{"id":76,"date":"2010-02-07T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyw.camiwp.com\/?p=76"},"modified":"2012-09-11T10:07:40","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T18:07:40","slug":"randy-wells-blog-photography-travel-porsche-music-reviews-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/snow_patrol_-_final_straw.jpg\" title=\"snow_patrol_-_final_straw.jpg\"><img id=\"image75\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/snow_patrol_-_final_straw.jpg\" alt=\"snow_patrol_-_final_straw.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHARING THE MUSIC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last night I hosted a listening session for a few of my music-loving friends. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve known these guys for several years so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always a welcome ritual to share some vibes with like-minded spirits. The purpose of this semi-annual gathering is to exchange ideas about meaningful music, the photo industry, recent travels, and maybe a car story or two. We generally talk a bit, share some pizza, then go down to the listening room and play some tunes. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s usually just CDs, but occasionally we spin some SACDs and vinyl.  <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On this occasion my buddys brought a wide variety of music: Smog\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>A River Ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Too Much To Love<\/em>, One EskimO <em>S\/T<\/em>, Blue Nile <em>Hats<\/em>, Melissa Manchester\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Nowhere To Go<\/em>, Damian Rice <em>9<\/em>, Hans Theessink\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Songs from the Southland<\/em>, and Billy Cobham\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Spectrum<\/em>. In addition, a few sonically superb jems such as Chris Whitley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Dirt Floor<\/em>, Roy Harper\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Stormcock<\/em>, Laura Nyro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Angel in the Dark<\/em>, Snow Patrol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Final Straw<\/em> &#8220;Run&#8221;, Black Sabbath\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Paranoid<\/em> &#8220;Iron Man&#8221; (on the recent Deluxe Edition CD) and Genesis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 <em>Trick of the Tail<\/em> on an older Japan for USA original CD were offered up for consumption. The evening ended with Neil Young\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s latest release, <em>Dreamin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Man Live \u00e2\u20ac\u212292<\/em>. Thanks guys for coming, I had a blast. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s to the next one\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p>(Cover Art: Lucas Purdy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHARING THE MUSIC Last night I hosted a listening session for a few of my music-loving friends. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve known these guys for several years so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always a welcome ritual to share some vibes with like-minded spirits. The purpose of this semi-annual gathering is to exchange ideas about meaningful music, the photo industry, recent travels, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=76\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1535,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions\/1535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}