I've been very sick and after two weeks of misery I'm about to be discharged from the hospital today. Feeling a little better so here is the log from last week.
Scored Re-Listens For The Week Ending 5/12
The Strong:
Gentleman - Fela Kuti & Africa 70 84.8
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New Listens / Non-Scored Re-Listens [*] For The Week Ending 5/12
The Classics:
Reach Out - Four Tops
Hatful Of Hollow - The Smiths*
The Strong:
The Delfonics - The Delfonics*
A Gift From A Flower To A Garden - Donovan
The Score - Fugees*
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis*
The Hurting - Tears For Fears
The Solid:
The Impossible Kid - Aesop Rock
Lörrach / Paris 1966 - Albert Ayler
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus*
Finally We Are No One - múm
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan*
5 (EP) - Slowdive
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth*
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Previously Scored Re-Listens For The Week Ending 5/12
I've been very sick and after two weeks of misery I'm about to be discharged from the hospital today. Feeling a little better so here is the log from last week.
Ugh! That sounds awful. Cann't believe u had to be hospitalized. Being in the hospital sucks eggs. What was it?
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I've been very sick and after two weeks of misery I'm about to be discharged from the hospital today. Feeling a little better so here is the log from last week.
Ugh! That sounds awful. Cann't believe u had to be hospitalized. Being in the hospital sucks eggs. What was it?
I have Crohn’s disease and got an infection that triggered a flare-up. I’ve spent so much time in the hospital since I was diagnosed in 2011 that it’s kind of like my second home lol _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
I've been very sick and after two weeks of misery I'm about to be discharged from the hospital today. Feeling a little better so here is the log from last week.
Ugh! That sounds awful. Cann't believe u had to be hospitalized. Being in the hospital sucks eggs. What was it?
I have Crohn’s disease and got an infection that triggered a flare-up. I’ve spent so much time in the hospital since I was diagnosed in 2011 that it’s kind of like my second home lol
Ugh. Crohn's disease sucks. 🙁
What's your diet like? have you tried any of those strict diets for people with IBD?
Definitely avoid stress like the plague!!! 😄
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
I've been very sick and after two weeks of misery I'm about to be discharged from the hospital today. Feeling a little better so here is the log from last week.
Ugh! That sounds awful. Cann't believe u had to be hospitalized. Being in the hospital sucks eggs. What was it?
I have Crohn’s disease and got an infection that triggered a flare-up. I’ve spent so much time in the hospital since I was diagnosed in 2011 that it’s kind of like my second home lol
Ugh. Crohn's disease sucks. 🙁
What's your diet like? have you tried any of those strict diets for people with IBD?
Definitely avoid stress like the plague!!! :)
Currently I'm eating a normal diet, but in the past I've tried the low residue diet briefly, and then for a long time a diet in which I avoided nuts, seeds, beans, corn, fried foods, and refined sugar. Neither of them really made a dent, probably because I have a particularly severe manifestation. I've failed on most drugs by now and I've been looking for clinical trials. But ironically it was antibiotics I was receiving as part of a trial I had just started that probably gave me the infection, which then expelled me from the trial 🙄
I do my best with stress 🤣
We would almost have enough people for a BEA chronic illness support group haha... You, me, and whoever else wants to join. 😄 _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
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New Listens / Non-Scored Re-Listens [*] For The Week Ending 5/19
The Classics:
The Electric Lady - Janelle Monáe*
Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes*
Super Ape - The Upsetters*
The Strong:
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan
Peace And Love - Dadawah
Today - Galaxie 500
Hejira - Joni Mitchell*
The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads - Otis Redding*
Love Man - Otis Redding*
The Solid:
21 - Adele*
The Good, But Flawed:
The Coathangers - The Coathangers
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Previously Scored Re-Listens For The Week Ending 5/19
As you can probably tell, I got tired of going through the RYM canon album by album a good while ago. I've also gotten tired of scoring albums to rebuild my overall chart for the moment. So I locked the chart up and I'm going to bury the key for a while. Same for my decade charts. Instead I'm going to do what a lot of people have been doing and go through music year by year, at least until I get bored of that and need a new project 🤣
But instead of picking a year and concentrating on it like Mercury or Tilly, I'm going to do a speed run through each year in order, starting with 1955. With lots of differing release dates floating around, I'll need to use one consistent system, and RYM is going to win this one (sorry BEA).
Here's what I'll do in each year:
a. If there are any albums in my collection that I haven't heard front to back from that year (weird I know, but there are a bunch from when I was less conscientious), I will give them a proper listen.
b. I will rate/rank the albums I've listened to from the year and award gold, silver, and bronze medals.
c. I will listen to enough new albums to expand my list to the next multiple of five. For example, if I have listened to two albums from the year, I will listen to three new ones. If I have listened to eleven albums from the year, I will listen to four new ones. But if I have listened to five albums from the year, I will listen to no new ones.
EDIT: If I have already listened to a multiple of five, I'll expand the list to reach the next one.
a. Albums in my collection still to hear front to back: None
b. Albums in my collection rated and ranked:
1. Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan 3.5/5 [Vocal Jazz, Standards]
c. New album selections:
- Study In Brown - Clifford Brown And Max Roach [Hard Bop]
- Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill [Vocal Jazz]
- Afro-Cuban - Kenny Dorham [Hard Bop, Afro-Cuban Jazz]
- Julie Is Her Name - Julie London [Vocal Jazz, Standards] _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
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This was a great discovery. Just a really tight hard bop album with excellent performances from all involved. It never gets dull and it's suitably virtuosic at times. A strong 4/5 that goes right to the top of my list for 1955.
She has a smooth, rich voice, and the accompaniment provides the perfect mellow tone for nighttime listening. Vocally, Merrill is not quite as impressive as Vaughan, so while also a 3.5/5, this record goes to third on my list for 1955. _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
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This album was originally released in 1955 with just 4 tracks and less than 19 minutes of music. Then in 1957 it got a longer reissue, which is the version eligible for BEA. However, I'm rating the shorter original here, which ends up being just the right amount to tantalize the listener. Three out of the four tracks are fairly peppy, with only "Lotus Flower" taking a subdued approach. Technically, Dorham's playing is very sound, and the Afro-Cuban percussion sounds great. This takes me across time and space back to Little Havana, which I visited in January. I'll award this a 4/5 and move it to #2 for the year.
1. Study In Brown - Clifford Brown And Max Roach 4/5
2. Afro-Cuban - Kenny Dorham 4/5
3. Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan 3.5/5
4. Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill 3.5/5
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