Auction for unloading Hay in morning with Pop.

1-mile at Cowles in the afternoon. 

Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.

The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023.  You can look it up....

This time, I present my "Weird Things Worth a Listen (I love ‘em)" the first 25...  

...from the Year in Music 1969!

1. Mighty Baby Mighty Baby

2. Robbie Basho Venus in Cancer

3. Can         Monster Movie

4. Randy Holden         Population II

5. White Noise An Electric Storm

6. Family Family Entertainment

7. Judy Henske Farewell Aldebaran

8. Kaleidoscope (UK) Faintly Blowing

9. Kaleidoscope (US) Incredible Kaleidoscope

10. Mij         Color By the Number

11. Moving Sidewalks Flash

12. Shaggs         Philosophy of the World

13. Silver Apples Contact

14. Buffy Sainte-Marie - Illuminations

15. Tony Williams Lifetime Emergency

16. Skip Spence Oar

17. Leslie West Mountain

18. C.A. Quintet A Trip Through Hell

19. Gordon Jackson Thinking Back

20. The Open Mind The Open Mind

21. Bobak, Jons, Malone - Motherlight

22. The Deviants III

23. F. J. McMahon Spirit of the Golden Juice

24. It’s a Beautiful Day It’s a Beautiful Day

25. Nick Drake Five Leaves Left

Despite these records being non-commercial, I have grown to appreciate each a great deal.

Visit with Pop in Adams. 

2.5-miles at East Granby Farms (up to the ridge at Peaks / Copper Mtn and the mighty Metacomet). 

"Non Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #09 for 2025...

"The Lady of the Lake" (Polish original title: (Pani Jeziora).

The Witcher Book 7 / The Witcher Saga Novels Book 5.

Written by Andrzej Sapkowski in 1999 (2017 English).

Rock and Roll Heaven...

Brian James (guitarist) with the Damned and Lord's of the New Church passed at age 74.

With the Damned:

Damned Damned Damned (1977)

Music for Pleasure (1977)

With the Lords of the New Church

The Lords of the New Church

Is Nothing Sacred?

The Method to Our Madness

JMH Early.

Financial Meeting for Taxes.

"High Points" along trails during February 2025... 

• Parson Hill, Worthington, Massachusetts (Snowmobile Corridor)
• Hickory Mountain, Huntington, Massachusetts (Snowmobile Corridor)
• Little Canada Hill, Chester, Massachusetts (Snowmobile Corridor)

LED PT.

"Non Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #08 for 2025...

"Topping From Below" written by Laura Reese.

Spoiler:  I really can't recommend this at all.

JMH early.

What Played in Ed's Head -- 

Music listened to for the time-period February 1st through February 28th, 2025:

LED PT. 

Drive to visit with Pop in Adams, stopped along the way in Savoy for a 2-mile hike in the Hollow. 

"Non Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #07 for 2025...

"The Tower of Swallows" (Polish original title: Wieża Jaskółki).

The Witcher Book 6 / The Witcher Saga Novels Book 4.

Written by Andrzej Sapkowski in 1997 (2016 English).

7.3-miles in Worthington on snowmobile trail, from Littleville Lake along the corridor towards my stopping point on Wednesday.  I didn't make it to the intersection, but it was close, and a very enjoyable ramble in warm sunny weather. 

This would have been slightly east of the Gross Hill area.

Rock and Roll Heaven...

David Johansen, Lead Singer with the New York Dolls and as a solo performer, passed at age 75.

The New York Dolls first two albums are classics, favorites of mine.  

The reunion records are worth listening to as well.

• New York Dolls (1973)
• Too Much Too Soon (1974)
• One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006)
• Cause I Sez So (2009)
• Dancing Backward in High Heels (2011)

The first two solo albums, as well as the live record "Live It Up" are fantastic.

David Johansen (1978)

In Style (1979)

Here Comes the Night (1981)

Live It Up (1982)

Sweet Revenge (1984)

I really appreciated Johansen's early solo records as well, especially the first "David Johansen" with favorites being:

• Funky But Chic
• Girls
• Not That Much
• Donna
• Frenchette

That Live Record "Live It Up" and it's first side with is remarkable:

1.     "We Gotta Get Out of This Place/Don't Bring Me Down/It's My Life"

2. "Frenchette"

3. "Reach Out (I'll Be There)"

4. "Is This What I Get for Loving You?"

5. "Donna"

What Played in Ed's Head -- 

Music listened to for the time-period January 1st through January 31st, 2025:

JMH early shift.

PT Later.

6.2-miles on the snow (loose, melting and slippery) in Worthington just past Knightville Reservoir.

Up and over Hickory Mountain and Little Canada area on snowmobile trail to Fisk Road (probably, an old Forest Road). 

"Non Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #06 for 2025...

"Animal Factory" written by Edward Bunker in 1977.

JMH early shift.

"High Points" along trails during January 2025... 

Working on it...

• Metacomet Ridge, Cowles Park, East Granby, CT
• Laurel Hill, Tariffville, CT

PT early.