Tunesday Rotation (late edition)

[Monkey Bones]

Never got as far into Zappa as some of you, mostly just the more well trodden path, couple from the 60s, couple from the 70s, probably ending with Sheik Yerbouti. Leaves me with a lot to explore one of these days, though going by what I listen to these days ... that time may have passed me by on a one way trip. Civilization Phaze III, eh? Kind of a silly title, but guess he wasn't around to see that one. Or maybe that was the name he wanted.

Tuesday come Wednesday, but the song remains the same. Just got the new Neko Case and Animal Collective, but haven't listened to either yet. Instead, listened a couple times to Journey to the End of the Night by Mekons, a big favorite from almost 10 years ago now. And that recent Dodos Visiter record that I talked about in the recent Dodos thread, that's been pretty addictive the last few weeks. And kinda forgot how much I love Bjork, and especially the first side of Homogenic. Been playing that whole record a lot lately. And times like this morning were made for Brian Eno On Land, which I've found myself listening to on a lot of mornings like this. And a very old favorite from the way back machine, Give Me Take You by Duncan Browne. Kind of got lost in the late 60s explosion, but a wondrous debut, and I've always loved it for that. Heard it might finally get reissued this year.

Oh yea, and lots of Arcade Fire. Just got Neon Bible, so been listening to that a lot, and of course that led to pulling out Funeral, and now I'm gonna have a hard time moving on. But in the meantime, while I realy liked it from hello, I mighta dismissed some of the fawning over Funeral at the time as over exuberance by 20-somethings that never heard first-hand any truly visionary music they could call their own, but hey, I mighta been wrong too