One of my all time favorite albums; and so hard to choose a standout track because [with the exception of no.1 which I excluded] it all works as a suite, a complete movement, a satisfying arc, a progression from A to Z. I am aware the CD holds 3 extra tracks from the Blacklist 12″; and if memory serves me, a cassette I was given decades ago had the extra tracks. [mental note: must pick up the CD] These were archived from my overplayed vinyl yet I find the rice crispies add another layer to the mist.
the players:
The Silverman (Phil Knight) - keyboards, samples and loops
Patrick Q Wright - violins, viola, keyboards, drum prgramming, percussion
Edward Ka-Spel - vox and keyboards
Hanz Myre - saxophones, flute and electronix
The Pink Dots continue to create and tour, with a rumoured North American leg in the works.
Man, its rough to lose a member of your family. Elvis was with us for 12 years. Fell victim to the big C. But I have to give it to him, he was graceful to the end, strong and stoic, a true jungle cat.
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01 At the House of the Clerkenwell Kid [The Real Tuesday Weld] 03:25:48
02 Heart [Stars] 05:47:72
03 Fake Plastic Trees [Radiohead] 04:46:04
04 Walking in the Rain [Grace Jones] 04:15:01
05 Tie Up My Hands [Starsailor] 05:41:31
06 All The World Is Green [Tom Waits] 04:30:65
07 Wildwood (Portishead remix) [Paul Weller] 03:23:20
08 Iliana [Casolando] 05:27:05
09 I Get Along Fine [Erik] 02:09:67
10 Fast [Bomb the Bass ft Shawn Lee] 05:12:31
11 Worry About You [Ivy] 03:56:71
12 Weather Storm [Craig Armstrong] 06:04:00
and then my son surprises us with 2 new kittens this week, both rescues; they are such little jello muffins of machine gun purrs and unbridled joy in the smallest distraction; and we shall call them Boris and Natasha. Ahh, the pitter patter of wee feet.
