The May 2025 Spin Challenge - Music, Music, Read All About It!

[Wes C. Attle]

Day 2 - Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd - Nick Mason

Play something by Pink Floyd or maybe some psych rock.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

Day 2 - Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd - Nick Mason
Play something nice, polite or unaggressive
OR
Play something by Pink Floyd or maybe some psych rock.

I had something lined up to post last night but the site was having a moment and I couldn't get in.

Welp, look what showed up in the mail today...

Pink Floyd - At Pompeii MCMLXXII

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 2 - Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd - Nick Mason

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

Day 3 - 33 1/3 Series: Horses - Philip Shaw
Play something poetic or that employs speak-singing
OR
Play some Patti Smith

Looouuuuu...



Lou Reed - New York

 

[Wes C. Attle]

Day 3 - 33 1/3 Series: Horses - Philip Shaw

Play some Patti Smith

Patti Smith - Horses

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 3 - 33 1/3 Series: Horses - Philip Shaw

Patti Smith - Horses

Had to make sure to get this one in early. It’s the only Patti Smith album I own. Speakers Corner did some excellent work this, it sounds fantastic.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 3 - 33 1/3 Series: Horses - Philip Shaw

Play some Patti Smith

Patti Smith - Horses

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Dammit. I will try again.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 3 - 33 1/3 Series: Horses - Philip Shaw

Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Patti grew up in New Jersey like Bruce and in 1978, the year he released Darkness, he was very prolific from a songwriting standpoint, in fact he had so many songs that he would later release The Promise which was a compilation of many of the unreleased songs from that era. Amongst those was a song he co-wrote with Patti, that would appear on her 1978 album, Easter but it really wouldn’t become a hit until it became a hit single for the 10,000 Maniacs in 1993 from their MTV Unplugged performance.

 

[ranbalam]

Day 2 - Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd - Nick Mason

I found this a little tame and polite. But as a Pink Floyd fan I loved reading the history, even without any gossip or crazy stories of drug use or infighting.

Play something nice, polite or unaggressive
OR
Play something by Pink Floyd or maybe some psych rock.

This one has been my on and off favorite. Sounds great today...

 

[threesunrises]

Day 3 - 33 1/3 Series: Horses - Philip Shaw

Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
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Patti grew up in New Jersey like Bruce and in 1978, the year he released Darkness, he was very prolific from a songwriting standpoint, in fact he had so many songs that he would later release The Promise which was a compilation of many of the unreleased songs from that era. Amongst those was a song he co-wrote with Patti, that would appear on her 1978 album, Easter but it really wouldn’t become a hit until it became a hit single for the 10,000 Maniacs in 1993 from their MTV Unplugged performance.

I remember feeling FOMO not being at this show, however, that night I was at one of the greatest Pearl Jam shows I've attended -- Night 3 of the Philadelphia Spectrum run. Love this rendition with U2, Bruce & Patti.

 

[imtheocean]

Day 3 - 33 1/3 Series: Horses - Philip Shaw
Play something poetic or that employs speak-singing
OR
Play some Patti Smith

Patti covers Buddy

I always forget Kid Rock is on this.

Various Artists ~ Rave On Buddy Holly

 

[Angsty]

Day 3 - 33 1/3 Series: Horses - Philip Shaw
Play something poetic or that employs speak-singing
OR
Play some Patti Smith

Prince does a fair amount of “speak-singing”. “Darling Nikki” is a good example.

 

[ranbalam]

Day 3 - 33 1/3 Series: Horses - Philip Shaw

Play some Patti Smith

Patti Smith - Horses

Third time's a charm. I was going to play this one regardless, I haven't spun it since I read the book.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 3 - 33 1/3 Series: Horses - Philip Shaw

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman’s Call



Poetic lyrics & a kind of speak-sing voice? Check!

 

[cul8er]

Day 1 - Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of The Black Crowes - Steve Gorman w/ Stephen Hyden

I will get to see The Black Crowes later this year. Here is their new album.

 

[imtheocean]

Day 4 - Beastie Boys Book - Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz

Play some Beasties or some hip-hop

This was a great read. I'll have to check out the audiobook.

And as its May the 4th, this one seems appropriate.

The 'Star Wars' species directly inspired by the Beastie Boys

J.J. Abrams once named a 'Star Wars' character as a reference to his love for the Beastie Boys and to his involvement in co-creating 'Lost.'

faroutmagazine.co.uk

Beastie Boys ~ Hello Nasty

 

[ranbalam]

Day 4 - Beastie Boys Book - Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz

Play some Beasties or some hip-hop

I almost played Hello Nasty, pulled this one out instead...it's a gloomy day here in Michigan, this a dark one.



@imtheocean - There are a ton of guest readers on the audio book as well. Never a dull chapter.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 4 - Beastie Boys Book - Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz

I could've played one of my Beasties CDs, but instead I went with another hip-hop act with a member who passed too soon...

Mobb Deep - The Infamous



RIP Prodigy

 

[avecigrec]

Day 1 - Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of The Black Crowes - Steve Gorman w/ Stephen Hyden

I really enjoyed this book. I read most of it while waiting for my wife at physical therapy after one of her knee surgeries, so it'll always remind me of that particular waiting room.

Play something that reminds you of a specific point in your life

Saul Williams – Saul Williams


In 2004 I took a road trip down to California with a couple friends from the Rockies, who eventually convinced me to head down the Baja with them for an additional 7 weeks after our concerts and festivals were done. The night before we crossed into Mexico we hit up a Best Buy at a random mall in San Diego and I was able to pick up a copy of this on release day. My traveling companions had other shopping to do, but I just booked it back to the van and threw the new CD into my Discman and prepared to have my mind blown. I was halfway through a second listen by the time my friends came back, and it was easily my most heavily listened to CD during our 6 weeks tenting in a palapa on San Pedrito beach. Even now, almost half a lifetime later, this conjures a lot of memories of that time.

 

[avecigrec]

Day 2 - Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd - Nick Mason

I found this a little tame and polite. But as a Pink Floyd fan I loved reading the history, even without any gossip or crazy stories of drug use or infighting.

Play something by Pink Floyd or maybe some psych rock.

The Flaming Lips, Stardeath & White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins & Peaches – Dark Side Of The Moon