This is my playlist for this week. It is heavy with Phil Keaggy. He has often been cited as one of the best guitar players out there. These albums do not bolster those claims. These are straight-up Christian praise and worship albums. 

Days of Flower Power. Tiny Tim. ‘Nuff said.

The album Alternative Worship is a collaboration of other top-notch Christian artists, but it is not your typical church hymns. It is an album that showcases the talents of three of my favourite artists, Christian or otherwise. It is just plain enjoyable for me as I listen to it. It also has the distinction of being in my collection in three different formats: cassette, CD and vinyl. Yeah, I like it. I got a few new records with the money I got as a birthday present. Alternative Worship was a birthday gift, along with John Lennon and Bob Dylan, CSN&Y Live at the Filmore in the mail. 

Dylan and Lennon are artists that I have enjoyed listening to forever. New Morning is not Dylan’s strongest album, but it is still Dlyan. New Morning was released shortly after Self Portrait, which critics have beaten near to death. But I did not beat it; I liked it and can now enjoy it on vinyl.

John Lennon Plastic Ono Band is a long overdue replacement. This is another album that didn’t get much praise when it was released but has worked its way up since then. I still enjoy listening to it. As an afternote, it has a good cast of players, but no Paul.

Phil Keaggy – Love Broke Thru

Gene Eugene • Michael Knott • Terry Taylor – Alternative Worship (Prayer, Petitions and Praise)

Phil Keaggy – Ph’lip Side

Phil Keaggy – Town To Town

Various – Days of Flower Power

Phil Keaggy – Town to Town

Bob Dylan – New Morning

John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band

Another week has passed by, and another selection of great music. This week is highlighted by a pair of Kansas songs and a new release from David Gilmour.

Mark Bacino – Top of the World

Joy Division – Closer

Kurt Kaiser – Master Designer

David Gilmour – Luck and Strange

Kansas – Song For America

Kansas -Point of Know Return

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Mark Bacino – Top of the World

This is a new record, and I’m still looking for something to jump out of it and inspire me. Other than my wall of writer’s block, there is nothing terrible about this recording. I’ll listen to it again.

I listened to it again.

Mark Bacino goes for several more spins around the digital turntable, and I am still waiting for inspiration to hit me. I like his new album, Top of the World, but have not been hit with a deep insight to write about it. I think it is good music, and it has intelligent lyrics. I lost the lyric sheet. Fortunately, Mark has a good voice, and his vocals do not get drowned out in a sea of overloaded instruments.

I listened to it yet again.

The first time I heard this, I thought Marks’s voice sounded like someone else; it turned out to be Harry Nillson. I don’t feel that Mark is trying to be a protege of Harry. I do get the feeling that it is a pair of New Yorkers making good music. Going in their own directions. Regardless, I think Mark Bacino has delivered a clever pop album, and I hope he sees my comparison to Harry Nillson as a compliment because I have enjoyed Nillson Schmillson for more years than I want to admit to, it turns out to be 53 years, and I feel Top of the World is stepping in that direction .

There are several stand-out tracks on Top of the World. The snappy opener, “Kaylee Hughes,” is a toe-tapping song that gives a great introduction to the album. “Why Does This Woman Love Me” is an honest question for me to ask. I wonder how my wife loves me? “I Like Wearing Clothes” is a humourous romp and another toe-tapper.

“How The Story Ends” is the track that most resembles Harry Nillson in my head. It is an excellent song from Mark with gentle instrumentation that carries the lyrics along and builds into charging crescendos of sound. I like it. And I like the whole album. Excuse me while I go and listen to Top of the World again. I’ll let you know in

Joy Division – Closer

Released two months after the suicide of the band’s lead singer and lyricist Ian Curtis, Closer seems darker and more mysterious than the band’s previous record, Unknow Pleasure. This perception is no doubt loaded because I got Unknown Pleasure first and listened to it significantly more often. I also like Closer and will have to give it more spins than the two I did today.

Kurt Kaiser – Master Designer

I got this in a box of records I purchased from Kijiji for a bargain price. There must have been close to 200 albums, and I am still inserting them alphabetically into the library as I listen to each of them. This record was also the first album in the letter K in the library. It is a nice, clean Muzak with competent piano playing and modest string sections. It is a decent album if I listen to it in that context.

David Gilmour – Luck and Strange

I am a fan of Pink Floyd, from their early albums to their solos. Luck and Strange is David’s fifth solo album, and after the first listen, I think it stacks up favourably with his earlier material. The hard copy is in the mail. Stay tuned for more info when the vinyl arrives.

Kansas – Song For America

Song For America is Kansas’s second album. It has an expansive prog/ rock feel and some heavier rock reminiscent of that era. Released in 1974, it was a minor hit when it was initially released and got middle-of-the-road reviews. Some liked it a lot, others not so much. To me, it is an album by a band that is still trying to find its sound and direction. They found that voice in the album Point of Know Return, released in 1977.

Kansas -Point of Know Return

Point of Know Return would be Kansas’ highest-charting album in the US and their most significant commercial success. Gone are the epic 10-minute prog tracks found on their early recordings in favour of mostly pop radio-friendly 3—to 4-minute songs. Point of Know Return also has one of their most recognized tracks, Dust In The Wind. I struggle to play Dust In The Wind on my guitar, but I love hearing it on my turntable.

I listened to several of this week’s albums more than once, which indicates how much I appreciated and enjoyed them. Happy listening, my friends.

This blog contains The albums I listened to this past week, September 8-15. Highlights are Kansas and David Gilmour.

Mark Bacino – Top of the World

Joy Division – Closer

Kurt Kaiser – Master Designer

David Gilmour – Luck and Strange

Kansas – Song For America

Kansas -Point of Know Return

Mark Bacino – Top of the World

This is a new record, and I’m still looking for something to jump out of it and inspire me. Other than my wall of writer’s block, there is nothing terrible about this recording. I’ll listen to it again.

Joy Division – Closer

Released two months after the suicide of the band’s lead singer and lyricist Ian Curtis, Closer seems darker and more mysterious than the band’s previous record, Unknow Pleasure. This perception is no doubt loaded because I got Unknown Pleasure first and listened to it significantly more often. I also like Closer and will have to give it more spins than the two I did today.

Kurt Kaiser – Master Designer

I got this in a box of records I purchased from Kijiji for a bargain price. There must have been close to 200 albums, and I am still inserting them alphabetically into the library as I listen to each of them. This record was also the first album in the letter K in the library. It is a nice, clean Muzak with tinkling piano and modest string sections. It is a decent album if I listen to it in that context.

David Gilmour – Luck and Strange

I am a fan of Pink Floyd, from their early albums to their solos. Luck and Strange is David’s fifth solo album, and after the first listen, I think it stacks up favourably with his earlier material. The hard copy is in the mail. Stay tuned for more info when the vinyl arrives.

Kansas – Song For America

Song For America is Kansas’s second album. It has an expansive prog/ rock feel and some heavier rock reminiscent of that era. Released in 1974, it was a minor hit when it was initially released and got middle-of-the-road reviews. Some liked it a lot, others not so much. To me, it is an album by a band that is still trying to find its sound and direction. They found that voice in the album Point of Know Return, released in 1977.

Kansas -Point of Know Return

Point of Know Return would be Kansas’ highest-charting album in the US and their most significant commercial success. Gone are the epic 10-minute prog tracks found on their early recordings in favour of mostly pop radio-friendly 3 to 4-minute songs. Point of Know Return also has one of their most recognized tracks, Dust In The Wind.

I listened to several of these albums more than once, indicating how much I appreciated and enjoyed their music.

What we have here, folks, is a list of what Norman listened to this week. As usual, it is a somewhat eclectic group of musicians, and I don’t see that pattern changing anytime soon. I wandered from George Jones’s country and western to Kings X’s hard rock on the same day. All music is good; just some of it sounds better some days.

U2 – The Unforgettable Fire

Released in 1984, Unforgettable Fire is U2’s fourth album. Produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, It took the band in a new direction with a gentler, more ambient sound, which should come as no surprise with Brian Eno producing it. The album received praise from critics and the buying public, placing it favourably in the charts.

Amy Grant – Simple Things

Simple Things is easy listening from the Queen of Christian Pop. Amy Grant is the highest-selling Christian artist of all time, and she managed to chart on both the Christian charts and Billboard. We saw her live on the House of Love tour. There is no denying that she had talent.

Billy Joel – 52nd Street

Billy Joel – Glass Houses

These two albums gave me stubborn earworms, which isn’t really a bad thing because I like both of these albums. There are numerous top ten songs spanning these two albums that got plenty of airplay and most likely gave them the foothold in my ear. I enjoyed revisiting these two.

George Jones – The Crown Prince of Country Music

The title is a bold and brazen declaration, one that I am not at ease with. I understand that George Jones was a talented County and Western artist, but many other great artists could also wear that crown. If George Jones were the Crown Prince, then Hank Williams would be the king. This is a compilation album with a complicated backstory that I am not going to write about; Wikipedia has all the details. Having said all that, we get to the music. Did I like it or not? I did.

Kings X – Faith Hope Love

I hadn’t listened to Kings X for ages and ages. They used to grace my disc player frequently because they are a good, hard-hitting rock and roll band with overtones of faith, but this is not a theist recording. I probably won’t listen to them again for a while. Faith Hope Love is not a bad record; it’s just not really good, either—middle of the road.

Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures

Now, this is a really good album. I can’t count how many times I have had the pleasure of spinning this slab of vinyl. Unknown Pleasures also has an iconic album cover featuring artwork designed by artist Peter Saville, using a data plot of signals from a radio pulsar. Unknown Pleasures is the only album from Joy Division that was released during lead singer Ian Curtis’s brief lifespan. Closer, their second album Closer was released after his suicide. I will listen to Closer tomorrow, and that will finish my trip through the letter “J”. “K” will feature some of my deserted island recordings, so I look forward to that and revisiting some of the new recordings I have been introduced to.

DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers

I had forgotten about this band until I pulled this CD out and reacquainted myself with them. Their music is not on the same level as Joy Division’s, but it is still of decent quality.

Mark Bacino – Top of the World

I have only had one listen to this, and it wasn’t a focused session, so I will give it another listen soon.

Modest Mouse – Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks

This isn’t my favourite Modest Mouse recording, but Modest Mouse on a bad day is still better than plenty of other bands on their best day.

Hungrytown – Circus For Sale

I keep coming back to this album, and I still don’t know what compels me to listen but not comprehend. Stay tuned for more listens. Thanks for scrambling my neurons Big Stir. LOL

David Gilmour – Luck and Strange

I have enjoyed David Gilmour’s solo career almost as much as his role in Pink Floyd. Actually, it is a big “almost.” I had a go at this late at night and didn’t have enough of a listen to make any judgment call, so I will give it another listen in the near future.

This is done for another week. Next week, I will feature Joy Division, Hungrytown, Mark Bacino, Kurt Kaiser, The Klaxons, and whatever else catches my ear. Happy listening, my friends. I look forward to these recordings, and I will see you next week.

Welcome to my list of music I enjoyed listening to this week. A few artists have been friends of my turntable for a long time, and a few new ones to expand my repertoire.

Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra – Road Gore: the band that drank too much

Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra – Battle Hymn of the Apartment

Hungrytown – Circus For Sale Big Stir

Sting – Brand New Day

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – I Love Rock ‘N Roll

Jethro Tull – Aqualung

Various – Alternative Worship/Prayer, Petitions and Praise

Timbuk3 – Greetings From Timbuk3

Billy Joel – The Piano Man

Billy Joel – The Stranger

Here is the expanded version with cover art and a few thoughts about what I heard.

Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra – The Band That Drank Too Much

Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra – Battle Hymn of the Apartment

I am trying to remember how I was introduced to Jerry Jerry in the early 1980s. I don’t recall, but I was hooked, and that fascination with this band continues. Their music has elements of punk, rockabilly, and good old rock and roll, and the lyrics run the gamut of found love, lost love, and everything in between, as well as a running theme of religious imagery. They also have two of the best album titles of all time.

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Sting – Brand New Day

Sting – Sacred Love

I caught Sting live on a double bill with Peter Gabriel and was very impressed with what I heard. Having experienced Stewart Copeland previously, I had two-thirds of the Police on my concert compendium but none of their albums. While bin diving a week or so back, I scored a pair of CDs by Sting; I finally listened to them today.

Hungrytown – Circus For Sale via Big Stir

I have been listening to this record for the last week, and after numerous spins, I am no closer to understanding what is going on with this recording and my neurons. I like what I hear, but it doesn’t hit any buttons to elicit a more comprehensive review. I am not giving up on it, though, so stay tuned. I am confident that I will eventually “get” this album. Thanks to Big Stir for letting me hear it.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – I Love Rock ‘N Roll

It’s a lovely trip down memory lane. After all these years, the album came out in 1982, 42 years ago, and the music still conveys much of the energy I remember from those years. It was rebellious, edgy, and a statement, “I love Rock and Roll.” I did two spins around the spindle for this album because I love Rock and Roll.

Jethro Tull – Aqualung

Wow, another oldy. 1971 for this one, 53 years ago. I remember when I bought it and played it when I got home. We had one stereo in the house, Mom and Dads and it was in the living room. My parents were not as enthusiastic about the music as I was. They definitely heard it as rebellious. It’s funny; the only two albums they ever complained about were Aqualung and Imagine by John Lennon. And then I bought my stereo and a good pair of earphones and never heard them critique my music again.

Various – Alternative Worship/Prayer, Petitions and Praise

This one is a score from an antique store for a Loonie. I have the CD and liked it enough to get the cassette version. The vinyl version is in the mail. There are a couple of artists here who are my favourites. Terry Taylor, Mike Knott and Gene Eugene. * Terry Scott Taylor (born May 24, 1950) is an American songwriter, record producer, writer and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies(credited as Camarillo Eddy). Taylor is also a member of the roots and alternative music group Lost Dogs. *Wikipedia I had the pleasure of seeing both Daniel Amos and Lost Dogs live, and they enthralled me. I did not have the pleasure of seeing Michael Knott perform live, but I have followed his music for a long time. He had a long and winding career in the alternate Christian music scene. Gene Eugene led Adam Again, a band that gets a lot of air time in my ears. The word Worship might stop people from hearing this album; it is not your typical praise and worship album. These artists view God and their relationship to God through the prism of life and experience. It is worth listening to just for the change of pace it offers.

Timbuk3 – Greetings From Timbuk3

The Futures So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades. ‘Nuff said, classic music.

Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow

This album is a hangover from last week. I just had to hear it one more time and add the cartoon.

Billy Joel – The Piano Man

Billy Joel – The Stranger

Billy Joel is one of those artists hanging on the fringe of my listening sphere. I gave these two albums a good listen and followed the lyrics, and I have a fresh appreciation for Billy Joel’s ability to tell a story. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant blew me away when I finally paid attention to it. Billy Joel is off the fringe and into the sphere.

Hear (Here?), we have a list of my listening for this week, which is a mixed bag that includes industrial metal as well as classic Country and Western music.

Jerk With A Bomb – Pyrokinesis

I had no prior knowledge about this band or what they sounded like. A half-dozen listens later, and I like their sound. They quickly and easily became my hot listen of the week.

Grinderman – Grinderman

I enjoy Nick Cave’s many personas, Grinderman being one of them. I think Grinderman is a bit like Frank Zappa. Only some people will get into what they are doing, but it is magical for those who do.

Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow

Thanks to Alice, this album is an instant earworm. From my perspective, it has aged well. I gave it several trips around the spindle and filed it under “Half Way To A Deserted Island.”

Various – Classic Rock 1964 & 

Various – Cool Rock. Road trip tunes.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – More Great Dirt

I have been a fan of the Dirt for many years. I saw them live twice, at the same venue, 40 years apart. This album contains the song “Cadillac Ranch,” written by Bruce Springsteen and first released on Springsteen’s 1980 album The River. I like the Dirt version better. I am not a big Springsteen fan. I like the album Nebraska, and that’s about it. I am a fan of the Dirt and have a good slice of their discography, including all three of the Will The Circle Be Unbroken series.

Lost Dogs – Mutt

I continue to be a big fan of Lost Dogs, and this one consistently provides a good listening experience for me.

Blue Rodeo – Lost Together

They are a Canadian institution, and this album provided an excellent listen with Valerie as we listened together.

James Gang – Straight Shooter

They are a good band but never as good as when Joe Walsh played with them.

PIG – Sinsation (Remastered)

On the trail of his ‘Red Room’ album, which I gave a nod of the hat to on 31/52, industrial legend Raymond Watts, aka PIG, presents his seminal ‘Sinsation’ album via Metropolis Records (digital, CD) and Armalyte Industries(vinyl). ‘Sinsation’ was released in 1996 on Trent Reznor’s Nothing Records but has been out of print for decades. Sinsation returns, re-remastered at Abbey Road and ready to rock your world.

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‘Painiac’ video  https://youtu.be/3XmSj11f8wc

PIG is labelled industrial rock, which is fitting, but people may dismiss it when they see that genre label and avoid a very listenable record. Industrial? Post-punk? Post-prog? No, it is Sinsational and it is sensational. Just listen to it and leave the genre labels alone.

Waylon Jennings – Greatest Hits

The Greatest Hits LP mainly documents Jennings’ outlaw country years for RCA Records during the 1970s and includes several of Waylon’s signature songs. This album was released in 1979, and I think I have lowered the groove in it a couple of millimetres from repeated playings. It may have a place on my deserted island.

Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson—WWII — I can not think of a more dismal sound than two talented people having their names and their music dragged through the mud of corporate greed. I can not imagine these two gentlemen releasing the record of their own free will. It is sappy music dripping in strings and broken-heart songs that never go anywhere. There is only one song on the platter that I can endure listening to, and it is a cover; ’nuff said. “The Year That Clayton Delaney Died” is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall and covered here. The rest of the songs should be covered about six feet.

Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson – Waylon & Willie

Now, this is how an outlaw country album should be done.

Waylon Jennings – Ol’ Waylon

And another Outlaw Country album. It may be overproduced for my taste, but it is still a good listen.

Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow

I had that earworm going and had to listen again.

Welcome to another blog about what I have been listening to this week past.

Jay and the Americans – Blockbusters

Blockbusters, indeed. Jay and the Americans recorded “Cara Mia” on their 1965 LP Blockbusters. It became an international Top 5 hit, reaching number 1 in Canada. Their version was re-released in 1980 and went into the charts in the Netherlands. Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa is my favourite song of this album.

Jay and the Americans – Greatest Hits

Not all blockbusters are great hits. There are a few cross-over songs and a few new faces. While listening to Jay and the Americans, I looked them up on Wikipedia. My history of rock and roll books collects dust nowadays. Depending on which version of the band you look up, about 3/4 of them passed away in their 80s, and the rest are in their 80s. It makes me feel old that I enjoy bands from this era.

Garland Jeffreys – One-Eyed Jack

One-Eyed Jack is an album best left in the dollar bin at the record store, which is where I found it.

Benjamin Jay Thomas – You Are The Sea (Mantrasong 054

Easy as silk and smooth as a baby’s skin, this track is my pick for “Norman’s Single of the Day!” Benjamin is a spiritual being on a human journey and plays music as the backing track for his Life.

Clone – CL.1

This album has consumed more of my listening time than any other album this week. I left it on as background music while I worked; it worked very well in that job. I have listened to it intently with the lyrics up on the screen; it was a good listen. I have heard it several times this week, more than all the other albums combined.

The verdict? I don’t know; the jury is still deliberating. I have listened to it a few times and don’t want to tip the scales. So, I am pausing to write this.

My take on this album is this:

Track 1, Room of Tears. (A song for a rich boy at his father’s funeral)

The song starts with a light, easy instrumental intro that builds for about 30 seconds, an eternity in a three-and-a-half-minute song. It builds, and then the lyrics come in with darker music and a more intense tone. The anguished speaker laments, “You can count on suffering in waves.” No amount of denial or anguish will take our grief away; it will continue to come at us in waves that may change in intensity over time but never go away.

Track 2, Immutable (an anthem for the 99%, the poor and how they are silenced.” 

“In your veins flow an anger that can’t be taught.”

Track 3, Dazzler (a song told from a pimp’s perspective selling his hooker.) A significant part of making a sale is bargaining, the buyer and seller jostling for the best price for each.

Track 4, Dividing Line (Aka the Donnie Song about Donald Trump starting a race war in this county). I do not live in the USA, so Trump is starting a war in his country, not this country, the one I live in—a depressing thought, regardless of which country you live in. A sad thought that seems to be creeping closer and closer to a heartbreaking reality.

Track 5, Still Life. (a song about a stalker) We transport from one depressing reality to another. Despite the creepy content, I like the music, mainly the guitar.

Track 6, Salt Sea Strain (a song about dying on the beach in front of your mother while attempting to save her life), is another catchy tune despite the dark lyrics. It reminds me of another musician who sets depressing lyrics in a catchy pop tune, Of Montreal.

Track 7, Redeemer (a song about the irresistibility of cult leaders), is another song with great music surrounding a terrible reality. Just turn the television on to one of the faith channels or the late-night crawlers with their twisted religion.

Track 8, Insides (is a song about the war coming). There is little to look forward to after this song; war is never a winning life track.

Track 9, Resurrection ( A song about people always caught in repetitious life cycles, always making the wrong mistakes, always being judged, never giving their say, and only believing in nihilism over religion) Wow, that’s a mouthful. There is nothing left for me to say other than a definition of nihilism; it is the rejection of all moral and religious principles and the belief that life is meaningless.

On the heels of their recently released debut album, CL. 1, Brooklyn post-punk/alternative rock outfit CLONE presents the timely single ‘Immutable,’ a powerful anthem for the ordinary people who form the backbone of our society.

Delving deep into the ongoing, persistent struggle between the vast majority of people and a small, elite class, Clone explores how wealth and power are systematically extracted from the masses. A passionate call to action, ‘Immutable,’ demands immediate attention to the pressing political and economic issues facing our world.

“This song is about us. The 99% that is working to keep it all moving forward. The history of the poor has never truly been told. ‘Immutable’ is the story of the 99% and how the 1% take it all from the masses,” says frontman LG Galleon.

My closing thoughts after writing the above and listening to the music again is that CL.1 is about us, and the album gives the band a vessel to explore denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance which are steps that we follow in life and in loss.

‘Immutable’ video  https://youtu.be/FfDSPxW6EJ8 
‘Dividing Line’ video  https://youtu.be/Wek1uSlQ7Go
‘CL. 1’ album order (digital)  https://music.drm.co.nz/cl1-clone
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Bandcamp album order (vinyl /digital)  https://clonebk.bandcamp.com/album/cl-1
Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/album/2MOBVjgMYnExeOOkzMz2Ks
Apple Music  https://music.apple.com/nz/artist/clone/1498878509
Full album on YouTube  https://tinyurl.com/Clone-debut-album-YouTube

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The Half-Cubes – Pop Treasures

The Half-Cubes – vocalist-bassist GARY FRENAY and drummer-producer TOMMY ALLEN – had made their bow and their vow to carry on the “covering the classics” mission of their long-time main project, The Flashcubes, while that band’s Pop Masters album was still winning critical accolades and international airplay last year. Enlisting the permanent assistance of guitarist RANDY KLAWON (The Choir, Cyrus Erie), the duo signalled their ambitions to dive even deeper into the ocean of guitar pop cult classics with the hit indie single “Weakest Shade Of Blue,” a Pernice Brothers tune (featuring Bob Pernice) of a far more recent vintage than the Pop Masters songbook. The surprises continued on singles paying tribute to ’70s hitmakers The Hudson Brothers (with brother Mark Hudson on board), ’80s college rock darlings The Pursuit Of Happiness (featuring TPOH frontman Moe Berg), and fellow Power Pop Hall Of Famers The Rubinoos, whose own Jon Rubin and Tommy Dunbar joined in as well. Fans were also treated to ‘Cubes-only renditions of beloved-but-obscure cuts by The Motors (by way of The Searchers), Cheap Trick, Phil Seymour and 20/20… tracks celebrating seven artists across five decades and demonstrating that The Half-Cubes were doubling down to the delight of pop fans worldwide.

This album is a long listen but worth investing in every minute. And the bonus of a great album cover.

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