We played Let's Dance in JoyDog. While it was a nice groove it just kind of sat there...whereas, I wanted to do Modern Love as it grooves and pushes in a great way.

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An unjust law is no law at all--St. Augustine of Hippo

Cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Oh, can you dig in my soul?
Could you smell my whole...
life?--Gener and Deaner

I agree completely. Let's Dance as a whole is a step down from the all-time-great Hunky Dory through Scary Monsters run, but "Modern Love" is one of Bowie's best songs. I never cared for the title track or "China Girl," which, like you said, are kind of repetitive and inert.

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Stevie Ray Vaughan is not worthy of "due respect." He's right up there with Eric Clapton on the glorified studio musicians list.

john reis ("swami") has some new stuff out that's pretty good. went into a deep dive into his bands/discography. pretty good. lots of stuff i get introduced to is through college radio station wmxm 88.9.

Hello new Internet link!

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I have to admit, I never got Stevie Ray. He could play guitar, sure, but he just aped Albert King or Hendrix or whoever.

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down to get it!

This guy gets it.

Area artist Macie Stewart put out a new album a couple weeks ago, mostly prepared piano. I went through a John Cage phase like every annoying person, so I was happy to check this one out. Not a masterpiece, but it scratches my itch for modern chamber music or whatever you want to call it. She played Constellation tonight but I couldn't make it, and the venue is a minor pain for me to get to, anyway.

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I went down the rabbit hole over the past two days. The song (from some other album) "Garter Snake" is a good one. Others are good, too, but a little too shoegazy-indie-etc. for me. She seems like she'd be great to see live (at least if she was playing a guitar).

Also, given the forum we are on. . .

Wouldn't.

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There are some good songs on that album. I though the singer's voice sounded familiar, but had to look it up to find it was the guy from Death Angel. I still listen to Frolic Through the Park once in a while.

Yeah, Mark Osegueda....he was a really good selection to handle vocals. Not as a good of a full album, but Death Angel's "Seemingly Endless Time" is heavy metal perfection.

One of the opening bands was "Municipal Waste". Holy Shit were they awesome....total surprise.

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I gave Learning to Flinch by Warren Zevon a spin for the first time tonight. I'm a Zevon fan, but I've never bothered to pick it up because I have most of the songs on their original albums, but it was a treat. I'm a sucker for piano in rock songs, and his solo piano renditions of some of his classic songs are terrific.