Tunes and Brews Marathon: 6:37pm

Still going strong. I feel like it's going to be a night for winter beers. I've stocked up on plenty of darker ales for the occasion. Right now, I'm enjoying a Sierra Nevada Celebration, which is good, but doesn't warrant a picture above. Sierra Nevada is a good standby, but nothing too crazy. The good beer comes out later.

However, had to add a litle something about the current music. I was just able to get my hands on Jamiroquai's "Rock Dust Light Star". Wow. One of my old friends, JB, always explained Jamiroquai as "Space Funk", and this album follows suit. There last album "dynamite", had it's good moments, but nothing too outrageous. This album far surpasses the last. The opening alone just demands your attention. It's so familiar, yet so new. Fantastic. You continue with great funk tunes like "All Good In The Hood" and "Two Completely Different Things".

However, this album has a few slow moments that really catch you by surprise, in a good way. I couldn't name them all, because they show up in almost every song. This album has a vulnerability that doesn't show it's face in previous efforts. And it makes a big difference on the sound.

Tune & Brews Marathon: 2:26pm

I was watching Casino last night. Apparently, my wife was on the back end of some flack at work because she hadn't seen "the good Scorsese" movies. And while she had seen some they had not (The Last Waltz),this viewing was certainly due. You can't understand Scorsese as a director without seeing Casino. To me, it's his crown jewel. Like Coppola's Apocalypse Now or Stone's Platoon. It is a war epic, like those listed prior. Don't let the American backdrop fool you.

Moving on, there is a great scene in the movie where Joe Pesci is introducing the leagues of his new posse with the Stones' "Can you Hear Me Knocking " playing in the background. To me, it's one of the most subtle powerful cuts in this film. The grittiness that Keith Richards and Mick Taylor bring in the beginning is completely unique and unmatched. It's heavy. REALLY heavy. Dripping with something. It's the kind of track that can be played softly. 

Today, because of this simple moment in a 3 hour movie, i have embarked on a Stone's journey. Haven't listened to some of this stuff in a while. Sticky Fingers is a a hard album to dissect. It's an album that has no decade or time stamp. Every decade from the 1930's to the 80's shows up in here. From Billy Preston's cameo on "I Got The Blues" or the almost punk feel to "Bitch" (which owes a lot of it's "garage sound" to the fact that it was recorded in Jagger's house. 

My favorite track on this disc is easily "Moonlight Mile". It's such a nice cap on what is mostly a chaotic and nonlinear album. It has such a different feel from most Stone's tunes. Almost like a Van Morrison song. Lyrical and strong.