The calendar flips to 1973
Queued up this morning (several new entrants in my little quest today)
The Who - Quadrophenia
The Stooges - Raw Power
Bob Seger - Back in '72
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Aerosmith - ST
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (forgot I had this)
Considered-
David Bowie - Aladin Sane
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Lou Reed - Berlin
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Coming up 1974
The Hu - Rumble of Thunder
Prologue is welcome to DJ at any of my parties.
Pink Floyd - The Man and The Journey 1969
Well, I’ve recently retired?!? so I am available.
The year is 1974. Nixon resigns. Ramones play their 1st show at CBGB. Rumble in the Jungle. Ronald DeFeo Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville. Tommy John got Tommy John surgery. Symbionese Liberation Army and Patty Hearst.
A little more variety with 5 of the 6 bands debuting this morning.
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Scorpions - Fly To The Rainbow
Kiss - ST
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
Bad Company - ST
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
Considered -
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Lou Reed - Rock n Roll Animal
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Time to clean some grout. Ack…
Coming up 1975
I never have a shit about Aerosmith
… until hearing THIS album. I love it. It’s so grimy!
I haven’t listened to some of these albums in years. I’m rather enjoying this musical pursuit.
It’s 1975. Bobby Fisher refuses to play Antonly Karpov in chess. Microsoft is founded. US involvement in Vietnam war ends and Saigon falls. Betamax. Pine Ridge and Leonard Peltier. Jimmy Hoffa goes poof. Edmund Fitzgerald sinks to the bottom of Lake Superior
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here. (Fav album ever.)
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
Jethro Tull - Minstrel In the Gallery
David Bowie - Young Americans (was going to pick something else but all this Bowie has me on a bit of a mini Bowie kick.)
Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
Also considered
Queen - A Night at the Opera (though I absolutely can’t stand Bohemian Raphsody)
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Kiss - Alive!
Steely Dan - Katie Lied
I need some tea and then back to grout cleaning.
You had me at Apostrophe but all the rest are awesome too…keep cranking em out, dude…
Danzig - Danzig VI Satan’s Child
Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
Entombed - Wolverine Blues
Kiss - Best Of The Solo Albums
Waiting for some water to come up to temp for tea… Jacked my back up moving something yesterday. Argh…
The year is 1976. U.S Bicentenial. Khmer Rouge and Kampuchea. Concorde begins commercial service. Swine flu. Apple computer is formed. David Berkowitz. Red Dye #4 is banned. Fidel Castro becomes president of Cuba.
On tap this morning 5 of 6 bands making their 1st appearance.
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Ramones - ST
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Rainbow - Rising
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
Considered…
David Bowie - Station to Station
Aerosmith - Rocks
Queen - A Day at the Races
Rush - 2112
If I can get my back to loosen up a bit, I can get back to cleaning grout. It’s a totally suck job but the grout is coming out nicely. I didn’t think it was savable.
Station to Station
Rocks and 2112 would make my tip tier and would switch with Steve Miller,Eagles and probably Ramones…but still a bunch of solid titles there…
Good luck with the grout dude…I’ve done that…that’s a major pain in the nuts
The Calender flips to 1977. Elvis expires. Jimmy Carter pardons draft evaders. Worst aviation disaster in history as two 747s collide in the Canary islands. Stars Wars is released. James Earl Ray escapes prison and is recaptured days later. Voyager 1 is launched. NY blackout. Optical fiber carries 1st phone traffic.
Up for today…
Steely Dan - Aja
David Bowie - Low
Elvis Costelo - My Aim is True
The Ramones - Rocket to Russia
Pink Floyd - Animals
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Considered
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams
Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood
Back to grout in a bit.
I didn’t rank anything, no best of type thing for my musical adventure. You should like today’s selection though. Bowie is back on the turntable, or at least he will be shortly.
While tedious and time consuming, the grout coming out great. I’ll be back at it today for a while. I use steam to get the major build up removed and either peroxide or Zep for stain removal. The peroxide is not regular drugstore peroxide. It’s “developer” for hair styling. Don’t ask me what ladies do with 40% peroxide on their head. I get it a a beauty supply store. I use the creamy kind as it sticks to vertical grout. I’m doing the grout on the walls. Just don’t get in on a painted surface or the paint will come right off. Doh!!! I learned this the hard way. Doh!!! Doh!!! Doh!!! I leave it on overnight and rinse/wipe down the next day. I also use Zep grout cleaner and brightener. No paid endorsement for Zep, just a satisfied customer. You have to experiment a bit to see if the developer or Zep is required for the stain you are trying to remove. When using Zep, do a small area and do NOT let it dry. Ironically, it leaves a nasty stain that’s hard to remove if it drys. You will have to use another round of Zep to get get it off. It works well, just take your time and keep it wet. Every round of developer/peroxide or Zep get’s things a bit brighter. The grout is 80 years old and likely never really cleaned. I’ve been here for 25 years and other than basic disinfecting, I haven’t done a thorough cleaning. it’s pretty grungy.
I was originally going to gut the bathroom but a combination of only having one in the house and life going seriously awry, I’m going to do a less invasive/disruptive renovation.
Been rockin’ tons of W.A.S.P. lately. Crossed 'em off my band bucket list finally last night. Incredible show. And, yes, they played “ANIMAL (Fuck Like A Beast)”.
The Cult - under the midnight sun via mp3.
Vinyl coming in tomorrow.
Very solid release, haunting melodies, no room for filler, just about 35 minutes of obviously carefully crafted tunes.
Absolute must get.
I am listening to this now. Agreed, it certainly is solid. Maybe the best thing they’ve done in decades. Might have to think about getting this one on vinyl…cheers.
1978
The Great Blizzard of 1978. (I remember that. It was pretty nuts.) Roman Polanski flees the US. Karl Wallenda discovers gravity. Korean airliner shot down by Soviet Union. The first SPAM email is sent setting off a crushing avalanche of garbage that continues to plague us all. Love Canal. Jim Jones and Jonestown.
Van Halen - ST
The Cars - ST
Waren Zevon - Excitable Boy
Public Image - Public Image First Edition
AC/DC - If You Want Blood
Gerry Raferty - City to City
Also considered
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
Queen - Jazz
Anybody care for fun grout action?
Maximum the Hardcore. A Japanese balls-out metal band. Great shit. The albums are hard to find, but if you dig deep enough on Google, I’m sure you can locate them.
Warren Zevon!!! Yes!!!
I’m listening to Type O all day…