In A Silent Way - Night Chill FV

More of a night groove mix. Starts out a little ambient remix jazzy before the reggae and new wave groove kicks in. Then it's a late night chill.

Part of the Night Chill Final Version series. Runs an hour and a half.

In A Silent Way - Night Chill FV

1. In A Silent Way (DJ Cam Remix) – Miles Davis, 1999
2. A Love Supreme (Bill Laswell Remix) – Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin, 2001
3. Rebel Music (Ambient Dub Mix) – Bob Marley & The Wailers,1999
4. Rescue (Mindwinder’s Remix) – Echo & The Bunnymen, 2005
5. A Forest (Tree Mix) – The Cure, 1980
6. Fade To Grey (12” Version) – Visage, 1980
7. Love Is A Stranger (Coldcut Remix) – Eurythmics, 1983
8. What Is Love (Gabriel & Dresden Remix) – Duncan Sheik, 2012
9. Blue Monday (Blue States Remix) – Flunk, 2002
10. Tender (Cornelius Remix) – Blur, 1999
11. Possession (Rabbit in the Moon Remix) – Sarah McLachlan, 2001
12. One Step Ahead – Amiel, 2010
13. Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix) – Massive Attack, 2010
14. Space Song – Beach House, 2015
15. Yellow (The Alpha Remix) – Coldplay, 2000

What's The Frequency - Songs 1994 FV

What's the frequency of this mix created with songs from albums in my collection released in 1994... and a mix of hits and deep cuts. Lots and it sounds good.

R.E.M. in the pic.

What's The Frequency - Songs 1994 FV

1. What's The Frequency, Kenneth? - R.E.M.
2. Hook - Blues Traveler
3. You Don't Know How It Feels - Tom Petty
4. Mingus Eyes - Richard Thompson
5. I Can't Stop Smiling - Velocity Girl
6. Ain't But The One Way - Julian Cope
7. God - Tori Amos
8. Space - Prince
9. Always - Erasure
10. Marvellous - The Lightning Seeds
11. Change The Locks - The Silos
12. She Is Suffering - Manic Street Preachers
13. Feel Flows - The Charlatans U.K.
14. Swimming Pools, Movie Stars - The Wedding Present
15. Pure - The Golden Palominos
16. My Name Is Jonas - Weezer
17. I Should Be Allowed To Think - They Might Be Giants
18. Gravity Fails - The Bottle Rockets
19. We Don't Exist - Meat Puppets
20. Supernova - Liz Phair
21. Angels - David Byrne
22. Pendulum - Mark Lanegan Band

Chicken on the Grill

It's June. It's summer. It's time to put some chicken on the grill.

Tom - 10 Years Ago

It's hard to believe that it was ten years ago today we lost our brother Tom, my Irish Twin. I miss him terribly and will enjoy a brew tonight in his memory.

I remember that day very well as we drove down to Philadelphia to see the family and we had a reservation with him in a downtown restaurant for the following day. Becky and I arrived at Betsy's house that afternoon and we were greeted with the news that Tom had suddenly passed away that morning. They didn't want to tell us while we were on the road we I appreciated.

I Got My Mojo Working - Covers FV

This covers mix is more like an oldies collection of hits from the early years of rock 'n' roll that were cover songs of soul music from British Invasion bands. A real history of rock music.

I Got My Mojo Working - Covers FV

1. I Got My Mojo Working – The Zombies (Muddy Waters)
2. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl – The Yardbirds (Sonny Boy Williamson)
3. Sweet Little Sixteen – The Animals (Chuck Berry)
4. Money (That’s What I Want) – The Beatles (Barrett Strong)
5. Can I Get A Witness – The Rolling Stones (Marvin Gaye)
6. Dancing In The Street – The Kinks (Martha & The Vandellas)
7. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave – The Who (Martha & The Vandellas)
8. Jenny Take A Ride – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels (Little Richard)
9. Lucille – The Hollies (Little Richard)
10. I Can’t Stand It – The Spencer Davis Group (The Soul Sisters)
11. Out of Sight – Them (James Brown)
12. Hippy Hippy Shake – The Swinging Blue Jeans (Chan Romero)
13. Do Wah Diddy Diddy – Manfred Mann (The Exciters)
14. Midnight To Six Man – The Pretty Things
15. My Babe – The Remains (Little Walter)
16. Oh Yeah – Shadows of Knight (Bo Diddley)
17. Respect – The Vagrants (Otis Redding)
18. Mustang Sally – The Young Rascals (Wilson Pickett)
19. Shake – Small Faces (Sam Cooke)
20. I’ll Be Doggone – The Searchers (Marvin Gaye)
21. I’ll Keep Holding On – The Action (The Marvelettes)
22. I Like It Like That – The Dave Clark Five (Chris Kenner)
23. Maybeline – Paul Revere & The Raiders (Chuck Berry)
24. In The Still Of The Night – The Beach Boys (The Five Satins)
25. Go Now – The Moody Blues (Bessie Banks)
26. Spoonful – Cream (Willie Dixon)
27. Hey Joe – The Byrds (The Leaves)
28. 96 Tears – Aretha Franklin (? & The Mysterians)
29. Wonderful, Wonderful – The Supremes (The Tymes)
30. In The Midnight Hour – The Chambers Brothers (Wilson Pickett)
31. Hitchhike – The Rolling Stones (Marvin Gaye)
32. Rock and Roll Music – The Beatles (Chuck Berry)

Can You Help Me - Songs 1994 FV

Can You Help Me. More songs from albums in my collection released in 1994. Some cool deep cuts. Part of my songs by year final series mixes.

American Music Club in the pic.

Can You Help Me - Songs 1994 FV

1. Can You Help Me? - American Music Club
2. Another Rider Up In Flames - The Charlatans U.K.
3. I Went Electric - Bill Lloyd
4. 13 Steps Lead Down - Elvis Costello
5. Don't Want To Know - Bryan Ferry
6. Words - Low
7. It's A Fire - Portishead
8. Little Suicides - The Golden Palominos
9. Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos
10. I Need Love - Sam Phillips
11. Tomorrow Knows - Edie Brickell
12. Forsythia - Veruca Salt
13. Whispering Your Name - Alison Moyet
14. So Real - Jeff Buckley
15. Condor Ave. - Elliott Smith
16. I Let Love In - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
17. Janine - Soul Coughing
18. Tongue - R.E.M.
19. Make Me Feel Again - Edwyn Collins
20. Permanent Daylight - Radiohead
21. Lovelife - Lush
22. Reverie - Cranes

More Heavy Pickup Stuff

Another batch of stuff we've been getting rid of. A lot of things that were stored on the third floor and other things from all over the house. We threw out a couple of old blow up mattresses that hadn't worked right in years that were up on the third floor. Also a baby chair. From the basement there was that old non-working tall lamp and the remnants of the old clock that was in the front hallway. From out in the shed there was that old snow circle, an old beach chair, some old wood and window curtain rods. Becky had some framing stretchers to get rid of along with a very old art portfolio case. A computer case too. Lots of stuff. Junk.

And now the Dish Washer

Over the past couple of days we've been having some problems with our dishwasher not working properly. The water is not circulating and cleaning the dishes and silverware. The detergent pods are not dissolving. This is all happening just after we had to buy a new clothes dryer that wasn't working anymore. The dryer was around 20 years old and way overdue for replacement. This dishwasher is about 12 to 15 years old and again it is due for replacement. I looked up replacing dishwashers on the net and it looked like the common replacement time was about 12 to 14 years. I guess we're right on time. It doesn't look like it's worth getting in a repair service.

I've tried taking some of the parts out and cleaned them. I cleaned out the filter. Becky ordered some of the dishwasher bomb cleanser. That will be our last shot of getting this thing to work. We've started looking at replacement dishwashers at Orvilles. In the meantime we are washing our dishes by hand again.

We didn't have a dishwasher back on Seymour Street and not at our apartment on Putnam Street when we first moved to Buffalo. We also did not have a dishwasher in our kitchen at our house on Shirley Ave. So that means during our life together we went from 1976 until 1997 without having a dishwasher in our kitchen until we got the house on Crescent. That would be twenty and a half years washing our dishes by hand. It felt funny doing it again.

Zios for Dinner and a Walk on the West Side

We decided to have some Zios hoagies for dinner tonight and while we were at it we would take a walk in that neighborhood on the West Side. We parked the car in our usual spot on Bird Ave. near the Frank Lloyd Wright house and then walked up the street to Zios and ordered our sandwiches. They said it would be about 15 minutes. 

We then went for a walk in the neighborhood down Bird then over to Bidwell and down to Potomac. Then back up the other side of Bidwell and back up to Bird. We got back to Zios just as our sandwiches were ready for us. It was about 20 minutes for our walk.

However, we did see an amazing street that we didn't have time to explore but will definitely do so the next time. The street was Argyle Park. The next time we will park on Bird near Zios and then down Elmwood to Potomac and over to Argyle. Down Argyle to Delavan and then over to Brandford Place and back up to Bidwell and over to Bird and our car.

June 1st - A Summer Day

It really did feel like the first day of summer today. We started right away getting ready for a day of gardening and getting ready for heavy pickup this coming week. Today was also the Parkside Yard Sale Day although we were not participating I did put a few things on the street that we thought yard sale folks may want and the stuff was free for the taking. We put out one of Becky's old easels and a large painting canvas. Within minutes of putting it out there a woman walking by expressed interest both items. She went home and got her car and about 20 minutes later she loaded them into her car and expressed her thanks. I also put out a large and a small art portfolio that Becky had used in the 1970's. The small one went quickly to a neighbor and the big one which was not in very good shape is still out there. We also put out about a dozen pairs of stretcher strips. 

In the meantime I gathered up all the stuff that we are putting out on the street for heavy pickup tomorrow and put in the backyard where I can get to them easily. We have many things going out there tomorrow including old boards and book shelves, a couple of blow up portable beds that don't work anymore, a floor lamp, some computer cases, random metal strips, curtain rods, a metal basket and lots more art stuff. 

Then we did lots of gardening and I helped Becky move some things around. Before lunch we went on a nice walk through the neighborhood and saw a lot of folks having their yard sales. There were lots of people putting out their heavy pickup a little early too.

The garden is really looking good now and we are almost done with it for now. Becky always has a June 1st goal for getting the garden ready for the summer with her plantings and pots.