"The Sauce-pan Shop" by Helen Hyde, c. 1908
Because of a burst eardrum, I have not been listening to music for the last few weeks. It's been a weird experience, considering that I've listened to music throughout most of my day for years. In the car, at the office, at home - I've always had something playing. Not being able to listen to music has put me in an unfamiliar frame of mind - I don't think about music during the day, which has made it hard to keep posting to this blog. But I take my commitment to daily posting seriously, so I'm going to keep going. Hopefully, my ear will heal soon - I have a stack of CDs at home that I haven't even listened to yet. For today, here's an unusual song by a band called the Id. I've read that the band was primarily the project of '60s session guitarist Jerry Cole, and this song is from a 1967 album called The Inner Sounds of the Id. The song is a rumbling, stuttering garage rocker that sounds like it's going to take off into something spectacular at any moment but never does. I've never heard the Id's album, but I found this song in the Trash Box, a box set of rare garage rock, and it's been a favorite of mine for some reason. I hope you enjoy listening to it - for now, all I can hear is a hollow ringing sound in my right ear.
"The Rake" by the Id
1 comments:
Man, I am sooooo sorry to hear that. I used to get ear infections so bad that I had blisters on my eardrums when I was a kid and it was about the worst thing in the world. Whatever you do, don't go see My Bloody Valentine in concert anytime soon.
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