic)
- The Rascals - Easy Rollin' (Once Upon A Dream)
- The Monkees - Daydream Believer (The Birds, The Bees and The Monkees)
- Canned Heat - Going Up The Country (Living The Blues)
- Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic (Eli and the Thirteenth Confession)
- The Byrds - Hickory Wind (Sweetheart Of The Rodeo)
- Tom Rush - The Circle Game (The Circle Game)
- Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (The Dock Of The Bay)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Burning The Midnight Lamp (Electric Ladyland)
Sierra Nevada Beer
Their Pale Ale, Celebration Ale and Torpedo Extra IPA are some of my favorites beers. The Celebration Ale is a seasonal brew that I especially look forward to each year.Summerfest is a warm weather standard. Their hefeweizen Kellerweis is one of Becky's favorites and also a wheat beer I really enjoy. Others I like are their Hop Hunter IPA, their Beer Camp Hoppy Lager which I guess they call a IPL. Ruthles Rye is another favorite.
I checked my Untapped beer app and here is a list of Sierra Nevada beers I've had over the past few years.
- Pale Ale
- Celebration Ale
- Torpedo Extra IPA
- Summerfest
- Hop Hunter IPA
- Ruthless Rye IPA
- Beer Camp Hoppy Lager
- Oktoberfest Brauhaus Riegele
- Nooner Pilsner
- Kellerweis
- Flipside Red IPA
- Blindfold, a black IPA
- Tumbler Autumn Brown Ale
- Porter
- Southern Hemesphere Harvest
- Electric Ray
- Myron's Walk
- Golden IPA
- Northern Hemisphere Harvest Wet Hop Ale
- Boomerang
- Rhizing Bines
- Vienna Lager
- Narwhal Imperial Stout
- Harvest Single Hop IPA - Yakima #291
- Harvest Single Hop IPA - Equinox Hop #366
- Glissade Golden Bock
- Terra Incognita
- Life and Limb
Thursday, September 24, 2015
There She Goes - Songs 1967
Love songs... sorta.
- The Velvet Underground - There She Goes Again (The Velvet Underground & Nico)
- The Animals - A Girl Named Sandoz (Winds Of Change)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe (Are You Experienced?)
- Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On (Vanilla Fudge)
- The Doors - Light My Fire (The Doors)
- The Rascals - Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Collections)
- The Chocolate Watch Band - Sweet Young Thing (No Way Out)
- The Hollies - Dear Eloise (Butterfly)
- The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye (Magical Mystery Tour)
- The Turtles - Happy Together (Happy Together)
- Buffalo Springfield - Rock & Roll Woman (Buffalo Springfield Again)
- The Byrds - Why (Younger Than Yesterday)
- Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (Blowin' Your Mind)
- Bee Gees - To Love Somebody (Bee Gees 1st)
- Love - Andmoreagain (Forever Changes)
- The Mamas & The Papas - Dedicated To The One I Love (Deliver)
- The Four Seasons - Beggin' (New Gold Hits)
- The Grass Roots - Where Were You When I Needed You (Where Were You When I Needed You)
- The Monkees - A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (More Of The Monkees)
- Nina Simone - I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl (Nina Simone Sings The Blues)
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
I Bet You're Wondering How I Knew - Songs 1968
- Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (In The Groove)
- The Temptations - I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) (The Tempatations Wish It Would Rain)
- The Supremes - Forever Came Today (Reflections)
- The Four Tops - I'm In A Different World (Yesterday's Dreams)
- Aretha Franklin - Think (Aretha Now)
- James Brown - I Got The Feelin' (I Got The Feelin')
- Johnny Taylor - Who's Making Love (Who's Making Love...)
- Sly & The Family Stone - M'Lady (Life)
- Sam & Dave - I Thank You (I Thank You)
- Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up (Tighten Up)
- Cliff Nobles & Co. - The Horse (Love Is All Right/The Horse)
- Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day (For Once In My Life)
- Jerry Butler - Only The Strong Survive (The Ice Man Cometh)
- Barbara Acklin - Love Makes A Woman (Love Makes A Woman)
- The Marvelettes - The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game (The Marvelettes)
- The Tempations & The Supremes - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Tempations)
- The Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You (La La Means I Love You)
- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (You're All I Need)
- Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude (Hey Jude)
- Percy Sledge - Take Time To Know Her (Take Time To Know Her)
- The Intruders - Cowboys To Girls (Cowboys To Girls)
- Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - Fool For You (This Is My Country)
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Everybody's Got It - Songs 1968
- Big Brother & The Holding Company - Combination Of The Two (Cheap Thrills)
- The Band - Chest Fever (Music From Big Pink)
- The Grateful Dead - Alligator (Anthem Of The Sun)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower (Electric Ladyland)
- Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues (Vincebus Eruptus)
- Cream - White Room (Wheels Of Fire)
- Jeff Beck Group - I Ain't Superstitious (Truth)
- Steppenwolf - Sookie Sookie (Steppenwolf 2)
- The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey (The Beatles)
- Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony (Mony Mony)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
- Deep Purple - Kentucky Woman (Book Of Taliesyn)
- Neil Young - The Loner (Neil Young)
Some Kind Of Wonderful - Songs 1967
- Soul Brothers Six - Some Kind Of Wonderful (Some Kind Of Wonderful)
- Sam & Dave - Soul Man (Soul Men)
- Aretha Franklin - Respect (I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You)
- Wilson Pickett - Funky Broadway (The Sound Of Wilson Pickett)
- Gladys Knight & The Pips - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Everybody Needs Love)
- The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On (The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland)
- The Four Tops - Bernadette (Reach Out)
- The Parliaments - (I Wanna) Testify (I Wanna Testify)
- Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music (Sweet Soul Music)
- Joe Tex - Show Me (I've Got To Do A Little Bit Better)
- James Brown - Cold Sweat (Cold Sweat)
- Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band - Spreadin' Honey (Hot Heat & Sweet Groove)
- Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign (Born Under A Bad Sign)
- Chuck Berry - Back To Memphis (Chuck Berry In Memphis)
- The Chambers Brothers - I Can't Stand It (The Time Has Come)
- Etta James - Tell Mama (Tell Mama)
- The Temptations - All I Need (With A Lot O' Soul)
- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (United)
- Martha & The Vandallas - Jimmy Mack (Watch Out!)
- Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her (I Was Made To Love Her)
- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - More Love (Make It Happen)
- The Intruders - Together (The Intruders Are Together)
Monday, September 21, 2015
When I Was Young - Songs 1967
The Velvet Underground in the pic.
- The Animals - When I Was Young (Winds Of Change)
- The Hombres - Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) (Let It Out)
- The Chocolate Watch Band - Let's Talk About Girls (No Way Out)
- The Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man (I'm A Man)
- The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me (Nobody But Me)
- The Chambers Brothers - All Strung Out Over You (The Time Has Come)
- The Soul Survivors - Expressway To Your Heart (When The Whistle Blows Anything Goes)
- Dyke & The Blazers - Funky Broadway, Part 1 (Funky Broadway)
- The Esquires - Get On Up (Get On Up And Get Away)
- Jackie Wilson - Higher and Higher (Higher and Higher)
- Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign (Gimme Little Sign)
- Fantastic Johnny C - Boogaloo Down Broadway (Boogaloo Down Broadway)
- The Music Explosion - Little Bit O' Soul (Little Bit O' Soul)
- The Kinks - David Watts (Something Else)
- Michael & The Messengers - Romeo & Juliet (Single)
- Neil Diamond - You Got To Me (Just For You)
- The Troggs - I Can Only Give You Everything (Cellophane)
- Cream - Swlabr (Disraeli Gears)
- Buffalo Springfield - Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield Again)
- The Beach Boys - Heroes and Villains (Smiley Smile)
- The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
- The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man (The Velvet Underground & Nico)
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Listen My Friends - Songs 1967
- Moby Grape - Omaha (Moby Grape)
- The Byrds - So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (Younger Than Yesterday)
- The Doors - Break On Through (The Doors)
- The Monkees - I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone (More Of The Monkees)
- The Hollies - Carrie Anne (Evolution)
- The Beatles - Hello Goodbye (Magical Mystery Tour)
- The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday (Between The Buttons)
- The Turtles - She'd Rather Be With Me (Happy Together)
- The Four Seasons - C'mon Marianne (New Gold Hits)
- The Grass Roots - Let's Live For Today (Let's Live For Today)
- Paul Revere & The Raiders - Him Or Me, What's It Gonna Be (Revolution)
- The Young Rascals - You Better Run (Groovin')
- Buffalo Springfield - Bluebird (Buffalo Springfield Again)
- The Grateful Dead - New New Minglewood Blues (The Grateful Dead)
- Bob Dylan - All Along The Watchtower (John Wesley Harding)
- Arlo Guthrie - The Motorcycle Song (Alice's Restaruant)
- The Animals - San Francisco Nights (Winds Of Change)
- Cream - Tales Of Brave Ulysses (Disraeli Gears)
- The Troggs - The Raver (Cellophane)
- Kieth - 98.6 (98.6/Ain't Gonna Lie)
- The Stone Poneys - Different Drum (The Stone Poneys)
- Sonny & Cher - The Beat Goes On (In Case You're In Love)
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky - Songs 1967
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (Are You Experienced?)
- The Troggs - Night Of The Long Grass (Cellophane)
- Jefferson Airplane - Plastic Fantastic Lover (Surrealistic Pillow)
- Pink Floyd - See Emily Play (The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn)
- The Who - Pictures Of Lily (Single, Magic Bus)
- The Turtles - She's My Girl (Happy Together)
- Love - Alone Again Or (Forever Changes)
- Buffalo Springfield - Expecting To Fly (Buffalo Springfield Again)
- Donovan - Wear Your Love Like Heaven (A Gift From A Flower To A Garden)
- The Box Tops - Neon Rainbow (The Letter/Neon Rainbow)
- The Hollies - On A Carousel (Evolution)
- Sagittarius - My World Fell Down (Present Tense)
- People - I Love You (I Love You)
- Tommy James & The Shondells - Mirage (I Think We're Alone Now)
- Paul Revere & The Raiders - Ups And Downs (Revolution!)
- The Rolling Stones - Dandelion (Single, Through The Past Darkly, Big Hits)
- Small Faces - Itchycoo Park (Small Faces)
- The Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon (Days Of Future Passed)
- The Beatles - A Day In The Life (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
Monday, September 14, 2015
The Book of Strange New Things
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber, 2014
Read in September 2015.
A weirdly strange science fiction novel about a Christian missionary sent to a newly colonized alien world by a powerful corporation to convert the native inhabitants.
I had mixed feelings about this book and at times I found it tedious and lame. Other times it was fascinating in its depiction of alien life forms. "We're the aliens here." The main character is an ex-druggie, former homeless born again religious convert who misses his wife back on Earth and is living with a bunch of ugly aliens. That's the gist of the story told through a literary science fiction novel. I've read better.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
I'd Been Out Walking - Songs 1967
- Nico - These Days (Chelsea Girl)
- Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (Wildflowers)
- Tim Hardn - If I Were A Carpenter (Tim Hardin 2)
- Janis Ian - Society's Child (Janis Ian)
- Jefferson Airplane - Today (Surealistic Pillow)
- Peter, Paul & Mary - Too Much Of Nothing (Late Again)
- Bob Dylan - Dear Landlord (John Wesley Harding)
- Glen Campbell - Gentle On My Mind (Gentle On My Mind)
- Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne (Songs Of Leonard Cohen)
- The Kinks - Death Of A Clown (Something Else By The Kinks)
- The Beatles - The Fool On The Hill (Magical Mystery Tour)
- Donovan - There Is A Mountain (Mellow Yellow)
- Incredible String Band - Painting Box (The 5,000 Spirits Or The Layers Of An Onion)
- Tim Buckley - Phantasmagoria In Two (Goodbye and Hello)
- Pearls Before Swine - Morning Song (One Nation Underground)
- Gordon Lightfoot - Song For A Winter's Night (The Way I Feel)
- Bee Gees - Holiday (Bee Gees 1st)
- Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procol Harum)
Monday, September 7, 2015
Smell Of Incense - Songs 1967
- West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Smell Of Incense (Vol. 2 - Breaking Though)
- Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints (Incense and Peppermints)
- The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
- Cream - Strange Brew (Disraeli Gears)
- Amboy Dukes - Let's Get Stoned (The Amboy Dukes)
- Love - She Comes In Colors (Forever Changes)
- The Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow (Their Satanic Majesties Request)
- The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (Wild Honey)
- The Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow (The Move)
- The Who - I Can See For Miles (The Who Sells Out)
- Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine (The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (Are You Experienced?)
- Jefferson Airplane - She Has Funny Cars (Surealistic Pillow)
- Donovan - Mellow Yellow (Mellow Yellow)
- Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy (Mr. Fantasy)
- The Doors - Twentienth Century Fox (The Doors)
- The Hollies - King Midas In Reverse (Butterfly)
- The Electric Prunes - Get Me To The World On Time (The Electric Prunes)
Friday, September 4, 2015
Timothy Leary's Dead - Songs 1968
Timothy Leary in the pic
- The Moody Blues - Legend Of A Mind (In Search Of The Lost Chord)
- Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man (The Hurdy Gurdy Man)
- Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (Crown Of Creation)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Still Raining, Still Dreaming (Electric Ladyland)
- The Amboy Dukes - Journey To The Center Of The Mind (Journey To The Center Of The Mind)
- The Nazz - Open My Eyes (Nazz)
- Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf 2)
- The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash (Single)
- Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly (Shine On Brightly)
- The Troggs - Purple Shades (Hip Hip Hooray)
- The Rascals - It's Wonderful (Once Upon A Dream)
- Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Pictures Of Matchstick Men)
- Traffic - 40,000 Headmen (Traffic)
- Dr. John - I Walk On Guilded Splinters (Gris-Gris)
- The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow Is Born (S.F. Sorrow)
- The Chocolate Watch Band - The Voyage Of The Trieste (The Inner Mystique)
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Those Were The Days - Songs 1968
- Cream - Those Were The Days (Wheels Of Fire)
- Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe As Milk (Safe As Milk)
- Terry Reid - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) (Bang Bang Your Terry Reid)
- Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Steven Stills - Season Of The Witch (Supper Session)
- The Chocolate Watch Band - In The Past (The Inner Mystique)
- The Moody Blues - Om (In Search Of The Lost Chord)
- Canned Heat - On The Road Again (Boogie With Canned Heat)
- The Band - The Weight (Music From Big Pink)
- The Byrds - Wasn't Born To Follow (The Notorious Byrd Brothers)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
- Jeff Beck Group - You Shook Me (Truth)
- Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart (Cheap Thrills)
- The Rolling Stones - Stray Cat Blues (Beggars Banquet)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Gypsy Eyes (Electric Ladyland)
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
I Am The God Of Hell Fire - Songs 1968
1968 was a particularly important year for my music collection because I had a part time job in a machine shop that enabled me to buy lots of music that year. I was also going to shows every chance I got.
The pic is Arthur Brown and I would see his band the following summer at the Atlantic City Pop Festival. Lots of favorites on this mix.
- The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire (The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (Electric Ladyland)
- The Beatles - Helter Skelter (The Beatles)
- The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (Beggar's Banquet)
- Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf)
- The Who - Magic Bus (Magic Bus)
- Steve Miller Band - Living In The U.S.A. (Sailor)
- Max Frost & The Troopers - Shape Of Things To Come (Wild In The Streets Soundtrack)
- Silver Apples - Oscillations (Silver Apples)
- The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (White Light/White Heat)
- The Chocolate Watch Band - I'm Not Like Everybody Else (The Inner Mystique)
- The Mothers Of Inventionn - Flower Punk (We're Only In It For The Money)
- The Animals - Monterey (The Twain Shall Meet)
- Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Single Version)
- Deep Purple - Hush (Shades Of Deep Purple)
- The Doors - Five To One (Waiting For The Sun)
- Procol Harum - Rambling On (Shine On Brightly)
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
All You Need Is Love - Songs 1967
- The Beatles - All You Need Is Love (Single, 1967-1970)
- The Rolling Stones - We Love You (Single, Through The Past Darkly)
- Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love (Disraeli Gears)
- Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love (Surrealistic Pillow)
- The Box Tops - The Letter (The Letter/Neon Rainbow)
- Tommy James & The Shondells - I Think We're Alone Now (I Think We're Alone Now)
- Lesley Gore - California Nights (California Nights)
- The Byrds - Have You Seen Her Face (Younger Than Yesterday)
- The Rascals - A Girl Like You (Groovin')
- Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love (The Look Of Love)
- Aretha Franklin - Baby I Love You (Aretha Arrives)
- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By (United)
- Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (The Four Seasons Present Frankie Valli Solo)
- The Mojo Men - Sit Down I Think I Love (Mojo Magic)
- Big Brother & The Holding Company - Bye Bye Baby (Big Brother and The Holding Company)
- The Doors - Love Me Two Times (Strange Days)
- The Foundations - Baby, Now That I Found You (From The Foundations)
- The Monkees - She (More Of The Monkees)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Bold As Love (Axis: Bold As Love)
- The Troggs - Love Is All Around (Cellophane)