Paul Simon
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Queens College
Flushing, NY
1-Scarborough Fair
2-The House Carpenter Song
3-Gospel Ship
4-Pretty Boy Floyd
5-A Church Is Burning
6-The Sounds Of Silence
7-Leaves That Are Green
8-The Sun Is Burning
9-Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound
10-Going To The Zoo
11-He Was My Brother
12-Thank You
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I’m certainly not the only person who loves murder mysteries. Go to any bookstore and you will find shelves lined with them. Turn on the television to nearly any station and you’ll likely find one. Countless movies have been made in the genre. As I noted in my keynote it is an extremely malleable genre. It can be fitted to suit any audience’s needs.
As one might know from my yearly participation in Noirvember I am a huge fan of film noirs and the hard-boiled way of writing. It was actually the Coen Brothers who turned me on to such things. I’d heard their movie Miller’s Crossing was inspired by a couple of books from Dashiell Hammett so I went to the library and started reading him. That led me to Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain which led me to their movie adaptations and the rest is history.
But I’m getting away from myself. The Kennell Murder Case is based on a book by the same name by S.S. Van Dine. He was a conetemporary of Hammett, but his books have greatly fallen out of favor. They were getting that way by the time Chandler started writing a decade or so later. Chandler directly called Dine out in his essay on mystery writing The Simple Art of Murder in 1944.
Philo Vance was the name of Van Dine’s detective. Here he’s played by William Powell (who would find great success a year later in The Thin Man, written by Hammett). In the books, apparently, Vance is a bit of a dandy, an intellectual and aesthete who solves murders by picking up clues the police miss.
Powell (who had previous played Vance in three other films) plays the character like a prototype for Nick Charles in The Thin Man movies. He’s intelligent and upper class but not distinctly so. He’s witty at times but the script isn’t all that sharp.
The plot is basically a locked room mystery. A man is found dead inside his room. The door is locked from the inside, as are the windows. He was shot in the head and the pistol is laying by his side. Suicide is the obvious answer, but Philo Vance doesn’t think so. He just saw the man the day before at a dog race and he seemed perfectly upbeat. When the coroner realizes the cause of death was a blow to the head by a blunt object, and not the gunshot the case is on.
There are more murders and more mysteries that arise, but honestly I was bored from the begining. The pacing is sluggish. The dialogue comes with these odd pauses between lines and the scenes don’t cut out for several beats after everything that needed to be done is done. And as the dialogue isn’t all that clever, and the action not all that well done all of that slowness just makes the film seem like its longer than it actually is.
I always like William Powell, and he’s fine here, but the character is underwritten and the story so underwhelming, that I can only recommend this to die hard fans.
The Who
1969-08-30
Isle of Wight Festival
Isle of Wight, UK
Near 65 min audience recording
Setlist:
01 – Intro
02 – Heaven and Hell
03 – I Can’t Explain
04 – Fortune Teller
05 – Young Man Blues
06 – It’s A Boy
07 – 1921
08 – Amazing Journey
09 – Sparks
10 – Eyesight to the Blind
11 – Christmas
12 – The Acid Queen (tape flip inside)
13 – Pinball Wizard
14 – Do You Think It’s Alright
15 – Fiddle About
16 – There’s A Doctor
17 – Go To The Mirror
18 – Smash The Mirror
19 – I’m Free
20 – Tommy’s Holiday Camp
21 – We’re Not Gonna Take It
22 – See Me Feel Me
23 – Summertime Blues
24 – My Generation
Notes:
A very good-sounding audience tape. The tape suffers from crackling, speed fluctuation, and minor distortion at times.
The audience around the taper is quite rowdy in the beginning, but they settle down pretty quickly.
Received from a collector without lineage.
Pink Floyd
January 27, 1977
Festhalle
Frankfurt, Germany
Disc 1:
01 Sheep 13.46
02 Pigs On The Wing Part 1 2.07
03 Dogs 19.29
04 Pigs On The Wing Part 2 2.06
05 Pigs (Three Different Ones) 16.53
Disc 2:
01 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-5) 13.34
02 Welcome To The Machine 8.21
03 Have A Cigar 6.33
04 Wish You Were Here 5.33
05 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9) 16.49
06 Money 9.27
TOT LENGTH: 115.00
Pink Floyd
BBC Transcription Disc 152509-1 152510-2
Direct Transfer from Vinyl
by creamcheese
Story:
This is a little bit of nostalgy.
I bought this boot (I’m almost shure it’s a bout) when i was still very young.
It was played quite a lot then because, well, unissued song in superb quality you know (“never released on a pink floyd album” and all that shit).
Technical Mumbo Jumbo:
Now, after reactivating my good old turntable, now equipped with a Ortophon OM 10 Super cartridge, which -perhaps for the first time ever- is mounted properly (with E. Schˆn moulding tool), I decided to transfer this old treasure to 24/48 with my new Cambridge Audio 540 P phono preamp directly to my RME HDSP 9632.
I have slightly declicked it afterwards.
Music:
There is nothing special about this record, perhaps some of you have it as well and in better quality.
This Copy is not that what one would usually call “mint condition”. The only thing about this one is the version of echoes which has a delayed ping at the beginning which gives the intro a special flavour. I don’t know if the delay was added by the BBC for Broadcast or the bootleggers (if it is a bootleg). But it wasn’t a bad idea at all…
On the Fotos coming with this you can see the record that this one was made from.
Trader’s Blahblah:
No lossy conversion, don¥t sell, trade freely, always wash your hands after shitting.
First seeded excusively on YEESHKUL!-Tracker
Cheers
creamcheese
The Who
Studio Bellevue
Hilversum, The Netherlands
20-09-1965
Track Listing:
Notes:
For anyone who has never heard the Dutch TV show from ’65, here it is! There seems to be confusion has to how this was made. It was either an audience member with a reel to reel tape machine under their chair, or someone at home taping from the TV with a handheld mic. Either way –
THE QUALITY OF THIS RECORDING IS VERY POOR!!!!!!!!
Please do not expect anything else. Having said that, the vocals are clear, ie, they are intelligable, but the overall quality is harsh with no low end at all. But then again, where will you hear live versions of Bald Headed Woman and Jump Back? The tape seems to be running at the right speed as the songs are the correct pitch, but ICE is so fast that they either tuned down to Eb, or simply played it this quick! Some of the tape suffers from wobbles, but the quality improves from Love Hurts onwards (lending weight to the fact that the show was taped from TV, as the show was split into 2 and broadcast on different days). We should be very grateful this exists at all!!
Do enjoy this – all we need now is the video to appear!!!!
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Pink Floyd
‘Riding The Cow’
Cow Palace, San Francisco, California
April 13th 1975
Fillmore East, New York, NY
September 27th 1970
Godfather Records (G.R.) 515 / 516 / 517
Silver CD > FLAC
TRACK LISTING
DISC 1
DISC 2
DISC 3
Notes included with Silver CD
Pink Floyd went back in the studio at the beginning of 1975 to work on a new album; some songs had already been played during the tours of France and England during the second half of 1974 (it wasn’t uncommon for Floyd’s to play new songs live to developm them, before developing them, bfore commiting them to vinyl), but work in studio was going slow, so the band decided to fly overseas for a short 13 date tour – both to take advantage of the hige success of “Dark Side”
and to improve new songs.
The first date pf the tour was in Vancouver, Canda, followed by Seattle, Washington, and San Francisco, California. The latter concerts took place on April 12th and 13th at one of the most famous venues in the USA at the time; the 15,000 seat Cow Palace, which is still in operation to this day.
The setlist was the same for all shows of this tour, with the new songs played during the first part of the show (including the recently composed “Have A Cigar”, sandwiched bwtween “Shine On…Pts 1 – 5” and “Shine On…6 – 9”), and the entire “Dark Side” suite taking up the second half. The encore was a 20 minute long rendition of “Echoes”, featuring Dick Parry’s sax in a great capacity.
By 1975. Floyd shows were consistently selling out far in advance, and fans grew increasingly enthusiastic (despite critics holding opposing opinions), mostly due to the the success of “Dark Side”. For the very first time, US fans witnessed Mr. Screeen, the giant mirror ball, and a flying airplane that crashed into the arena, along with the trademark Quadrophonic audio system from previous tours.
All this is a prelude to what was to come on the following years; tonnes of equipment, fleets of trucks and an army of crew members tending to every single logistic issue. The tour will end with a 6 night residency at the L.A. Sports Arena.
The shows at the “Cow Palace” were fantastic and represented a band taht was free to express all its creative potential – this was one of the last tours before grudges developed within the band. and thus Floyd were “firing on all cylinders” musically. Prior to this CD release, there was only a double vinyl bootleg entitled “Prism” (although it didn’t include “Echoes”) – one of the most sought after items on the collectors’ market, so it is with great honour that we present to
you these recordings.
Pink Floyd includes lead guitarist Dave Gilmour, Roger Waters (Bass), Rick Wright (Keyboards) and Nick Mason (Drums). The group’s equipment handlers and their equipment shown on some of the publicity photos of Pink Floyd; it’s appropriate, because the massive amount of sound equipment and the way it is utilized are very much
a part of the group’s performance. The conductor for the piece, “The Atomic Heart Mother” is Peter Phillips.
Pink Floyd were extremely active during 1970 as they were almost always touring, or striving to complete the recording sessions for “Atom Heart Mother”, often hurried by the record company who wanted to capitalize on the growing fame of the band.
In Europe, they played quite a few shows in England (often premiering new material), but they played many dates in France, Germany, Sweden and Denmark. The band also found time to tour America twice: first, from April 9th to May 16th (18 shows), and secondly from September 26th to October 25th (19) shows.
One of the shows during this second leg was held at the famous Fillmore East venue in New York on September 27th (reprising Floyd’s April 9th and 16th appearances during the first leg). The Fillmore East was the twin of the other club owned by the famous promoter Bill Graham, the Fillmore West – located on the Pacific Coast in
San Francisco.
The Fillmore East (also known as the “Village Theatre”) opened in March of 1968, had a capacity of 2,700 seats, and was immediately named “The Church Of Rock ‘N Roll”. Bands typically were required to play twice during the same day (usualyy at 6PM and again at 9PM). The double feature of Floyd was based around the same setlist, with “Atom Heart Mother”, including horn section and choir as an encore.
Pink Floyd would release the “Atom Heart Mother” album on October 10th, 1970 and it subsequebtky topped the UK charts but strangely, despite the bands growing popularity, it would reach in the USA on #55 – and only went gold in 1994! The Floyd shows at the “Fillmore West” are far more known and bootlegged, but this show is a lot kore intiguing and important, and released now for the very first time. Although 2 tracks are missing, it’s an essential document of
this musical era.
Very nice example of these somewhat rare recordings – highly soght after.
Recommended.
It is time for both the Friday Night Horror Movie and Murder Mysteries in May. One would think it would not be difficult to find a film that fits both of those descriptions. Murder is horrific after all. But for tonight, I found it nearly impossible. The trouble, I’m realizing is that since mysteries and crime stories are some of my favorite genres, I’ve seen a lot of them. I wanted to watch something I’d never seen before and that proved difficult. I was probably using the wrong search terms.
I eventually landed on Malignant. It was directed by James Wan who has helmed several horror films I’ve enjoyed (namely The Conjuring and Insidious). Even when I’m more ambivalent about his films (namely the Saw franchise) I’m always impressed with his craft as a filmmaker. He definitely knows how to move a camera and create some true cinematic scares.
The basic synopsis of the film – woman begins having visions of terrible murders only to realize they are coming true – has been done many times before, but that type of thing can be effective and with Wan at the helm, I figured it would at least be interesting.
I was wrong. So very, very wrong.
In general, I’d say picking on a film’s plot holes (both real and imagined) is one of the lazier forms of criticism. A film is more than a plot and a great movie can overcome bits in the story that don’t make logical sense. But I also realize that when a film isn’t working for me I tend to get angry at those holes in the plot.
Malignant is a very stupid movie. So much of what happens either doesn’t make sense or is just completely bonkers. But the thing is Malignant is also a film that completely understands how utterly ridiculous it is. Few films from major studios are allowed to have such a ludicrous premise and are given the chance to just completely go for it.
Had I been in a better mood, had I been less tired, or had I been with some friends who enjoyed dumb, stupid, ridiculous horror films I might have allowed myself to just go with it and have a good time. As it is, I could barely make it through.
The genre I probably watch the most, the type of movie I’m most likely to sit down with on any given day is the crime genre. I love a good crime story. I love watching detectives (or reporters, or priests, or little old ladies) solving crimes. The best crimes, of course, are murders, and the best type of crime story is a murder mystery.
One of the many things I love about a good murder mystery is how malleable it is. There are a million ways to murder someone and a million other ways to solve the case. There are Agatha Christie-style mysteries in which some high society dame is bloodlessly murdered and an eccentric detective carefully interviews all the suspects and solves the case by putting them all in a room together.
There are hard-boiled stories about gritty murders on skid row. There are film noirs and sexy neo-noirs. There are crime stories that are funny and others that are sad. Some are told matter-of-factly, almost like a documentary, and others are told with stylistic flourishes. I love them all.
So as I was thinking about what kind of movie theme I could have for May I thought about murder mystery, and because I love alliteration Murder Mysteries in May had a distinct ring about it. And here we are.
I watched 38 movies in April 2024. 30 of them were new to me. 11 of them were made before I was born. It was the Awesome ’80s in April and I watched 21 movies from that decade.
It was a fairly typical month for me. I’d watch a movie or two during the week and then watch several over the weekend. One day I’ll get a life and I’ll only watch 25 movies in a month!
I do love watching movies from the 1980s, especially ones that I’ve not heard of before, or that I’ve never seen because I was too young to be interested in them before. I got to watch films like Breathless, The Killer, and 8 Million Ways To Die – films I probably would have landed on sooner or later, but this month spurned me to watch them sooner and I’m happy about that.
As much as I do enjoy movies from the 1980s it amuses me to look at this month’s list and notice that I alternate the 1980s with films from the 1930s and 1940s.
I’m sure I’ve mentioned before that my family and I watch Doctor Who on Friday nights. As my daughter gets older that is happening less and less. She often sleeps over at a friend’s or has her friends over at our house, or we all just get busy and don’t get to The Doctor. To make up for this my wife and I have been watching movies based on Agatha Christie stories. This month we watched several starring Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot and that’s been a lot of fun.
Clark Gable remains my top-watched actor this year with seven movies seen by me. But following close behind are Lee Van Cleef and Humphrey Bogart each with six films watched. All of those Poirot films bumped Peter Ustinov up to third place with four films watched.
And here’s the complete list:
Murder by Decree (1979) – ***1/2
Murder in Three Acts (1986) – ***1/2
Hard Boiled (1992) – ****
Dark Journey (1937) – ***1/2
Dancing Lady (1933) ****
Hospital Massacre (1981) – ***1/2
The Ninth Configuration (1980) – *
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) – ****
Starman (1984) – ***
High Noon (1952) – ****
Now, Voyager (1942) – ****1/2
The Witches of Eastwick (1987) – ***1/2
Three on a Match (1932) – **1/2
Sahara (1943) – ****
The Big Shot (1942) – ***
Death on the Nile (1978) – ***1/2
Child’s Play (1988) – ***
The Bounty (1984) – ***1/2
Working Girls (1986) – ****
The Killer (1989) – ****
A Perfect World (1993) – ****
Doctor Who: The Aztecs (1964) – **
Sherlock, Jr. (1924) – ****1/2
Destry Rides Again (1939) – ****1/2
Conquest (1983)- ***1/2
Dead Man’s Folly (1986) – ***
8 Million Ways to Die (1986) – ****
The Entity (1982) – ***
Another Fine Mess (1930) – ***
The Octagon (1980) – *
The Star Chamber (1983) – ***1/2
Breathless (1983) – ****
Streets of Fire (1984) – ****
Into the Night (1985) – ***1/2
Nighthawks (1981) – ***1/2
From Beyond (1986) – ***1/2
Maximum Overdrive (1986) – *
They Drive by Night (1940) – ****
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