Pounding The Keyboard

Gentle storm Rage my way Fall in love with me Fall in love with me Fall in love with me Every day...       I was listening to Elbow’s excellent new album, Little Fictions, when I decided to look for a video of my favorite track there, which was “Gentle Storm.” And guess who I saw there (see video above), it’s the smart-looking and brilliant British actor Teddybear Lumberchat, er,   Benedict Cumd—, Cubm—, Cumberbatch. The actor, he plays Doctor Strange and Sherlock Holmes , is simply everywhere. I saw him in a Sesame Street rerun and in a David Gilmour concert, singing Roger Waters' part in the song "Comfortably Numb" and in the photo below, you can see him photobombing U2.

      Exactly 45 years ago today, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon (a prog rock concept album about madness and death) was released— and went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time (it spent a mind-boggling 937 weeks on the Billboard album chart). It is often considered as one of the greatest albums of all time. Methinks it’s the greatest album of all time. But then, I’m always a bit biased when it comes to Pink Floyd. I even think that the double-album The Wall is the second greatest album of all time while Animals and Wish You Were Here are tied at third spot.       But back to the The Dark Side of the Moon , I remember being massively blown away when I first listened  to it. Everything in it was perfect and awesome--musically and lyrically, even its iconic cover (which didn't bear the band's name and the album's title; just the prism (see photo above)). It's a thoroughly creative and artisti...