{"id":9403,"date":"2023-05-24T23:37:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T22:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9403"},"modified":"2023-05-25T06:57:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T05:57:38","slug":"music-temporal-analogues-of-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9403","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Temporal Analogues of Paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I3a7SY52gIU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I can\u2019t recall right now how I got here\u2026 I think it started with a funky jam band called High Fade, a track from whom came up in my FB feed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, many hours later, long after that, having gone down a bit of an online musical wormhole &#8211; taking in all sorts, from Joni Mitchell\u2019s Sisotowbell Lane (a longtime fave which I must learn!) to new music (Thumpasaurus\u2019 Struttin\u2019 is fun!) &#8211; I wound up checking out Shawn Lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lane\u2019s entry to the world stage was, as far as I can tell, joining BOA, when they\u2019d shortened their name to Black Oak. The music is kind of pedestrian \u201870s hi-NRG rawk. But Lane\u2019s shredding, aged around 16 (he joined the band at 14!) is insane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iGl9zberLsk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, I have an empathic connection with Lane, because he ultimately died from a pair of diseases that I share with him: psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Anyway, that\u2019s a story for another time\/another post, I reckon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This post is dedicated to the much more positive side of Lane\u2019s life story: the virtuosity and artistry that he attained. And on the two videos I\u2019m sharing here, he\u2019s in the company of two other virtuosos, bassist Jonas Hellborg, and drummer Jeff Sipe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This kind of ultra-chops-fest isn\u2019t usually my bag. I mean, I do dig a lot of technically accomplished music. But I tend to favour mellow grooviness over face-melting blood-boiling insanity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, whatever, as folk says these days. I think the music here, albeit instrumental, speaks &#8211; no, make that <em>sings<\/em> &#8211; for itself. What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can\u2019t recall right now how I got here\u2026 I think it started with a funky jam band called High Fade, a track from whom came up in my FB feed? Anyway, many hours later, long after that, having gone down a bit of an online musical wormhole &#8211; taking in all sorts, from Joni &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9403\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MUSiC: Temporal Analogues of Paradise&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-2rF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9403"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9406,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9403\/revisions\/9406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}