Category Archives: Audiophallic

Hi-Fi Friday: December 9, 2016

Audiophallic,

Blobby‘s month to pick the theme. And we’re going with live music. I guess as opposed to dead music, although I’m not sure that’s a thing.

There’s a big list of concerts I’d love to have seen. Most would involve a time machine taking me back to the late 80s and early 90s though. This one in particular is from 1987. Granted, I would have been 14 at the time, and had not yet discovered this band for myself. Not for another 4 years at least.

I give you Shriekback’s “Nemesis”, live:

Until next time...
Erik

Hi-Fi Friday: December 2, 2016

Audiophallic, ,

Blobby‘s month to pick the theme. And we’re going with live music. I guess as opposed to dead music, although I’m not sure that’s a thing.

And one song popped into my head first, so that’s what you’re getting.

Hootie & the Blowfish’s 1995 live cover of Stephen Stills’ 1970 song “Love the One You’re With”. And a few other songs mixed in with it. This is one of those medleys that has just stuck with me for the last 20 years. Damn. 20 years.

Until next time...
Erik

A Very Late Hi-Fi Friday: November 25, 2016

Audiophallic, ,

My turn to pick the theme this month with Blobby, and I finally went with songs about a particular city. It could be any city, but the song should be in some way about that city.

Which sounds really lame now that I have time to sit and think about it. But in for a penny, in for a pound.

I’m sorry this one is late. That whole upgrading my website thing.

While this one is not about a named particular city, it could be any city. This song holds a really weird place in my heart. Not for the song, but from a memory that’s evoked when I hear it. A very happy memory. So I’m using it this week.

I give you “Downtown”, by the one and only Petula Clark:

Until next time...
Erik

Hi-Fi Friday: November 18, 2016

Audiophallic, ,

My turn to pick the theme this month with Blobby, and I finally went with songs about a particular city. It could be any city, but the song should be in some way about that city.

Which sounds really lame now that I have time to sit and think about it. But in for a penny, in for a pound.

Blobby seems to have gone all European Vacation so far with this month, while I’m still here Stateside… at the moment.

And back again with New Orleans. Maybe bits of me really are there all the time. I know I’ve left some of me there.

I give you The Animal’s 1964 version of “The House of the Rising Sun”:

The songs is thought to be from at least the early 1900s, but the earliest known recording of this song is from 1933, by Tom Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster:

Definitely a difference between the two.

Until next time...
Erik

Hi-Fi Friday: November 11, 2016

Audiophallic,

My turn to pick the theme this month with Blobby, and I finally went with songs about a particular city. It could be any city, but the song should be in some way about that city.

Which sounds really lame now that I have time to sit and think about it. But in for a penny, in for a pound.

And another Friday, another late post.

I’m not sure if 1stWave on SiriusXM has ruined this song for me or not. I will tell you, I never realized this song was actually about chess, and the musical, until I watched the video while posting this. That changed the story a bit for me.

I give you “One Night in Bangkok” by Murray Head.

YHWH help us all.

Until next time...
Erik

Hi-Fi Friday: November 4, 2016

Audiophallic, ,

My turn to pick the theme this month with Blobby, and I finally went with songs about a particular city. It could be any city, but the song should be in some way about that city.

Which sounds really lame now that I have time to sit and think about it. But in for a penny, in for a pound.

And I almost didn’t make this post on the day, as I’ve been working all day, and didn’t realize it was the new month until Blobby let me know yesterday evening. Such is the craziness.

So, for my first selection, I’m going with a cover, but one of my favorites.

I give you Lavay Smith’s version of the 1947 classic “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans”, from her 2000 album “Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing!”:

Until next time...
Erik