Eclectic Grooves

I know it's been a while since I've posted, but over the past few months life has thrown some high speed curve balls at my girlfriend and I that have required my complete attention. In fact, the material in this post has been on the back burner for a couple months, coming to fruition only after the thoughts have had ample time to gestate in my mind.  You may be asking yourself, what kind of content would be in a post with the title "The Uncertainty of Life"?  I assure you that right now I am fit as a fiddle, so I am definitely not here to retire the blog in any way, shape or form. Instead, I wanted to share my situation with you all to let you know what's been going on. While I don't normally open myself up to be scrutinized by the public, I figured it was high time that I explain to you all what has been going on in my life during the past 3 years. My girlfriend of over 10 years had first started experiencing the onset of severe digestive problems back in t...

The latest edition of I Hear a New World is available to listen to here, and to listen\download at http://ihearanewworld.podomatic.com/. As usual, this episode of I Hear a New World has been brewing in my head for quite awhile. What started out as a simple idea has expanded into a complex project that has dominated many of my days and nights over the last couple months. Regular visitors may recall that I did a podcast featuring a hodgepodge of psychedelic funk back in 2008. While this one has smatterings of funk, it's sole purpose is to take the listener on a guided trip through the mind of someone tripping on LSD, regardless of the style of music. It is the result of countless hours of listening to many different shades of psychedelic music from all over the world, weeding them out one by one and finally tweaking the flow of the mix until it sounded perfect to my ears. In keeping with the continuity, I have opted to record this as a single mix with no interr...

The latest edition of I Hear a New World is available to listen to here, and to listen\download at http://ihearanewworld.podomatic.com/ . On this edition of I Hear a New World , I have deviated from the usual Stacks of Wax format to make way for some of the newer records that I have been listening to lately. My girlfriend and I have been operating with a single income for a couple years now since she was diagnosed with a systemic digestive disorder that has rendered her unable to work at all.  Since times have been hard, I haven't been able to purchase enough new vinyl to keep the podcasts interesting. Until there is a shift in my financial situation, I will be doing podcasts from albums that I have on my hard drive. For those of you who would like to help, please consider making a small donation to my Paypal page from http://www.podomatic.com/podcast/.  Every dollar earned from this will go straight into buying records that will be played on future p...

It is once again time for me to reach back in the refrigerator for some "choice cuts". Each time, I will be featuring sizzling and succulent morsels that are grabbing my ear right now that range from funk to country, from afro-beat to garage rock, etc. Sometimes there will be a theme to these songs that ties them all together in a nice bow, but other times the songs featured will just be a musical hodgepodge of eclectic delights. Without further ado, lets see what "choice cuts" the vinyl butcher has prepared for us today. Roy Porter Sound Machine - Funky Twitch From: Jessica [1974, Chelan Records] How could you take one look at the cover of this record, and at least not have your curiosity peaked? Clearly this is a private press record that never got its due back in the day, but thanks to technology, Ebay and the advent of music blogs it has experienced a resurgence in popularity 35 years after it's release date. ...

I was a little late to the party, but apparently it was broadcast on the My Bloody Valentine Facebook and Twitter pages that they were releasing the new album on their website http://www.mybloodyvalentine.org/ later on today.  Shortly after the announcement was posted that the album was now "live", the servers for the website were instantly overloaded to the point that virtually no one has been able to access the site to purchase the new record. Many have taken to the approach of repetitively pressing F5 to refresh the page to no avail. I do know that the vinyl is limited edition, and is likely already out-of-print. You have to be really quick these days to catch limited edition release before they are gone. The information I was able to get about the record is included in the picture below with the tracklist of the record provided from a random person on Facebook. This is information taken from the band's website before the server crashed, also tak...

This episode of I Hear a New World was recorded before Christmas, but due to working tirelessly to complete the "Favorite Albums of 2012" list, it was shelved until now. It features a hodgepodge of psychedelic, garage and jazz with a little soul and blues to round out the mix nicely. Artists featured on this edition include Unknown Mortal Orchestra, David Bowie, Albert Collins and Eddie Harris. I Hear a New World- Stacks of Wax Vol.18 1) Abdeslam Cherkami- L-Awsaf 2) Cymande- The Message 3) Albert Collins- Kool Aide 4) Public Nuisance- Ecstasy 5) David Bowie- All the Mad Men 6) Tame Impala- Mind Mischief 7) Unknown Mortal Orchestra- Waves of Confidence 8) Sic Alps- God Bless Her, I Miss Her 9) Eddie Harris- Is It In 10) Fontanelle- Reflex Vs. Parallax 11) Eternal Tapestry- Sand Into Rain I hope you enjoy this podcast, and your thoughts and comments are encouraged and greatly appreciated!

I had planned on getting this one up earlier in the week, but time has not permitted this until today.  After putting so much time into my "Favorite Albums of 2012" list with barely any comments or feedback, I have decided to scale back this post to feature a numbered list of my favorite compilations, reissues, box sets and ep's from 2012 without descriptions. Most of these records will speak for themselves, but if you want to know anything further about them, drop me a line in the comments. Favorite Compilations of 2012 1) Country Funk- 1969-1975 ( Light in the Attic) 2) Firehose-lowFLOWs: The Columbia Anthology (91-93) (Columbia) 3) Lee Hazlewood - The LHI Years- Singles, Nudes & Backsides 1968-71 (Light in the Attic) 4) The Funkees - Dancing Time The Best of Eastern Nigeria’s Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77 (Soundway) 5) Time to Go- The Southern Psychedelic Moment:1981-1986 ( Flying Nun Records) 6) Put No Blame on the Master, Jamaican Gospel Vol.2 (S...