tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post8181033951389963316..comments2024-03-29T07:39:20.648-07:00Comments on Burning Wood: 2020 Is HindsightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-70692924902915924142020-01-09T10:47:16.016-08:002020-01-09T10:47:16.016-08:00Another great read! Thank you for all the music I...Another great read! Thank you for all the music I never would have had the pleasure of listening to if it hadn't been for you. Happy New Year!Christinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-85020745905945391502020-01-07T07:01:15.106-08:002020-01-07T07:01:15.106-08:00If I can find a goddamn radio station that plays n...If I can find a goddamn radio station that plays new music I'd be all ears. Writers not reading writers is something I'm quite guilty of. Probably jealousy Envy disgust especially discussed at the ability the publish at will if it's awful that's why they have a app called medium but in the spirit of the new year I will unload the gun take out the bullets and wish everybody happiness before Iran drops a weapon somewhere in this 50 statesErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12688318149280989968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-26403779496992768442020-01-07T03:58:20.575-08:002020-01-07T03:58:20.575-08:00Late in as usual. Good comments here, and I echo m...Late in as usual. Good comments here, and I echo much of what you have just written. I have really enjoyed your blues/ New Orleans/ acoustic oriented selections... and who'd have thought you'd pick Grammy winner Yola before anyone else! <br /><br />Just found and old Etta James track on YouTube "Damn your Eyes" .<br /><br />and the Rondstdt doco brought back a few memories and brought a tear to the eye in a few places.<br /><br />Thanks for keeping it all going through 2019.<br />kodak ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10724314866276149241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-90885984581397037372020-01-04T22:13:08.614-08:002020-01-04T22:13:08.614-08:00Happy new year Sal! I wish you will keep doing you...Happy new year Sal! I wish you will keep doing your blog for more years to come. Yours is the only one in this internet community talking about Todd, NRBQ, Flat Five, VU, Grant Green, Brian Wilson, Frank Sinatra, Led Zep, A Girl Called Eddie in one article.<br />Anyway, I really respect your versatility and keen sense of MUSIC. Rock on!<br />A guy called Taknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-74334256334246028182020-01-04T22:09:04.478-08:002020-01-04T22:09:04.478-08:00Sal, I love reading your blog and enjoy many of yo...Sal, I love reading your blog and enjoy many of your recommendations, including your own JSR work. Thanks for your postings on this blog and most especially, for your interesting commentary on music you find inspiring/moving/interesting. You have, on many occasions, expanded my knowledge of great music and for that, I sincerely Thank You!!!Dayn McBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015443398309771721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-33457094138383776782020-01-04T18:26:40.297-08:002020-01-04T18:26:40.297-08:00Thanks Sal for another great year of caring about ...Thanks Sal for another great year of caring about music. Spotify has encouraged me to have access to more current music but also catalogues of bands I missed along the way. The Woods, Minus 5, Peter Holsapple, Drive By Truckers, Tommy Keene's Behind the Parade, Mikal Cronin and comps like English Weather from the late British 60's and early 70's are just a few of the bands who have a significant back catalogue that I am a new to. Also thanks for recontextualizing Genesis' Supper's Ready. One of the highlights of the year was listening to this side long song with a new appreciation, admiration and enjoyment. I had a good year of listening to music. And I like the jazz and one album dedication for the coming year. Should be good.ken49https://www.blogger.com/profile/08305448162994008399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-74636659302775687902020-01-04T17:17:14.745-08:002020-01-04T17:17:14.745-08:00Part of the pleasure of Burning Wood is your insig...Part of the pleasure of Burning Wood is your insightful writing and the induced feedback. As far as the Song Of The Week feature. I don't think that I have ever commented directly on the selections. But do know, that when I take a trip, I load up my little iPod shuffle with a backlog of your selections and listen on the plane to wherever I'm bound to. Many times I will jot down songs and then on my return home, I'll find myself at Amoeba records combing through the racks looking for what I heard from those selections. Thank you Sal for the wonderful blog that you have created. Mr. Baezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15324814937914659494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-12964069494992336242020-01-04T10:19:57.841-08:002020-01-04T10:19:57.841-08:00Growing up, we were exposed to a relative trickle ...Growing up, we were exposed to a relative trickle of music compared to the firehose stream of music that's out there today. The gatekeepers of the time, radio DJs, record company A&R men, etc., decide what was worthy and what was not. Today there are so many outlets for musicians that it's impossible to keep track of every new thing that's out there. While most of the readers of this blog may not be on board with what's popular with the kids today, that's alright. There is enough new stuff out there to keep us in the game. I can enjoy some stuff from Taylor Swift, Ed Sheehan or Sia but it's more miss than hit and it's not enjoyed with the same enthusiasm as with the stuff we grew up on. However there is enough new music out there to keep us engaged and happy. People like you are the new gatekeepers keeping us up to date on great music both new and old. There's so much stuff I missed the first time around and it's so easy to go back and sample it using the various streaming services like Apple or Spotify. I rely heavily on the 'Essentials' playlists curated by Apple to go back and catch up on people like Leonard Cohen who I previously ignored. So Apple is a new gate keeper but there are so many including you who have turned me on to more than half of the new music I've gotten into in the last couple of decades. No one should bemoan what's popular and what's not. There's so much out there for everyone from people like Brittany Howard to new gems from old heroes like the Who. As Pete Townshend said "it's out job to get out of the fucking way" but we can still sing along while we do it. Thanks for all the music.<br />cmealhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03201121023050701074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-13208930888459662142020-01-04T07:42:03.783-08:002020-01-04T07:42:03.783-08:00I'd be interested to hear people's thought...I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts on new bands and promoting them. Musicians recommending other people ditto writers with writers. I'm a great friend of Sal and fan of his Blog. It is never anything but interesting.<br /><br />However, I moved away from celebrating the old a few years ago and now write and concentrate fully on the new and underappreciated. This was an annoyance at people around my age constantly saying all new music is crap. It patently isn't. <br /><br />Yes, there is a lot about, yes the quality is variable and everyone's a rock star. But if you take the time to watch what the best half a dozen writers are writing about, this reduces the wading for you and you might just find something you like.<br /><br />I don't expect musicians to be marketing geniuses or to help others. But surely if they are posting favourable comments and reviews, it would take them little time to mention others they like in the same spirit. <br /><br />There are some who do, two great examples are in The John Sally Ride. Musicians are pretty poor at marketing themselves generally. They have Facebook pages that they haven't set a tag up. Some don't even have band pages. Others do but reference themselves with a handle that no one will ever find because it is an in band joke. Anything Should Happenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593722184088140203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-24444443179227240212020-01-04T07:29:09.524-08:002020-01-04T07:29:09.524-08:00Sal, thank you for this post and this blog. I rea...Sal, thank you for this post and this blog. I read it regularly though admittedly, never click on the links to the music nor rarely pay attention to the SOTW. That said, I always take your (or whomever posts) opinion and analysis seriously as you know your stuff. <br />You make many great points about the state of music today. Too much? For the sake of seeing the cream rise to the top, you bet. Maybe that makes the hunt for the good stuff all the more rewarding though a heck of a lot more time-consuming. Also, I love what you say about "us" (regardless of our age) having a lingua franca of popular music up to, essentially, MTV. That said, I'm very happy deep-diving through music of the 1960s and 1970s I missed instead of later music, for many reasons listed by you and other posters. Let us be analytical and critical, even about ourselves: waves of styles and movements are not necessarily the same quality. Original rockabilly by the 1960s; jazz by the 1970s; disco by the early 1990s - they either died out or evolved from their origins and lost their larger followings. And here, a debate can ensue. "Americana," or what Stephen Stills fifty years ago once simply called "wooden music," has evolved over the last four decades and continues to hold my interest, even though many of my favorite artists have smaller followings compared to artists with larger followings that I find less interesting. The wonderful state of being with pop music.<br />Ultimately, as we see pop music moving deeper into a classical phase, I hold faith that there is much great stuff being released, there always be be drivel, we'll continue to hold onto the classics (it's the basis of whatever styles we enjoy) and we'll fight about the direction of it all. We don't need to hunker down into camps. We need to keep listening, keep sharing and keep arguing! I'm thankful for this blog as a site that does all of this.<br /><br />Paul in CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-81925569995612728012020-01-04T06:24:52.550-08:002020-01-04T06:24:52.550-08:00@ccjctwo
"Let's all resolve to share mor...@ccjctwo<br /><br />"Let's all resolve to share more thoughts in 2020"<br /><br />Did I say that?Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-79721202832265695232020-01-04T05:46:51.250-08:002020-01-04T05:46:51.250-08:00“Catching up on what I missed seems like a safer b...“Catching up on what I missed seems like a safer bet than gambling on something that always seems to disappoint.”<br />Spot on. For example, I have a Herbie Hancock disc queued up which may as well be new to me. Much safer landing.<br />‘Let's all resolve to share more thoughts in 2020.’<br />Sounds good . . . be careful what you wish for!Ccjctwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824256460023454583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-60320956246784034412020-01-03T19:14:53.534-08:002020-01-03T19:14:53.534-08:00It's a good point about buying records back in...It's a good point about buying records back in the day -- when you only had so much money, you could only buy so many records and would be stuck with some crap recommended in a local college newspaper from this year's campus "music critic" who gave such a superlative review of some dreck (and I'm looking right at the guy who recommended The Pandoras...) The day I found my first used record store, though, was eye opening (and wallet lightening...)<br /><br />And I would agree with the other "problem" with too much new music is the time you spend with it. I think I listed more than a dozen albums I really liked for my best of 2019 -- and I spent time with them -- multiple spins from start to finish. But there were at least 50 other records I spun once, liked it, but couldn't find time to listen to it again because I'm chasing the dragon with new music. And with the blogs/writers I follow about to post their best of 2019 lists (just waiting for that David Bash 125 list), things are going to pile up again. And don't forget that XTC tribute coming up! <br /><br />An embarrassment of riches? Or a burden? I tend to go with the former, but I can see the latter being an issue. I'm not sure how people can listen to as much new music as is out there and then figure out what to write about it.<br /><br />That said: all I know is I'd never want to go backward in time to hear just what the Radio man (or the MTV programmers) told me to listen to. That much, I'm sure of. Don't let me grow too old that I don't want the joy of finding something new. Yes, I'm sure my kids will be spinning "More of the Monkees" on repeat for me when I'm in the home (yes, even *that song*), but I'm not dead yet.<br /><br />Don't turn off the firehose. Let me figure out how to dance in the spray. <br /><br />"Here we are now, entertain us" indeed!Shrinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908213967283171538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-57597340540456937102020-01-03T17:52:25.092-08:002020-01-03T17:52:25.092-08:00Great post as always. Come on, lurkers, comment so...Great post as always. Come on, lurkers, comment some more - you make it more fun! I try to comment often, even if just a thanks. Let's all resolve to share more thoughts in 2020.<br /><br />Sal, did you hear the album Raphael Saadiq put out this year, "Jimmy Lee"? Easily my favorite album of 2019. I know you like him, and I know you didn't dig "Stone Rollin" (me neither) - but this belated return is knock your socks off incredible. Deep stuff.<br /><br />Also, in the spirit of sharing favorites of, yes, new music in 2019.... here are my favorite individual songs this year:<br /><br />My Favorite Songs of 2019 | Volume 1<br /><br />This Land - Gary Clark Jr.<br />No Time For Cryin' (Live) - Mavis Staples<br />Make It Better (feat. Smokey Robinson) - Anderson .Paak<br />Colours - Chelsea Shag<br />Feels Right - Carly Rae Jepsen & Electric Guest<br />Something Keeps Calling - Raphael Saadiq Feat. Rob Bacon<br />Just Do It - Lily & Madeleine<br />Where The Action Is - The Waterboys<br />SUN RA - Jamila Woods feat. theMIND and Jasminfire<br />Black Rooster - Jeb Loy Nichols & The Westwood All-Stars<br />Wild Horses - Natalie Prass<br />Morning Is Mended - Steve Gunn<br />Saint Etienne - J.R. Bohannon<br />Hello Sunshine - Bruce Springsteen<br />Feels Like Summer - Childish Gambino<br />Zonked - Kelley Stoltz<br />IF - CHON<br />Rotation Wells - Fenella<br />Slipstream - Jon Hassell<br />Stay High - Brittany Howard<br /><br />My Favorite Songs of 2019 | Volume 2<br /><br />I Used to Live Around Here - Drivin N Cryin<br />What Do You Want Me To Do - Bob Mould<br />Last Train To Tokyo - Michael Monroe<br />Mornin' Noon & Nite - Daddy Long Legs<br />So Ready - Raphael Saadiq<br />BETTY (for Boogie) - Jamila Woods<br />Wonderful Star - Rahsaan Patterson<br />Freedom - Ranky Tanky<br />Turn Off The News (Build A Garden) - Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real<br />Colors - Black Pumas<br />Thinking Of You - Meernaa<br />Lonesome Picker - Jim Sullivan<br />Wild Is the Wind - Chrissie Hynde & The Valve Bone Woe Ensemble<br />Every Last Coffee Or Tea - 75 Dollar Bill<br />Thunder Shower - Park Jiha<br />Bluebird - Miranda Lambert<br />Time Is Tight - Booker T. JonesA walk in the woodsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-13269308082908292752020-01-03T14:03:54.676-08:002020-01-03T14:03:54.676-08:00Lots of sense as always.
Comments are always hard...Lots of sense as always.<br /><br />Comments are always hard to come by. I think you do as well as anyone can. I get few, but it all goes on on Social Media. I also have a bizarre audience who seem to like emailing me. Do they not know that I prefer Podcasts?<br /><br />You know I love The John Sally Ride, I keep shouting about you lot. The band does need a social media presence though, somewhere to go. Bandcamp is a hit once until the next time something is released.<br /><br />The "new" market is saturated and fragmented. I only get away with it because I know my audience. I love your writing and you are at your best when unearthing some gem from the past. I rely on you.Anything Should Happenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593722184088140203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-56411286528680326152020-01-03T12:37:45.117-08:002020-01-03T12:37:45.117-08:00I was listening to one of my discovery playlists o...I was listening to one of my discovery playlists on Amazon and I was thinking... I like it but sort of ache to listen to an old record that's been my friend for a long time. And it hit me finally that I'm not a stick in the mud, I'm open to hear new music and am excited by it, but most new music reminds me of something else, something previous and that older music I have a longtime relationship with, and the stuff I really love, well it's still in my life for a reason- we belong together. I tire of endless playlists (and the skittishness they create, 'oh that song reminds me of this one, now I need to stop and hear that!) and I just want to slow down, pull out "Every Picture Tells a Story" or "Automatic for the People" for example and listen and meet them again- and I always find something new about the music and myself, it's timeless and the relationship is too and it's *not* static, it's a living thing. <br /><br />I can't have that relationship with Harry Styles (the charm!) or Taylor Swift, that's not their fault, they're someone else's forever music friend. (I have come around to Taylor but I know others' mileage varies, she's an excellent songwriter, a decent performer with charisma, but I sometimes wonder what the world would be like if pop/country songwriters like her dedicated themselves to giving truly great pop singers songs, she's not a bad singer it's just that I believe popular and country music suffer sometimes from the idea that every singer needs to write and every writer needs to sing).<br /><br />BTW my discover new music playlists on streaming services are usually on point, uncovering hidden gems by artists I do love, or related artists I never paid as much attention to previously. These playlists do sometimes make sense of all the music- too much, you're right-coming from all angles. <br /><br />Looking forward to the new posts you mention! All the best to everyone in the New Year.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995401767239413515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-42168042452685214872020-01-03T11:54:34.671-08:002020-01-03T11:54:34.671-08:00Sal - you make a great point about how listening t...Sal - you make a great point about how listening to music on computers/iPods/phones has affected the experience.<br /><br />Case in point; liner notes. I used to pour over them to read the lyrics, who was the producer/engineer, etc. I remember thinking that Steve Lillywhite did such a good job with the Furs in the early 80s that I was open to any album he produced. Also, album art. Staring at what Roger Deacon did with those YES albums. Now I couldn't tell you anything about who was involved in the making of a record and don't even know if album art exists. <br /><br />And I've become super lazy. I can't remember the last time I listened to a whole album from beginning to end. I'll listen on shuffle (too lazy to change the settings on my iPod)to hear all of the songs but not the way the artist intended. <br /><br />I do miss spending a Saturday afternoon at NYCD or Tower, etc. Just browsing through the shelves I would inevitably discover something. That can't be replicated with an instant download.kevin mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-88649044737573657712020-01-03T11:46:46.246-08:002020-01-03T11:46:46.246-08:00Big fan of this blog since accidentally stumbling ...Big fan of this blog since accidentally stumbling across it - was I looking for log burners? Or just looking for wood? (Let's have no more of that - Ed). There's no mistaking your love for music which you communicate passionately and (usually!) eloquently. Following up on your recommendations I've mostly enjoyed what I've found; other times it's been a case of wtf and I've scurried back to the well trodden path. A friend always says there's been no good music since the 80's - which is patently untrue - and I am willing to give "new" music a spin, but it's the decades up to that time wherein my tastes definitely lie. Looking forward to more raves, rants and recommendations in 2020. Cheers! <br /> dogbreathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-32526773035591708552020-01-03T09:53:54.505-08:002020-01-03T09:53:54.505-08:00Another component I failed to mention in regards t...Another component I failed to mention in regards to listening, and there being too much music, is the quality of the listen. When I was a kid and the only options were radio and record stores, I had to spend the little money I had very carefully. It was two records a week, if I was lucky. And if one of them wasn't very good, too bad for me. Two records spinning over and over until the next two records. Doesn't it ever occur to you that we all seem to know every song on every record up until the 80's? It's because we spent time with these records, for better or worse. Sometimes, it paid off, and a record would grow on us. The CD era gave us phrases like, "I really dig tracks 2,6 and 8." With all this "hard drive" music, and endless zip files and torrents, quality control in the listening department just has to be compromised.Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-36243209202672821262020-01-03T09:43:15.950-08:002020-01-03T09:43:15.950-08:00Spot-on post, Sal. To boost participation, maybe y...Spot-on post, Sal. To boost participation, maybe you should try posting GIFs of young dads getting hit in the nuts with the new Album of the Week? <br /><br />Meanwhile, add me to list of those returning to mine my library. Yesterday, "Automatic for the People." The day before, "This Year's Model." Sometimes I just close my eyes and pick a CD (yeah, still have hundreds of 'em) at random. For a long car trip a few weeks ago I was having a hard time deciding what to take along so I sort of arbitrarily picked CDs only from the M's: Jesse Malin, Mary Lee's Corvette, McCartney, Tift Merritt, etc. (Don't own any Motorhead though.)<br /><br />End of the year "10 Best" lists often leave me thinking "who?" Sounds like I'm not alone...Ken Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-45954674002244908232020-01-03T09:19:44.274-08:002020-01-03T09:19:44.274-08:00Great read as always!!Great read as always!!Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-58683637638265487452020-01-03T09:12:02.332-08:002020-01-03T09:12:02.332-08:00Sal,
I keep trying new music because out of “duty...Sal,<br /><br />I keep trying new music because out of “duty” and have really found some wonderful artists, most of who are outside of the rock music I grew up with. Most new music I listen to comes from the Americana (I hate the term but lack for a better one) world. Even though I really like many of these artists when I am at home playing records I find myself going back through all of the “old” records from 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. I give up fighting the urge! There are so many records by artists I really like or are similar to or influences on, those artists that I can keeping diving in the deep end for years to come. And I have been thoroughly enjoying my self doing just that. <br /><br />Maybe it’s that I am older now and have more time and funds to go deeper than back in my youth. Maybe it is strong nostalgia. Doesn’t matter. I missed a lot the first time and am determined to keep exploring the era’s that I love.<br /><br />Thanks again for the blog that I read every day but never post to enough. You often provide another spark for me to follow. <br /><br />Now where is a good place to jump into Roxy Music?<br /><br />Happy New Year!<br />ChrisChris S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-6382962985246946772020-01-03T09:04:40.776-08:002020-01-03T09:04:40.776-08:00PS- I saw Lizzo on SNL a week ago or so, and altho...PS- I saw Lizzo on SNL a week ago or so, and although I did not know any of her music, I dug it. I'll admit I couldn't recall it right now, but in the moment it was real and good.. and she had a real band! allen vellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933816768162968168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-13804612180489284062020-01-03T09:02:07.050-08:002020-01-03T09:02:07.050-08:00Sal, great post today, again. It's gonna be a ...Sal, great post today, again. It's gonna be a good year...and New Orleans. I agree wholeheartedly with your post sentiments, about new music and old, rediscovering and discovering. Just had this conversation with a seasoned retired record exec yesterday, pretty much covering all you wrote about. <br /><br />Bottom line: I love music to much to ever stop listening. I don't have to be the hippest guy in the room anymore, thank god, and I like what I like..but thanks to friends like you, I'm also open to suggestions. I got some great ones from you this year, especially the jazz rediscoveries. So much out there I haven't heard. And doing a radio show (All That Gumbo, WIOXradio.org or tune in app, Fridays 4-6pm---shameless plug)has also shown me how much I don't know, and how much is still out there awaiting discovery. It never ends if we are open to all possibilities. <br /><br />Keep on writing and listening and playing, it's the best life for me...and I suspect y'all too.avallen vellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933816768162968168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-33661511692126607202020-01-03T08:16:15.472-08:002020-01-03T08:16:15.472-08:00Well said Sal.
One of my goals in retirement is ...Well said Sal. <br /><br />One of my goals in retirement is digging deeper into my collection to remember why that album was in my collection in the first place. I usually spend my music money on catalog albums, remastered favorites, and the occasional box set. <br /><br />I do listen to Spotify to check out the highly rated records that the music press is touting but very infrequently will I be moved to plunk down some coins for them.<br /><br />I look forward to your jazz posts. I have gone through a number of jazz phases (smooth to free jazz) but seem always to return to Coltrane/Miles/Monk, Rollins, DeJonette, Dave Holland, Louis A., Bill and Gil Evans and artists of that generation. I did go back and listen to a lot of Grant Green after your post. Now, I am contemplating a purchase or two.<br /><br />While I don't always agree with some of your assessments on certain records, the fun for me is in exploring it and making my own assessment. <br /><br />I get to hear a lot of new artists on SNL which drives me back to my collection to remember why I love music in the first place.<br /><br />Keep it up. We're all reading and listening.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02557009733886353093noreply@blogger.com