tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34884412587976041912024-03-16T00:18:02.134-07:00Green Alien ChickHeli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-13029923699182986692011-11-04T22:05:00.000-07:002011-11-05T19:51:37.607-07:00THE BEACH BOYS - Washington, DC 1981<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xWRgXh1RomQ/TrTTEbroZEI/AAAAAAAADbg/w4uUeJzNcxA/s1600/The%2BBeach%2BBoys%2B1980.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 291px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xWRgXh1RomQ/TrTTEbroZEI/AAAAAAAADbg/w4uUeJzNcxA/s320/The%2BBeach%2BBoys%2B1980.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671389903869994050" border="0" /></a>It's starting to get downright damn chilly and rainy here in L.A., but this week is still all about that bright sunny <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_%28The_Beach_Boys_album%29">SMiLE</a></span>. Yes, as all followers of this and <a href="http://heavysugarradio.blogspot.com/">my other blog</a> have surely heard, Mr. Brian Wilson and His Beach Boys' long-dormant album project has finally been officially released after a mere 45-year wait. And while I'm still anxiously awaiting my copy in the mail, my adoration of Brian's monumental <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_%28Brian_Wilson_album%29">2004 SMiLE recording</a> knows no bounds, so I can only imagine that the remastered, reassembled original will be at least as great. No megabudget Hollywood epic can hold a candle to these mind-movies, baby. (Of the hundreds of reviews online, my favorite is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/oct/27/beach-boys-smile-sessions-review">here</a>; as usual, U.K. critics and fans are way ahead of us when it comes to this quintessentially American band. It bears mentioning too that <span style="font-style: italic;">The SMiLE Sessions</span> received an extremely rare <a href="http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16000-the-smile-sessions/">10 rating</a> from those annoying hipster dick-dweebs at Pitchfork.)<br /><br />Speaking of Mr. Wilson, my main man also happens to have a charming new CD of Disney songs, <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_The_Key_Of_Disney">In the Key of Disney</a>, out now as well. (I played <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMm0P35BQxg">this track</a> for my 14-month-old son many a time today...yes, Wilson Sings Newman!) This on top of last year's deeply wonderful <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson_Reimagines_Gershwin">Reimagines Gershwin</a> album, and in addition to regular worldwide touring. Not a bad run of productivity for a senior citizen whom many wags long ago wrote off as a braindead waste-case loony tune.<br /><br />All of this to say that this is a uniquely exciting time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the beloved B-Boys. In that spirit, I proudly present one of their hugely attended 1980-'85 Independence Day concerts on the National Mall in my hometown of Our Nation's Capital. This one, a complete FM broadcast (from Q107, my fave station as a kid!), was my first Beach Boys concert and I vividly remember watching from atop my dad's shoulders. I believe too that 1981 was the last year that all six members of the band performed live together. As with everything Beach Boys, it contains a lot of joy laced with a little sadness...<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys">THE BEACH BOYS</a><br />The National Mall - Washington, D.C. - July 4, 1981<br />(FMB @320 kbps)<br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y9RPO6FI">DOWNLOAD</a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-65385893587685117552011-10-25T13:43:00.000-07:002011-10-25T14:12:58.484-07:00OZZY OSBOURNE - Memphis, TN 1982<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TuMgg_YSI0o/Tqcfsb_7bBI/AAAAAAAADbE/2Rp8a-lB1hA/s1600/Front.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 311px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TuMgg_YSI0o/Tqcfsb_7bBI/AAAAAAAADbE/2Rp8a-lB1hA/s320/Front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667533504359656466" border="0" /></a>The maaadmaaan is <span style="font-style: italic;">baaack!!!</span><br /><br />And so am I, in a momentary break from my new life as Mr. Mom. Apologies for the long break; I promise I will try to keep it up a bit more on the blog front...<br /><br />Now allow me to lay upon you a prime slice of a loony, still-young and very high Ozzy chopping it up on Elvis' home turf. This here is a brand new 2011 release of FM-broadcast-@320 wickedness, and a bat-biting bloody good time.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne">OZZY OSBOURNE</a><br /><a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Ozzy_Osbourne-nom_album-Silver_Cross-l-en.html">"Silver Cross"</a><br />Mid-South Coliseum - Memphis, TN - April 28, 1982<br />(FMB @320 kbps)<br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://vivalesbootlegs.blogspot.com/">Viva Les Boots</a>, and...<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">H<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A</span>P<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">P</span>Y <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">H</span>A<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">L</span>L<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">O</span>W<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">E</span>E<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">N</span>!<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">!</span>!</span></span>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-84052103917554263752011-10-04T19:30:00.001-07:002011-10-04T19:52:41.105-07:00BEN SOMMER - "Fist" (Special Album Preview Track)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2B4SBYdB7uI/TovCk4ceKRI/AAAAAAAADZ0/H3uPJpvoCQU/s1600/ben_sommer_thinker.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2B4SBYdB7uI/TovCk4ceKRI/AAAAAAAADZ0/H3uPJpvoCQU/s320/ben_sommer_thinker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659831295604042002" border="0" /></a>Sorry for the long-ass break. Had to hop back online and tell y'all how glad I am to hear that my all-time-fave indie post-prog libertarian rock brainiac <a href="http://bensommer.com/content/home">Ben Sommer</a> is up to his old tricks again.<br /><br />Ben has kindly furnished Green Alien Chick with track 7 -- the fantastically energetic rocker "Fist" -- from his upcoming long-player entitled<span style="font-style: italic;"> Super Brain</span>, which sounds to be even better than his much-admired debut, 2009's <span style="font-style: italic;">America'd</span>.<br /><br />As always for the eclectic Mr. Sommer, "Fist" is catchy, quirky, and all kinds of up in your face. Check it out on the player at bottom, and/or head on over to the <a href="http://bensommer.com/super-brain">album page</a> on Ben's site, where you can hear this and all the other new tracks so far.<br /><br />So wake up, America: it's Sommertime!<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" id="xspf_player" style="display: inline; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: -3px;" height="15" width="150"> <param name="movie" value="http://bensommer.com/audioplayer/xspf_player_slim.swf?song_url=https://bensommer.com/sites/default/files/media/07_Fist.mp3&mode=playpause&mastervol=100&song_title=Fist"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <embed src="http://bensommer.com/audioplayer/xspf_player_slim.swf?song_url=https://bensommer.com/sites/default/files/media/07_Fist.mp3&mode=playpause&mastervol=100&song_title=Fist" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" name="xspf_player" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="15" width="150"></embed></object>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-9955270371690996752011-09-06T20:56:00.000-07:002011-09-06T21:00:54.554-07:00HAPPY 65th BIRTHDAY, FREDDIE!<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KX2BQM0D01M" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="345" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />I'm just tickled to be living in an era when the phrase "<a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/happy-birthday-freddie-mercury.html">Freddie Mercury memorial Google doodle</a>" not only makes sense, but describes something that currently exists.<br /><br />Long live Fred!Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-52921563342034384002011-09-03T23:08:00.000-07:002011-09-03T23:17:40.009-07:00THE BEACH BOYS - "SMiLE" SESSIONS...It's Happening!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m34RjWzcrPU/TmMWKi3VAbI/AAAAAAAADZQ/RXd3KaK9oiI/s1600/BB_splash_02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m34RjWzcrPU/TmMWKi3VAbI/AAAAAAAADZQ/RXd3KaK9oiI/s400/BB_splash_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648382728066105778" border="0" /></a>Back soon with a regular post -- I promise! But for the moment, this was too exciting -- too utterly unbelievable, really -- not to feature on the blog.
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<br />All I can say is that after almost 45 years of waiting (three years longer than I've been alive), I am most definitely ready to <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.thebeachboys.com/smileSplash/index.html">SMiLE</a></span></span>.
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<br />Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-72069563817844984232011-06-30T18:20:00.000-07:002011-06-30T19:06:27.183-07:00BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND - Cleveland, OH 1978 (R.I.P. Clarence Clemons)<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s9atCE98Cro/Tg0outEL9SI/AAAAAAAADX0/O_9M_5tXR7o/s1600/Agora_Front.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; display: block; height: 250px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624196292491867426" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s9atCE98Cro/Tg0outEL9SI/AAAAAAAADX0/O_9M_5tXR7o/s320/Agora_Front.jpg" border="0" /></a>Oh, why not...since it's America's birthday weekend, how 'bout one last tribute to the Big Man and the Boss Man? And maybe even the best of the lot while we're at it?<br /><br />Like oh so many Americans -- not to mention so many Springsteen song subjects -- I've been laid off. As of tomorrow evening I will be officially unemployed for the first time in seven years. The greed goes on, the country heads straight down the shitter, so let's all celebrate with beer, hot dogs, fireworks, and <em>Transformers 3</em>. Yippee!<br /><br />Anyway, good times. I can't be sure when I'll be posting again; I have to get my own damn PC first...<br /><br />Wish me luck if you please, <strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Happy</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">July</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">4th</span></strong>, and I'll be back!<br /><br />BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND<br /><a href="https://brucebase.wikispaces.com/090878+Cleveland">"Agora Night"</a><br />The Agora - Cleveland, OH - August 9, 1978<br />(FMB @320 kbps)<br /><a href="http://www.addictedtovinyl.com/zips/bsagora1.zip">DOWNLOAD 1</a> / <a href="http://www.addictedtovinyl.com/zips/bsagora2.zip">DOWNLOAD 2</a> / <a href="http://www.addictedtovinyl.com/zips/bsagora3.zip">DOWNLOAD 3</a><br /><br />Thanks once again to <a href="http://addictedtovinyl.com/">Addicted to Vinyl</a>.Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-5945608032653275882011-06-24T16:31:00.000-07:002011-06-24T21:29:01.838-07:00BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND - San Francisco, CA 1978 (R.I.P. Clarence Clemons)<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QOm-CUA2Yy0/TgUeeKTDjyI/AAAAAAAADXY/V6nhT4n1Fjs/s1600/SpringsteenWinterlandNight1978Gb600.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621933213351120674" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QOm-CUA2Yy0/TgUeeKTDjyI/AAAAAAAADXY/V6nhT4n1Fjs/s320/SpringsteenWinterlandNight1978Gb600.jpg" /></a> As promised, one more shot of epic '78 <a href="http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html">Boss</a>, in honor of the late great <a href="http://www.clarenceclemons.com/main.htm">Big Man</a>.<br /><br />This is the legendary, four-hour (including bonus tracks) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSAN_(FM)">KSAN-FM</a> broadcast from San Francisco's venerable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterland_Ballroom">Winterland</a> -- two weeks before it closed forever -- introed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Graham_(promoter)">Mr. Bill Graham</a> himself.<br /><br />'Nuff said for now.<br /><br />BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND<br /><a href="http://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com/springsteen-bruce/bruce-springsteen-winterland-night-crystal-cat-records-cc-471-73/">"Winterland Night"</a><br />Winterland Ballroom - San Francisco, CA - December 15, 1978 (FMB)<br /><a href="http://uploading.com/files/9mb7fa76/1978-12-15%2B-%2BWinterland%2BNight%2BCC.rar/">DOWNLOAD</a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-43258304476386756832011-06-20T18:24:00.000-07:002011-06-20T18:37:10.127-07:00BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND - Passaic, NJ 1978 (R.I.P. Clarence Clemons)<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Xg7uvmqe-I/Tf_zX98621I/AAAAAAAADXI/QtvcRVE4Zm0/s1600/024649576.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 252px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620478453074287442" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Xg7uvmqe-I/Tf_zX98621I/AAAAAAAADXI/QtvcRVE4Zm0/s320/024649576.jpg" /></a>How will the Boss ever replace the mighty <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Clemons">Big Man</a>?<br /><br />To commemorate the beloved sax king's <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/06/clarence-clemons-appreciation-bruce-springsteen-death.html">passing</a> this weekend, possibly the single greatest Springsteen/E Street band show ever -- certainly one of 'em. More will follow.<br /><br />BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND<br /><a href="http://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com/springsteen-bruce/bruce-springsteen-passaic-night-crystal-cat-records-cc-476-78/">"Passaic Night"<br /></a>Capitol Theatre - Passaic, NJ - September 19, 1978 (FMB)<br /><a href="http://www.addictedtovinyl.com/media/bs091978/bs0919781.zip">DOWNLOAD 1</a> / <a href="http://www.addictedtovinyl.com/media/bs091978/bs0919782.zip">DOWNLOAD 2</a> / <a href="http://www.addictedtovinyl.com/media/bs091978/bs0919783.zip">DOWNLOAD 3</a><br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://addictedtovinyl.com/blog/">Addicted to Vinyl</a>.Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-90421630014181576082011-06-16T18:32:00.000-07:002011-06-16T19:02:06.300-07:00JETHRO TULL - Seattle, WA 1975<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-niiVLWqxXCM/Tfqu3Yc1dkI/AAAAAAAADWM/ZoMBdcOYF4I/s1600/jethro-tull-prrp60-front.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618995751577548354" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-niiVLWqxXCM/Tfqu3Yc1dkI/AAAAAAAADWM/ZoMBdcOYF4I/s320/jethro-tull-prrp60-front.jpg" /></a> Time to change it up for summer, dudes! Just saw good ol' <a href="http://www.j-tull.com/">Tull</a> for the first time last Saturday at the <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/tull-304168-jethro-aqualung.html">Greek Theatre</a>, and probably the last time. Nothing against them, they were lovely -- but in my exciting "I'm a new dad who just got laid off" life, they must fall under the "see-them-once-and-check-them-off-the-list" heading.<br /><br />Anyway, I had already posted a couple of sweet <a href="http://heavysugarradio.blogspot.com/search?q=jethro+tull">early Tull boots</a> over on my all-'60s blog, <a href="http://heavysugarradio.blogspot.com/">Heavy Sugar Radio</a>, so do check those out as well.<br /><br />As for this one, it's a recently remastered @320 beaut, with solid sound quality and setlist and a stream of frequently hilarious between-song banter by the always fluterrific <a href="http://www.j-tull.com/musicians/iananderson/">Ian Anderson</a>.<br /><br />JETHRO TULL<br /><a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/jethro-tull/1975/seattle-center-coliseum-seattle-wa-1bd3b528.html">Seattle Center Coliseum</a> - Seattle, WA - July 25, 1975<br />(AUD @320 kbps)<br /><a href="http://www.fileserve.com/file/hCYhD9r">DOWNLOAD 1</a> / <a href="http://www.fileserve.com/file/P5hwGbW">DOWNLOAD 2</a> / <a href="http://www.fileserve.com/file/SnzKH6n">DOWNLOAD 3</a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-21556184173494944182011-06-10T19:42:00.000-07:002011-06-10T20:06:58.111-07:00PRINCE - Los Angeles, CA 2011 (21 Nite Stand, Show #3)<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dvF3UKz-mC0/TfLZDrTqk9I/AAAAAAAADV0/IUCYk2nKFQQ/s1600/P1030690.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 191px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616790342472471506" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dvF3UKz-mC0/TfLZDrTqk9I/AAAAAAAADV0/IUCYk2nKFQQ/s320/P1030690.JPG" /></a> Alrighty, one last blast of royal rockin' funkage from that lusty young knave, <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6600cc;">Mr. Rodgers Nelson</span></strong>, and we out. Off to celebrate my first wedding anniversary on Sunday.<br /><br />Much love, y'all!<br /><br />PRINCE<br />The Forum - Inglewood, CA - April 22, 2011 (AUD @320 kbps)<br /><a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/prince/2011/the-forum-inglewood-ca-3bd39098.html">Welcome 2 America: 21 Nite Stand -- Show 3</a><br /><a href="http://uploading.com/files/b9748e7e/Prince%2B-%2B2011-04-22%2BLos%2BAngeles.rar/">DOWNLOAD</a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-36471071188761997242011-06-02T17:16:00.001-07:002011-06-05T01:24:29.854-07:00PRINCE - Los Angeles, CA 2011 (21 Nite Stand, Show #12)<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3BJBiVKTGiw/TegpKqwfr0I/AAAAAAAADVY/btsT-KBtVYw/s1600/DSC03086sml2.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; display: block; height: 240px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613782198770446146" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3BJBiVKTGiw/TegpKqwfr0I/AAAAAAAADVY/btsT-KBtVYw/s320/DSC03086sml2.jpg" border="0" /></a>I think this might be my first post ever in which the accompanying photo was taken by yours truly!<br /><br />Ah, another week, another regal <a href="http://prince.org/msg/7/356841/Prince-bringing-Welcome-to-America-to-LA-for-21-Nights"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;" >Prince</span></strong></a> boot fo' ya. But this one is different, since it documents the second of the three shows I attended during the already-legendary, now apparently concluded "21 Nite Stand" at ye Olde Fabulous Forum. As it turned out, by His Purpleness' math, "21 nites" actually ended up only being "15 nites," but who's counting? (Oh wait, I was. Even though I made it to what turned out to be the final show on May 29, I still wanted more!)<br /><br />This one is especially special to me because at this very show, my dear cousin Daniel and his lovely girlfriend Christine got engaged, during "Take Me with U" as it happened. My wife and I walked up to their section, unrolled a banner with the big question written on it, and about 3,000 amped-up concertgoers, family and friends went even crazier as my man got down on one knee...a moment I will never forget.<br /><br />Even better, this wonderful audience recording is possibly of even better audio quality than the first one I posted; it's also 320 kbps. How do these cats do it? (Setlist linked <a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/prince/2011/the-forum-inglewood-ca-2bd3e07a.html">here</a>.)<br /><br />Congratz again to Daniel and Christine, and thanks to whatever magnificent bastard did such a fine job taping all 2 hours and 40 minutes of this glorious show!<br /><br />PRINCE<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-prince-wrap-20110602,0,1023338.story">Welcome 2 America: 21 Nite Stand -- Show 12</a><br />The Forum - Inglewood, CA - May 14, 2011 (AUD @320 kbps)<br /><a href="http://uploading.com/files/1af8eda1/Prince%2B-%2B2011-05-14%2BThe%2BForum%2BLos%2BAngeles.rar/">DOWNLOAD</a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-80253928027641787942011-05-20T16:06:00.000-07:002011-05-20T17:18:44.120-07:00PRINCE - "Small Club" Live and "Lovesexy" Tour Rehearsal, 1988<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ngwE4RJIW48/Tdb8kBwYLkI/AAAAAAAADVM/sXGGl1vNWV0/s1600/Small-Club.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 277px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608948081813368386" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ngwE4RJIW48/Tdb8kBwYLkI/AAAAAAAADVM/sXGGl1vNWV0/s320/Small-Club.jpg" /></a> This Saturday night will be, unlike the past two, a Prince-free evening. Reason being, the <a href="http://youtu.be/Pe3KM7vfNh8"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6600cc;"><strong>Purple Yoda</strong></span></a> is taking a break from L.A. and heading up north to play this weekend. So if the world doesn't end tomorrow, I will sure as hell try to attend one more "21 Nite Stand" show. 'Til then, we better party like it's...<br /><br />1988! That's the year of this glorious two-fer of musical majesty. Both halves are equally acclaimed as two of the best Prince boots ever: Disc 1 is the legendary after-show club gig at the Trojan Horse club in The Hague, Netherlands; Disc 2 is from the <em>Lovesexy</em> Tour rehearsals at Prince's own Paisley Park Studios. Both boots are complete and perfect soundboard recordings, 100% official-release quality all the way.<br /><br />If you're any kind of Prince fan, you need these. 'Nuff said!<br /><br />PRINCE<br /><a href="http://prince.org/msg/7/356130"><em>"Small Club"</em></a><br />Trojan Horse - The Hague, Netherlands - August 18, 1988<br /><em>and</em><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovesexy_World_Tour"><em>Lovesexy </em>Tour</a> Rehearsal<br />Paisley Park Studios - Minneapolis, MN - April 5, 1988<br />(<em>Both</em> SBD @320 kbps)<br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HBDMDUZ5">DOWNLOAD 1</a> / <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TWFBKB43">DOWNLOAD 2</a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-86054391925043514572011-05-13T16:45:00.000-07:002011-06-02T17:17:37.424-07:00PRINCE - Los Angeles, CA 2011 (21 Nite Stand, Show #8)<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Irnp_mWcFJ8/Tc3C4n11hQI/AAAAAAAADUw/y5XgJ0o6lFQ/s1600/Prince21.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606351389169386754" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Irnp_mWcFJ8/Tc3C4n11hQI/AAAAAAAADUw/y5XgJ0o6lFQ/s320/Prince21.jpg" /></a> What's up y'all? I've been snooping around for another <strong>Queen</strong> show that will uphold the sky-high sonic standard of the first two boots I posted in honor of the Royal Wedding, but so far no luck finding it. However, since I'm not quite ready to switch out the above banner featuring The Future Queen Formerly Known As Kate Middleton, I've decided to stick with the royal theme for awhile yet...<br /><br />Now, I've been seeing me some shows lately: the past three weeks have encompassed Paul Simon, Robert Plant, and Elvis Costello -- wonderful shows all. And Sunday night brings my beloved Black Angels. However, any music fan or musician -- including all of the above esteemed artists -- will tell you that the reason L.A. is the center of the musical universe right now is due to one man: his name is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6600cc;">PRINCE</span></em></strong></a>, and he is funky indeed. (At last night's show, Elvis C. even played a little "Purple Rain" in tribute.)<br /><br />As you may have heard, the Purple One is currently blanketing the City of Angels with love. His current<span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_2_America"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Welcome</span> <span style="color:#ffffff;">2</span> <span style="color:#3366ff;">America</span></span></strong></a> tour <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/blogs/pop-life/princes-night-of-divinely-inspired-madness-20101216">kicked off</a> last December on the East Coast, but the already-legendary "21 Nite Stand" residency has been happening out here for a solid <em>month</em> now and it still ain't done! I took the wife last Saturday as a Mother's Day gift, and we're headed back tomorrow night for more. Lord knows we might even squeeze in a third show before the purple party's over.<br /><br />In addition to throwing a nonstop funk-rock bash like you ain't never seen or heard, Prince is also actually performing a great public service for L.A. by staging the entire 21 Nite Stand so far -- unless you count Wednesday night's two surprise gigs at the Troubadour in West Hollywood -- at the venerable and vulnerable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)">Forum</a>. Followers of my blog will know that I happen to love this old shed, which opened way back in my birth year of 1968 down in the 'hood of Inglewood (and yes, it really <em>is </em>the 'hood.) Historic arenas such as this are being torn down by the dozens, and the Fabulous Forum, which is now owned by a church, will no doubt reap great benefits from Prince's 15 shows and counting, despite the fact that most seats are priced at $25 all-in, which obviously benefits the fans far more than the artist or the venue. But if Prince worried about being able to sell that many seats for that many shows, he needn't have once word-of-mouth got out about what a unique event this is, and what an epically great time.<br /><br />So: great musician, great venue, and great shows, of which this bootleg is one. For an audience recording taped under what I'm sure must have been severe duress -- Prince frowns on any photos being taken at his concerts, not to mention bootlegs being recorded -- this thing sounds fantastic, well-balanced, with the vocals right up front, nice and clear. The two-and-a-half hour show begins in a mellow mood with a jazzy-cool vamp, which then turns into a (gulp) slow jam, my least favorite genre of music in the world. But that's redeemed -- destroyed, really -- by a (no shit) Van Halen-style geetar solo at the end. And then we're off into a cover of "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" and the party is <em>on.</em> (Setlist linked below.)<br /><br />If you're anywhere near L.A., get here. If you ain't, then download it and weep!<br /><br />PRINCE<br /><a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/prince/2011/the-forum-inglewood-ca-bd3f5e2.html">Welcome 2 America: 21 Nite Stand -- Show 8</a><br />The Forum - Inglewood, CA - May 5, 2011 (AUD)<br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LOIG13G0">DOWNLOAD</a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-65191607306912564882011-05-04T17:44:00.000-07:002011-05-04T18:24:49.858-07:00QUEEN - London, England 1977<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HWSZIntjLY0/TcH0RZBbpQI/AAAAAAAADUI/WOTZhmZ_AzQ/s1600/77-06-06_London_Wardour_A.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603027991037453570" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HWSZIntjLY0/TcH0RZBbpQI/AAAAAAAADUI/WOTZhmZ_AzQ/s320/77-06-06_London_Wardour_A.jpg" /></a>One great '77 Queen boot deserves another, wouldn't you agree, my lovelies? So here you go, in keeping with our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Prince_William_and_Catherine_Middleton">Royal Wedding</a>-themed FredFest, and also -- because why not? -- to celebrate that other historic news story from this past weekend (how do you say <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden">"fish shit"</a> in Arabic...?)<br /><br />This one represents the penultimate show of the group's American-European <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_At_The_Races_Tour"><em>A Day at the Races</em> Tour</a>, which along with the final show on June 7 were pro-taped for an official release that never materialized, possibly due to Freddie and the boys' understandably not-quite-perfect voices, these being the last shows of a six-month tour. That said, and some vocal dropouts and other quirks aside, this is a near-perfect show, and a full 28 tracks just like the Houston Summit gig.<br /><br />More soon. God save the (future) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_middleton">Queen</a>!<br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Queen">QUEEN<br /></a>Earls Court Exhibition Centre - London, England - June 6, 1977<br />(SBD @320 kbps)<br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KU22N6YE">DOWNLOAD 1</a> / <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QYQAX5RO">DOWNLOAD 2</a> / <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=URXON0JH">DOWNLOAD 3</a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-79700547436912854602011-04-27T17:54:00.000-07:002011-04-29T12:20:01.757-07:00QUEEN - Houston, TX 1977 {MP3 & .WMA}<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tz3NdwqeGS0/TbjAkykS6II/AAAAAAAADTI/DE4g9gJaTcc/s1600/77-12-11_Houston_DVDfront.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600437874917042306" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tz3NdwqeGS0/TbjAkykS6II/AAAAAAAADTI/DE4g9gJaTcc/s320/77-12-11_Houston_DVDfront.jpg" /></a>OMG, I like totally can't decide what I'm more psyched about: the <a href="http://www.officialroyalwedding2011.org/">Royal Wedding</a> on Friday, or the first box set of brand-new, 40th anniversary <a href="http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15221-reissues/">Queen remasters</a> (<a href="http://amzn.com/B004SBB0LU">out May 17</a> on our side of the pond).<br /><br />I well remember, exactly 20 years ago, the first Queen remasters -- actually the first domestic CDs of Queen's Elektra albums -- coming out, along with their bittersweet studio swan song <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innuendo_%28album%29"><em>Innuendo</em></a>, on Disney's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Records">Hollywood Records</a>; what an odd fit that seemed, but I was so glad that one of my all-time favorite bands might again get some shred of recognition and even respect in the benighted U.S. of A. at last!<br /><br />Little did I realize at the time how <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeSvPDAi4l8">Freddie's death</a> late in 1991, coupled with the high silliness of the hit <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105793/"><em>Wayne's World</em></a> movie, then the massive <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freddie_Mercury_Tribute_Concert">Tribute Concert</a> in April '92 (of which I was a lucky and proud attendee), would bring the boys roaring back to American and even greater global consciousness. 20 years later, they've still never left, long since universally acclaimed and beloved as one of the very top British bands of all time.<br /><br />(However, the latest slab of printed pomposity from Mount Rolling Stone, its new "<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231">100 Greatest Artists of All Time</a>" list, slights the band as always by placing them no higher than <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/queen-19691231">number 52</a>. That's behind both Run-DMC and Public Enemy, which can only be called a bad joke. While hip-hop's inexplicably enduring popularity is an unfortunate given, Rolling Stone's tiresome insistence on placing this shallow, monotonous, artless genre on the same level of historical -- not to mention musical -- importance as rock, blues, soul and jazz is at once hilarious, pathetic, and reeking of middle-aged desperation to appear "down with the kids." Alrighty! End of digression.)<br /><br />Anyway: 1977. In pop culture terms, I recall that long-ago-and-far-far-away year as being entirely about three things for me: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/"><em>Star Wars</em></a>, <a href="http://www.kissonline.com/">KISS</a> and <a href="http://www.queenonline.com/">Queen</a>. Having recently graduated from Sesame Street and Disney 45s to my first rock record, the gift of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John">Elton John's <em>Greatest Hits</em></a> LP, I was now, at age eight, striking out on my own, and in 1977 that meant KISS' monstrous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_II"><em>Alive II</em></a> and Queen's expansive, eclectic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_of_the_World_%28album%29"><em>News of the World</em></a>, which were released only two weeks apart.<br /><br />This brilliant 28-track behemoth of a bootleg comes from that tour, and is widely esteemed as a quintessential Queen concert. The sound is rip-roaringly great and it features all the hits and deep cuts you could want, everything from punk slammers "Stone Cold Crazy" and "Sheer Heart Attack" to gossamer delights "The Millionaire Waltz" and "My Melancholy Blues." If you're as tickled as I am by the idea of Freddie trilling the outrageously queer "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" to 16,000 fans deep in the heart of Texas, then this is most assuredly the show for you.<br /><br />Here's to a right Royal weekend, my darlings!<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band)">QUEEN<br /></a><a href="http://www.queenconcerts.com/detail/live/346/queen-live-11-12-1977-summit-houston-texas-usa.html">The Summit</a> - Houston, TX - December 11, 1977<br />(SBD @320 kbps)<br /><a href="http://depositfiles.com/files/yp4rvib1c">DOWNLOAD 1</a> / <a href="http://depositfiles.com/files/o7gmtb5hj">DOWNLOAD 2</a><br /><br />(Also: .wma @192 kbps)<br /><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/73969155/qh19771211.part1.rar">DOWNLOAD 1</a> / <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/73969598/qh19771211.part2.rar">DOWNLOAD 2</a><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Note:</span> Top links are 320 kbps MP3s, bottom are the .wma files I orignally posted. This is such a sweet-ass boot that I will leave both sets active for you all.<br /><br />PS -- The reason I posted the "Definitive Edition" DVD cover above is that since I've heard the pro-shot tape of the complete concert is one of the absolute best Queen video boots ever -- which might explain why it's proven impossible to purchase so far, and I don't download video -- I'm hoping that somehow it'll magically manifest one of these days. Anyone...anyone...any way the wind blows...?Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-56624346393343245682011-04-22T17:33:00.000-07:002011-04-22T17:50:16.164-07:00BRIAN WILSON - London, England 2004 ("SMiLE" Live!)<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5TYosZ91f6I/TbIeblNwqxI/AAAAAAAADSQ/YX971ffnrSU/s1600/brian-wilson-smile-live-front2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598570745970076434" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5TYosZ91f6I/TbIeblNwqxI/AAAAAAAADSQ/YX971ffnrSU/s320/brian-wilson-smile-live-front2.jpg" /></a> In a hurry to get home to the family, but I wanted to thank "Anonymous" who kindly furnished me, on my <a href="http://greenalienchick.blogspot.com/2010/08/brian-wilson-new-york-city-2004.html">previous Brian Wilson post</a>, with the below links to this magnificent live boot from the very first concert performances of Brian Wilson's legendary <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_(Brian_Wilson_album)">"SMiLE"</a>, inexorably emerging as my favorite album of all time.<br /><br />It's all here and much much more -- 40-some tracks worth! Thanks also to whoever in the lucky audience recorded the show: job well done, very well done indeed.<br /><br />Smile on, y'all!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.brianwilson.com/">BRIAN WILSON<br /></a><a href="http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/smile"><em><strong>"SMiLE"</strong></em></a><em> Live! </em><br />Royal Festival Hall - London, England - February 24, 2004 (AUD)<br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CLX4XUPE">DOWNLOAD 1</a> / <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YAY05UMQ">DOWNLOAD 2</a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-24082333286944594542011-04-13T16:59:00.000-07:002011-04-13T17:15:52.091-07:00THE STROKES - Cannes, France 2008<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hXY48Bi3Rx8/TaY5GvT0K6I/AAAAAAAADR4/zI6c4mxkHxY/s1600/Strokes%2BEurock%2B08%2BCover.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 276px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595222374995995554" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hXY48Bi3Rx8/TaY5GvT0K6I/AAAAAAAADR4/zI6c4mxkHxY/s320/Strokes%2BEurock%2B08%2BCover.jpg" /></a>Headed out on a road trip up to my beloved Napa, but wanted to leave you with a sweet boot from those loose, louche, always too-cool-for-school boys known as <a href="http://new.thestrokes.com/">the Strokes</a>. <br /><br />I believe their new LP, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angles_(The_Strokes_album)"><em>Angles</em></a>, happens to be their strongest since <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_This_It"><em>Is This It</em></a>, the epochal debut of ten years ago (!) now. Quality live boots of the band seem to be in short supply, but this powerful, 18-track soundboard is surely one. <br /><br />Till next time, lay chilly... <br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strokes">THE STROKES</a> <br />Eurock - Cannes, France - April 23, 2008 (SBD) <br /><a href="http://hotfile.com/dl/103364499/c8896ef/The_Strokes__Live_At_Eurock_Cannes.zip.html">DOWNLOAD</a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-13940502995437597202011-04-01T16:06:00.000-07:002011-04-01T16:18:16.883-07:00DEVO - Boston, MA 1982<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZaNDuIdLYd0/TZZbC8-xkeI/AAAAAAAADRY/E7CqmblUybE/s1600/DEVO-Boston11-82.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZaNDuIdLYd0/TZZbC8-xkeI/AAAAAAAADRY/E7CqmblUybE/s320/DEVO-Boston11-82.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590756093714338274" border="0" /></a>As promised, one last live Deev boot from the Orpheum in Boston.<br /><br />No foolin': it's <em style="font-style: italic;">wicked</em><span style="font-style: italic;"> pissa!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/devo/1982/orpheum-theatre-boston-ma-4bd657b6.html">DEVO</a><br />Orpheum Theatre - Boston, MA - November 11, 1982<br />(SBD @256 kbps)<br /><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/74402389/d82tobm.rar">DOWNLOAD</a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-86611263242053735012011-03-25T16:51:00.000-07:002011-03-30T18:10:44.915-07:00DEVO - Boston, MA 1980<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z1ms4jcYfGc/TY02CRMjOqI/AAAAAAAADQg/QH4zzxeq2i4/s1600/DEVO%2B1980%2BFreedom%2BOf%2BChoice%2Bposter.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588182125240335010" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z1ms4jcYfGc/TY02CRMjOqI/AAAAAAAADQg/QH4zzxeq2i4/s320/DEVO%2B1980%2BFreedom%2BOf%2BChoice%2Bposter.jpg" /></a>I am stupid fond of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo">Devo</a> right now, and still aglow from seeing them live for the first time last weekend here at Club Nokia. If you've never had the pleasure, oh my GAWD is it a good time. I got everything I wanted from <a href="http://www.mutato.com/">Mothersbaugh</a> & Co., muscially and visually, plus a whole lot more flat-out rocking than I ever expected. <br /><br />My lovely wife thinks my febrile Devo love is silly and totally out of character for me; I might agree with the latter part. But as much as they're associated with '80s new wave, the genesis of the band couldn't be more '60s: they were essentially born out of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings">Kent State</a> student shootings in May 1970, during which founding member <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/04/devos-jerry-casale-o.html">Gerald Casale</a> dodged bullets and saw two of his friends shot dead. If that ain't heavy, maaan, what is? <br /><br />Now then: for whatever reason, Beantown's historic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheum_Theatre_%28Boston,_Massachusetts%29">Orpheum Theatre</a> seems to have been a magical venue for the Ohio quintet, yielding fantastic live boots from three years running: this amazing July 1980 WBCN FM broadcast, a November 1981 show previously <a href="http://greenalienchick.blogspot.com/2010/08/devo-boston-ma-1981.html">posted here</a>, and a November 1982 show which I'll try to post next. <br /><br />Oh, and anyone who still doubts that Devolution is real -- I mean <em>realer</em> than real -- should <a href="http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/03/9-bills-creationism-classroom">just read <em>this</em></a>. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.clubdevo.com/">DEVO</a> <br />Orpheum Theatre - Boston, MA - July 17, 1980 <br />(FMB @320 kbps) <br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?0m1xye8kbd4aeg2">DOWNLOAD</a> <br /><br />PS -- Incidentally, your everloving unearthly Chick got some big-time Mainstream Media press coverage this week. Well, not really, but do check out the new <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/">LA Weekly</a>'s Letters page, now known -- in a nod to today's exciting computer technology -- as "Comments." You see, I couldn't resist the uncontrollable urge to scold my beloved local lefty rag for its inexplicably, laughably yet depressingly fawning cover piece on the dreaded <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/2011-03-17/music/insane-clown-posse-exclusive-interview/">Insane Clown Posse</a> and their idiot fans (speaking of Devolution). <br /><br />So here is the printed exchange in its entirety: <br /><br />"Green Alien Chick writes: 'There is some great music being made in the world, and none of it is by this ridiculous duo of fools. Why would you waste your time and ours on such moronic garbage?' <br /><br />'A real ass OC juggalo' responds: 'Ummmmm, fuck you and go read about your favorite faggot ass artist bitch.' <br /><br />Alien Chick's response: 'Exactly. See? Couldn't have said it better myself.'" <br /><br />Can I get a <em style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><strong>"AMEN!</strong></em><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"</span> up in here, <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/113213/saturday-night-live-underground-festival"><strong>bitches</strong></a>?Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-55632817940576545872011-03-15T18:49:00.001-07:002011-03-25T18:21:05.607-07:00THE BEACH BOYS - "Landlocked" 1969-'70<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TRr4MlO3Hng/TYAXTJ7nxyI/AAAAAAAADPM/VeV_Y7flxGs/s1600/landlocked.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584489155790358306" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TRr4MlO3Hng/TYAXTJ7nxyI/AAAAAAAADPM/VeV_Y7flxGs/s320/landlocked.jpg" /></a> I'm so beyond thrilled about last Friday's momentous announcement -- possibly the single happiest piece of music news I've ever had the pleasure of receiving -- that in celebration I'm posting two versions of the same bootleg.<br /><br />(In case you haven't heard, the news can be summed up in one word: <a href="http://www.billboard.com/news/beach-boys-lost-smile-album-to-see-release-1005070202.story#/news/beach-boys-lost-smile-album-to-see-release-1005070202.story"><strong><em>SMiLE</em></strong></a><em>.)</em><br /><br />As for <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/landlocked-r551126/review">"Landlocked"</a>, what we have here is a lovely compilation of outtakes, alternates and demos for the post-Capitol tracks that would comprise much of the Boys' first two, equally sublime LPs for Warner Bros.: 1970's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_(album)"><em>Sunflower</em></a> and 1971's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf%27s_Up_(album)"><em>Surf's Up</em></a>. The first link is for the original, 12-track version in top bitrate; the second is for an expanded 24-track version in slightly lower quality. Both sound great.<br /><br />Take your pick, or take both. Either way...smile!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thebeachboys.com/">THE BEACH BOYS</a><br />"Landlocked" 1969-'70 (STU)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TLC7ZYMN">DOWNLOAD</a> (12 tracks @320 kbps)<br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P5MALCS9">DOWNLOAD</a> (24 tracks @192 kbps)Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-27999345287162018342011-03-08T15:48:00.000-08:002011-03-17T11:29:14.282-07:00ERIC CLAPTON - Richmond, VA 1985<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UTFAHfQl2ag/TXbAuYw4j-I/AAAAAAAADOc/LEC9O1gV5P8/s1600/Clapton85Richmond.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581860691326308322" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UTFAHfQl2ag/TXbAuYw4j-I/AAAAAAAADOc/LEC9O1gV5P8/s320/Clapton85Richmond.jpg" /></a> Sorry not to have posted any toonage since the Super Bowl...man, having a 6-month-old baby boy can cut into one's bloggin' time!<br /><br />Anyway, tonight I'll be happily seeing my first show in ages: in a word, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton"><strong><em>GOD</em></strong></a>. (No, not Hendrix -- I mean the ORIGINAL psychedelic-blooze-rawk geetar god.) I've only ever seen Clapton twice; once recently, with short-lived <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Faith">Blind Faith</a> bandmate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Winwood">Steve Winwood</a> at the Hollywood Bowl, and once way the hell back in high school, at the Baltimore Civic Center, the very night after this live boot was recorded. This here show was recorded FM-stylee for ye olde King Biscuit, so it's an all-'round ass-blaster.<br /><br />Promise to be back sooner than later...'till then:<br /><br />ERIC CLAPTON<br />Coliseum - Richmond, VA - April 22, 1985 (SBD @320 kbps)<br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BACFU6LK">DOWNLOAD</a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-27995401991438732922011-02-07T18:53:00.000-08:002011-02-08T12:09:56.618-08:00LIL WAYNE - "Green & Yellow" 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0EfVT2pMlQ/TVGTpZyN07I/AAAAAAAADMQ/bMYrEkQzHFg/s1600/Lil-Wayne-Green-Bay-Packers-ICEDOTCOM-e1296780419430.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0EfVT2pMlQ/TVGTpZyN07I/AAAAAAAADMQ/bMYrEkQzHFg/s400/Lil-Wayne-Green-Bay-Packers-ICEDOTCOM-e1296780419430.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571396553539441586" border="0" /></a>Y'all know I'm the farthest thing from a hip hop fan, but c'mon!<br /><br />Dude dropped this track like five days ago, and he calls it, <em>nails</em> it, sees the future that -- glory be! -- came to pass last night. Right down to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers">Rodgers</a> as MVP!<br /><br />At the end <a href="http://weezythanxyou.com/">Weezy</a> says "I gotta say, this ain't a dis song -- I just love my team." Well I love 'em too, and the shit sure sounds like a dis to me...and that sounds <span style="font-style: italic;">goood</span>. In fact, right now it sounds like the best goddamn hip-hop jam ever recorded!<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K0Sk9zRXq5Y" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />You <span style="font-style: italic;">aiiight</span>, Weezy.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For the last time (until September):</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLV"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Go</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Pack</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Go</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">!</span> </strong></a></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0EfVT2pMlQ/TVGhFU0-uKI/AAAAAAAADMc/x8AkhFyIPdg/s1600/83159864f7abde93a04345d968de372ccbbf1733.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0EfVT2pMlQ/TVGhFU0-uKI/AAAAAAAADMc/x8AkhFyIPdg/s400/83159864f7abde93a04345d968de372ccbbf1733.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571411326896355490" border="0" /></a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-27971130606128283522011-02-04T12:44:00.000-08:002011-02-05T19:07:10.207-08:00ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Koln, Germany 1981<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0EfVT2pMlQ/TUxl57Bu6BI/AAAAAAAADKE/AKUKtiznP34/s1600/Front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px; display: block; height: 314px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569938884922370066" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0EfVT2pMlQ/TUxl57Bu6BI/AAAAAAAADKE/AKUKtiznP34/s320/Front.jpg" border="0" /></a>Appreciate all the kind comments, readers! Always good to hear from you and know you're out there digging what we do here...<br /><br />Been on something of an <a href="http://www.legacyrecordings.com/artists/electric-light-orchestra">ELO</a> tear lately, as is my occasional tendency. Thought I'd add to my previously posted <a href="http://greenalienchick.blogspot.com/2009/02/electric-light-orchestra-boston-1976.html">Boston '76</a> and <a href="http://greenalienchick.blogspot.com/2009/02/electric-light-orchestra-osaka-japan.html">Osaka '78</a> live boots with this one from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_%28Electric_Light_Orchestra_album%29"><em>Time</em></a> tour of 1981-'82. <em>Time</em> is a sorely underrated album, silly sci-fi time-travel "concept" or not, and in my opinion the band's last gasp of greatness. Sure, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Lynne">Jeff Lynne</a> replaced sweeping orchestration with cheezy '80s synths, but the songs are all pretty wonderful and some are flat-out magnificent. This performance nicely represents hits both old and new, with a generous sampling of the best <em>Time</em> tracks. Lynne's way with a memorable melody was as strong as ever on <em>Time</em>; too bad by that time not many still cared, at least among record buyers. But the band was still a major live draw from the sound of things here.<br /><br />Speaking of sound, I'll come out and admit that the audio on this one isn't <em>quite</em> up to the standards of those prior boots. But for a band as underrepresented by quality live recordings, official or otherwise, as ELO -- damn those studio perfectionists! -- we'll take what we can get, yes?<br /><br />And those who continue to dismiss Lynne as too much of a slickster should remember that only three producers ever worked with the Beatles: George Martin, Phil Spector, and Jeff Lynne.<br /><br />ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA<br /><a href="http://www.elodiscovery.com/Jeff-Lynne-Electric-Light-Orchestra-Concerts3.html">"Twilight"</a><br />Sporthalle - Koln, Germany - March 2, 1982 (AUD @320 kbps)<br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4XVA4WY8">DOWNLOAD 1</a> / <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YAC9WQ6N">DOWNLOAD 2</a><br /><br />Cheers to the great and powerful <a href="http://vivalesbootlegs.blogspot.com/">Viva Les Bootlegs</a>.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Now, one more time...<br /></span></em></strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FdHWleKJwU"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Go!</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">You Packers</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">GO!</span></em></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br /></strong></a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-54969835079611035342011-01-31T17:47:00.000-08:002011-01-31T18:22:50.861-08:00JELLYFISH - San Francisco, CA 1993<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0EfVT2pMlQ/TUdns5xP_-I/AAAAAAAADJ0/twBcMs4QEzA/s1600/JellyfishWarfieldSF1993.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 243px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568533485386203106" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0EfVT2pMlQ/TUdns5xP_-I/AAAAAAAADJ0/twBcMs4QEzA/s320/JellyfishWarfieldSF1993.jpg" /></a> Today's post will wrap up my epic Jellyfish streak -- the longest by a single act that I've ever done -- and I hope convincingly rest my case for them as a tremendous live band. I would have dearly loved to see them at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warfield">The Warfield</a>, one of the best music venues in San Francisco, Jellyfish's hometown and my absolute favorite city in these United (or is it Untied?) States.<br /><br />I should be a "Child of the '80s" due to my age, but I'm most assuredly not. Unlike many of my peers, who pine ceaselessly for those halcyon days, I tend to be far more nostalgic about the early to mid-'90s, which roughly coincided with my early to mid-20s, i.e. my sex-drugs-and-rock-'n'-roll years. In fact, just about 20 years ago now I had a hellacious psychedelic experience at The Warfield during a Blues Traveler show (in brief: mushrooms, pot and dehydration don't mix. I just took a big swig of cool water after writing that sentence; a lesson learned once and never forgotten!)<br /><br />I found the '80s -- at the time and far more so now -- to be rather a barren wasteland of pop culture, especially musically, not to mention politically: a decade that began with the murder of John Lennon and the election of Ronald Reagan is by its very nature <em>not</em> a good decade.<br /><br />The early '90s, on the other hand, brought a swift corrective in the form of grunge (not to mention Bill Clinton) and stayed strong until about 1999, when the inevitable decline set in with all the vapid pop tarts, boy band retardoids and nĂ¼-metal meatheads.<br /><br />Man, how I wish these much-missed Jellies would bury the hatchet and get it together...we could use them now more than ever! But until then...<br /><br />JELLYFISH<br />The Warfield - San Francisco, CA - July 7, 1993 (SBD @320kbps)<br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YR6SNZ7P">DOWNLOAD</a>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488441258797604191.post-47223740242378856532011-01-25T15:48:00.000-08:002011-01-25T16:21:26.423-08:00JELLYFISH - Frankfurt, Germany 1991<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0EfVT2pMlQ/TT9kt0Z3RKI/AAAAAAAADI4/kkUky0XbcWE/s1600/Jellyfish-Now-She-Knows-She-64974.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 304px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566278402777236642" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0EfVT2pMlQ/TT9kt0Z3RKI/AAAAAAAADI4/kkUky0XbcWE/s320/Jellyfish-Now-She-Knows-She-64974.jpg" /></a> And we're back. More Jelly for ya on a Tuesday afternoon; this one goes out to Anonymous, who wrote in asking for...more Jellyfish!<br /><br />Here we're blessed with a complete concert from what sounds like a rather modestly sized club in Frankfurt, on the Euro leg of their tour promoting the ever-tasty debut LP <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellybutton_(album)"><em>Bellybutton</em></a>. The show was pro-recorded for German TV, so this DVD rip sounds just <em>wunderbar.</em><br /><em></em><br />In addition to all the incredible music (bonus: plenty of cover tunes!), this one amusingly climaxes with a persistent, loudmouthed American fan being told just what to do.<br /><br />Work calls, gotta hop -- more Jelly for your belly soon!<br /><br />JELLYFISH<br />Music-Hall - Frankfurt, Germany - April, 1991 (SBD)<br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NCJ5MF36">DOWNLOAD</a><br /><br />Oh, and...<strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">GO <span style="color:#ffffff;">PACK</span> GO<span style="color:#ffffff;">!</span></span></em></strong>Heli0tr0pehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433445545214643771noreply@blogger.com3