Here’s a good comparison of groovy British vs. American sounds from 1967, with America having the harder edge.
Category: Music
Capitol Jay
This is a remembrance I have submitted for an obituary:
https://www.hochfuneralhome.com/obituaries/john-lemay-2
I have quite a few records that Capitol reissued into the early 80s. As I listened to them, I noticed that some had a consistently distinctive and appealing sound quality. It was full and smooth and, to my preference, not overly bright. In the run-out grooves, those records were all signed “Jay Lemay,” “J. Lemay,” or simply “Jay,” as seen in the photo. I always wanted to tell Lemay how much I appreciated his eminently listenable work as a mastering engineer.
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Johnny Carson, from when the Tonight Show was still in New York, talking about the forthcoming arrival to the city of the Fabulous Foursome.
Freak-Over-and-Out
With no formal, or even informal, announcement, Drew Carey’s Friday Night Freak-Out is no more. I hoped he was just taking a summer break, but Carey’s show is no longer listed on the SiriusXM schedule and his name doesn’t appear as a host.
Update:
Week #5
MIT Technology Review profiles Tom Scholz.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1095835/not-just-another-band-from-boston/
This is the breakthrough album that made Scholz’s non-existent band, Boston, an overnight sensation.
I caught some of this BBC podcast today, and I’m sufficiently interested to start listening from the start.
So, how am I doing, on the home stretch of cancer treatments? It’s like he said in a galaxy far, far away.
Checking the Calendar
I’ve completed Day #15 of my treatments, out of 28. The final day will be September 5, the 18th anniversary of this weblog. With the toughest part yet to come in the second half, I’m going to watch a favorite video. The best of Scopitone, presented in a gorgeous, newly remastered HD transfer.