Midori Takada - Through the Looking Glass (1983)

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1. Mr. Henri Rousseau's Dream
2. Crossing
3. Trompe-L'oeil
4. Catastrophe Σ

Beautifully calm, harmonious, dreamy, hypnotic, meditative, chaotic, experimental and trancy

Jesus help me, Jason and the Nashville Scorchers' first two EPs are a wildly fun and addictive ride. Cowpunkers unite.

They may not necessarily be innovative but I love them:



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Nothing quite compares to the original but there are some great versions of Jambalaya from the 70s that I give almost equal play time.



On the topic of covers, listening to Three Dog Night's It Ain't Easy for the first time tonight and man, I think I like their version of Woman more than the original, I've always thought that this song could use a bit more fury, this is it.

Today:

Sorabji - Opus clavicembalisticum
Mr Bungle - Disco Volante
Leonard Cohen - Songs of love and hate
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Sandy Denny - Sandy (one of my all time favorite albums)

And I might do Emperor's Anthems to the Welkin at dusk (my favorite black metal album) afterwards :)

Now listening to a bunch of alt country, and while I love pure country, it's still nice to hear country from the perspective of rock and alternative types. Uncle Tupelo are a pretty ****ing sweet example. Better than Wilco at least (who rose from the ashes of Uncle Tupelo). No idea why Wilco are so well known but Tupelo languish in relative obscurity.

I love Tupelo!