By Request, More John Adams

For Jenny

John Adams - Don't Turn And Walk Away 

Enjoy!

Fix That Link!

After a while of neglecting my blog, I'm going through and fixing broken links, so if you have any re-up requests please let me know.

Sunday Night Special

More requests and other stuff.

Seven - Stranger Than Fiction (1984)

Private Lives - Swim Away (1982) - Rare B-Side from John Adams and the boys

Kevin Kitchen - Tightspot (1985)

More Goodies

A few more:

Hitlist - High Treason

A Bigger Splash - Silence

Still Life - Away From This Town

East of Java

I had a request for more from East of Java, so here are a couple I have:

East of Java - (Taipo Say) Drum

East of Java - And Chucks Out The Mexican (B-Side of "Different World")

Belated Christmas Goodies

Over the Christmas holiday I was back at home in the US and took the opportunity to rescue my turntable from storage and rip a few more obscure singles.

Some of these were requests, but most were just random picks. I did not have time to scan the covers before flying back to Europe and if there are any problems with the rips just let me know - I went through them quite quickly.

Enjoy!

Search Party - Lost Paradise [new rip, updated link November 2015]

Red Bamboo - Dance of Love

John Adams - Through The Eyes of Love

Delta - Mechanismo

Hitlist - Total Isolation

Update from the edge of the world

For extremely complicated reasons I won't go into, I've been spending the last couple of months back home in Europe which has been quite a change to say the least.

I've not felt like posting anything as you may have guessed but today I have a small story to tell.

A few years ago I wrote a post about my brother Ed and his refreshing attitude (here).

This week we were discussing music like we usually do when we just get a chance to chill out and hit 'random' on the stereo. When the U2 song "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" came on, my brother said that this could be his theme song. My heart fell because my brother, because of his disability, has never had a serious girlfriend and lives quite a lonely existence. I imagined him listening to these songs and being laid low by the experiences. I thought of the inherent yearning quality of the U2 track and privately wondered about the expectations of life. Yes folks, I am a deep thinker.

So we were silent for a moment. Then my brother continued. "Yeah, this is my song. I'm always losing my wallet, my car keys, my phone numbers.... I'm always looking for something!!"

I love you Ed.