listening to music comes so naturally to me

i need there to be more hasaan ibn ali recordings to be found + released pleaaaasssssse

photo of an LP cover "the nat king cole trio - vocal classics" along with the stereo playing it

records are too damn expensive at the thrift stores nowadays ($3??) but i saw this really old collection of early nat king cole records and said i bet that sounds amazing. and it does!

ok great! first we need to commit streaming fraud like kpop stans to get him on top of the charts. then ill work on the gifsets.

i am unwilling to stop

hey everybody lets start a fandom for big joe turner

moving into the las cruces/el paso orbit has been disastrous on my ability to see touring bands. figured since el paso was such a big city away from other big cities id see more but doesnt seem like a lot of bands i know come out this way.

the american band x and the australian band x were both great...what are the odds?

i started getting into them in a big way after years of only sort of getting it. great band. great guitar work.

so far in my exploration of african guitar music it's orchestra baobab at number one and orchestre poly-rythmo de cotonou at number two.

is "hotter than july" anybodys favorite stevie wonder album?

the mastering isnt exceptional on "mono singles" but its tolerable and the track listing seems good so far.

also its pretty apparent nobody gives much of a shit about 60s stevie wonder. i get it but...

ive been looking into pre-classic period stevie wonder comps lately. id always stuck with the "looking back" triple LP but im listening to the digital era "mono singles" set and it might be a keeper. lots of fun tracks ive never heard before.

here's an important music thought: the new paranoid style album is great.

the experiment for the next month will be to post more of my annoying music thoughts here and less of them on discord

i promised id never let myself be peer pressured into listening to pop stars with disney backgrounds ever again, but i did i want to give some sabrina carpenter a go. a little fun and a little funny. at least she's self-deprecating. if she can mature as a songwriter and stay funny...maybe ill be in.

every fucking day im printing to pdf!

1996

ok fine. i finally like the miles davis second great quintet more than the first.

you cant go

Photo of a CD box set entitled "The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56"

Never pass up a Mosaic CD set at the thrift store!

Jack DeJohnette, versatile jazz drummer known for Miles Davis fusion recordings, dies aged 83 Drummer played on Bitches Brew and other landmark recordings, as well as making numerous albums as a bandleader

RIP Jack DeJohnette (1942-2025)

Photo of an LP cover "Dinah Sings Some Blues With Red" and the vinyl record itself on the turntable in the background.

Dinah Shore Sings Some Blues With Red (1960)

A little something I picked up at an El Paso thrift store today. A decent, pleasant record ready for cocktail hour.

a photo of a record player in use playing the bob dylan album "john wesley harding". the LP sleeve is also visible.

bob dylan - john wesley harding (1967)

i finally got my good turntable down to new mexico so ill probably just make a habit of posting what im listening to. ive had good luck thrifting records down here but theyve mostly sat in boxes till now.

Heavenly announce 2026 tour in support of first album in 29 years UK indiepop cult heroes Heavenly release their first album in nearly 30 years in February

Heavenly announce 2026 tour in support of first album in 29 years www.brooklynvegan.com/heavenly-ann...

this is where beefheart won.

photo of a record player and stereo in use, with the sleeve for the album ghettoblaster by the band red aunts visible.

red aunts - ghettoblaster (1998)

one of the great punk rock albums imo. every song is exhilarating, novel, and just sounds damn good.

A photo of a black t-shirt held in front of pavement, reading "autechre. northamerica. twentytwentyfive."

A big one off the concert bucket list, and one of the most intense sensory experiences I've ever had.

in recent years ive been a lot less invested in record collecting and have been mostly immune to record store day. however, i need to grab that randy newman demos LP at black friday rsd.