Newmark's Door

"Lover to Lover"

Florence + the Machine.

Wail, Ms. Florence, wail.

"What Does a Conductor Do?"

I still don't know, but musically inclined readers could well find this very interesting.

"Listen To 10 Seconds Of Every Hit Song Of The ’70s"

If you lived through the 70s, this is pretty cool.

"U2 is tops again in concert and music-sales revenue"

$160.8 million.

Second place? Just-turned 22 Taylor Swift. Let's hope the young woman has some very good, very trustworthy financial advisors.

"Sultans of Swing"

Dire Straits, live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1983. Better than the studio version.

For my money, Knopfler is as good as rock guitar as ever gotten. 

(O.K., cases can be made for Hendrix, Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, and Santana. But Knopfler as 27? A mistake.)

The new hotness . . .

. . . according to my older daughter: The Alabama Shakes.

"They Might Be Giants covers Chumbawamba"

Ignore the few seconds of excess near the middle. The rest is fine.

"Improvisational Structure in "Dark Star," 1969-1972"

Some of this year's titles of academic papers on the Grateful Dead.

Make your own joke.

The Hallelujah Chorus . . .

. . . as you've probably not seen it performed before. Excellent.

50th anniversary of the Minnesota Hotel Tape

50 years ago today Bob Dylan recorded what became what's been called "the first bootleg ever produced".

It is quite fine. Find "Wade in the Water" and listen. (A sample is here.)