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Vinyl Pals or: Seeing Daylight

26 Monday Feb 2018

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I’m almost done with all the video work I’ve been doing, I can see daylight. But, I wanted to talk about something else for a minute.

One of the many, many things that I love about vinyl collecting is the community that it creates. You are doing this with others who share your passion or at least just dig the collectability. I have several friends who I was already friends with that I have been talking vinyl with and enjoying the conversations. output

When I came home on Friday, just before I picked up 3B and before The BCPF and I left for Asheville, there was a package out on my front porch. I was familiar with the shape of the package. It was for vinyl. Had I ordered something? I thought my orders had already been filled. It turns out, they were.

This package had a return address but not a name. It was from Mt. Airy. I only know a few people in Mt. Airy. And, with one, we have had a few conversations about vinyl. I opened it up and there were six albums in there. I was perplexed.

I sent a text to my friend Jerry Chapman. Yes, that Jerry Chapman. I asked if this pile of loveliness was his doing. He sent back, “It is. Wow, that got there fast. I have lots of double of some records, so it’s more fun just to send them to friends.” It was fantastic. It turns out that I have one already but, in the spirit of the occasion, I’m going to trade it to Clay Howard for a record that I was looking for that he had an extra of.

I’m going to hold off on listing them until this weekend when we go to Underdog Records. I’ll do the cleaning thing and cataloging. I’ll include them in the “haul.”  So many thanks to Jerry. He’s a real pal and I appreciate him! Not just for the records, but just being a pal. He’s cool.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“It was so exciting to go to the record shop and buy a piece of vinyl and hold it, read the liner notes, look at the pictures. Even the smell of the vinyl.” – Martin Gore

Silent Sunday or: The Haul 01/13/18

14 Sunday Jan 2018

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It was cold as all get out yesterday when The BCPF and I took to the streets to do our “Saturday Thang.” Near, if not in, the 60s the day before, it was at around 34° or so as we went to Underdog Records. Brrrrrr! But, we got to warm up with some great music. Let’s hit it.At_Last_-_Etta_James

  • Big Star – Radio City – Local ties all around this album. I know it’s a favorite of many of the musical circles in town and some of them even had some things to do with the band itself. It’s #405 on the RS List and you know what? It’s a fantastic album. New.
  • Run-D.M.C. – Run-D.M.C. – One of the pioneering rap albums that set that whole genre on fire. It’s #242 on the RS List. New.
  • Etta James – At Last! – The first time I heard this woman’s voice I was smitten. She’s so powerful and soulful. It’s easy to see where Amy Winehouse got her inspiration. Great album coming in at #119 on the RS List. New.
  • Count Basie Orchestra – Basie Picks The Winners – VG copy.
  • Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba – I loved the Getz/Gilberto album that we got last year, even more so than the first time I heard it. I missed out on the second album from that duo, but I think I’ll dig this one. VG+.
  • Berlin – Love Life – I’m listening to this as I write this post. It’s a good new wave/pop record. Good stuff. I’ve always loved Terri Nunn’s voice (and she’s cute). VG+.
  • Ray Parker Jr. – The Other Woman – Yep, I love some cheese. Parker Jr., though, is a really good guitar player. He has been a session player for some big names in music like Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Boz Scaggs, David Foster and Herbie Hancock. He also wrote a lot of hits for others like “Mr. Telephone Man” for New Edition and so on. VG+.
  • Ray Parker Jr. And Raydio – A Woman Needs Love – Ditto. VG+.
  • Stephen Foster, Jan Degaetani, Leslie Guinn – Songs By Stephen Foster (1826-1864) – VG+.
  • Stephen Stills & Manassas – Down The Road – One of two albums Stills made with this band after the break up of CSN. VG+
  • Elvis Presley – Seine 40 Grössten Hits – A 2xLP German-released greatest hits album. Disappointingly, he’s not doing the songs in German. VG+.
  • Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra – Nocturne – Four Sea Interludes – Passacaglia (Peter Grimes) – The BCPF was excited about this one. VG+.
  • Cole Porter – American Musicals: Kiss Me, Kate/Can-Can/Anything Goes – 3xLP of highlights from Porter’s musical forays. VG+. $1 bin find.
  • Nat King Cole – The Man And His Music – Because we grab anything we can with Nat King Cole on it, and it was only $1 and a 2xLP at that. It’s in fairly good condition, too.
  • There was another Benjamin Britten that we got but it’s not in Discogs and I’ll have to enter it along with about four or five others that take about 30-45 minutes each to put all that info in (especially hard when their in foreign languages) and it’s not easy to find info on some of those things. A headache. For the record, I think I’ve only purchased one album that I had to put in. She has purchased the rest… sigh… I kid.

Just this week, Jonathan got in a set of Bose speakers and a JVC receiver that were in good shape, he sold the speakers pretty quickly. But, he is always getting groovy record gear in and it’s there for the taking. Follow Underdog Records on Instagram to get the latest of what’s going out there. He posts new releases, freshly obtained used vinyl and other record-related info. Jonathan, like Clay Howard, Jerry Chapman and myself all use Discogs to keep up with our collection and share with others. Plus, the Discogs Marketplace is pretty banging, too.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“September girls do so much. I was your Butch and you were touched. I loved you, well, never mind. I’ve been crying all the time. December boy’s got it bad. December boy’s got it bad.” – “September Gurls” (Chilton)

Silent Sunday or: The Aftermath

19 Sunday Mar 2017

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I only did one song, but it was a ton of fun. It’s hard to not sing at the top of my voice along with all the songs but I had to save some at the Vagabond Saints Society does ELO show. There’s no pictures of me (I was next to last) that I’ve seen, yet, but I’ll keep on the lookout. Thanks to Doug Davis, Jerry Chapman, Randall Johnson, Corky McClellan, Ken Mohan, Karon Click (McKinney), Susan Terry, Alex Johnston, Patrick Ferguson, Brian Cole, John MacMillan, Jeffrey Dean Foster, Tony Dagnall and Amanda Sullivan, Stephen Henson, Tammie Davis, Joe Henzler, Lee Wallace, Darrell Hoots, and, especially Bob Campbell for giving up one of his songs for me to have. It was a great night. ELO is pretty righteous. I hate I wasn’t more into them before now.

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Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Don’t bring me down, groose!” – “Don’t Bring Me Down” (Lynne)

Friday Night Music Club or: Good Cause

20 Friday Jan 2017

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Salutations™!!

Tonight, I’ll be hosting the Friday Night Music Club at Bull’s Tavern. Special guests for the show will be Clay Howard and James Vincent Carroll. Our house band includes Aaron 15873515_1428930590450353_2994663030644474219_nBurkey (Plaids), Jerry Chapman (Mediocre Bad Guys, Vagabond Saints’ Society), Doug Davis (Plaids, Mediocre Bad Guys, Vagabond Saints’ Society), and Corky McClellan (Plaids, Mediocre Bad Guys, Vagabond Saints’ Society). With guests like Clay and James, you can safely assume that the program for this show is going to skew heavily in the direction of rock ‘n roll. You may see me get involved in the music part, too. We’re also very happy to have comedians Cabell Wilkinson and Zo Myers on board!
There is NO cover for this event! Donation buckets will be available for our charity for the evening, Triad Musicians Matter, and we do encourage you to contribute what you can. Come on out, the fun starts at 10pm, but there’ll be plenty to do before. Support Bull’s Tavern, support local musicians and support Triad Musicians Matter.
Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!
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“In many cases in our community, it’s the musicians who are the first to offer their time and talents to help raise funds for many worthy local and global causes. It is the purpose of Triad Musicians Matter to be a vehicle to which the community can give back to those generous and artistic people when they themselves are in need.” – Triad Musicians Matter

MM3AMMC or: Anthemic Finale

29 Thursday Sep 2016

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This past week was the final week of the MM3AMMC/TLD Tap Takeover. Over the last 15 weeks, that’s right, FIFTEEN!, I’ve heard a lot of groovy tunes. 118, actually. From a return to youth or freedom or straight-forward rock to personal stories or foreign language or  “lyrical vomit” or even several songs about me. I’ve listened to a lot of music. I’ve listened to some awesome musicians, too. Clay, Doug, Jerry, Patrick, Steve, Corky, KG, Josh, Eddie and Anand, thank you all for entertaining me this last 15 weeks. Especially thanks to Doug, Josh, Eddie and Anand for sticking with it until the end.

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Before I continue, I’d like to congratulate Doug Davis on his song, “Rivers to Oceans” for being last week’s “featured song.”

A recap of how this has works: So, on Monday morning around 8:30am or so, I would go and listen to the submissions. I looked over the assignment, compare the lyrics and songs to that assignment and then picked the one that I think makes the best representation of the assignment’s rules. To hear all the entrants this week visit the MM3AMMC website HERE.

This week, the assignment was from Josh: “My wife had an awesome suggestion. Write an anthem. Something that would be sung in soccer stadiums, football stadiums and other sporting arenas. Bonus points if you write one for your favorite sporting team.”

The submissions were as follows:

  • Doug Davis – “Reaching for the Sky”
  • Eddie McBride – “Fight!”
  • Joshua West – “Jezabel”
  • Anand Gan – “Rah Rah Sis Boom Bah”

So, there were 4 songs from 4 artists. And the winner was… nah, you don’t get it that easy. I mean, I want you to listen to the whole show, right? So, you need to listen to find out who won. You can do that on The Less Desirables website, on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or  Podcast Addict. Or, I’ll save you the trouble and post it here, I’m good like that. And yes, there may be a reposting of this next Tuesday, you never know.

Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Rat a tat tat let the song get in you. Feel the beat. Put the hammer down with a rattlesnake breakthrough. Cant be beat! “ – Anand Gan (not necessarily the winner)

MM3AMMC Week 12 or: The Second Time Around

08 Thursday Sep 2016

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This past Monday ended the twelfth week in Round 13 of TLD/MM3AMMC. Before we continue, I’d like to congratulate Patrick Ferguson on his song, “All Washed Away” for being last week’s “featured song.”

A recap of how this works: So, on Monday morning around 8:30am or so, I go and listen to the submissions. Truth be known, I actually try to listen along the way.  But, I really listen at 8:30am. I look over the assignment, compare the lyrics and songs to that assignment and then pick the one that I think makes the best representation of the assignment’s a0683698238_10rules. To hear all the entrants this week visit the MM3AMMC website HERE.

This week, the assignment was from Patrick: “Since Tim Beeman is hand picking his favorite song of the week this round I feel we owe him a favor. TIMBO currently has a blog called “the man who walked the town” where he goes out in the city to random places for a bit of exercise. I feel he needs some motivational music, or a theme song for his Blog. Let’s all attempt to write a song for him called “The Man Who Walked the Town” . Let’s motivate Tim to “Walk On”…. this challenge is open to any style or interpretation. Just write something that will get him going.”

The submissions are as follows:

  • Doug Davis – “The Man Who Walked the Town”
  • Eddie McBride – “The Man Who Walked the Town”
  • Patrick Ferguson – “The Man Who Walked the Town”
  • Joshua West – “The Man Who Walked the Town”
  • Anand Gan – “The Man Who Walked the Town”
  • KG Noble – “The Man Who Walked the Town”
  • Jerry Chapman – “The Man Who Walked the Town”

To say that this is personal to me, well, that’s understatement. I really appreciate Patrick, who has walked with me on a few of my The Man Who Walked the Town journeys, coming up with this assignment.

So, there were 7 songs from 7 artists. And the winner was… nah, you don’t get it that easy. I mean, I want you to listen to the whole show, right? So, you need to listen to find out who won. You can do that on The Less Desirables website, on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or  Podcast Addict. Or, I’ll save you the trouble and post it here, I’m good like that. And yes, there may be a reposting of this next Tuesday, you never know.

Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“He used to say, 10K before 10A -OK “ – KG Noble (not necessarily the winner)

MM3AMMC Week 10 or: The Second Time Around

25 Thursday Aug 2016

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Salutations™!!

This past Monday ended the tenth week in Round 13 of TLD/MM3AMMC. Before we continue, I’d like to congratulate Doug Davis on his song, “What Are You Talking About?” for being last week’s “featured song.”

A recap of how this works: So, on Monday morning around 8:30am or so, I go and listen to the submissions. Truth be known, I actually try to listen along the way.  But, I really listen at 8:30am. I look over the assignment, compare the lyrics and songs to that assignment a1507748864_16and then pick the one that I think makes the best representation of the assignment’s rules. To hear all the entrants this week visit the MM3AMMC website HERE.

This week, the assignment was from Jerry: “Since we’re going another round, the song title should have some sort of reference to doing something a 2nd time. The song itself doesn’t necessarily have to be about that, though.”

The submissions are as follows:

  • Doug Davis – “The Next Goodbye”
  • Eddie McBride – “Goodbye and Homeward (the Second Time Around)”
  • Patrick Ferguson – “King of Wasted Dreams”
  • Joshua West – “I Don’t Mind”
  • Anand Gan – “Try a Little Harder Next Time”
  • KG Noble – “Teenage Summers (Do it All Again)”
  • Jerry Chapman – “The Next Time That You Come to Town”

So, there were 7 songs from 7 artists. And the winner was… nah, you don’t get it that easy. I mean, I want you to listen to the whole show, right? So, you need to listen to find out who won. You can do that on The Less Desirables website, on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or  Podcast Addict. Or, I’ll save you the trouble and post it here, I’m good like that. And yes, there may be a reposting of this next Tuesday, you never know.

Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“For 8 years I’ve loved you. And, we’re the best of friends. But, like the stars above you must come to an end “ – Eddie McBride (not necessarily the winner)

MM3AMMC Week 9 or: Rhyme or Reason?

18 Thursday Aug 2016

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This past Monday ended the ninth week in Round 13 of TLD/MM3AMMC. Before we continue, I’d like to congratulate Jerry Chapman on his song, “Flags in the Ground” for being last week’s “featured song.”

A recap of how this works: So, on Monday morning around 8:30am or so, I go and listen to the submissions. Truth be known, I actually try to listen along the way.  But, I really listen at 8:30am. I look over the assignment, compare the lyrics and songs to that assignment and then pick the one that I think makes the best representation of the assignment’s rules. To hear all the entrants this week visit the MM3AMMC website HERE.

This week, the assignment was from Joshua: “After spending time overseas, I think it

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would be a cool thing to work in a foreign language into your song. It doesn’t have to be much, but it should work with your rhyme scheme and make sense (or not, if that is your intent). I’m thinking ‘Michelle’ by the Beatles is a great example, where Paul basically repeats the verse in French. But it is up to you. It can be a single phrase, like ‘C’est la vie,’ or ‘Ma Cherie amour,’ to name a few others. If you are fluent (or married to someone who is), you can write as much in another language as you want to! So break out your translation dictionary and good luck!”

The submissions are as follows:

  • Patrick Ferguson – “No Me Gusta”
  • Eddie McBride – “Like Serge and BB”
  • Joshua West – “I Will Be There”
  • Anand Gan – “Buenos Noches from Old San Juan”
  • Doug Davis – “What are You Talking About?”
  • Jerry Chapman – “Watch Out Butterfly”
  • KG Noble – “Dance with Me “

So, there were 7 songs from 7 artists. Clay said he just forgot to do the song, he didn’t make the Monday morning 3am deadline so he’s out. And the winner was… nah, you don’t get it that easy. I mean, I want you to listen to the whole show, right? So, you need to listen to find out who won. You can do that on The Less Desirables website, on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or  Podcast Addict. Or, I’ll save you the trouble and post it here, I’m good like that. And yes, there may be a reposting of this next Tuesday, you never know.

Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“You say “mais enfin de quoi tu parles?” – Doug Davis (not necessarily the winner)

I Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way or: The Monday After

15 Monday Aug 2016

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Whew… It may take me a bit to recover from this past weekend. Between walking, music, food and booze, I’m ready for a weekend. It’s been the busiest I can remember on record. But, for the purpose of this blog I’m going to focus, at least today, on one thing: music.

After a long walk with by pal Patrick on Friday morning and a marathon conversation with a spectacular young woman that afternoon, and then one of the dinners of the week, I played with my pals, Clay Howard and Neal Goode at Test Pattern. Collectively we’re 13901310_518832031645974_8202719342297880616_n.jpgknown as The Threadbare Trio. I think it was the best we’ve done as a group. I say that because we actually seemed to know the songs this time. I kid mostly. I’m mostly familiar with the tunes, but have never played them. So, I’ll admit, I cheat and have my tablet on a stand in front of me, so I can use my charts and such. I don’t do that for full on rock shows, but for this (we’re all sitting on stools of some sort), I’m okay with that.

We had a decent crowd for that show, we even got Jerry Chapman up to play some bass (my instrument) on three songs. I stood on stage using Neal’s tambourine and shaker-set to keep some semblance of rhythm. I wasn’t great at that. But, I was doing backup vocals, so I guess that mostly made up for it. We were supposed to play about 90 minutes but the bands that were following up on us backed out and went somewhere else to play, so we played for a little longer. I made a few bucks, so, no complaints there, not for any of it.

Then, Saturday got The BCPF and I up and we walked another 10k steps. Then rush home to shower and then rush to our friend Evan’s place around 10:30a to start having about 30 mimosas and/or bloody marys and then a dark and stormy (or two) before going to a seafood festival at 3pm – you do the math, there; there was that much drinking. Then we had to trek over in the awful heat and humidity to Liberty Street so I could perform the “Summer on Liberty” show with the Vagabond Saints Society doing Talking Heads. I did my three songs, “Stay Up Late,” “Burning Down the House” and “Once in a Lifetime” for the last time. I figured because it was the last time, I just threw down; whatever happened happened and I was going to have to be okay with that. Nothing but good things (at least that I could tell) happened and I was excited and relieved that it was all over. I can purge those songs and prepare for the next VSS show that I will be part of (which may or may not be the next show, I haven’t decided).

All that being said, I really enjoyed being on stage with musical brothers and sisters for both shows. Being part of it with them made everything extra spectaculicious. I know some of the most talented singers and musicians in the world, I just wish the world knew more about them. I am trying my best, at that. So, lots of musical work this weekend, thrown in on top of the food and beer and liquor and wine and walking and… and… and… I am so ready for the weekend, now.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!!

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“This is what it sounds like, when the doves cry…” – “When Doves Cry” (Prince)

MM3AMMC Week 7 or: Rhyme or Reason?

11 Thursday Aug 2016

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Sorry this is so late!!! This past Monday ended the seventh week in Round 13 of TLD/MM3AMMC. Before we continue, I’d like to congratulate Eddie McBride and Doug Davis on their songs, “Real Country” and “Singer of Love Songs” (respectively) for being last week’s “featured songs.” Eddie was the first to win more than once and Doug got his first feature!

A recap of how this works: So, on Monday morning around 8:30am or so, I go and listen to the submissions. Truth be known, I actually try to listen along the way.  But, I really listen at 8:30am. I look over the assignment, compare the lyrics and songs to that assignment and then pick the one that I think makes the best representation of the assignment’s rules. To hear all the entrants this week visit the MM3AMMC website HERE.a1578974944_10

This week, the assignment was from KG: “A lot of modern songs really break things up a lot. Write a song where the verses vary in their rhythm and rhyme schemes. They don’t have to be entirely different but at the very least they shouldn’t all follow exactly the same scheme. The choruses can be the same or different. It’s up to you. Any style.”

The submissions are as follows:

  • Eddie McBride – “Walking on a Thread (Breaking in My Mind)”
  • Joshua West – “It’s in Your Nature (to Leave Me)”
  • Clay Howard – “Too Many”
  • Anand Gan – “Not a Good Day for a Saturday Suicide”
  • Doug Davis – “Running out of Last Calls”
  • Jerry Chapman – “Flags in the Ground”
  • Patrick Ferguson – “Unusual Lovers”
  • KG Noble – “Only the Winners”

So, there were 8 songs from 8 artists. Although Corky had two songs last week, he didn’t make the Monday morning 3am deadline so he’s out. And the winner was… nah, you don’t get it that easy. I mean, I want you to listen to the whole show, right? So, you need to listen to find out who won. You can do that on The Less Desirables website, on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or  Podcast Addict. Or, I’ll save you the trouble and post it here, I’m good like that. And yes, there may be a reposting of this next Tuesday, you never know.

Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“You’re really climbing the ladder now. Left us all behind for better views. Mountains of messages unreturned, the innocent get burned. But, you’ve got no time for things that you can’t use.” – KG Noble