In The Stacks 8/13/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Bad Brains - I Against I - SST, 1986. 🪨🫧 🪩⾾ 🤘⚒️🎗️⨻🥃:  A seminal Punk(?) Metal(?) band. Every song has an intense, violent delivery. In this case I  think the drummer leans Punk, the guitarist Metal and HR is just HR (with a little Reggae influence). They were hugely influential and this… Continue reading In The Stacks 8/13/26

Seshjawn Notes 6/28/26

Playlist Bart - Very clean Tzadik-sounding improv music. I know its new, Bart mentioned that it was recently released. The pianist is killing it, though I think the trumpet player is the leader. It sounds like Sephardic Jewish Improv music. Could be a modern confection - not a traditional piece, or just a Folk song… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 6/28/26

In The Stacks 2/17/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Laurie Anderson - Big Science - Warner Bros., 1982. 🪨🫧 🪩 🕳️🔌 ⚡️: Groundbreaking Pop music. Mrs. Anderson has an innate ability to pull strange, avant-garde threads and make them evocative and fascinating to audiences that wouldn’t normally seek those tastes. She is also an artist I feel receives almost unanimous appreciation,… Continue reading In The Stacks 2/17/26

Seshjawn Notes 10/19/25

Play List Bart - Blind Faith - “Can’t Find My Way Home” - London, Hyde Park 1969. Bart just likes this song, and I do too. Winwood’s voice sounds raw and edgy and is so young here. This live version feels fresh and Winwood introduces the song as being a new one, so perhaps that… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 10/19/25

Seshjawn Notes 10/5/25

Play List Bart - Last Summer’s song for Bart. The Hollies - “The Air That I Breath” - Also the verse that Radiohead and Lana Del Ray pay for borrowing. They are not really the same songs, but enough similarities of melody and harmony to be considered derivative legally. The songs really separate on the… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 10/5/25