So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Dave W]

[Basvarken]

Not real country.

"Watsja gonna do when it all burnsj down"

Dolly's face is pulled so tight she can pronounce the words properly anymore.

[Dave W]

"Watsja gonna do when it all burnsj down"

Dolly's face is pulled so tight she can pronounce the words properly anymore.

And year after year, they move the camera farther away from her face. 

I don't watch award shows of any kind but from short clips I've seen, this is what today's so-called country music has become: it's all about the performance, not about the music. It's pop star stuff.

[westen44]

And year after year, they move the camera farther away from her face. 

I don't watch award shows of any kind but from short clips I've seen, this is what today's so-called country music has become: it's all about the performance, not about the music. It's pop star stuff.

Just another example of Jack Bruce being right and many other people being wrong. 

[uwe]

Sparks revisit their midseventies power pop and want to go back into the womb ("I can live with a lousy view."  ).

[TBird1958]

Sparks revisit their midseventies power pop and want to go back into the womb ("I can live with a lousy view."  ).

That's fun stuff right there, I like it!

[uwe]

You're just writing that to be nice, as if I didn't know. No one - and I mean no one - gives a rat's ass about Sparks in this forum. They don't even register with you enough to be ignored. You've disowned the California Twins. Sad.

[Ken]

I like Sparks.  Their documentary was really good.

[TBird1958]

You're just writing that to be nice, as if I didn't know. No one - and I mean no one - gives a rat's ass about Sparks in this forum. They don't even register with you enough to be ignored. You've disowned the California Twins. Sad.

I can freely admit to not knowing much of anything about them, I'm envious of the time that you have to listen to everything you do. i need to retire, or at least start working one less day a week.

[Dave W]

Real country.

[uwe]

     

I can freely admit to not knowing much of anything about them, I'm envious of the time that you have to listen to everything you do. i need to retire, or at least start working one less day a week.

I listen to music while working, that is the secret. It helps me concentrate. I know that sounds weird, but (wo)man is a creature of habit. When I do work (and most of my work is either writing or reading unless I'm in a video conference call), I get distracted by the natural sound ambience of a quiet room if there is no music running (I see dead people ... hear things!).. And I often do power play, like several albums of one artist, currently  abox of remastered King's X which never did much for me, but I'm finally getting the hang of it!

That said, retirement is almost fully here. As of this month, I'm an officially retired partner of Clifford Chance. I'm turning 63 this year and with CC - it's part of the package every partner buys into - by the end of fifty at the latest "succession discussions" commence, the iceberg needs to melt at the top to make room for younger generation partners. I'm from now on what we call an Of Counsel, basically a freelancer to the firm. I might do this a few more years, let's see.

[uwe]

Real country.

The fiddleress' role model was obviously Norma Jeane? And I mean the actress, Ms Mortenson, because of her platinum blond hair.

That said, there was also a C&W Norma Jean, I didn't know! Dave (that ole Nashville curator) must have though, I guess she even qualifies under his stern, discerning look as real country ... Or is that too Bluegrass already?

[gearHed289]

Real country.

Well that was fun! Two things I never developed a taste for. 

[Dave W]

I have most of her 60s stuff. She's better known as Pretty Miss Norma Jean (even now in her mid-80s) b/c that's how Porter Wagoner usually introduced her. She's no longer performing but she still makes occasional appearances at Heart of Texas Music Association events. She left Porter's show to get married, that's when he hired a young Dolly.

Porter's show was as real as it gets. Syndicated and taped, but all the performances were done live.

The early years were sponsored by Black Draught Laxative and Cardui tonic for women. Here's an early performance.

[TBird1958]

I listen to music while working, that is the secret. It helps me concentrate. I know that sounds weird, but (wo)man is a creature of habit. When I do work (and most of my work is either writing or reading unless I'm in a video conference call), I get distracted by the natural sound ambience of a quiet room if there is no music running (I see dead people ... hear things!).. And I often do power play, like several albums of one artist, currently  abox of remastered King's X which never did much for me, but I'm finally getting the hang of it!

That said, retirement is almost fully here. As of this month, I'm an officially retired partner of Clifford Chance. I'm turning 63 this year and with CC - it's part of the package every partner buys into - by the end of fifty at the latest "succession discussions" commence, the iceberg needs to melt at the top to make room for younger generation partners. I'm from now on what we call an Of Counsel, basically a freelancer to the firm. I might do this a few more years, let's see.

I'm happy to hear that you'll be making some changes soon, no doubt you've earned the time, congratulations! Enjoy that house by the lake and get the basses out of storage, join a "Dad band"!
I may be travelling to Europe again in 2025, still in preliminary planning stages.