#204 Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs

The Madcap Laughs is the first solo album from Pink Floyd founder member Syd Barrett. He had been kicked out of the band due to excessive drugs and erratic behaviour. Imagine how much drugs you have to be doing to be kicked out of a rock band for doing too much. I listened to this album a […]

#201 James Taylor – Sweet Baby James

There were a few singer-songwriters who became famous in the 70s and James Taylor was one that lead the pack. Sweet Baby James is his second album that started the fire. Taylor had struggles with his mental health and drug addict. This album is a result of some of those struggles. The first song “Sweet Baby […]

#173 Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence – Oar

Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence is one of those artist I have never heard of before today. Yet, he had a great career in the music business prior to his single solo effort Oar. He played the drums on the first Jefferson Airplane album, the guitarist in Quicksilver Messenger Service, and he was the co-founder of Moby […]

#165 The Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods are another folk band. This is one way to see trends in music. At one point there was a lot of jazz on the list of 1001 Albums… that i reviewed and now there seems to be more folk music. The Youngbloods’ Elephant Mountain album mixes folk with psychedelic music. They had one hit […]

#150 Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left

I am more excited to listen to Nick Drake‘s Five Leaves Left than I have been to listen to any other album so far. I was introduced to his music a season ago and I loved it, but I never moved myself to search out the album. I had a couple songs that I knew, […]

1001 Albums #21

Miles Davis again. There are a few artist who will be on this list a few times. Davis’ second entry Kind of Blue is very different than his first one Birth of the Cool. I do not think of the colour blue as depressing as most people do. When I think of blue, I think of the water, the sky, and you. When Davis thinks of blue he is […]

1001 Albums #10

Was there some sort of jazz explosion in the late 50s? I am not sure I can handle much more of the chaos. I am struggling with my own head at the moment without all the chaos of another jazz artist. But I started this and I am that person that will usually finish what […]

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

I used to write a lot before I moved to the USA five years ago. I suffered from a deep depression that has never left my side and it is partly due to PTSD and the rest is none of your business. No, I was not a soldier in a war, unless you consider my […]

Two New Comedies?

God Friended Me I was watching a new series online at cbs.com and I thought it was so bad that I had to write about. CBS new series, God Friended Me does not offer anything new. If you have seen Highway to Heaven, Touched by Angel (to a lesser degree) Joan Of Arcadiaor last season’s Kevin […]