Life On Mars - Bowie Cycle

The second mix of my Bowie Cycle.  All things David Bowie. The songs on this series of mixes are all Bowie related. They are songs he wrote, or produced, or sang vocals on, or covers of artists he admired. There are also songs written about Bowie by other admiring artists.

This set starts out a little quieter than the previous mix but starts rocking midway through the hour.

1. David Bowie - Life On Mars? (Hunky Dory, 1971)
2. Beck - Diamond Dogs (Moulin Rouge: Original Music and Songs, 1996)
3. Ian McCulloch - Me and David Bowie (Pro Patria Mori, 2013)
4. M. Ward - Let's Dance (Transfiguration of Vincent, 2003)
5. The Last Town Chorus - Modern Love (Wire Waltz, 2006)
6. Exitmusic - Space Oddity (We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie, 2010)
7. The Space Lady - Major Tom (The Space Lady's Greatest Hits, 2013)
8. A Camp - Boys Keep Swinging (Covers EP, 2009)
9. Scarlett Johansson - Falling Down (Anywhere I Lay My Head, 2008)
10. David Bowie - God Only Knows (Tonight, 1984)
11. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - (David Bowie I Love You) Since I Was Six (Take It From The Man, 1996)
12. Golden Smog - Starman (Blood On The Slacks, 2007)
13. The Cure - Young Americans (Join The Dots: B-Sides and Rarities 1978-2001, 2004)
14. David Bowie & Tina Turner -Tonight (Tonight, 1984)
15. Iggy Pop - Funtime (The Idiot, 1977)
16. The Sea And Cake - Sound & Vision (One Bedroom, 2003)
17. Magnetic Fields - Heroes (Crash Course For The Ravers: A Tribute To The Songs Of David Bowie, 1996)
18. David Bowie - I Can't Explain (Pin Ups, 1973)

A Moonage Daydream - Bowie Cycle

This is the first of my Bowie Cycle of mixes. All things David Bowie. The songs on this series of mixes are all Bowie related. They are songs he wrote, or produced, or sang vocals on, or covers of artists he admired. There are also songs written about Bowie by other admiring artists.

Bowie sings a duet with Kristeen Young on Savior. She also contributed vocals and piano to his Heathen album.

Bowie produced a couple of early Dana Gillespie albums including Weren't Born A Man in 1973. The song here also included Mick Ronson and Rick Wakeman.

Ava Cherry was a back up singer for Bowie and he contributed several songs for her debut album. Bowie provided backing vocals on TV On The Radio's Province.

1. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, 1972)
2. Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust (Bauhaus 1979-1983, 1986)
3. Kristeen Young - Savior (Breasticles, 2003)
4. Dana Gillespie - Andy Warhol (Weren't Born A Man, 1974)
5. The Dandy Warhols - Jean Genie (Deep Cuts EP, 2009)
6. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (MTV Unplugged in New York, 1994)
7. Warpaint - Ashes To Ashes (We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie, 2010)
8. Petra Haden - This Is Not America  (Petra Goes To The Movies, 2013)
9. Ava Cherry & The Astronettes - I Am A Laser (People From Bad Homes, 1996)
10. TV On The Radio - Province (Return To Cooking Mountain, 2006)
11. Lou Reed - Satellite Of Love (Transformer, 1972)
12. Pete Yorn - China Girl (Musicforthemorningafter, 2001)
13. David Bowie - Pablo Picasso (Reality, 2003)
14. David Bowie - Cactus (Heathen, 2002)
15. Flight Of The Conchords - Bowie's In Space (Flight Of The Conchords, 2008)
16. Tangerine Dream - Space Oddity (Under Cover, 2012)
17. Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes (All The Young Dudes, 1972)
18. 10,000 Maniacs - Starman (Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure, and Unknown Recordings of  10,000 Maniacs, 2004)
19. Peter Gabriel - Heroes (Wildebeest Mix) (Scratch My Back, 2010)

Between The World and Me

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2015

Read in April 2016

This was an extraordinary and important book that gave me a new understanding of our nation's history and the current problems concerning race relations in our country. A classic.

He explores what it is like to live in a black body in America and the place of a black person in the world. It goes from a personal narrative to a re-imagined history that illuminates the past, confronts the present and offers a way forward. He does this by using the concept of a loving letter to his son.

He asserts that violence against black people is an American legacy and tradition. We are need to understand that nothing has changed and these issues are not going away. 

Getting In Tune - Songs 1971

Songs 1971. More of the classic rock from another one of my favorite years for music.









All albums released in 1971.

1. The Who - Getting In Tune (Who's Next)
2. Traffic - Rock And Roll Stew (The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys)
3. Badfinger - Day After Day (Straight Up)
4. The Doors - Love Her Madly (L.A. Woman)
5. Chicago - Low Down (Chicago III)
6. Santana - No One To Depend On (Santana III)
7. Pink Floyd - Fearless (Meddle)
8. Yes - Roundabout (Fragile)
9. Mahavishnu Orchestra - The  Noonward Race (The Inner Mounting Flame)
10. Hawkwind - Master Of The Universe (In Search Of Space)
11. Can - Mushroom (Mago Tago)
12. Gong - You Can't Kill Me (Camembert Electrique)
13. Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath (Aqualung)
14. David Bowie - Queen Bitch (Honky Dory)

What's Going On - Songs 1971

Songs 1971. Rockin' funky soul music.








All albums released in 1971.

1. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (What's Going On)
2. Bill Withers - Harlem (Just As I Am)
3. Booker T. & The MG's - Melting Pot (Melting Pot)
4. Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23 (Freedom Flight)
5. Jimi Hendrix - Room Full Of Mirrors (Rainbow Bridge)
6. Funkadelic - Hit It And Quit It (Maggot Brain)
7. The Isley Brothers - Cold Bologna (Givin' It Back)
8. War - Get Down (All Day Music)
9. James Brown - Make It Funky (Sho Is Funky Down Here)
10. The Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau Pt. 2 (Funky Nassau)
11. Santana - Everything's Coming Our Way (Santana III)
12. Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (Workin' Together)
13. Al Green - I Can't Get Next To You (Al Green Gets Next To You)
14. The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
15. Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair (There's A Riot Goin' On)
16. Curtis Mayfield - We Got To Have Peace (Roots)

Liberty Hound 1972

I came across this photo the other day in an old box. It is me in the summer of 1972 being a liberty hound enjoying a few hours on the beach. I remember that much. I wasn't good at marking pictures then and I remember that cafe overlooking the sea but I don't know if this was in Spain, Italy, France, Greece or Turkey. It might have been Crete, Sicily or even Ibiza but I do remember that view . This was around the time that the Navy let us wear beards and they became somewhat laxed on long cruises. This photo was taken during a long six month Mediterranean cruise. I loved going ashore which we called the beach. 

Some Navy lingo clarification… a liberty hound refers to the first sailor going ashore down the gangway ladder once liberty call is sounded. Usually a boat took us ashore. Anywhere ashore is called being on the beach. Although there can be only one liberty hound that is first on the beach for the ship, the term also referred to the first person in your department, division or group to go ashore on liberty. I usually wasn’t a liberty hound but I loved hitting the beach.

Update: 8/3/21

I was looking at the Liberty Hound restaurant page on Facebook today and saw this picture and basically this post I made on my FB feed. Apparently the Liberty Hound liked my description of what a liberty hound was or perhaps the post came up because of the words liberty hound were on the page.  It was strange. We're heading down to the Liberty Hound this evening.

Also I've been thinking a lot about my years in the Navy now that it has been 50 years and I'm remembering more details. I'm pretty sure now that this picture was taken while on liberty in Heraklion, Crete. I remember that cafe and that pink room overlooking the spectacular waterfront.

Changes - Songs 1971

Songs 1971. A year that exemplifies the term Classic Rock.













All albums released in 1971.

1. David Bowie - Changes (Hunky Dory)
2. Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (Love It To Death)
3. T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (Electric Warrior)
4. The Faces - Too Bad (A Nod Is As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse)
5. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (Sticky Fingers)
6. Chicago - Free (Chicago III)
7. The Doors - L.A. Woman (L.A. Woman)
8. The Who - Baba O'Riley (Who's Next)
9. Yes - Long Distance Runaround (Fragile)
10. Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop (Led Zepplin IV)
11. Jimi Hendrix - Dolly Dagger (Rainbow Bridge)
12. The Groundhogs - Cherry Red (Split)
13. Janis Joplin - Move Over (Pearl)
14. Van Morrison - Wild Night (Tupelo Honey)
15. The Moody Blues - The Story In Your Eyes (Every Good Boys Deserves A Favour)
16. Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean (5th)

Reason To Believe - Songs 1971

More classic rock from 1971 that spent a lot of time on my turntable.











All albums released in 1971.

1. Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe (Every Picture Tells A Story)
2. Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey (Tupelo Honey)
3. Carole King - It's Too Late (Tapestry)
4. James Taylor - You've Got A Friend (Mud Slide Slim and The Blue Horizon)
5. Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (Songs Of Love And Hate)
6. Judee Still - Jesus Was A Cross Maker (Judee Still)
7. Elton John - Levon (Madmen Across The Water)
8. David Bowie - Life On Mars (Hunky Dory)
9. T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer (Electric Warrior)
10. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (Surf's Up)
11. Cat Stevens - The Wind (Teaser and The Firecat)
12. Joni Mitchell - California (Blue)
13. David Crosby - Laughing (If I Could Only Remember My Name)
14. Gene Clark - Because Of You (White Light)
15. Poco - Bad Weather (From The Inside)
16. The Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers (Sticky Fingers)
17. Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee (Pearl)
18. Jimi Hendrix - Angel (The Cry Of Love)

Had Me A Real Good Time - Songs 1971

I was 19 in 1971 and it was a real rockin' good time.  Before they called it classic rock.









All albums released in 1971.

1. The Faces - Had Me A Real Good Time (Long Player)
2. Jimi Hendrix - Night Bird Flying (The Cry Of Love)
3. Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll (Led Zeppelin IV)
4. The Rolling Stones - Bitch (Sticky Fingers)
5. Santana - Everybody's Everything (Santana III)
6. Harry Nilsson - Jump In The Fire (Nilsson Schmilsson)
7. Focus - Hocus Pocus (Moving Waves)
8. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Who's Next)
9. Jethro Tull - Aqualung (Aqualung)
10. T. Rex - Jeepster (Electric Warrior)
11. Rod Stewart - (I Know) I'm Losing You (Every Picture Tells A Story)
12. Elton John - Bad Side Of The Moon (17-11-70)
13. The Band - Life Is A Carnival (Cahoots)
14. Janis Joplin - Get It While You Can (Pearl)

One Of These Nights - Songs 1975

Still more Songs 1975. A little more rocking collection.






All albums released in 1975.

1. Eagles - One Of These Nights (One Of These Nights)
2. David Bowie - Young Americans (Young Americans) 
3. Bruce Springsteen - Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (Born To Run)
4. Patti Smith - Free Money (Horses)
5. John Cale - Pablo Picasso (Helen Of Troy)
6. Steely Dan - Daddy Don't Live In The That New York City No More (Katy Lied)
7. The Dictators - California Sun (Go Girl Crazy)
8. Led Zeppelin - Trampled Under Foot (Physical Graffiti)
9. Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar  (Wish You Were Here)
10. Aerosmith - Walk This Way (Toys In The Attic)
11. The Kinks - Everybody's A Star (Starmaker)
12. Ian Hunter- Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Ian Hunter)
13. Heart - Crazy On You (Dreamboat Annie)
14. The Doobie Brothers - Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)
15. Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac)
16. Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman (Face The Music)

That's The Way - Songs 1975

More Songs 1975.  This collection starts out with more soul, funk and disco before ending with some singer songwriters and some interesting cover songs.

The Bob Marley & The Wailers Live album was one of my most played records of that year.

All albums released in 1975.

1. Earth Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World (That's The Way Of The World)
2. Curtis Mayfield - Love To The People (There's No Place Like America Today)
3. David Bowie - Fascination (Young American)
4. Parliament - What Comes Funky (Chocolate City)
5. Rufus - Dance Wit Me (Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan)
6. K.C. & The Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I Like It) (K.C. and The Sunshine Band)
7. Tavares - It Only Takes A Minute (In The City)
8. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Don't Leave Me This Way (Wake Up Everybody)
9. Al Green - L-O-V-E (Love) (Al Green Is Love)
10. The Isley Brothers - For The Love Of You (The Heat Is On)
11. Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman No Cry (Live)
12. Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin' Love (Feel Like Makin' Love)
13. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (The Hissing Of Summer Lawns)
14. Joe Cocker - Jamaica Say You Will (Jamaica Say You Will)
15. Linda Ronstadt - Tracks Of My Tears (Prisoner In Disguise)
16. John Lennon - Stand By Me (Rock and Roll)

Jive Talkin' - Songs 1975

There was lots of funk and disco in Philly in 1975. This is a collection of songs from those albums released that year. A lot of those records got a lot of play on my turntable. Especially David Bowie, Earth Wind & Fire and The Isley Brothers





All albums released in 1975.

1. Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug (Siren)
2. David Bowie - Fame (Young Americans)
3. War - Low Rider (Why Can't We Be Friends)
4. Parliament - Chocolate City (Chocolate City)
5. The Isley Brothers - Fight The Power (The Heat Is On)
6. K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight (K.C. and The Sunshine Band)
7. Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate)
8. Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby (Love To Love You Baby)
9. Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster (Honey)
10. Silver Connection - Fly Robin Fly (Save Me)
11. Earth Wind & Fire - Shining Star (That's The Way Of The World)
12. The Miracles - Love Machine (Pt. 1) (City Of Angels)
13. Average White Band - School Boy Crush (Cut The Cake)
14. Frankie Valli - Swearin' To God (Closeup)
15. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck (To Be True)
16. The Bee Gees - Jive Talkin' (Main Course)