Peter Gabriel – Philadelphia, PA (07/21/87)

Peter Gabriel
The Spectrum
Philadelphia, PA
July 21, 1987

Lineage: SBD > CDR(x) > EAC > WAV > FLAC (8)
Quality (F/G/VG/EX): EX
The Movement URL: http://www.genesis-movement.org/php/showdetails.php?uid=1373
Artwork: Yes

  1. San Jacinto
  2. Red Rain
  3. Shock The Monkey
  4. Not One Of Us
  5. Intruder
  6. Games Without Frontiers
  7. No Self Control
  8. Mercy Street
  9. This Is The Picture
  10. Big Time
  11. Don’t Give Up
  12. Solsbury Hill
  13. Lay Your Hands On Me
  14. Sledgehammer
  15. Here Comes The Flood
  16. In Your Eyes
  17. Biko

The Friday Night Horror Movie: All the Colors of the Dark (1972)

all the colors of the dark poster

A while back I started a little feature I called Bring Out the Perverts: Giallo on the Criterion Channel. That streaming service featured 13 Italian genre films and that seemed like a fun thing to review. I like the idea of having a pre-selected set of films to watch and review. I thought I’d do a bunch of them.

When I say “a while back” I mean I started this feature last September. Four months have gone by and I still haven’t finished watching 13 films. I did well through October, but the Noirvember happened and I completely forgot about this idea.

This is the second to last one and hopefully, I’ll finish it out soon after that. I still like the idea, and I’ve got some things brewing in a similar vein for this coming year. So consider this a Friday Night Horror Movie and a Bring Out the Perverts.

All the Colors of the Dark is a mixture of classic Giallo with some early 1970s psychedelia with a touch of satanism thrown in for good measure.

Edwige Fenech stars as Jane Harrison a woman whose recent car accident caused her to miscarry and lose her baby. This has sent her spiraling into mental breakdown. She begins losing her grip on reality, unable to tell her dream world full of nightmarish images and a man with a knife out to kill her, and real life.

She’s seeing a psychiatrist, but her boyfriend Richard (George Hilton) is against it. But he’s mostly annoyed that every time they start to have sex she starts envisioning that dude with the knife and has a panic attack. We’ll skip the analysis about knives and sex, stabbings, and penetration for now.

She meets a friend who suggests attending a Black Mass. There she is, well I don’t want to say raped because that feels slightly too strong a word so let’s just say strongly persuaded to drink the blood of a sacrificed dog and then engage in a lot of sex. Afterward, she’s totally into sexing up her boyfriend again. I wouldn’t touch that analysis with a ten-foot pole.

That dude with the knife keeps showing up in odd places stalking her. Sometimes she envisions him attacking her but every time that seems to just be a hallucination. At another Black Mass, she might have been forced to kill her friend who introduced her to it. Or maybe that was just a dream too. The lines between reality and hallucination become quite blurred.

It all wraps up a little too neatly for my tastes with all the solutions coming fast and clean.

Fenech is quite good. She’s the Scream Queen of Gialli and while I’m a fan, I’d never call it a fantastic actress. But she does well as this damaged woman in distress.

Director Sergio Martino leans heavily into the psychedelia of the era. He does that thing that was common at this time where the images turn into a kaleidoscope. He uses a lot of quick cuts, and he’ll repeat images over and over. I find it all very dated and rather annoying.

When he’s not giving you a visual trip he does create some rather striking images.

I’ve never been a fan of this type of psychedelic cinema and I find it especially obnoxious in horror. Looking at my Letterboxd friend list most of them seem to really like this one. So your mileage may vary.

Jackson Browne – Little Rock, AR (06/07/00)

Jackson Browne
Jun 7 2000
Robinson Center Music Hall
Little Rock, AR, USA

Solo Acoustic 2000 Tour

I’m Alive
In the Shape of a Heart
Rosie
Looking Into You
Linda Paloma
For a Dancer
The Barricades of Heaven
Ready or Not
Lives in the Balance
Cocaine
World in Motion
Jamaica Say You Will
Fountain of Sorrow
Call It a Loan
Doctor My Eyes
These Days
The Next Voice You Hear
Sky Blue and Black
The Pretender

Encore:
Take It Easy
Our Lady of the Well
Free Bird

The setlist doesn’t quite match what’s on the artwork or what is listed at Setlist.fm. I think. I’m no Jackson Browne expert. – Mat

Jackson Browne – Sedona, ZA (10/02/99)

Jackson Browne
Hamilton Warren Ampitheatre
10th Annual Verde Valley Music Festival
Sedona, AZ
October 02, 1999

Before the Deluge
Everywhere I Go
The Barricades of Heaven
World in Motion
Doctor My Eyes
The Next Voice You Hear
Your Bright Baby Blues
The Pretender

Encore:
Running on Empty

Jackson Browne – Nashville, TN (04/12/99)

Jackson Brown
Ryman Auditorium
Nashville, TN
04/12/99

I’m Alive
In the Shape of a Heart
Alive in the World
The Barricades of Heaven
World in Motion (with Jimmie Fadden)
Cocaine (with Steve Earle)
Christmas in Washington (with Steve Earle) (Also with Emmylou Harris, Indigo Girls, Buddy & Judy Miller)
Goodnight, Irene with Steve Earle) (Also with Emmylou Harris, Indigo Girls, Buddy & Judy Miller)

Se7en (1995) 4K UHD Review

se7en uhd cover

As I mentioned in this week’s Pick of the Week I’m a big fan of David Fincher’s Se7en. What’s astonishing is that this was just his second feature film. He’d made numerous music videos before entering the world of movies, so he knew his way around a set and behind a camera. But his first feature film, Alien3, was a disaster. The studio constantly interfered, the box office was disappointing and critics mostly hated it (there has since been a “Director’s Cut” of sorts and it’s actually pretty good).

My point is that it is something of a small miracle he was able to make another film at all, that he made something so audacious, so freaking good as Se7en is a testament to Fincher’s confidence and vision so early in his career.

They just released a nice 4k UHD version of the film and it looks amazing. You can read my full review here.

Tom Waits – KPFK Sessions (1973-1975)

Tom Waits ìKPFK Sessionsì
KPFK broadcasts, Studio City CA
1973-08-12, 1974-07-23 & 1975-01-12

— 1973-08-12 (August 12, 1973)
01 Virginia Ave
02 San Diego Serenade
03 Ol’ 55
04 Semi Suite
05 Fumblin¥ With The Blues
06 Rosie
07 Depot Depot
08 I Hope That I Don¥t Fall In Love With You
09 Heart Of Saturday Night
10 Better Off Without A Wife
11 On A Foggy Night
12 Heart Of Saturday Night

— 1974-07-23 (July 23, 1974)
13 Intro
14 Semi Suite
15 Drunk On The Moon
16 San Diego Serenade
17 Rosie
18 Fumblin’ With The Blues
19 New Coat Of Paint

— 1975-01-12 (January 12, 1975)
20 Intro
21 Nobody
22 On A Foggy Night
23 The Heart Of Saturday Night
24 Fumblin’ With The Blues
25 Better Off Without a Wife
26 Intro
27 Drunk On The Moon
28 Big Joe And Phantom 309


This is a truly fabulous and interesting collection of early Tom Waitsí radio shows that includes music and interviews during a period of about a year and half; around the time of his first couple of album releases. Fascinating because you can actually hear audibly the metamorphosis of Tom from a struggling musician into a star. His singing style change is remarkable and his growing confidence is obvious. The earliest stuff doesnít sound at all like the Tom we know and love. The change in his voice is amazing (smoking and drinking does take its toll, lol). Tomís interviews are very interesting as he tells the background stories of the songs, kind of a pre-Storytellers thing. Donít miss this one if you donít have it. Enjoy.

The Reading Journal: 2024

sinner man by lawrence block

I don’t talk about books as much as I do movies simply because I watch a lot more movies than I read books. I love reading. I love books. But I’d be lying if I said I read all the time. I tend to get distracted by movies and TV shows, social media and…well, this blog.

I try to set time aside each night to do a little reading. Sometimes that works. Sometimes I play silly games until way too late at night and just go to bed.

But Goodreads does a fun little end-of-the-year summary so I thought I’d talk about books for a minute.

I read 17 books in 2024 which seems abysmally small. Especially since half of them were comic books. No shade on comics, I love them, but they do tend to be a little shorter than your typical novel.

Outside of comics I mostly read detective stories which is no surprise and a wonderful book of TV essays by Emily Nussbaum. That reminds me how much I love a good cultural essay and that I should find more of them online.

Anyway, you can see the stats over at Goodreads.

John Coltrane – Shows by Date

xxxx.xx.xx – Live Trane Underground
1956.12.08 – Philadelphia, PA w/Miles Davis
1957.02.16-23 – St. Louis, MO – w/Miles Davis
1957.02.23 – St. Louis, MO – w/Miles Davis
1957.04.13 – New York, NY – w/Miles Davis
1958.08.09 – Washington, DC – w/Miles Davis
1958.09.25 – Detroit, MI
1958.11.01 – Washington, DC – w/Miles Davis
1959.01.03 – New York, NY – w/Miles Davis
1959.08.25 – New York, NY – w/Miles Davis
1960 – Live at the Jazz Gallery
1961.07.01 – Newport, RI
1961.11.18 – Paris, France
1962-1963 – At Birdland
1962.11.19 – Stockholm, Sweden
1962.11.20 – Helsinki, Finland
1963.10.26 – Copenhagen, Denmark
1964.08.18 – Philadelphia, PA
1964.09.18 – Philadelphia, PA
1965.08.26 – New York, NY
1966.07.02 – Newport, RI
1966.07.17 – Kobe, Japan

Various Artists – Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Vol. 33-34

Various Artists
Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan – 33-34

Lineage:
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Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan Vol. 33: Progress and the Doom Machine

This one goes out in memory of David Plentus, the founder of DylanCover.com, who passed away last month. I didn’t know him, but his site is an invaluable resource and it always gave me a sense of accomplishment when one of my compilations appeared on his NSD page. I hope someone will be continuing the site as a tribute to his dedication.

A couple of notes on this volume’s selection: I know some don’t consider “Ballad of Easy Rider” and “Wagon Wheel” true Dylan songs, but they’re both damn good, and after 33 volumes I decided to take the liberty; if you’re a purist, don’t download those tracks. And I also know John Mayer is widely reviled, but I think he does a nice job with “Don’t Think Twice”; as when I included Guns ‘N Roses, I’ve come down on the side of the music and tried to ignore personalities.

As always, a big thanks to the tapers, the original uploaders, the nice folks who’ve sent me recordings, the fine artists who’ve created cover artwork, and especially the performers and most of all the composer. Due to the many different sources, I am not including lineages. I have done nothing to the original files but normalize the levels and fade in and out on each track (using Cool Edit). If you’ve got something good that deserves consideration for future volumes, PM me.

01 Ballad of Easy Rider – Bruce Springsteen (Aug 20, 1981, Los Angeles Sports Arena)
02 This Wheel’s On Fire – The Byrds (Sep 20, 1970, Pacific Memorial Stadium, Stockton, CA)
03 Positively Fourth Street – Bryan Ferry (Mar 17, 2007, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, UK)
04 Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again – North Mississippi All-Stars (Feb 5, 2011, Criminal Records, Atlanta, Ga)
05 Walkin’ Down the Line – Eilen Jewell (Apr 29, 2010, Katalin, Uppsala, Sweden)
06 Ring Them Bells – Sara Jarosz (May 20, 2010, Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT)
07 Lay Lady Lay – Band of Heathens (Jul 27, 2009, Don Quixote’s, Felton, CA)
08 Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Alejandro Escovedo (Jan 28, 2011, Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte, NC)
09 Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright – John Mayer (Jul 31, 2010, Bristow, VA)
10 Forever Young – Sara Watkins (Jun 19, 2010, Clearwater Festival, Croton-on-Hudson, NY)
11 All Over You – Cooper McBean (January 13, 2011, The Echo, Los Angeles, CA)
12 Blowin’ in the Wind – Jonathan Richman (Feb 4, 2010, Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville, FL)
13 A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall – Ryan Bingham (Oct 3, 2007, The King King, Hollywood, CA)
14 Every Grain of Sand – Deacon Blue (Dec 28, 1991, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall)
15 Visions of Johanna – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Aug 9, 2010, Ebisu LIQUIDROOM, Tokyo, Japan)
16 Dirge – Sophie Hunger and Erik Truffaz (Nov 3, 2010, Studio 15 de la RSR, Lausanne, Switzerland)
17 Going Going Gone – Mark Lanegan (Aug 2, 2002, Urbino, Italy)
18 Wagon Wheel – Mumford and Sons with Gilliam Welch and David Rawlings (Jun 12, 2010, Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, TN)

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Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Vol. 34: So Long, Honey Babe

Why do we admire Suze Rotolo? I think it’s because she kept her secrets, even at the risk of letting herself be defined (publicly, at least) by a handful of songs written by an articulate but temporarily bitter ex-boyfriend. When she did finally break her silence, it was with a discretion and dignity rare in our modern celebrity culture. So this volume is dedicated to Suze (and does not contain a version of “Ballad in Plain D”).

As always, a big thanks to the tapers, the original uploaders, the nice folks who’ve sent me recordings, the fine artists who’ve created cover artwork, and especially the performers and most of all the composer. Due to the many different sources, I am not including lineages. I have done nothing to the original files but normalize the levels and fade in and out on each track (using Cool Edit). If you’ve got something good that deserves consideration for future volumes, PM me. And thanks to Cover Me for the kind words.

01 Boots of Spanish Leather – Patti Smith (Dec 30, 2010, The Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY)
02 Mama You’ve Been on My Mind – Allan Toussaint (Nov 9, 2006, Avery Fisher Hall @ Lincoln Center, New York City)
03 Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright – Steve Earle (Feb 27, 2011, Center for the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA)
04 Tomorrow is a Long Time – The Gourds (Apr 29, 2009, The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI)
05 One Too Many Mornings – Rumpke Mountain Boys (Jul 17, 2010, Private Party, Athens, OH)
06 Blowin’ in the Wind – Arlo Guthrie and Donovan (Jun 20, 1981, Folkfestival auf der Donauinsel, Vienna, Austria)
07 Masters of War – Don McLean (May 25, 1975, Hard Rock Club, Manchester, England)
08 A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall – Carrie Elkin (Nov 26, 2009, Prince Albert, Trafalgar St, Brighton)
09 Mr. Tambourine Man – Abbey Lincoln (Jul 12, 2002, Graz, Mariahilferplatz)
10 I Want You -Sophie B. Hawkins (Aug 16, 1992, La Brique, Montreal, QC)
11 All Along the Watchtower – Devon Allman’s Honeytribe (May 22, 2010, Aflac Outdoor Games, Uptown’s Riverfront AT&T Stage, Columbus, GA)
12 Ring Them Bells – Jill Sobule with Cyndi Lauper (Nov 9, 2006, Avery Fisher Hall @ Lincoln Center, New York City, NY)
13 Isis/Love Sick – Ryan Adams (Nov 9, 2006, Avery Fisher Hall @ Lincoln Center, New York City, NY)
14 Going, Going Gone – Jay Farrar (Nov 9, 2006, Avery Fisher Hall @ Lincoln Center, New York City, NY)
15 Fragment – Wesley Stace (Nov 5, 2009, Cafe Fontana, Maple Shade, New Jersey)