HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ PINK MOUNTAINTOPS
* Providing the A's to the 5 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Q's today is Pink Mountaintops, the other music-making project from Vancouver’s Stephen McBean (yes, the same guy from modern music legends Black Mountain), who not only put out a nice album last year called ‘Peacock Pools’ (and you can currently catch the track ‘ Miss Sundown’ on the HI54 Mix CD ‘YOUR WEEKLY 9(to)5 SHUFFLE’) — BUT — if you happen to live in the same mountown area as myself (ie. the Kimberley/Cranbrook BC area)… PINK MOUNTAINTOPS IS PLAYING KEY CITY THEATRE IN CRANBROOK BC ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 13th, 2023! // Artist photo by Laura Pleasants
#1 - WHAT IS THE ONE ALBUM (OR EP OR SONG) THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE VERY NEXT MUSICAL THING THAT EVERYONE PRESSES PLAY ON THE NEXT TIME THEY FIND THEMSELVES THINKING “WHAT SHOULD I LISTEN TO NOW”?
Convincing People by Throbbing Gristle. Especially effective when grocery shopping.
#2 - WHAT IS THE ONE MOVIE OR TV SHOW THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE NEXT IN EVERYBODY’S NETFLIX QUEUE (OK, DOESN’T HAVE TO BE NETFLIX, WE’RE ALL INTERNET ADULTS HERE AND KNOW HOW TO FIND ANYTHING ONLINE, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER)?
Dragnet. 1966 in a slight lead over 1951.
#3. I (AND BY “I” I MEAN “THE PERSON THAT IS READING THIS”) AM GOING TO THE LOCAL BOOK STORE (OK, MAYBE THE LOCAL LIBRARY FIRST) TO FIND THE VERY NEXT BOOK THAT I WILL BE PUTTING SOME EXTREMELY VALUABLE ‘ME-TIME' ASIDE FOR. WHICH BOOK WOULD YOU GET, IF YOU WERE ME (AND, I SUPPOSE, YOU HADN’T ALREADY READ WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO SUGGEST)?
Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl.
#4 - WHAT IS THE ONE WEBSITE (OR JUST ANY OLD INTERNET THING: APP, GIF, SERVICE, WHATEVER) THAT YOU WOULD GET REALLY DOWN IN THE DUMPS ABOUT IF IT WERE TO SUDDENLY GO AWAY?
I would be fine if they all vanished. GPS is handy on tour, but Rand McNally will also get you to the show.
#5 - AND FINALLY… PLEASE GIVE ONE COMPLETELY UNAIDED RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU THINK EVERYONE SHOULD START DOING / USING / WATCHING / EATING / THINKING / QUITTING / ETC-ING TO MAKE THEIR LIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE BETTER AND/OR BEARABLE.
Eat blueberries and don't suffer fools.
OK folks, there you have it. Things that Pink Mountaintops think you should consider incorporating into your day/life. Before you log off to go eat some blueberries, make sure to follow Pink Mountaintops on the Facebook / Instagram / Twitter and then also give ‘Miss Sundown’ a listen below…
…and if you like what you’re hearing, go do some further pink-mountaintops-flavoured audio exploring over on the Bandcamp / Spotify.
AND… if you live in the Kimberley / Cranbrook area, you should jump over to Key City Theatre and look into getting yourself some tickets to the September 13th, 2023 show before you miss hearing Miss Sundown live — although my personal fave PM track is ‘Plastic Man, You're The Devil’ from back in the mid-aughts… speaking of which, here’s a live They Shoot Music acoustic recording of that track from all the way back in ‘09 internet times:
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