CITY PLANNING
July 2011
8 posts
“Everything contains some
silence. Noise gets
its zest from the
small sharkâs-tooth-
shaped fragments
of rest angled
in it. An hour
of city holds maybe
a minute of these
remnants of a time
when silence reigned,
compact and dangerous
as a shark. Sometimes
a bit of a tail
or fin can still
be sensed in parks.” —Kay Ryan “Sharks’ Teeth”
silence. Noise gets
its zest from the
small sharkâs-tooth-
shaped fragments
of rest angled
in it. An hour
of city holds maybe
a minute of these
remnants of a time
when silence reigned,
compact and dangerous
as a shark. Sometimes
a bit of a tail
or fin can still
be sensed in parks.” —Kay Ryan “Sharks’ Teeth”
You Know What I Mean
The Turtles
“You Know What I Mean”
The Turtles
Another Jack Nitzsche produced track, this one comes from the The Turtles third album, Happy Together. The album and probably The Turtles themselves are best known for the title track but the entire record is full of terrific psychedelic pop songs and is well worth listening to from beginning to end.
It Happens Every Time
Tim Buckley
“It Happens Every Time”
Tim Buckley
I’ve recently been revisiting, or some cases visiting for the first time, much of the work Jack Nitzsche produced in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Some of his best stuff is compiled on The Jack Nitzsche Story: Hearing is Believing 1962-1979. It’s full of amazing tracks from artists all across the musical spectrum: Doris Day, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Stevie Wonder, Lesley Gore, you name it. This track from a 19 year old Tim Buckley, found on his 1966 debut album, was enthusiastically recommended to me by George, and he wasn’t kidding, it’s amazing. Probably about as close as he came to writing a pop song, “It Happens Every Time” clocks in at under two minutes. It’s an epic mini-masterpiece.
