Haul

On January 19, I dropped by Freakbeat records in Sherman Oaks with my pal, Russ.

This was my haul.

Black Market Clash, by The Clash

I especially dig side 2. Their version of "Armageddon Time" is one of my all-time favorite white guy covers of Jamaican music.

Time for Tyner, by McCoy Tyner

Really imaginative live set. Visionary 1960s' jazzpiano playing here.


















We the Common, by Thao and the Get Down Stay Down

If you're not down with the Get Down Stay Down, then you bloody well need to be. 

Born on this day

Allen Toussaint was born today in 1938. A gentle, artistic, rhythmic soul that sprouted in New Orleans and was the brightest color on the palette of many musicians across many genres.

Toussaint wrote the horn charts and arrangements for the The Band's Last Waltz

And then there is this classic:

10 Tracks, David Bowie

The stars look very different today. Goodbye Starman.

Here are my ten favorite Bowie songs. No real surprises here.

"Space Oddity"

"Oh You Pretty Things"

"Life on Mars"

"Queen Bitch"

"Five Years"

"Moonage Daydream"

"Starman"

"Ziggy Stardust"

"Sound and Vision"

                                    

"Heroes"