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Friday Night Music

To the best of my recollection (which I admit is growing hazy as I enter my golden years) I haven’t put up James Brown, which is an omission that demands rectification.

Friday Night Music-Randy Newman redux

If I’m not mistaken, Randy was the artist with whom I started this feature. Back then, the Randy Newman videos on youtube were few and far between, and of fairly bad quality to boot. Though I don’t like to repeat artists, I’m making an exception for Randy because-well, because I want to and this is […]

The Last Friday Night Music?

According to mathematician and Biblical Scholar Harold Camping, the world is going to end tomorrow, so I am going to take this opportunity to bid adieu to anyone who might actually be wasting their time reading this blog on their last few hours on earth. I know I’m not going to waste any of my […]

Friday Night Music

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned Rickie Lee Jones in one of these post, and it subsequently occurred to me that I don’t think I’ve ever put up a video of her. So , I went searching, and found this fun video, Rickie Lee Jones and Dr. John, Makin Whoopee. Which led me to […]

Friday Night Music

So, last Saturday we went to Northampton. Periodically we meet friends up there and use a concert as an excuse to get together. Last time around it was the one and only, the great Randy Newman. This time is was John Prine. I confess that though I’ve heard of him, I couldn’t have named a […]

Friday Night Music

My wife and I just got home after two all day trips on the train up from Charleston. Dead tired, and home to a house in chaos. We’re having a new kitchen installed, and will be entering the modern age, where you can access things in your cabinets and a machine washes your dishes. For […]

Good Friday Night Music

Last year we went down South to visit my brother in law, arriving on Easter Sunday, which was, last year, on the 4th of April. It was brutally hot when we got there. This year we’re repeating the trip, and will again arrive on Easter, which this year, by my calculations, is on the latest […]

Friday Night Music

Seminal

Friday Night Music-Political reflections

This is dedicated to the Republicans in Congress, since it proves that there are others who share their objectives: And when this song came up on my playlist today, it just seemed appropriate for those of us who were, let’s face it, fooled again in 2008.

Friday Night Music

A few weeks ago I taped a PBS Special In Performance at the White House, which honored the Motown Sound. I highly recommend it. I had a little trouble watching one of the Jonas Brothers singing Can’t Help Myself, but the rest of it was pretty good. Part of the fun was watching the audience, […]