Friday, 19 January 2007

Several Feet Underground

More Doctor Who on my walk to the Tube - this time from the Paul McGann Radio Series that is currently being broadcast on Radio 7. In contrast to the reading by David Tennant, this is a dramatised version with great special effects.

For the train:

School - Supertramp
Angi - Davy Graham., from an acoustic compilation. Is this really called Angi, not Angie?
Hey You - Pink Floyd
Nine Feet Underground - Caravan. I have the original DECCA (DERAM?) LP of this excellent album, and downloaded the MP3s last year. This 20-minute piece is just great.
Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls - Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I loved GYBE when I first heard them (on Radio 3's Mixing It and then at a RFH gig with Sigur Ros), but their albums didn't really progress enough for me.
Planet of Visions - Kraftwerk,
It's Only Goodbye - Gentle Giant, from their rather poor Giant For A Day LP. If this was by anybody other than GG, then I'd find it decent enough pop/rock. However, given GG's track record, this album marks the beginning of the end (or maybe Side 1 of The Missing Piece?) aftee the glory days of the 70s.
Barbarism Begins At Home - The Smiths, with its simple but effective bass line,
Needles In The Camel's Eye - Brian Eno, from Here Come The Warm Jets,
Never Before - Deep Purple.

The problems caused by the gales last night (fallen trees, branches on the line) seem to have been cleared up this morning, although the Nothern Line didn't seem that affected anyway, at least not when I was on it...

M - 3.5; T - 4; D - 4

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