10 Things I Like This Summer

lifeonmarsesbbc1104_468x320Life On Mars on DVD (A British TV series that’s funny, intelligent, suspenseful, with great early ’70s music from Bowie, T. Rex, Sweet, etc)

Dick Cavett: Hollywood Greats on DVD (It reminds you how engaging and interesting a talk show can be)

You Bet Your Life on DVD (I love to see Groucho’s mental wheels spinning as he cooks up the perfect retort)

Nick Lowe – Labour Of Lust (Why on earth is this album out of print?!)

Don’t Look Now: The Stories of Daphne Du Maurier (The story “Escort,” about a ghost ship, is especially spooky)

What’s Going On: Marvin Gaye and the Last Days of the Motown Sound by Ben Edmonds (The best book ever written on Marvin AND Motown!)

Quorn chicken cutlets (Mmm, especially with barbecue sauce)

The New York Mets (They’re scrappy contenders . . .for now, at least)

Shindig! Magazine (’60s garage, soul, psychedelic, power pop)

Bonus Track: Silver Seas – Chateau Revenge (Daniel Tashian is my favorite songwriter in Nashville, and this record sounds amazing!)

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3 Responses to 10 Things I Like This Summer

  1. Michael John Bodayle says:

    Qourn rocks as does Labour of Lust. Hoping that Yep Roc will do a fancy reissue like they did with the first LP. BTW – Nick is touring the USA with a full band. No Nashville date yet!

  2. Jim Donahue says:

    Have you listened to Janelle Monae’s “ArchAndroid”? Amazing album.

  3. Jim Donahue says:

    And, BTW, are you familiar w/ where Quorn comes from?

    http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2002/04/51842

    You might be better off w/ other meat substitutes.

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