Dear strolling students,
To end the week, I thought I’d point you towards the amazing Concert Vault, which includes an overwhelming number of live concerts from the 1960s to the present, to turn your living room into the Palladium.
A vaguely embarrassing confession: I didn’t discover the music of the 1960s and 1970s the way most people of my generation did (i.e. digging through their parents’ record collection). No, I first got into the songs of those long decades watching Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous as a freshman in college—and I’ve been nostalgic for 60s and 70s culture ever since, Vietnam war be damned.
A more obviously embarrassing confession: since then, one of the bands I’ve always had a secret affection for is the originators of prog rock, Yes. Listen to the moog action in this 1974 rendition of “Roundabout,” as heard in New Haven. (Never heard of a moog? You best skip over to the Moog Archives.) But seriously, just look at this photo of Yes, and tell me not to feel a little embarrassed.
A dive into the Concert Vault archive reveals some other surprising gems, like The Beach Boys singing Elton John’s “Your Song,” one of Fleetwood Mac’s first performances of “Landslide,” and lots of clips from Bob Dylan and the Band. Check out my full playlist, to see more of my largely British-ish tastes.
For the less musically-inclined, some careful searching also turns up a 1977 Woody Allen interview and a 1972 Groucho Marx performance.
Harmonically yours,
Stephen
The Lazy Scholar 
This is just my sort of my music, thank you! I’ll be back!