Category: Music
Perfect Sound Forever
2023 will mark the 40th anniversary of the Compact Disc being introduced in the United States. Here is the British view on the format at that time.
That Old Potter Magic
I have read “The Purloined Letter,” and like Poe’s first detective Dupin story, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” its three principal characters may as well be Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson, and Inspector Lestrade. Which brings to mind Dennis Potter’s 80’s British TV series The Singing Detective, which is nothing like Sherlock Holmes.
Potter is perhaps better known for Pennies from Heaven, a BBC production from 1978 starring Bob Hoskins, that was later adapted into a Steve Martin movie. I can’t think of an American television series that rivaled Dennis Potter’s unique vision until David Lynch’s Twin Peaks.
Let Me Take You Doo-Wop
Jim Dawson played this on his Not Fade Away show last week.
If that isn’t enough fun for you, here’s the full album treatment.
Black Masques for a French Detective
Recorded a year after the first Covid lockdown, something suitable to continue my reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s C. Auguste Dupin.
For My Convenience
I’m leaving some orange sunshine pop here for later consumption.
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