It's Tuesday....what's spinning?

[Dave_G]

How were they?

Does Rick still have that goatee thingy?

Dave

[PPG]

How were they?

Does Rick still have that goatee thingy?

Dave

They were tight, playing the better-known tracks from the Epic years ("Surrender", "I Want You To Want Me" sounded better on the stage than the radio version we've been hearing all these years, "Just Got Back", "If You Want My Love", "Dream Police", "My Obsession", "In The Streets" (from "That 70's Show"), "The Flame", "Big Eyes", "She's Tight", "Tonight It's You" (the weak spot of the line-up), "Goodnight Now", and the encore was "Auf Wiedersen". With the House of Blues acoustics, they seemed far too loud - Robin's vocals couldn't be heard nearly as well as on the records, but, musically the guys were in fine form. The opening band, The Butchies, a 3-girl punk band played for only 30 minutes, thank goodness - the crowd was ready for the Tricksters and they didn't disappoint. And the goatee is gone.

[Troy]

Spinning like a hashish addled dervish.

RPWL- Stock. Love it. Surprised more modern progbands don't do more of this Floydian stuff.

Supergrass- In it for the Money. Very good brit-pop. Fans of early XTC would enjoy this.

Thinkman- The Formula. Rupert Hine's other band. 80s techno-pop with an artistic bent. Thin transfer to CD. Terrible master.

Yes- Tales From Topographic Oceans. I made it through disc one and was bored only a little. There's some really good stuff on there, interesting off key melodicism. Got 10 minutes into disc 2 and had to turn it off. What WERE they thinking?

Porcupine Tree- Stupid Dream- Love it. This band at it's most accessible.

Easy All Stars- Dub Side of the Moon. Funfunfun.

Yes- Drama. Better than most Yes albums.

Dave Matthews Band- BEfore these Crowded Streets. Parts are excellent.

Billy Sherwood- The Big Peace. Villified by most Yes fans, I happen to like this a lot more than any of the 90s+ Yes releases.

King Crimson- The Power to Believe. Possibly the best KC album to date.

Shankar- Touch Me There. Indian violinist solo album done during his collaboration with Zappa days in the late 70s. Lots of FZ influence (co-writing and production and vocals on one track). Simon Phillips on drums. Very strange Hindu jazz fusion.

XTC- Black Sea- Yep, a classic.

Hecates Angels- Hidden Persuader. Trippy ambient sinister music from Stan Ridgway's wife and keyboard player. Great atmosphere.

Flaming Lips- Soft Bulletin. Great album, crappy sonics.

Billy Joel- Streetlife Serrenader. His first album. Has a nice attitude. Kinda funny and self deprecating. Very unlike his later work.

Mad Rhetoric's Spiral Architects disc is in the player, first spin right now. Hope they get paid by the note . . .