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Nosferatu (Germany, 1922) Vampyr (Carl Theodore Dreyer, 1932)

John Cale live, accompanied by Lou Reed, David Byrne, and a screaming Patti Smith

Among many people who know them (which is only a minority, admittedly), the Cardiacs have cult status. How do you hear about bands that are never played on radio or other public media (especially in the days before the internet)? In the 1980s, I went into a record store in Lubeck (Germany), without any specific intentions to buy anything. The store had about 8 headphones lined up, each playing a different LP/CD, for customers to sample the offerings. None of the first 6 I listened to piqued my interest, but number 7 blew me away. It was the Cardiacs' "Songs for Ships and Irons". The record offered everything, from songs at break-neck punk speeds with obscure lyrics to majestic sing-along hymns. Since then, I have been an ardent fan of the Cardiacs. This is one of the last known A/V recording of one of their concerts, from 2003. Founder and front man Tim Smith (g, voc) had a stroke in 2008 from which he never really recovered. He died in 2020. A live version of my favorite Cardiacs song, "Big Ship".

Again, just anecdotal evidence, but from personal experience. About 8 years ago my daughter, 15 at the time, was on her daily jog when she saw a Jeep stuck in the mud after a very rare rainfall. She wanted to help the driver, when she was bit by his dog. The skin around her left knee was broken in several places; some wounds were very deep and got infected. The doctor gave us some IV equipment to take home because she needed antibiotics for some time. You can still see the scars... a traumatic experience, especially for a young girl. The dog was a pit bull.

NBA: Dallas Mavericks, because of Dirk (I am German). MLB: Atlanta Braves. When I came to the States and got interested in baseball, they had the "Big Three" (Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz) that were fascinating to watch.

The band that defined "Americana" - The Band (although four of them were Canadians). Sadly, only one of them is still alive, Garth Hudson (organ, accordion, sax), the oldest member of the band. In the beginning (1961) Garth was paid $10 more per week for giving music lessons to the other band members. Supposedly, this was done to satisfy his parents, who could claim their son was a music teacher instead of a member of a rock'n'roll band.

This morning my wife sends me a text message saying: "There are geese in our front yard, enjoying the sprinklers." Canada and Cackling Geese are nothing special in our suburban neighborhood. Thus, I did not bother to have a look and stayed in bed. A few minutes later a pic arrives, and it turns out the "geese" are... Turkeys. I would have loved to see them and add them to my "yard list". The "geese"...

Did you watch him play or are you just going by statistics? Just have a look at a few Longhorn games.

Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade. While this does not qualify as entry in the "best all-star" thread, it would contribute to a "kids of all-stars" thread: Sean Ono Lennon on guitar and Harry Waters (son of Roger) on keyboards.

What do you think this reason might be? Both my kids went to UT, and my son even played in the Longhorn band. Thus, I have watched every one of their games in recent seasons. And Worthy was not only fast, but won most of the fights with defenders over contested balls. Interestingly, Mel Kiper has him going to ... the Chiefs. I think he would be an excellent choice.

"The Guns Of Brixton" is my favorite Clash song. Here are two interesting covers by Lisa Oliferova... ...and by Rupa & The April Fishes.

I always found Magma highly overrated (although I admit that their album title "Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh" easily beats "Häagen-Dazs" and "Blue Öyster Cult" in the odd spelling competition). However, I like Gong's "camembert electrique". My favorite song: "Tropical Fish: Selene".

David Bowie (also on sax), Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson, and 3/4 of Queen at the Freddy Mercury Tribute Concert

Completely agreed re Nicky Hopkins. After listening to some of his stuff, it is interesting to detect similarities in completely different songs. Compare e.g. the piano parts in "She's A Rainbow" by the Stones and "Hey Fredrick" by Jefferson Airplane, and you know it is Hopkins.

I just posted this on the "Share some music" thread... And here some jam 1970 sessions of a true SF all-star line-up. Jerry Garcia (GD), Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen, Papa John Creach (all JA), David Freiberg (QMS/JA), John Cipollina, Nicky Hopkins (both QMS).

And here some jam 1970 sessions of a true SF all-star line-up. Jerry Garcia (GD), Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen, Papa John Creach (all JA), David Freiberg (QMS/JA), John Cipollina, Nicky Hopkins (both QMS). There seems to be a question about the identity of the drummer; possibly, it is Mickey Hart (GD).

The other San Francisco band from the late 60s/early 70s: Quicksilver Messenger Service If you only have time or patience for one song, try ""Worryin' Shoes" (starting at 44:55; the given time stamps are a bit off). The interplay between both guitarists, John Cipollina and Gary Duncan, is fascinating.

Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady) joined by their ex-Jefferson Airplane band mate Paul Kantner.

An interesting math tidbit: If you add a second dimension to a line, you get a square. If you add a third dimension to square, you get a cube. Now, what do you get upon adding a forth dimension to a cube? Well, it is a tesseract. Googling "tesseract" also resulted in a band of this name (once mentioned before in this thread by Pine Barrens Mafia - I have no idea how I can alert him to this thread), and I quite like what they are doing. My daughter's comment when I told her the story, "They must be nerds".

The French always had a fondness of the psychedelics; anyone remember Gong? Here "arte", a French TV channel, presents a concert by Austin's (TX) finest, the Black Angels, in St Malo.

The Prisoner (1967/8) They made only 17 episodes - but it had so much potential.

As far as Pop-Rock bands go, "The Sparks" had a very unique sound. In this clip, the usually very stoic brother, Ron Mael (keyboards), actually smiles and (pretends to) play guitar.

3/4 Camper Van Beethoven, 1/4 Counting Crows - The Monks Of Doom. After 2 intriguing albums in the beginning of the 1990s, they came out with their next set of original songs more than 25 years later in "The Bronte Pin", many of them featured here.

Guitarist Mick Abrahams left Jethro Tull after their first album and formed together with Jack Lancaster (sax; sometimes two at the same time - see clip) his own band. Whatever you think of their music (I like them very much), you have to admit that their band name is way cooler than "Jethro Tull": "Blodwyn Pig".