Sunday Music Muse day - Laurie Anderson, Skies Cries Mary

For this Sunday Music Muse Day, I'm stepping out of my jazz comfort zone, presenting a hit, and miss. The hit being Laurie Anderson Life on a String.  I pick up this CD after seeing a segment on PBS News Hour on her latest release Amelia, inspired by Amelia Earhart, the famous aviator lost during a flight attempting to circle the globe.  The Amelia CD wasn't at my local Record store, so I picked up Life on a String.  I enjoy Laurie Anderson's music. It exists in a category by itself, more performance art, than music.  But, worth a listen.

Next, is a miss, Skies Cries Mary Exit at the Axis.  This is a second CD I've tried by this  "American psychedelic rock/trance musical group from Seattle, Washington, formed in the late 1980s " (Wikipedia)  In Truth, I bought both CDs because the title of the band and CD reminds me of Jimi Hendrix song titles.  But the band's music doesn't come close to generating the excitement of Hendrix tune.   I' ll pass on trying another of their CDs.

That's my quick Sunday Music Muse Day post. Remember to vote BLUE.  

New Thundercat Toy figures

I saw these Thundercats figures this week. I'm not crazy about the Lion-O skin color on this version, and the other smaller figures seemed a little overpriced.

 I'm still hoping for the toy to make figuures of the T'Cats characters I designed for the last season, but hope the toy company's doeas a better job, than the Lion-O figure.

Sunday Music Muse Day (Belated) Charles Mingus, Avishai Cohen

Here's my Sunday Music Muse Day, one day off a(I had a busy weekend).  First up is Charlie Mingus Anthology Thirteen Pictures.  This a nice 2 CD collection of thirteen must have Mingus tunes, including my favorite Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, his tribute to tenor saxophonist, Lester Young. This Rhino release comes in a cardboard sleeve, cloth-covered CD holder, and 50 page liner note booklet.  It's a nice addition to my collection.

Next is Avishai Cohn Into the Silence, a trumpet player who, at first I got confused with the bassist with the same name who played with Chick Corea's Origin group.  This being a ECM release, I  automatically picked it.  It has a modern European jazz feel. Well worth a listen.

Okay, hopefully, I'm back on track for my Sunday Music Muse Day posts. I'd like to thank Tom Pethic for having me as a guest DJ on his Artistry in Jazz radio show on Jazz90.1, this past Saturday afternoon, featuring music of my father, Sam Woodyard, drummer for Duke Ellington from the mid-1950s to early 70's, until Duke died.  I had a lot of fun. I know we'll do it again sometime. 

MechWarrior 5: Clans - The Mech Game We've Been Waiting For

This game reminds me of the time The ExoSquad TV series production staff would play Battletech in a VR game center.  The game graphic are generations beyond the blocky vector-graphics of the 90's. This updated game maybe way beyond my current video game playing skills, but, it might be fun to assemble a ExoSquad team, to play again in this game.