On glass sinks

Another CD I listened to recently kind of made me sad. It was an album by June Carter Cash, daughter of Mother Mabel Carter of the original Carter Family, and wife of Johnny Cash. It was ok in spots, but she's just not the singer her mother, aunt and uncle, and husband, were. She sang Johnny's Burning Ring of Fire but her voice was not strong enough to even compete with his version. She ended album with my favorite country song of all time, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, but it was painful because she changed the timing and emphasis, and I kept wanting it to sound like her aunt (?) mother (?) - I don't know which one sang the original, but that's the greatest country song of all time. June's can be thrown down the glass sink.

On ellipticals

I just heard an album that saddened me. I can't remember the name of it, but it was by Jefferson Starship, circa 1999. Grace Slick was replaced by another female singer, but it had Paul Kantner and Marty Balin, who I thought didn't like each other at all. And the cover was psychedelic, and the music and words tried to be, but it was painful to hear because it was like they were going through all the motions about love etc etc etc but it just didn't sound interesting. Some themes were taken from the Hijack the Starship, some of it was spoken, they were so intent on getting their message across. No great music at all. Maybe I would have liked it in 1972. Hard to say. Go back to the ellipticals, guys. That was pitiful.