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Friday Night Music makes a reappearance

Along with some musings on our uncertain future. I chanced upon this video a few months ago. It features Rhiannon Giddens and Paul Simon singing Simon’s American Tune. I put it on my to-do app to post the following Friday, and I’ve been putting it forward a week ever since, for reasons too diverse to […]

It’s Good Friday again

Almost forgot to keep up the tradition. This year I am going to dedicate this video to a certain very stable genius whose followers keep comparing him to Brian by claiming he’s being crucified. Maybe he should follow Eric Idle’s advice instead of constantly confessing to his crimes on his failing twitter rip-off. As to […]

Friday Night Music, Giddens and Woody

My wife and I don’t disagree on much, but for reasons I can’t fathom she isn’t a folk music fan, so I listen to Folk Alley when she’s not around. So a few days ago, my wife being elsewhere, I was listening to a song and thought I recognized the voice of the truly great […]

Friday Night Music

Just had to pass this along, something I saw on Crooks & Liars. Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters celebrating the upcoming (we hope) end of the pandemic. Not bad for a couple of geezers.

Looking on the bright side, a CT Blue tradition

Yet another Good Friday has arrived. This blog has a Good Friday tradition, and traditions must be respected, so once again, let the folks from Monty Python remind us that we should always look on the bright side. In fact, it’s easier to follow that advice this year than it has been for a while, […]

Friday Night Music, Connecticut Edition

A week or so ago, I got yet another app for my IPad and IPhone, an internet radio app called Radio Garden. It’s a fun app. You can explore a map of the world, and find radio stations by location. You can also search by name and, to a certain extent, genre. Anyway, I chanced […]

Inaugural Playlist

As I write this, or begin to write this, there are 21 hours and 58 minutes to go, but the end is in sight, so here’s some music to get in the right mood. I retired that some of these have no video, but you take what you can get. First up, because it’s the […]

Bruce chips in for Biden

My wife sent me a link to this video, which I thought was great. One of the things that Republicans are good at is hitting Democrats in their strong spots and making many of them believe that they have to back away from a source of strength. For instance, the Republicans have often attacked Democrats […]

Friday Night Music, a song for the times

I first heard this song on a CD I bought back in 1992: American Dreamer, by Thomas Hampson. I never heard of the guy before, but he turned out to have a great voice. The album is a collection of songs by Stephen Foster. Unfortunately, while you can listen to his version on youtube, there’s […]

Good Friday Night Music

I have posted this video every Good Friday since I started this humble blog back in 2005, when we thought we had reached a nadir of sorts with the reelection of W. I don’t think it’s ever been so timely as this year, though I’m of two minds about whether Brian should, in fact, follow […]