Do I go to Peet’s Coffee and Tea, a regional chain with an exceptional selection of teas, or Panera Bread, which has better pastries and comfier chairs (but lousy tea service)? I chose the later and their standard issue Earl Grey just ain’t cutting it. Maybe I should get Peet’s to go and smuggle it into Panera. They’re next door to each other.

We had to take the car without the CD player to school this morning, so the kids didn’t get to hear anything new (and I have little interest in tainting them with local radio).

I have a bunch of stuff on my hot list right now.

While my guitar player friend, Dale, rendered some tracks to CD at band practice last night, we listened to Side One of R.E.M.’s Document album (on vinyl). He’s not much of an R.E.M. guy, but he listened along graciously. Following the example of our friend, Jeff, over at The Midnight Tracker here are the tunes from that very side:

R.E.M. – Finest Worksong
R.E.M. – Welcome To The Occupation
R.E.M. – Exhuming McCarthy
R.E.M. – Disturbance At The Heron House
R.E.M. – Strange
R.E.M. – Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

We balanced Dale’s karma by spinning some cuts from Jeff Beck’s Truth record. We gave extra listens to I Ain’t Superstitious and Shape Of Things (but, sorry, I don’t have them handy on this computer).

I wrote a piece on WNEW on how different the first Sly Stone album iss from the second (and why). Since then, that first record, A Whole New World, has been in hot rotation.

Sly And The Family Stone – If This Room Could Talk
Sly And The Family Stone – Run, Run, Run

Sure doesn’t sound like Dance To The Music, does it?

I’m not much for the hype that surrounds “deluxe editions,” but I’ll admit the extra stuff added to the lone Blind Faith album is pretty cool. The electric version of Can’t Find My Way Home is a nice change and one of the jam sessions — labeled “Change Of Address Jam” — is pretty cool:

Blind Faith – Can’t Find My Way Home (Electric Version)
Blind Faith – Change Of Address Jam

Last but not least, I spent my last dozen eMusic credits this month on M. Ward’s Transistor Radio album. What a tremendous work, the perfect mix of noise and melody, simplicity and texture. I can’t find bad tune across the board, but these are my faves:

M. Ward – Hi-Fi
M. Ward – Fuel For Fire
M. Ward – Big Boat

Namaste
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Music Junkie

Along with my regular F45 features (Classic Recording Studios, Great Session Players, Great Record Producers, Rock And Roll Hit & Lit), I’m going to drop in a few long-form mixes here and there. That’s what I posted on F45 exclusively for the quite awhile, dating back to my debut in December 2006 (which you can still hear here).

It’s been 6 months or so since I was last in the studio, so I’m a little rusty. The mixes aren’t so tight and the flow is a little weird. But it’s not bad. Hope you enjoy it.

For really great mixes, check out Adam Weatherhead’s Diddy Wah.

Today’s Mix

Webb Pierce – Hideaway Heart
Sergio Mendes – Bim-Bom
Isley Brothers – What It Comes Down To
John Kay – Somebody
Sly And The Family Stone – Somebody’s Watching You
Jose Feliciano – Compartments
Strawbs – Where Do You Go?
Sons of Champlin – Hello Sunlight
The Temptations – I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
Bert Kaempfert – Hold Me
Pretenders – Talk Of The Town
Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side

Photo by Spassmonkey

Jerry Butler – Find Another Girl
Style Council – Life At A Top Peoples Health Farm
T. Rex – Mambo Sun
Groove Collective – Earth To Earth
Seals and Crofts – East of the Ginger Trees
Roxy Music – To Turn You On
The Who – Let’s See Action
The Replacements – Asking Me Lies
Bruce Springsteen – Spare Parts
Rufus and Carla – Night Time Is The Right Time
Marty Robbins – Saddle Tramp
James Taylor – Gorilla
Jules Shear – I Need It
Michael Franti and Spearhead – Yell Fire
Grand Funk – Rain Keeps Fallin’
Sly and The Family Stone – Runnin’ Away
Lou Reed – I’m So Free
The Waterboys – And A Bang On The Ear
Sarah Vaughn – Just Friends

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