Don't Let Me Go

We were out yesterday in a pub nearby to watch the final round in the FIFA World Championship Netherlands vs. Mexico. Before the game started the waiter used to play some house music. A few days ago he copied a mix on my USB-stick. As I listened to it last week on my way to the office I had to admit that he did a very good job. So I asked him where he learned it. He told me that in his younger days he worked as a DJ in several clubs in Spain, Italy and Germany. Now he stopped doing his DJ-job for serving in a pub because he built up a family. He's available on Sonundcloud as Daniele Cesaro. It's a real nice House track - hope you enjoy.

Angry Eyes

Seems like the summer arrived yet and will stay for more than two days. It's the time to sit outside on your balcony, patio or Beer Garden with your family, friends or mates. That is exactly the time to listen to some relaxed music. Loggins and Messina is an American singer/songwriter duoconsisting of Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina (former member of the country rock bands Poco and Buffalo Springfield) who achieved their success in the early to mid-1970s. Mostly know for their country/pop-songs they showed on their live record 'On Stage' what they are able to play. Some rocking tunes filled up with some Caribbean flavor and longer improvisations can make a sunny and warm day even better.

Kenny Loggins quit playing with Jim Messina to start a solo career. Loggins also wrote the song 'What a Fool Believes'with Michael McDonald. Each man recorded his own version of the song, with McDonald's recording his version as a member of The Doobie Brothers. Loggins's version was released first, but the Doobie Brothers' version achieved greater success, scoring No. 1 on the popular music charts and earning Loggins and McDonald the 1980 Grammy for Song of the year." Later he was successful writing songs for soundtracks like 'I'm Allright' from Caddyshack. Hits followed with 'Footloose' from 'Footloose' and 'Danger Zone' from 'Top Gun'.

Loggins and Messina - Angry Eyes

Living with unemployment

Today's track is from The Neurotics, a band I loved in my younger days. This is what Wikipedia knows about them:

As The Newtown Neurotics, the band began their career playing punk heavily indebted stylistically to The Clash and The Ramones. Over the course of the 1980s, the band dropped the "Newtown" from its name and simply became The Neurotics; along with the name change came a stylistic broadening, including slower tempos and horn arrangements. They released several albums on noted UK postpunk label Jungle Records. Lead singer and guitarist Steve Drewett took openly socialist stances in his lyrics throughout the course of the band's career and currently displays an anarcho-syndicalist sticker on his guitar. When the bassist, Colin Dredd, came down with pleurisy, he left the band; Mac (Travis Cut /The Pharaohs /The Skabilly Rebels)was brought in to play bass for some farewell shows (at which the band's entire catalogue was played), and the band called it quits in October 1988. Drewett went on to form an Afro punk band called the Indestructible Beat. Although the Indie Beats were disbanded in 1995, Steve Drewett is known to do occasional solo gigs.

Living with unemployment was recorded life on their farewell tour in Munich. Me and some other guys made a day off to drive 200 km to see them for the last time. And I remember very well that it was more than worth to see them.

Enjoy and have a good week people.

The Neurotics - Living with unemployment

Malcolm Morley

Because I'm off working this week, I had some time to surf some paintings in the web. And there I found again the works of Malcolm Morley. He was born in 1931 in London and now living in the United States. He often used a grid to transfer photographic images from a variety of sources to transfer to canvas as accurately as possible and became one of the most named photorealists. Laater his works turned more and more expressionist and joined collages into his works.

My Bloody Valentine - New You