Playlist Week of 2013-04-20

* Nono: La lontananza nostalgia utopica futura, etc. (Kremer/Gridenko) (DG CD)

* Nono: Variazioni canonische, etc. (Sinf. Des Südwestfunks/Gielen) (Montaigne/Naïve CD)

* Charles Mingus: Mingus Plays Piano (Impulse! CD)

* Sun Ra: Sound Sun Pleasure! (Saturn LP)

* Sun Ra: Fate In A Pleasant Mood (Saturn LP)

* Sun Ra: Bad And Beautiful (Saturn LP)

* Sun Ra: Atlantis (Saturn LP)

* Sun Ra: Taking A Chance On Chances (Saturn LP>CDR)

* Sun Ra: Piano Recital, Teatro La Fenice, Venezia (Leo/Golden Years CD)

* Anthony Braxton: Trio (NYC) 2011 (New Braxton House FLAC)

* Anthony Braxton: Quartet/Quintet (NYC) 2011 (New Braxton House FLAC)

* Anthony Braxton Falling River Quintet: Institute Française, Berlin 2012-10-10 (AUD  FLAC)

* Pat Metheny Group: Bürgerzentrum, Bremen, W. Germany 1978-03-13 (FM FLAC)

* Secret Keeper (Stephan Crump/Mary Halvorson): Super Eight (Intakt CD)

* Ches Smith & These Arches: Hammered (Clean Feed CD)

* Living By Lanterns: New Myth/Old Science (Cuneiform CD)

* Frank Ocean: Channel Orange (Island/Def Jam CD)

* John Fahey: Vol.1: Blind Joe Death (Takoma/4MWB LP)

* John Fahey: Vol.2: Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes (Takoma/4MWB LP)

* John Fahey: Vol.3: Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites (Takoma/4MWB LP)

* Grateful Dead: Road Trips Vol.4 No.4: Spectrum 4-6-82 (selections) (GDP/Rhino 3HDCD)

* Grateful Dead: Formerly The Warlocks: Hampton 1989 (selections) (GDP/Rhino 6HDCD)

* Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon (Capitol SACD)

* Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (PinkFloyd/Analogue Productions SACD)

* Deep Purple: In Rock (Warner Bros. LP)

* Yo La Tengo: Fade (Matador CD)

* Flaming Lips: Embryonic (Warner Bros. 2CD/DVD)

* Flaming Lips: The Terror (Warner Bros. CD)

* Circus Devils: Five (Fading Captain LP)

* Wilco: A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch/Rhino 2LP)

* Wilco: Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch 2LP)

* Earth: Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light I (Southern Lord CD)†

* Earth: Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II (Southern Lord CD)†

* Steven Wilson: The Raven That Refused To Sing (KScope BD)

* Opeth: Watershed (Roadrunner CD/DVD)†/‡

* Opeth: Heritage (Roadrunner CD/DVD)†

* Opeth: Hultsfred Folkets Park, Hultsfred, Sweden 2003-06-12 (FM CDR)

* Opeth: Jazz Club Nefertiti, Gothenburg, Sweden 2012-12-02 (AUD FLAC)

* Mastodon: Crack The Skye (Reprise 2-45RPM LP)†

* Baroness: Yellow & Green (Relapse 2CD)

* Agalloch: Ashes Against The Grain (The End CD)†

* Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino 2LP)

* Animal Collective: Centipede Hz (Domino 2LP/24/96 FLAC)

* Ghost B.C.: Infestissumam  (Loma Vista/UMG CD)

†=iPod

‡=car

Commentary:

Today is 4/20 – Record Store Day 2013. Heh. Apparently folks started lining up at Grimey’s beginning at 4:00 yesterday afternoon, intending to camp out overnight in the sub-freezing cold. Good grief! That is insane. I love records but I can’t compete with that. Just imagine what a scene it was when they finally opened the doors at 10:00 this morning! Needless to say, I stayed far, far away from that madness. Besides, for me every Tuesday is Record Store day.

And, you know, it has occurred to me that perhaps I already have way too many records. I’ve been contemplating selling some of them on eBay (or Discogs.org) so I invested in some studio lights and a light tent in order to take high-quality photographs of my, um, merchandise.

Would you buy this record? Take a look: it’s a rare white label promo!

I also pulled out the 85mm micro lens and took some pictures of very small items like this sculpture by Jodi Hays, “All Together Now” (2012). I think it looks pretty darn good for a first attempt at this kind of photography—but, please be advised: the artwork is not for sale.

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