2. Mike Lord Discusses John Cale, Fragments of a Rainy Season

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Mike Lord from Tabletop Genesis drops in to discuss one of his favorite albums, John Cale’s Fragments of a Rainy Season. He talks about his podcast, how he got into John Cale, and why he really loves this album in particular.

You can find out more about Tabletop Genesis, including links to their podcast, at http://tabletopgenesis.com/. You can find Mike on Twitter and Instagram at @zorknapp.

At 2:56 of this episode, I made a reference to Steve Hackett of Genesis smashing a wine glass in his hand (I recall reading that he did this because of frustration over the perception that Genesis was “Peter Gabriel’s band.”). He referred to the incident in this interview: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6744189/UNDER-MICROSCOPE-Former-Genesis-star-Steve-Hackett-69-answers-health-quiz.html.

BELATED NOTE REGARDING EPISODE 1: Going back to last episode, I talked about how musician Laura Kidd (Penfriend, She Makes War) inspired this podcast, but I was remiss to not put links to her website and podcast in the notes, so here they are! Website: https://penfriend.rocks/, Attention Engineer podcast: https://penfriend.rocks/podcast/. Also, you can find Laura on Twitter at @penfriendrocks.

1:56 Mike Lord, Host of Tabletop Genesis (or is he?)

3:35 Mike selects John Cale’s Fragments of a Rainy Season as our album to discuss

4:41 The genesis of Tabletop Genesis

9:47 Growing up with opera and Neil Sedaka

13:28 Fragments of a Rainy Season as a gateway to Cale’s discography

15:04 Why Mike chose this album

18:15 Mike’s favorite tracks from the album

22:26 The best Hallelujah version?

24:06 Cale’s piano-playing style

26:20 This album has a cool ambiance

27:31 Al’s initial impressions

Breakdown of selected tracks

32:45 Buffalo Ballet

33:01 Ship of Fools

33:21 Paris 1919

33:42 Leaving It Up to You

35:32 Heartbreak Hotel

37:54 Dylan Thomas songs

39:57 Darling I Need You

43:22 Revisiting Ship of Fools and Paris 1919

44:50 Guts/Dying on the Vine

46:14 Fear (Is a Man’s Best Friend)

47:24 Thoughtless Kind

48:25 Mike reacts to Al’s reaction

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