Dirty, filthy, rotten blues
I've been exploring Pandora as noted in an earlier post. You will need to download a web plugin (you probably already have it), and sign up with your age and zip code (supposedly for music licensing issues), but it is totally free. They want you to buy the music that you like, but I ain't buying shit.
Well, now I have perfected most of my radio stations and I can share them. I have a generic "Classic Rock" station which is seeded with the usual suspects, Leddy, Jimi, Pearl, etc. If you need a translation, man, then, like, open your mind and go cosmic, man. Do some research -- smoke some dope, drop some acid, take some DMT, do some Kundalini yoga, go to Vietnam and get back to me, man.
This site is so good, I didn't even enter the group Cream, and it found Spoonful all by itself without asking. I of course added Cream, a grievous oversight.
I have a "Suicidal White Male" station, built mainly off the likes of Roger Waters, Coldplay and Peter Gabriel. I don't listen to it much, but it's there if I need to be down.
I've also got a "70's guitar solo" station, seeded with the best of Leddy, Jimi, Cream, etc.
Then there is the "Dirty Blues" station. And I must say, this is some of the best blues I have had the particular joy of listening to. In Los Angeles, there is a radio show called Nothin' but the blues. It is, unfortunately, pathetic because:
With Pandora, I can listen to the world's greatest, filthiest, most bluesome blues there is.
I recently heard the one-two punch of Once I had a Woman followed by The Sky is Cryin' and I just about wet my pants, the seat, and the floor.
You want good blues? Turn off the radio. Put your vinyl down. Check out my Dirty Blues station here.
Well, now I have perfected most of my radio stations and I can share them. I have a generic "Classic Rock" station which is seeded with the usual suspects, Leddy, Jimi, Pearl, etc. If you need a translation, man, then, like, open your mind and go cosmic, man. Do some research -- smoke some dope, drop some acid, take some DMT, do some Kundalini yoga, go to Vietnam and get back to me, man.
This site is so good, I didn't even enter the group Cream, and it found Spoonful all by itself without asking. I of course added Cream, a grievous oversight.
I have a "Suicidal White Male" station, built mainly off the likes of Roger Waters, Coldplay and Peter Gabriel. I don't listen to it much, but it's there if I need to be down.
I've also got a "70's guitar solo" station, seeded with the best of Leddy, Jimi, Cream, etc.
Then there is the "Dirty Blues" station. And I must say, this is some of the best blues I have had the particular joy of listening to. In Los Angeles, there is a radio show called Nothin' but the blues. It is, unfortunately, pathetic because:
- Oh, you want to listen during the week? Fuck you.
- Oh, you want to hear some dirty, filthy blues? Sorry, it's not commercial. This is a jazz station. Nobody likes dirty blues, you disgusting mess.
- Oh, you want to hear music? Sorry, we run 45 minutes of commercials per hour. We run money-grubbing begging sessions 50 weeks out of the year
- Oh, you want to hear something new and unusual that you never heard of? Fuck you, this is a radio station with a 12 song playlist. We only play 25 minutes of music per show anyway, so fuck off.
With Pandora, I can listen to the world's greatest, filthiest, most bluesome blues there is.
I recently heard the one-two punch of Once I had a Woman followed by The Sky is Cryin' and I just about wet my pants, the seat, and the floor.
You want good blues? Turn off the radio. Put your vinyl down. Check out my Dirty Blues station here.
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