Lately I've been listening to the following albums:
- Apples in Stereo -- New Magnetic Wonder (2007)
- Delays -- Faded Seaside Glamour (2004)
- Funkadelic -- Funkadelic (1970)
- MGMT -- Oracular Spectacular (2007)
- Motorpsycho -- Let Them Eat Cake (2000)
- Sleep -- Jerusalem (1999)
And podcasts:
All highly recommended! Given that I like this stuff, do you have any suggestions for more ear-bud fodder, Dear Reader?
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Here's a little Monty Python action about a brain surgeon.
D. P. Gumby - My Brain Hurts!
Here's another of my favourite bands - Funkadelic, playing I Got a Thing (1970). The perfect acoustic accompaniment to pink Cadillacs and full-length fur coats, this could well be the funkiest film footage ever recorded.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies were last night and I got to watch the immortal Bob Seger get inducted. I generally have little use for Kid Rock, who gave the induction speech for Seger, but he was actually funny.
Podcasts:
Clonepod
7th Son Obsidian
Steampod
Stories of the Third Wave
Travel with Rick Steves
The Word Nerds
More podcasts:
Adventures in SciFi Publishing
The Dragon Page: Cover to Cover
I Should be Writing
PodCacher
Pseudopod
The Vintage Gamer
Check out the Sleep spinoff Om and their Conference of the Birds. Also, whilst not my cuppa, Midlake's The Trials of Van Occupanther might be right up your alley.
If you're liking the Sleep you should seek out some Electric Wizard! Probably best to start with Dopethrone; on the other hand if you're happily listening to Jerusalem you may find the Wizard's 30-minute two-track Supercoven pleasant light relief! Come My Fanatics... is possible the most extreme and weird of their output, but not for the faint-hearted. I think it's fantastic but I tend to listen to it only when I'm in a mood that nothing can make worse.
What is soul? 'Let's take it to the stage' and 'One nation under a groove' are the seminal Funkadelica, but there is much to enjoy from Parliament, Bootsy, Brides of Funkenstein and George's solo releases.
If you've got a hankering for some usa post punk, try the Thermals, 'The Body, The Blood, The Machine', or 'Against Me' by New Wave. Oh and 'Let's Stay Friends', Les Savy Fav.