ΠΕΤΡΙΔΗΣ

Μα καλά, εκεί στην ΕΡΤ ληγμένα παίρνουν; Τον Πετρίδη θα διώξουν; Αυτοί οι τύποι πρέπει να καταλάβουν επιτέλους ότι οι άνθρωποι δεν είναι αριθμοί. Δεν είναι δυνατόν να αντιμετωπίζονται όλα τραβώντας γραμμές. Στην εποχή του μίξερ που ζούμε, ο πολύ σπάνιος συνδυασμός της σεμνότητας με την τεράστια γνώση, ενώ θα έπρεπε να χρησιμοποιείται ως οδηγός, πετιέται στα σκουπίδια. ΔΕΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΔΥΝΑΤΟΝ.
Προσωπικά, το αίσθημα που νιώθω είναι θυμός για το ότι έχουμε φτάσει στο σημείο να αποφασίζουν για εμάς οι απολίτιστοι/ άγαρμποι/ άσχετοι/ αστοιχείωτοι/ ανόητοι/ ανιστόρητοι/ αμόρφωτοι/ ανάξιοι/ ασεβείς/ μικροαστοί/ καρεκλοκένταυροι/ χαρτογιακάδες/ υπαλληλάκοι/ λογιστάκοι/ τεχνοκράτες του κώλου/ τεμπέληδες/ ερασιτέχνες/ ευτελείς/ πλούσιοι στην τσέπη/ φτωχοί στο μυαλό/φτωχοί στην καρδιά, που η προσφορά τους στον τόπο δεν είναι και δεν πρόκειται να γίνει ούτε το ένα εκατομμυριοστό αυτών που πρόσφερε και προσφέρει ο Πετρίδης και φυσικά μία απέραντη θλίψη. Θλίψη για τον άνθρωπο που μαζί του έχω περάσει απίστευτα πολλές ώρες έστω κι αν δεν με γνωρίζει, για τον άνθρωπο που σε μεγάλο βαθμό καθόρισε όχι μόνο τα μουσικά μου γούστα αλλά εν πολλοίς τον τρόπο που σκέφτομαι και αντιμετωπίζω τη ζωή.
ΥΓ1 Το ευχαριστώ σε τέτοιες περιπτώσεις αποδεικνύεται εξαιρετικά μικρό ως έννοια.
ΥΓ2 Ελπίζω οι "σοφοί" της ΕΡΤ έστω και την ύστατη ώρα να καταλάβουν το τεράστιο λάθος τους
ΥΓ3 Θα σας δω όλους στη συναυλία στο Gagarin
ΥΓ4 Εδώ και εδώ

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987) (@320)

Natalie Merchant released an album earlier this year that you simply cannot miss. The richness of her emotions and the honesty of her intentions are combined to give us a warm, witty and bold array of songs.
The uploaded album is the most successful one of her group, the 10,000 Maniacs. The music is a beautiful blend of subtle pop with elements of folk, while the social commentary of the lyrics is expressed in a not so apparent way yet making it more effective. Finally, the production of Peter Asher (one half of the duo Peter and Gordon and famous producer of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt among many others) should not be overlooked since it added decisive points to the final result.

review link: here

download link: here

Various - Stoned To The Bone - Songs The Rolling Stones Made Famous (@320)

The Rolling Stones remain a fundamental ingredient for rock music and it's for sure that they will be among the very few groups and artists that will be mentioned when rock will die and will be a museum section and a topic for the researchers of the future. It's therefore a shame that for three and a half years that this blog exists, there hasn't been a single post dedicated to them. Better late than never I reckon. The return after 38 years of Exile On Main Street to the top of the UK album chart, as well as its runner-up position in the US album chart was an excellent opportunity for me in my attempt to make up my unexplainable omission.
I think (any comments that will prove the opposite are welcome) that the uploaded cd is the first in the long series of premiums that compiled tracks that influenced/were covered by the Stones. It's not a surprise that it came along with a 1997 issue of the Greek magazine Zoo that, believe it or not, could only be compared with the best moments of Mojo! The compilation itself is of course full of blues and early rock'n'roll standards, which comprised the solid ground on which the Stones built their career.

Tracklisting:
01-Muddy Waters - Rolling Stone
02-Howlin' Wolf - The Red Rooster
03-Muddy Waters - I Just Want To Make Love To You
04-Bo Diddley - I'm A Man
05-Muddy Waters - Look What You've Done
06-Tommy Tucker - Hi-Heel Sneakers
07-Dale Hawkins - Suzie Q
08-Bo Diddley - Mona
09-Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Not Fade Away
10-Bo Diddley - Crackin' Up
11-Muddy Waters - I Just Wanna Be Loved
12-Howlin' Wolf - Little Baby
13-Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied
14-Hank Snow - I'm Moving On
15-Chuck Berry - Come On
16-Chuck Berry - Round And Round
17-Chuck Berry - Bye Bye Johnny
18-Chuck Berry - Carol
19-Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me

download link: here (link removed due to a relevant request)

OST - Orfeu Negro (Antonio Carlos Jobim & Luiz Bonfa) (1959) (@320)

My favourite album during the last month was Anais Mitchell's "Hadestown". A "folk opera" as she describes it, it modernises the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to put it in an America of hard times. Mitchell as Eurydice, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) as Orpheus and Ani DiFranco as Persephone are the most famous participants.
It is not the first time that the extremely influential myth is put in a different context from ancient Greece; the most famous is Orfeu Negro, a 1959 film directed by Marcel Camus that won the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival as well as the 1960 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The soundtrack of the film which is offered here, is the starting point of the spreading of bossa nova to western audiences. The music here comes with the movie's background noise which, in this particular case, in an add-on.



download link: here (mirrorcreator) and here (rapidshare)

OST - Mitte Ende August (Vic Chesnutt) (2009) (@320)

After the tribute album for Vic Chestnutt, here's the music he wrote for a soundtrack.

download link: here (mirrorcreator) and here (rapidshare)

Various - Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation - The Songs of Vic Chesnutt (1996) (@320)

This one is for Vic Chesnutt, for whom I mysteriously forgot to have a tribute.
A wide range of artists (from R.E.M. to Madonna...) offer to us covers of his songs.

review link: here

download link: here (mirrorcreator) and here (rapidshare)