Living with Lewy Body Dementia
Counting down my 678 vinyl records before I die of brain disease
ALBUM: Bush Doctor (1978) MVC Rating: 4.0/ $$$$ Fine reggae music. Tosh’s smooth as syrup baritone provided a nice contrast to Mick Jagger’s usual, well you know, Jagger-voice. A Jagger-Tosh duet,(You) Got to Walk and Don’t Look Back was a hit single for them or ‘dem’ as we use the Jamaican vernacular — as in …
NOTE: Peter Himmelman, one of my favorite singers , hails from Minnesota. He emailed this essay to fans. By Peter Himmelman I have been lying in bed this morning, watching, and re-watching an unarmed man die. Let me rephrase that: watching a man as he is brutally, sadistically murdered. Let me rephrase that once more: …
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ALBUMS: The Amazing Bud Powell (1967 RE 1986); Oscar Peterson Solos (1950) MVC Rating: Bud 5.0/$$$$$; Oscar, 4.5/$$$$ The longer I’ve been doing my countdown, the more I’ve come to appreciate jazz. This Amazing Bud Powell record I’ve had since my 20s but didn’t play it much. It’s a 1986 re-issue of a 1967 album …
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ALBUMS: Reunion (1978); In Concert (1964); 1700, (1967) MVC Ratings: Reunion 3.0/$; In Concert, 3.5/$$; 1700 3.0/$ Peter, Paul and Mary (PP&M) are the Three Dog Night of folk music. And I don’t mean that in any disparaging way, to either party. They both were accomplished performers and recorded great music that touched millions of …
Corona virus go away. Peter Himmelman help us, let’s go: This too will pass. That song will heal your soul. This Himmelman song will rock you out: SEVEN CIRCLES Related: OK so it’s the end of the world
ALBUM: Knight in Rusty Armour (1967): In London for Tea (1966) MVC Rating: Rusty, 3.0/$$$; In London 3.5/$$ Okay this is my fence post. This is my going as far out on my likes and dislikes — in other words, the limits of my looking for the good — nay, the great — in what …
ALBUMS: There is No Calamity (2017); The Boat That Carries Us (2014); and, ‘The Mystery and the Hum; (2007) MVC Rating: Calamity 5.0/? Boat. 4.5/?; Mystery: 4.5/ ? Peter Himmelman is many things. Very good singer-songwriter is one. Overlooked in that regard is another. His music is kind of like — and here I go …
Peter Himmelman, a Minnesota-born, California-based, singer-songwriter, rock star of cult-level status and observant Orthodox Jew, sent me three vinyl records recently in support of my effort to get the word out about a prevalent but little-known brain disease. Woo hoo! I was so excited to rip open that box and play some new Himmelman music, …
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ALBUMS: Peter Gabriel (1977); Peter Gabriel (1980). MVC Rating: 1st self-titled: 4.5/$$$ 2nd self-titled: 4.0/$$$ Hope everybody has had enough time with ‘The Gaugin Years’ The History of Music and Dance in Tahiti.  (Scroll down if you haven’t). That was the start of my G-music section and up now is Peter Gabriel, a political, intelligent, …
ALBUM: Frampton Comes Alive (1976) OK, those who were teens in the 1970s, get out of your La-Z-Boys and find the vinyl collection (warped and mildewed) you have stashed in the garage or basement closet. Pull out your ‘Frampton Comes Alive.’ I’m talking mostly to white boys here because High School musical tastes were as …