J.P. Marat

Just Released on May 22, 2020. "Notes on a Conditional Form" is the Fourth Album by 'The 1975' one of Britain's most notable Alternative Pop bands. Special appearances by Greta Thunberg, AKF Twigs and many others. Great Album. Top 5 for 2020 so far ? Definitely Yes ! Dream Pop ? Dream Core ? Sublime ? Yes, Yes and Yes.

Classic and Alternative Ballads: Bob Dylan - "Shelter from the Storm", Neil Young - "Ohio", Gordon Lightfoot - "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", Duran Duran - "Ordinary World", Sam Cooke - "A Change is Gonna Come", Marvin Gaye - "Sexual Healing", Rolling Stones - "Fool to Cry", U2 - "Sunday, Bloody Sunday", Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill", Billy Bragg - "Between the Wars", Collective Soul - "December (Live)", Elvis Costello - "Brilliant Mistake"

Alternative Japanese Women's Bands: Perfume - "Flash", "1mm", "Display" and "Housekino Ami", Babymetal - "Kagerou "Tattoo" and "Gj", Fullkawa Honpo - "Gekkou Shokudou" and "Gregorian", Luminous Orange - "Walkblind" "Ken-Ban" and "Sliver Clothes", Tsuman Ne -"Shirotamago"

Throughout the 1960's, many popular British (and Irish) bands found notable success in the USA. This musical era was known as "The British Invasion." Likewise many bands from the USA received tremendous support in Ireland, England and all across Britain. Today we showcase some of best songs (both well-known and forgotten). Yeah Ya Better Go Now . . . BRITISH INVASION: Invasion: Lulu - "To Sir with Love", The Who - "I Can’t Explain" and "The Kids Are Alright", The Kinks - "Till the End of the Day", Them - "Gloria", Dave Clark Five - "Catch Us if You Can." The Beatles - "She Said."8 Days a Week", "We Can Work It Out", Dame Shirley Bassey - "Big Spender Remix". Dave Berry - "The Crying Game", Moody Blues - "Go Now", Dusty Springfield - "The Son of a Preacher Man" AMERICAN INVASION: Grass Roots - "Let’s Live for today", "Midnight Confessions", "Temptation Eyes", Bob Dylan - "All Along The Watchtower", Jimi Hendrix - "Voodoo Child"

This afternoon we offer Requiem in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The music is solemn and magnificent. The next 60-90 days may get a bit tough in Central Ohio as Covid 19 Testing/Countermeasures improve but we'll get thru this as a community. Have a store of food, water, cleaning supplies and medicine in your home. Stay there if you can . . . and . . . begin to paint again . . . write that song . . . book or poem that's been been running around in your head . . . Stay strong . . . Be optimistic . . . These difficult and unusual times will pass.

Heavy D - "Now that we found love", TLC - "What about your friends", LL Cool J - "Round the way girl", Coolio - "Gangstas Paradise", Lil Troy - "Wanna be a baller", Eminem - "Lose Yourself"

Sing The Joy: Broken Bells - “Vaporize”, The Mowgli’s - “San Francisco”, Jungle - “Busy Earn’in”, Madness - “Our House”, Roxy Music - “All I want is you”, Mott the Hopple - “Roll Away the Stone”, Ocular Spectacular - “Electric Feel”, Nina Simone - “Feeling Good”

SING THE SORROW: Song List Includes: Nick Drake - "Way to Blue." Walk off the Earth - "Somebody that I used to know," Ms Mr - "Hurricane," Rivers of Delight - "Idumea," AK Dong - "Melted," Nick Cave - "Jubilee Street."

Superlative. Sublime. Surreal. This afternoon we offer the vocalizations of Nico both with and shortly after her collaboration with the Velvet Underground. Unconventional Feminist Alternative Music from the 1960's backed by Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker and produced by some guy named Andy Warhol. Tracks include: "The Fairest of the Seasons", "Femme Fatale", "All Tomorrow's Parties", "Winter Song", "I'll Keep It With Mine" and "Little Sister."

Very few people today know about a remarkably talented and idiosyncratic band called "The Blue Nile." While eschewing the spot light they gained the admiration and support of Peter Gabriel and Rickie Lee Jones. Today we offer tracks from "Hats", an album that earned the highest accolades from Mojo, NME, Pitchfork, Q and many other musical/cultural magazines. If you look for hidden gems to impress your audiophile friends . . . . consider this a lucky day.