Sugarcoated (Day 124)

Richard Thompson - "Cressida"
Cansei De Ser Sexy - "Off The Hook"
Rivers Cuomo - "Superfriend"
Sonic Youth - "Fire Engine Dream"
Aimee Mann - "Sugarcoated"
The White Stripes - "Hand Springs"
My Morning Jacket - "Run Thru" (live)
It's not that MMJ is Pink Floyd-like, really. But, there is an instrumental stretch in "Run Thru," especially live, where the low-rumble of the guitar and the tom-tom drum churns along hypnotically, punctuated by the occasional cymbal crash that does feel eerily reminiscent of that great jam, "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" (Live at Pompeii version, obviously). Why am I making this random - - although I think pretty apt - - comparison? To pay tribute to Richard Wright, obviously. The Floyd founding member and keyboard player died today at the age of 65. Sadly, there is no Pink Floyd on my iPod, and admittedly I haven't listened to a lot of their music in the past, oh, 15 years. But, rewind to to the late 80s and you'd find my high school book bag painted with a Floyd montage (thanks, Bernie!) and plenty of late-night Floyd listening parties with, err, buds. Their is no denying the mystic powers of prog rock and psychedelia on a young mind. And this news made me nostalgic and a bit hungry for some PF. The stuff that I have listened to a bit over the years is probably the less commercial early Floyd that didn't get the life sucked out of it by classic rock radio: Ummagumma, Meddle, Atom Heart Mother, etc. (Actually "One Of These Days" on Meddle is probably an all-time great instrumental, and you can thank Mr. Wright for some searing keyboard.) Here's the video for "Set The Controls...," from Pompeii. Look for Wright (and some oh-so-70s special effects at 5:04).



The Beatles - "Let It Be"
The Apples In Stereo - "Can You Feel It?"
Takka Takka - "The Native Astronaut Grows Restless"
Dinosaur Jr. - "It's Me"
Ryan Adams - "Night Birds"
My Morning Jacket - "Donate" (live)

And then I got to work.

Today's Stats
Total songs listened to: 12
Total minutes of music (approx.): 58
Song with the most previous plays: "Sugarcoated" - 6
Miscellaneous factoid about my trip to work today: Jeez, not to make it death day at WILTOMWTWT, but I did have to sadly read about the tragic suicide of David Foster Wallace too. In addition to his fiction, be sure to check out his non-fiction reporting, including this great piece on the luxury cruise industry (subscription required, sorry). Also, for laughs, read this.