New Dragon

I’d like to slay a dragon; I’m bored with wrestling the abyss

Danger Abbess

Candy face danger abbess and discovery sidekick fella in fancy pants went to the places where the people were worry beading over losing out on love and brought joy they did; they brought joy.

Maxed out

 Maxed out,

passed over,

done in, and hopefully not

too under the weather,

the cartoon stars

 emit a cautious glow.

Rolling Stones lesser '70s: Only Goats Head Rollin'

Nowhere for these goats to roll after Exile but downhill, I suppose.

I put together the best of Goats Head Soup (that is, side one) and best of It's Only Rock 'n Roll and it makes for an album almost as engaging as The Rolling Stones, Now! (preferred edition: Australian).

The least enthralling selections from Goats Head Soup (that is, side two) and It's Only Rock 'n Roll would still make for a better listen than any album the band's assembled since Undercover. To my surprise, I find these lesser selections more enjoyable together in their own playlist than as originally interspersed among my favored material from each corresponding album.

Playlists below, links to Apple Music for anyone who happens to use the music streaming service from the company that revolutionized home computing by totally lifting the Xerox Alto graphical user interface.

Rolling Stones lesser '70s 01) Goat Heads Roll {1973-74

cover I hacked together for best of these two LPs

___side one]

 Dancing With Mr. D —|— Goats Head Soup » 1 of 10

 100 Years Ago —|— Goats Head Soup » 2 of 10

 Coming Down Again —|— Goats Head Soup » 3 of 10

 Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) —|— Goats Head Soup » 4 of 10

 Angie —|— Goats Head Soup » 5 of 10

___side two]

 Ain't Too Proud to Beg —|— It's Only Rock 'n Roll » 2 of 10

 It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It) —|— It's Only Rock 'n Roll » 3 of 10

 Till the Next Goodbye —|— It's Only Rock 'n Roll » 4 of 10

 Short and Curlies —|— It's Only Rock 'n Roll » 9 of 10

 Fingerprint File —|— It's Only Rock 'n Roll » 10 of 10

Rolling Stones lesser '70s 02) It's Only Rock in Soup {1973-74

even hackier cover I threw together for rest of the two LPs

___side one]

 If You Can't Rock Me —|—It's Only Rock 'n Roll » 1 of 10

 Time Waits for No One —|—It's Only Rock 'n Roll » 5 of 10

 Silver Train —|— Goats Head Soup » 6 of 10

 Hide Your Love —|— Goats Head Soup » 7 of 10

 Winter —|— Goats Head Soup » 8 of 10

___side two]

 Luxury —|— It's Only Rock 'n Roll » 6 of 10

 Dance Little Sister —|— It's Only Rock 'n Roll » 7 of 10

 If You Really Want to Be My Friend —|— It's Only Rock 'n Roll » 8 of 10

 Can You Hear the Music —|— Goats Head Soup » 9 of 10

 Star Star —|— Goats Head Soup » 10 of 10

best of the rest of the Stones 2: Cheap Wheels

The last Rolling Stones album I actually like, and which I consider pretty much end of their essential catalog, is Undercover. The last one I think has a fair album's worth of decent or better material is the bloated Voodoo Lounge. And I think there's some alright enjoyable Stones and Mick and Keith solo stuff in between. So, playlist time.

(if ya happen to use Apple Music, you can hear this here)

Here I'm asking — wouldn't Steel Wheels, which I find so lackluster, be much better with the benefit of the best songs Keith instead had debuted over on Talk is Cheap? In an effort to compile a single LP of material originally released 1987-1989 from Keith's solo debut album, Wyman's last Stones album, and a single selection from Mick's second solo disc, I found myself initially dismissing and then, within a week, reconsidering the last two songs released during Bill's tenure in band –recorded January 1991– and added the dancier, more distinctive of the two, bumping Keith's Locked Away from spot as side one closer.

I think I've arrived at something quite passable. It's no Sucking in the Seventies — it'd barely even Suck Under the Eighties — but here's…

Cheap Wheels

Shoot Off Your Mouth    Primitive Cool    7

Take It So Hard    Talk is Cheap    2

Terrifying   Steel Wheels    3

You Don't Move Me    Talk is Cheap    6

Sex Drive    Flashpoint    17

Fancy Man Blues    Rarities 1971-2003    1

Almost Hear You Sigh    Steel Wheels    9

How I Wish    Talk is Cheap    7

Wish I'd Never Met You    Rarities 1971-2003    8

Slipping Away   Steel Wheels    12

I found the inner sleeve from Primitive Cool, again like the One Hit single illustrated by Francesco Clemente, had a circular motif, so I took this side of it and overlayed the Steel Wheels pattern from 2020 RSD picture disc for some art

best of the rest of the Stones 1: Dirty Boss

The last Rolling Stones album I actually like, and which I consider pretty much end of their essential catalog, is Undercover. The last one I think has a fair album's worth of decent or better material is the bloated Voodoo Lounge. And I think there's some alright enjoyable Stones and Mick and Keith solo stuff in between. So, playlist time.

(if ya happen to use Apple Music, you can hear this here)

Here I'm saying, hey, Dirty Work might've been better if Mick had not made She's The Boss. Perhaps the world of music would be better off too? Anyhow, trying to compile a single LP from these two not terribly listenable records, I arrived at the following. It's no Emotional Rescue, but…

Dirty Boss

Lonely At The Top  She's The Boss  1
Winning Ugly  Dirty Work  6
Back to Zero Dirty Work  7
Dirty Work  Dirty Work  8
Lucky In Love  She's The Boss  7

One Hit (To the Body)  Dirty Work  1
Too Rude  Dirty Work  5
Just Another Night  She's The Boss  6
Had It With You  Dirty Work  9
Sleep Tonight Dirty Work  10
Key to the Highway (Ian Stewart Piano Instrumental) Dirty Work  11

I like to have cover art for my fake albums, so here I stole the art by Francesco Clemente from the single for Dirty Work's best song and just removed the title