Analogman

I uploaded this for some folks on another message board - so here it is if anyone wants it: Black Sabbath - Earth Studio Sessions (Megaupload link)

I've read about that show in the Taper's book. The guy's blog you linked to is a pretty cool deal. I have mentioned it a few times in this thread. I download his podcast and listen to them with Winamp.

Another case of one rock star's wife running off with another rock star. I wonder if they ever laugh about that.

Ross Halfin has some photos and text up about the show.

You can't even buy a thrill.

It's on the free Pay Per View channel here where I live. I find that hilarious. I think the description reads "two boys ride around on bikes and sniff glue" or something like that.

I use to be in a bike gang. Here is some

Is it a mail train?

Rod joined Jeff to do some songs recently:

A lot of bands from that time did not always play on their records. It was the era of the studio musician, after all. And starting from Headquarters on, they had control of what they did, including more of their own songs being recorded vs. songs by others. I believe Mickey has said many times that they were hired to play the part of a rock band, that they were not a rock band. That changed, though as Mike and Pete wanted to be a real band, and not just a couple of guys on a TV show. If you take the time to dig beneath the hits, there are some great songs to be found on their albums.

That album did big numbers back in the day. I think it was partly due to that video - which was the case for a lot of those 80s bands.

That is sort of odd - usually Lars does all the talking. I have always wondered why he tapes his picking hand. I have always thought that their strength was in duel guitar rhythm, instead of solos. This reminds me - Lars is going to be on an episode of That Metal Show this season. VH1 is steaming the new Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath with Dio) album: The Devil You Know

Not bad. I always figured that hat must have weighed a lot for poor frail Marc to wear. He was the man, though.

I should say that I have never been in love with Nirvana. I like some of their songs. They brought rock back to the top of whatever, so my hat is off to them for that. That whole Unplugged series/show was a bit to slicked up for me in general.

General comment. Like I said in the the thread about the Webcast matrix - this is not the sort of thing one finds out there from day to day:

That is one of favorites. I never got the whole Nirvana Unplugged deal. To me, they sounded ragged and forced. I certainly don't think the Bowie cover they did was all that great. I want to say that I read somewhere that Kurt did not really want to do that show - but I am not sure about that.

What I saw was some Grateful Dead Donna era B&W film - it was being shown on PBS during a pledge drive - which is the only time they ever show such things.

I need to check into such things. I have over 200 GBs of Wilco and related shows now - backed up on DVD. And I am having problems with my disc drive (again).

I wonder what it was I saw on PBS a few years ago then. It was grainy black and white film - I thought it was the Winterland film. I recall thinking why would someone pay money to buy the dvd.

The Winterland film.

It was discussed in that Relix interview with David some years ago - but nothing has been mentioned since, as far as I know.

Is that the black and white footage by way of Bill Graham's in-house closed circuit video taping?

I don't know if these albums are teen music exactly. One of the reasons Pet Sounds was considered a failure was due to the fact that the kids did not go for it: # Pet Sounds (1966) # Smiley Smile (1967) # Wild Honey (1967) # Friends (1968) # 20/20 (1969) # Sunflower (1970) # Surf's Up (1971) # Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" (1972) # Holland (1973) # 15 Big Ones (1976) # Love You (1977) # M.I.U. Album (1978) # L.A. (Light Album) (1979)

They are working on a new album - so I have read.