Lauriergracht No.37

Lauriergracht No.37 on Twenty Twelve

admin — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:34:25 +0000

Just a Template …

thur — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:51:40 +0000

Jeff Beck live at Ronnie Scott’s

admin — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:16:17 +0000

Lauriergracht 20

thur — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:01:05 +0000

Serpents

thur — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:38:58 +0000

Makes me want to find a Fender Jaguar (or better: a Jazzmaster)|: whatever it takes.
Here is Sharon Van Etten with Jools. Found this on the Fender Blog.

http://youtu.be/L0DvzQwX8Ek

Godin: walking the 5th Avenue Uptown GT path …

thur — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:32:25 +0000

I am really really happy.
Welcomed this brand new archtop guitar, the Godin 5th Avenue Uptown GT.
(‘GT’ for ‘Gloss Top’!)
Isn’t she beautiful, BEAUTIFUL?
Yes, what counts is the character, the feel, I know, but you cannot experience that through a blog post.

For a nice impression (not the sound, but the look and build) cast a glance at this clip: Rebecca Dirks (premierguitar.com on Location at the 2011 Montreal Guitar Show) chattering with Robert Godin. (The Uptown topic starts at about 2:40.)

While I was at that I picked up a new Valve Amp as well. I do own a small (Mexican) Fender Frontman, the 25R. The Godin wasn’t very pleased with that, she told me. So entered a Fender Blues Junior III.

Now – me being kind of rusty – let’s start playing again … .

Mazzy Star

thur — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:41:51 +0000

I haven’t even finished the Father John Misty post. Oh Well …

If it was only to listen to Mazzy Star (and linger on Hope Sandoval) I’ve added an Audiolab M-DAC to the audio system. This piece connects my laptop to the amplifier.

Listen to She Hangs Brightly.
Listen to So Tonight That I Might See.
Listen to Among My Swan.

Father John Misty

thur — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 17:10:18 +0000

I’ve added this new Norah Jones “Little Broken Hearts” to a playlist and looked on the Net for some references. Found this Esquire Why You Should Listen To Norah Jones (Again):

… working on this one …

Listen to Father John Misty – Fear Fun on Spotify.
Listen to Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts on Spotify.

Coeur de Pirate – Blonde

thur — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:20:26 +0000

A present from my ISP: a one-year Spotify Premium Account. Thank you very much! So I started to click me some Goldies Oldies playlists. Cool.
Even better than this journey through the past is the search for music I’ve missed.
There is a second Béatrice Martin (this gorgeous Mademoiselle ‘Coeur de Pirate‘ from Montréal) album: Blonde. Now listen to that. All those little gems like ‘Adieu‘, ‘Place de la République‘, ‘Danse et danse‘, ‘Golden Baby‘ and ‘Les amours dévouées‘ … this is “Bonjour tristesse”, this is like falling in love with Françoise Hardy (again!), this is remembering our 1974 School Trip to Paris.
‘Blonde’ makes me all mushy (= Excessively sentimental).

The Sisters of Mercy

thur — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:48:33 +0000

Secretly I have always liked “This Corrosion” by The Sisters of Mercy, a song from their second album Floodland.
I encountered the 10 minutes version on YouTube. Yes yes, they do have a drum computer (these ARE the eighties!) called “Doktor Avalanche” and a ‘Blade Runner’ kind of video (these ARE the eighties!) and they asked James Richard “Jim / Streets of Fire / Bat out of Hell” Steinman for the production … well, here you have it …

I LOVE this … .

Now we are at it: there is a Floodland: Remastered and Expanded [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered] 2006 re-issue, including the Hot Chocolate cover Emma.
Here is a clip where 3 Jan Saudek photo’s are used to cheer up the music …