The other day Political Man stopped by the floating bookshop and quickly segued from his daily rant against Republicans to his love of music. He raved about the latest CD collection of the Beach Boys, except that there is still no stereo version of Good Vibrations. He also has found a version of Jethro Tull's Aqualung with satisfactory sound in its 40th anniversary edition. He gave an earlier version, on which he claimed the sound was dead, to his pot dealer.
Speaking of music, I recently watched a VHS tape I made in the '80's when I had the stamina to stay up and tape the great musical acts that appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, which would air at the end of the show, about 1:30 AM. I was still young and strong enough then to rise at six the next morning with no problem. This particular tape kicked off with the late Robert Palmer's intelligently written Addicted to Love: "...You like to think you're immune to the stuff/but it's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough..." There were also appearances by the Pretenders, Wall of Voodoo and Brian Ferry, flying solo after his split from Roxy Music. There was also a seven-song excerpt from the Talking Heads unbelievable Remain in Light concert, which begins with David Byrne taking the bare stage himself, putting down a beat box, and accompanying himself on acoustic guitar to Psycho Killer. As the show progresses, the roadies build the set, and throughout it Byrne, at the pinnacle of his showmanship, runs around like a madman. He must have been in unbelievable cardiovascular shape. Here's the opening clip, courtesy of youtube. Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pCZ5E5tn4I
Thanks to Bob, who purchased an illustrated children's version of H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man. Any time I see the title, I think of the classic film version starring Claude Rains, and laugh as I recall the constable arriving on the scene and saying, very slowly in a British accent: "Here now, what's all this?" and the crazy screams of the proprietress of the saloon/rooming house.
Spasibo to the kind Russian woman who made a donation of about 50 children's books.
Tim Tebow haters must be cursing up a storm right now after another come from behind win.
Now playing on Live 365: the gorgeous, sultry Sade singing Smooth Operator.
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