2016.04.28 Six Minutes West

7-Players: K, Si, M, J, Z, W & G
Game: 7 Wonders
Location: Z
Choice: Consensus


Game One:


Player	Points
K	59
W	53
J	48
Si	43
Z	42
M	36

Game Two:


Player	Points
M	54
Si	52
Z	49
J	44
W	43
G	42
K	34

Game Three:


Player	Points
Si	58
Z	52
K	51
W	47
G	43

Final Tally:

Player	Points All Games	Avg Points Per Game Played
Si	147	49
K	144	48
W	143	47.6
Z	143	47.6
J	92	46
M	90	45
G	85	42.5

• Si was declared this week's winner!
  

Music Notes: 

Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Betty's Blends Vol 2
Dry the River: Alarms in the Heart
Arcade Fire: Reflektor

2016.04.21 El Grande Por Favor

meeple!

5-Players: Si, Z, J, G & W
Game: El Grande
Location: W
Choice: Si


Game One:


Player	Points
Si	112
Z	97
J	94
G	94
W	67

Final Tally:

• Si was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• Played with the 20th Anniversary Edition for the first time.

end of game

Music Notes: 

Allman Brothers: Live New Year's 1973

Triple cd bootleg. Some of the jams get a bit messy and lose focus but some transcendence can be found. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed is especially tasty here. Some later tracks feature Jerry Garcia. We skipped a bunch of tracks trying to hit the highlights.

Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove  (1978)

Play something funky was the request. Who says a rock fan cant dig a funk band?

2016.04.14 The Thursday After

5-Players: K, Si, JT, Z, W & G
Game: Terra Mystica
Location: W
Choice: M


Game One:


Player	Points
Si	96
W	77
G	76
Z	75
M	67

Final Tally:

• Si was declared this week's winner!

board at game end

Game Notes:

Player	Race
Si	Nomads
W	Darklings
G	Giants
Z	Engineers
M	Cultists

Music Notes: 

• Grateful Dead: Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead (Recorded 1972)

A fine collection of live tracks all culled from the same tour of jolly old England in the spring of 1972.

Tracks        Cold Rain and Snow [6:02]
Greatest Story Ever Told [6:00]
Mr. Charlie [3:52]
Sugaree [7:34]
Mexicali Blues [3:31]
Big Boss Man [6:28]
Deal [5:52]
Jack Straw [5:19]
Big Railroad Blues [4:27]
Hurts Me Too [6:07]
China Cat Sunflower --> [5:06]
I Know You Rider [6:02]
Playin' In the Band [10:10]

Good Lovin' [20:00]
Ramble On Rose [6:42]
Black-Throated Wind [6:07]
Sitting On Top of the World [3:30]
Comes A Time [6:38]
Turn On Your Lovelight [13:02]
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad [8:23]
Not Fade Away --> [4:54]
Hey Bo Diddley --> [4:30]
Not Fade Away [3:06]

Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu [5:15]
Black Peter [8:53]
Chinatown Shuffle [2:49]
Truckin' --> [10:14]
Drums --> [2:44]
The Other One --> [19:31]
El Paso --> [4:48]
The Other One --> [8:20]
Wharf Rat [10:49]
One More Saturday Night [4:57]

Uncle John's Band [7:21]
The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion) [7:35]
Dark Star [31:28]
Sugar Magnolia [7:16]
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) [17:16]
Brokedown Palace [7:02]

2016.04.07 Last Chance to Dance

 

6-Players: K, Si, JT, Z, W & G
Game: Citadels
Location: W
Choice: JT


Game One:


Player	Points
JT	36
K	34
Si	29
Z	26
G	25
W	23

Final Tally:

• JT was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• "Did I mention that it's a bootleg? A bootleg!"
• "Is it wrong that it should taste like margarine?"

Music Notes: 

• Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)

Quintessential and essential, Leonard's first album.

• The Might Imperials: Thunder Chicken (2001)

Super funky. Meters-style. Recorded by a bunch of kids (all under 18) who solicited the soul-shouting singer Joe Henry to sing on some tracks. All have gone on to other bands (Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, who happen to be coming to Jazzfest this year BTW, is one of those bands).

• Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band: The Mountain (1999)

Brilliant bluegrass album here. Widely acknowledged as the best of the year. Combining folk-star Steve Earle's singer-songwriting with the fastest, tightest working bluegrass band around.

• Van Morrison: Live at the Troubadour (1973)

Great sound quality and an amazing performance by Van and his band (Jack Straw on saxophone!). You know all the tracks but the arrangements are a little different, in interesting ways, from the versions you are familiar with.

• Grateful Dead: Grateful Dead Live at University of Iowa on 1982-08-10 (1982)

Another bootleg. This one came my way courtesy of my pal Bill. Thanks Bill! I had to downgrade the tracks from flac to mp3 but the quality remains. Nice show from the early eighties. Starts with a smoking Feel Like A Stranger and it's nice to hear Brent's keys and his voice singing along with Jerry and Bob. Other highlights: China-Rider, Eyes and Stella Blue.