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Friday Night Video-Some Wishful Thinking

Friday, March 25, 2011

It certainly does seem like years been it’s been clear. An ode to the coming Spring. By the way, the video features, along with George: Ringo, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Elton John and Phil Collins. Not a bad collection of talent.

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Friday Night Music

Friday, March 11, 2011

I have this on DVD, and re-watched it last week. The Wall was performed in Berlin in 1990 to celebrate the demise of the Berlin Wall. The concert is right up there with the best concerts I’ve ever seen, though I have to admit I haven’t seen that many. You can watch the whole thing, […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, March 4, 2011

This shows how behind the times I am. I had never heard of Corrine Bailey Rae before I saw her perform with Herbie Hancock at the White House. Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t at the White House. I was in front of my Ipad, watching the PBS app. This is from an event honoring […]

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Friday Night Video

Friday, February 25, 2011

Dedicated to John Stewart. Sometimes it’s just not appropriate to maintain your ironic distance and push the faux equivalency bullshit. Natalie: Pete Speaking of choosing sides, why aren’t there any big name Democrats standing with the people of Wisconsin? They’ll raise money off this situation, no doubt, but when it comes to actually standing up […]

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Friday Night Music: Leningrad Cowboys & Russian Red Army Choir

Friday, February 18, 2011

Sometimes, in my quest to fill this slot, I stumble on stuff that just makes me feel good. I found this video several weeks ago, but the version I found had embedding disabled. This may be a different performance, but it’s the same song. A Finnish Rock band teams with the Russian Red Army Choir […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, February 11, 2011

I tried to think of the most appropriate song to celebrate Mubarak’s departure. Given the situation, I thought this was the best choice:

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Friday Night Music

Friday, January 28, 2011

To the people of Egypt. Here’s hoping that they come out of this with something better than they’ve got now. I realize, by the way, that the word “crusade” is problematic, but you can’t have everything. It’s a wonderful song.

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Friday Night Music

Friday, January 28, 2011

Back in the early 80s, my wife and I went through a period when we watched a lot of MTV. Those were the days when they actually played music videos, with VeeJays and everything. One performer we saw a lot of was Cindi Lauper. I’ve often wondered what happened to her. It seems she’s still […]

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Friday Night Music-Hey Joe

Friday, January 21, 2011

Part of the fun of this feature is the search process, which often involves sort of surfing a stream of consciousness. Last week I was looking for an acceptable version of Walk Away, Renee to post (there isn’t one), and, in one way or another ended up watching Rickie Lee Jones singing Chuck E’s in […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, January 14, 2011

A couple of repeats, each suggested in part by recent events. My wife suggested this song in tribute to Obama’s masterful performance, which, at least for one brief shining moment, did seem to bridge the troubled waters. And this one occurred to me, though I won’t try to articulate why.

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