I’ve added this latest rendition of Blue Smoke to illustrate a point: The quantity and quality of non-video music is greater than that of video music. Okay. So it’s anecdotal. But this isn’t about science. It’s about sensation. In my world, the grooveshark player found every track but one: Helpless by Needle. But I’ll take Neil Young’s unplugged version. Not as good but does have a nice base coat of maudlin piano. And I prefer the Paul Weller’s Portishead remix of Wildwood. ...
Yet another version of blue smoke using the embedr.com player. No one has the video of Needle‘s cover of Neil Young’s Helpless. Shame. Needle has, in my opinion, the quintessential rendition. Anyway, Helpless didn’t make it it.
Another adaptation of blue smoke, this time using Yahoo Video as the source. Some of the videos were not found (Lenny, Helpless, Until the Morning). Lenny and Fade Into You are the lynchpins of Blue Smoke and my substitutions make this something I call “an interpretive playlist”. However, I like the Paul Weller cover. Raw, courageous, authentic. Best of luck, Dylan.
An alternate view of the pensive playlist.
I’ve been pensive of late and frankly the weather is just too damn nice for that. Still, there is something gained by wrapping up from time to time in a blanket of introspection. I’m sharing here my pensive playlist.
I’ve started a new online radio station at laut.fm It’s based in Germany. If you can speak or puzzle out a bit of German, you can navigate the site and find a station you like. I created this based on my playlist Blue Smoke. However, before they will play a station, you must have more than one hour of total track time in the playlist. ...
When nostalgia just isn’t the right word. I put this playlist together back in January. It’s not my favorite but somehow I find myself trotting it out again and again. I feel that swapping out two or three tracks would complete the list. I can’t put my finger on which ones to drop or what would replace them.
On a hot summer night, sitting out on the front porch under a blue light reflecting against a humid haze hung low, you find yourself silent. Quiet reflection in a blanket of blue smoke.
I’m trying out the Imeem playlist player. The version on the Imeem site is fancier than this but thank the stars the embedded version is plain. It fits red leopard’s minimalist sensibilities. Sweet! It’s super simple to use. Find a playlist you like, cut and past the code snippet into your blog. Like that and it’s done! So why Aaron Lewis? I like his solo acoustic work over his staind electric work. Not everyone shares my opinion but Imeem has beaucoup playlists. Go get your own! ...
I’m on the fence on whether or not to add the LastFM quilt to my blog. It’s a bit large. If I see it in the post for a week and still like it, maybe it goes in the REVERB sidebar. (and, of course, I’ll clean up their css.) ...