Ok so a few days ago I was listening to Jerry Jeff Walker’s album Live at Gruene Hall. At the beginning of the album Jerry Jeff says…”It’s been a few years since we did a live album Let;s see if we can get the swing of things again” In that spirit I’ll say…”It’s been a few years since I blogged in a regular basis, let;s see if I can back into the swing of it again!!”
I ask myself why I got out of the swing of blogging. The best answer that I can come up with is the following. Everybody knows more about books and can analyze books better than I can. Additionally, everybody knows more about music than I do and can analyze and write about them better than I can, All I can tell you is what I like that I listen to and read.
With that being said, blogging helps me search out both new music and new authors. That’s a good thing for this septuagenarian!
In addition to writing about the books and music I write about the actions I take to help turn back my biological clock. One of those actions is running, I ran last year on a regular basis. I also ran a lot faster! Unfortunately, this year I sprained my ankle in late May. The effects of that sprain were felt until the middle of August!
The Run
Anyway, today when I was faced with the options of, not running or running slowly, I chose the latter. It was a slow run. However, it was faster than I anticipated my overall pace was only about 20 seconds slower than my fastest recent run. So here are the Nerdy Details…..
The Nerdy Details
Total Distance: 2.6 miles Total Time: 32:53 Overall Pace: 12:26
The Splits: Mile 1 12:08 Mile 2 12:22 Mile 0.66 12:30
Avg HR ?? Max HR ? Cals Burned : ??
The Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the run came from Spheric Universe Experience’s 2022 release Back Home
Spheric Universe Experience is a progressive metal band from France
The foundation of Spherical Universe Experience was laod in 1999 whebn guitarist Vince Benaim and his friends bassist John Drai and a drummer named Sam formed a progressive metal band. They named GATES OF DELERIUM, In 2001 tryimg to expand the bands limited sound they added keyboardist Fred Columbo and vocalist Alex. They renamed the band AMNESYA,
Amensya splintered in 2002 however Vince,John and Fred continued under the name SPHERIC UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE. The full band was completed with the addition of vocalist Frank Garcia. They recorded their debut album “Mental Torments”,using session drummer Volodia Brice,in 2003. Drummer Nico “Ranko” Muller joined the band in 2004 and now SPHERIC UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE’S line-up was finalized.
Since then the band has released three albums Anima (2007), Unreal (2009) and The New Eve (2012). Back Home is their first release in 10 years.
Prog Archives writes this about the band….
The music of Spheric Universe Experience is technical,melodic progressive metal,and can be compared to bands such as DREAM THEATER,PAIN OF SALVATION and FATES WARNING,but filled with an incredible intensity and an original identity of their own.Highly recommended to all progressive metal fans….
Line-up / Musicians on Back Home
– Franck Garcia / vocals
– Vince Benaïm / guitars
– John Drai / bass
– Romain Goulon / drums
– Fred Colombo / keyboards
The Bottom Line
Spheric Universe Experience is about a perfect progressive metal band for me! There’s lot’s of great guitar work on Back Home with strong driving rhythm section. But there’s also some tempo changes to keep things interesting, The album will definitely by in my music rotation for a while! So check it Out! As for me I’ve got some back catalog to explore!
Here’s “Where We Belong” from Back Home!
