Sean Walters
@sean_write
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Cynical Canadian writer/bibliophile guy into music, sports (Lifelong Caps/Jays supporter), foreign film and used bookstores and booksales. Not much else.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined April 2012
I started a Bluesky account. If interested in following, it’s @seanwrite.bsky.social
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Photo of Brix and Mark E. Smith taken in Salford in 1984. Photo credit: Michael Pollard. #FallFriday
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Four-Song Peel Session of English band The Members from April 1, 1981. Length: 16:25.
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UK indie band Slowdive performing "Alison" live in May 2014. From the band's second album 1993's Souvlaki. #Shoegaze
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The Band (without Robbie Robertson and Richard Manuel) covering Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City" live on The Today Show in 1993. Levon Helm on vocals. The song was on the Jericho album.
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American alternative roots rock band The Beat Farmers cover Neil Young's "Powderfinger" live in a 1980s concert for the series Live in London. Song on the 1986 EP Glad 'N' Greasy.
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Pet Shop Boys performing "Love Comes Quickly" live in a 1989 concert at Wembley Stadium in London. Song originally on 1986 debut album Please. On the studio version, sax was played by Andy Mackay (Roxy Music).
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Jazz double bassist Juini Booth died at 73 in 2021. Over his illustrious career, Booth played with artists such as Gary Bartz, McCoy Tyner and Tony Williams in Lifetime. Juini Booth playing with McCoy Tyner live in 1973.
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Recent literary pickups (from Little Free Libraries and Used Bookstores) 3/x City of Night (1963) by John Rechy So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed (2015) by Jon Ronson Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) by Hubert Selby Jr.
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Recent literary pickups (from Little Free Libraries and Used Bookstores) 2/3 All Fours (2024) by Miranda July Regarding Film: Criticism & Comment (2001) by Stanley Kauffmann Wise Blood (1952) by Flannery O’Connor
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Recent literary pickups (Little Free Libraries and Used Bookstores) 1/3 The Land at the End of the World (1979) by Antonio Lobo Antunes A Period of Confinement (1986) by Moira Crone Something You Do in the Dark (1971) by Daniel Curzon The Recognitions (1955) by William Gaddis
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1980 dub reggae tune "Jab" by Scientist. Backed by the Roots Radics band. Produced by Henry "Junjo" Lawes. From the album Heavyweight Dub Champion. #Reggae #DubReggae
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Four-Song Peel Session of American noise rock icons Sonic Youth from May 19, 1986. Length: 13:38.
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Jazz guitarist John McLaughlin with Paco De Lucia performing "Lotus Feet" live in 1979. Song can be found on the 1976 album Shakti with John McLaughlin.
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1967 live version (audio only) of the Errol Garner song "Misty" by jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon. Players include Kenny Drew and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen. From the album Both Sides of Midnight. Length: 9:12.
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1962 version of the Lerner and Loewe song "On the Street Where You Live" by R&B singer Ben E. King. From his second solo album, Sings for Soulful Lovers.
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Four-Song Peel Session of Manchester comedy rock band Alberto Y Los Trio Paranoias from September 14, 1977. Length: 9:50.
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Along with Donny Hathaway's 1972 album, the 1973 album Live at Carnegie Hall by Bill Withers may be my favourite 1970s' live soul album. The closing 13 minute-plus closing cut of "Harlem/Cold Baloney" is killer.
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R&B singer-songwriter and musician Timmy Thomas died at age 77 in 2022. His best known hit, 1972's "Why Can't We Live Together", was minimalist soul at its best: recorded in mono w/ sparse production and organ & drum machine backing.
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Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell was born on in 1943. Mitchell performing "The Dawntreader" live on CBC-TV in December 1967.
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Henry Rollins clarifies that new record he made with Ian MacKaye features neither of them
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