Playlist Week of 2016-06-04

* John Cage: Sonatas & Interludes for Prepared Piano (Vandré) (Mode CD)

* David Tudor: Music For Piano (d.1) (Edition-RZ 2CD)

* Helmut Lachenmann: Allegro Sostenuto/Serynade (Sugawara/Oka/Fels) (KAIROS CD)

* John Coltrane: Coltrane Time (Blue Note CD)

* Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet: Illumination! (Impulse! CD)

* Herbie Hancock: Lite Me Up (Columbia LP)

* Herbie Hancock: Future Shock (Columbia LP)

* Wayne Shorter: Super Nova (Blue Note LP)

* Bennie Maupin: Moonscapes (Mercury LP)

* Les McCann: Invitation To Openness (Atlantic LP)

* Les McCann: Live In Montreaux (Atlantic 2LP)

* Alphonse Mouzon: Mind Transplant (Blue Note LP)

* Miroslav Vitous: Mountain In The Clouds (Atlantic LP)

* Stanley Clarke: Journey To Love (Nemperor LP)

* Gateway: Homecoming (ECM CD)

* Denny Zeitlin: Expansion (1750 Arch LP)

* Tangerine Dream: Rubycon (Virgin LP)

* Tangerine Dream: Ricochet (Virgin LP)

* Popol Vuh: The Werner Herzog Soundtracks (d.1-2,4) (SPV 5CD)

* Jordan De La Sierra: Valentine Eleven (Global Pacific LP)

* Steven Halpern: Higher Ground (Open Channel/Rx Sound CD)

* Steve Roach: Dreamtime Return (Fortuna 2CD)

* Steve Roach & Byron Metcalf: The Serpent’s Lair (Projekt 2CD)

* Jansen & Barbieri: Worlds In A Small Room (Pan East LP)

* Swell Maps: A Trip To Marineville (Rough Trade/Munster 2LP+7”)

* Swell Maps: …in “Jane From Occupied Europe” (Rough Trade/Munster 2LP)

* Mission of Burma: Vs. (Ace of Hearts/Matador 2LP+DVD)

* Robert Pollard: Of Course You Are (Fire LP)

* Tortoise: The Catastrophist (Thrill Jockey LP)

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Commentary:

Happy anniversary to me and Liz -- 22 years!

It seems at once a lifetime ago and just like yesterday. So many people who were there (and there weren't many!) are no longer with us: grandparents, parents, and some who died way too young. 

I feel amazingly lucky to have married the love of my life.

Playlist Week of 2014-11-15

* Hesperion XXI (Savall): Orient-Occident II: Hommage à la Syrie (Alia Vox SACD)

* Biber: Harmonia Artificioso (Musica Antiqua Köln/Goebel) (Archiv Produktion CD)

* Schoenberg/Berg: Violin Concertos, etc. (Kubelik/Szeryng, et al.) (DG CD)

* Varese: The Music of Varese (Angel LP)

* The New Tony Williams Lifetime: Believe It (Columbia LP)

* Bobby Hutcherson: Linger Lane (Blue Note LP)

* Ntu Gary Bartz: Singerella: A Ghetto Fairy Tale (Prestige LP)

* Roy Ayers Ubiquity: Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Polydor LP)

* Bob James: One (CTI—Japan LP)

* Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Paris Sessions (Arista-Freedom 2LP)

* Laraaji: Essense/Universe (Audion LP)

* Danny Heines: Aqua Touch (Silver Wave LP)

* Dieter Schütz: Voyage (Sky/Life Style LP)

* Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life (Universal BD)

* George Duke: Reach For It (Epic LP)

* George Duke: A Brazilian Love Affair (Epic LP)

* Yutaka: Love Light (Alfa LP)

* El-p: Fantastic Damage (Definitive Jux 3LP)

* John Lee Hooker: Chill Out (Pointblank CD)

* Jerry Garcia Band: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ 1982-06-24 (SBD 2CDR)

* Soft Machine: Het Turfshcip, Breda, Netherlands 1971-03-14 (SBD 2CDR)

* Lee Ranaldo & The Dust: Acoustic Dust (El Segell CD)

* Dereck Higgins: Murphy (DVH LP)

* Al Cisneros: “Empty Tomb”/”Sepulcher Dub” (Samaritan Press 7”) †

* Alcest: Éccailes de Lune (Prophecy CD)

* Beach House: Bloom (Sub Pop 2LP) †/‡

* Wye Oak: Shriek (Merge LP) †

* Watter: This World (Temporary Residence LP) †

* Goat: World Music (Rocket LP)

* Goat: Commune (Sub Pop LP)

* Al Doum & The Faryds: Cosmic Love (Back Sweat LP)

* Hot Chip: One Life Stand (Domino 2LP+CD)

* ASG: Win Us Over (Relapse 2-45RPM LP) †

* ASG: Blood Drive (Relapse 2-45RPM LP) †

* Solstafir: Otta (Season of Mist 2LP)

* Usnea: Random Cosmic Violence (Relapse 2-45RPM LP)

* Inter Arma: Sky Burial (Relapse 2-LP)

* Inter Arma: The Cavern (Relapse EP)

* Pallbearer: Sorrow And Extinction (Profound Lore CD)

* Electric Citizen: Sateen (Riding Easy LP)

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Commentary:

They say it's your birthday!

It's my birthday too, yeah!

They say it's your birthday!

We're gonna have a good time!

I'm glad it's your birthday!

Happy birthday to you!

-- John Lennon

Happy birthday to me -- and the lovely Liz!

Playlist Week of 2014-06-07

* Rameau: Orchestersuite aud “Hippolyte et Aricie” (La Petite Band) (Harmonia Mundi LP)

* Satie: L’OEuvre pour piano (Ciccolini) (selections) (EMI 5CD)

* Max Roach: M’Boom (Columbia LP)

* Sam Rivers: Crystals (Impulse! LP)

* John McLaughlin: Devotion (Douglas LP)

* Larry Coryell: Introducing The Eleventh House With Larry Coryell (Vanguard LP)

* Al Dimeola: Elegant Gypsy (Columbia LP)

* Olu Dara: In The World: From Natchez To New York (Atlantic HDCD)

* Olu Dara: Neighborhoods (Atlantic HDCD)

* Axiom Funk: Funkcronomicon (Axiom/Island 2CD)

* Shelby Lynne: Just A Little Lovin’ (Lost Highway CD)

* Paul McCartney & Wings: Wingspan: Hits & History (selections) (Capitol 2CD)

* Grateful Dead: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 1987-09-18 (selections) (SBD 3CDR)

* Grateful Dead: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 1987-09-19 (selections) (SBD 3CDR)

* Grateful Dead: Coliseum, Hampton, VA 1988-03-27 (d.2) (SBD 3CDR)

* Santana: Festival (Columbia LP)

* Genesis: Genesis (Atlantic LP)

* Roxy Music: Avalon (Virgin/EG HDCD)

* Steve Hillage: Fish Rising (Virgin LP)

* Premiata Forneria Marconi: Photos Of Ghosts (Manticore LP)

* Perigeo: The Valley Of The Temples (RCA LP)

* Conrad Schnitzler: Ballet Statique (m=minimal LP)

* Steve Roach: Empetus (Fortuna LP)

* Love And Rockets: Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven (Beggar’s Banquet LP)

* Love And Rockets: Express (Big Time/RCA LP)

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

* Banco de Gaia: Big Men Cry (Planet Dog CD)

* Opeth: Watershed (Roadrunner 2LP)

* Storm Corrosion: Storm Corrosion (Roadrunner Blu-Ray)

* Sleep: Dopesmoker (Southern Lord 2LP)

* OM: Conference Of The Birds (Holy Mountain LP)

* OM: Pilgrimage (Southern Lord LP)

* Sunn O))) & Ulver: Terrestrials (Southern Lord LP/CD)

* Ensemble Pearl: (ensemble pearl) (Drag City 2LP)

* Ambarchi/O’Malley/Dunn: Shade Themes From Kairos (Drag City 2LP)

* The Black Keys: Turn Blue (Nonesuch LP)

* Locrian: The Clearing & The Final Epoch (Relapse 2CD)

* Locrian: Return To Annihilation (Relapse CD)

* Deafheaven: Roads To Judah (Deathwish LP)

* Syd Arthur: On An On (Harvest LP)(†)

* Syd Arthur: Sound Mirror (Harvest LP)(†)

* True Widow: Circumambulation (Relapse LP)

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Commentary:

On Thursday June 5, Liz and I celebrated our twentieth wedding anniversary. Amazing! I love our happy life together in our little house on the hill. Here's to twenty more!

Happy Anniversary!

Thank you, lovely Lizzy, for seventeen wonderful years of marriage!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Pumpkin Pie!, originally uploaded by Rodger Coleman.

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday; it's all about food--and being thankful for life's blessings. I am most thankful for my beautiful wife, Liz, and our wonderful life together. I hope you all have great holiday!

Happy Birthday to Us!

Birthday Cake, originally uploaded by Rodger Coleman.

You say it’s your birthday
It’s my birthday too—yeah
They say it’s your birthday
We’re gonna have a good time
I’m glad it’s your birthday
Happy birthday to you!

-- “Birthday” (Lennon/McCartney)

One of the many wonderful, amazing things about my wife, Elizabeth, is that we have the same birthday. Today, we cumulatively celebrate our eighty-ninth birthday. Pretty fun, right? Happy birthday, sweetie!!

Lizzy's Civic

Lizzy's Civic, originally uploaded by Rodger Coleman.

Lizzy drove her 1996 Saturn for thirteen years, but we finally had to put the car down. We got a 2008 Civic sedan, which will hopefully last another thirteen years. Saturn started out as a good idea (and the unintended Sun Ra reference was a hoot), but it all slowly disintegrated (like Lizzy's car). We now have his and her Hondas. In my opinion, Hondas make the best cars for the dollar. They look nice and they're fun to drive to boot (my Si coupe kicks butt!). I'm just glad to know Lizzy has a reliable car that will be safe to drive on these crazy Tennessee roads.