Greetings folks,
Yes, @kleptones here, back from a brief sojourn to Prague, which, elephant-memoried readers will recall, was the last place we visited back in 2020 just before everything went to shit. So, a return visit, by way of "picking up where we left off", both physically and spiritually, seemed the order of the day. And so it was, Prague remains a beautiful city (and is as quiet on the tourist front currently as Amsterdam), the people remain friendly, the food great and the beer, oh the beer... still the best in the world, in my humble opinion. Therefore we are rejuvinated and feeling more able to face the "on y va", at least temporarily, if you know what I mean....
"Argh. My first choice was mysteriously missing the first track, an orchestral overture that really tied the whole (aural) room together...
Dove down any number of musical rabbit holes-- contemporaneous late 60's albums, New York mood analogues, collaborations...which is how I arrived at this selection.
From a cursory browse around the web, it seems quite a few of this artist's fans-- and critics-- were let down by this album-- 'wild man has lost his edge' type lamentations.
It may be that its tone fits my current mood-- melancholy tinged with some irony?--although I also played it a lot two years ago, during a week alone in a house further up the coast, oblivious to the building health crisis & approaching lockdown...
In any case, it seems to me that while said edge may with time have been honed down a little finer-- narrower, smoother, thinner?-- it's certainly not absent.
Some of you are likely much more familiar with the man's extensive catalog than I am, so I look forward to your thoughts and opinions.
You could do worse than mix yourself a Manhattan to drink along-- with rye rather than bourbon, please!"
Very well. Download is here, stream is below:
See you 8pm GMT tonight!
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