#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Jason Falkner - I’m OK, You’re OK (2007). The US release didn’t actually drop until 2010 and with a new version of the opening track ‘This Time’, and different mix on ‘The Knew’, and a 4.5dB bump in gain. #PowerPop #music www.youtube.com/watch

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Jason Falkner - Can You Still Feel (1999). He played with the Three O’Clock, Jellyfish, and was part of The Grays for their legendary single album, Ro Sham Bo, then went solo. This is his 2nd solo effort. #PowerPop #music www.youtube.com/watch

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Jason Falkner - Bliss Descending EP (2004). Jason is a #PowerPop deity of the highest order. As a multi-instrumentalist, he plays everything on his albums except the strings. There needs to be more Falkner! #music www.youtube.com/watch

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Level 42 - Running in the Family (Super Deluxe Edition)(2012). Combining #jazz, #pop, #rock, and #funk into infectious grooves is a staple of Level 42, and Mark King is a beast of a bassist. #music www.youtube.com/watch

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Faith No More - Album of The Year Deluxe Edition (2016 Remaster Version). I don’t know of any bands like FNM. #Punk. #Metal. #Prog. #Experimental. #Jazz. #Lounge. Yes, and more, and not all at the same time. Marvelous. #music www.youtube.com/watch

Ah, the legendary Wayne Shorter on sax, Danilo Pérez on piano, John Patitucci on bass, and Brian Blade on drums performing Angola in 2002 on NDR, Hamburg, Germany’s public radio service. NDR is really, really good at this. #music #jazz #livejazz www.youtube.com/watch

#Now Playing @ Nothing Manor: Big Wreck - 7.x (2021-2023). Released as three EPs, this “album” is the result of frontman Ian Thornley’s ideas on the changing landscape of listener preferences. Today’s playlist combines all three. #music #canrock #progrock www.youtube.com/watch

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Big Wreck - In Loving Memory of - 20th Anniversary Special Edition (1997). Going back to their first album, and yes, they have been around that long and have always sounded that good. #music #progrock #bigwreck www.youtube.com/watch

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Big Wreck - Ghosts (2014). Track #2, I Digress, was my intro to BW, as it popped up in a Spotify playlist I’d set up to play music like Simon Phillips Protocol albums. Kind of a stretch, but I’m grateful. #music #altrock #progrock www.youtube.com/watch

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Coldplay - X&Y (2005). My favorite album from this UK outfit. They have an uncanny ability to inject emotion into their #Pop #Rock compositions. And yet, Chris is inconsistent live. Oh well. #music www.youtube.com/watch