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Friday Night Music-REM

Friday, December 3, 2010

I have a sort of a rule that I don’t repeat an artist/group that I’ve already done, but I can’t be sure as far as REM goes, and when I search the site for the group’s name I get every post where the letters “rem” appear in sequence. So, I’m going to assume that this […]

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Friday Night Music-Johnny Rivers

Friday, November 26, 2010

Johnny Rivers made his name covering Chuck Berry songs, which he did skillfully enough. Sometime around 1965 he could be heard singing the theme song to a TV series imported from Britain, which was called Danger Man over there, but Secret Agent here. That series, starring Patrick McGoohan, was followed by the cult classic The […]

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Friday Night Music-Sir Douglas

Friday, November 19, 2010

The Sir Douglas Quintet consisted of a bunch of Texans who picked a British sounding name to try to ride the wave, so to speak. According to Wikipedia they had three reasonably good selling singles, but I only remember this one, She’s About a Mover, making them one hit wonders in my book, at least. […]

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A Musical Treat

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Feeling depressed by the state of the world these days? Over 55? Head on over to Itunes and watch the Beatles Concert at the Washington Coliseum. Their first appearance on U.S. soil after the Sullivan show. It’s free, at least for now. You can’t watch it without feeling just a little better, albeit perhaps a […]

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Friday Night Music, One Night late

Saturday, November 6, 2010

It has been a somewhat hectic week. Yesterday we were away all day, trying to decompress from the election, etc., and I just didn’t have the energy to be productive, even to the extent of posting yet another video of rock groups that should be long defunct. Here’s another, more or less local, the Standells […]

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Friday Night Music, with an endorsement

Friday, October 29, 2010

I know the people of California have been wondering where I stand on the marijuana initiative. I figured I would wait and announce my position to a time when I would have maximum impact, and that time is now. In the name of Freedom and Liberty, in the name of restoring the country to its […]

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Friday Night Music-Live From Sesame Street

Friday, October 22, 2010

Stevie Wonder

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Friday Night Music-Twin Bill, No Bagpipes

Friday, October 15, 2010

Yes, that’s right. After two weeks of bagpipe themed musical extravaganzas, we’re back to real music. Last week, after finally finding the Rare Air video with the jazz bagpipes, I started free associating on youtube, and had a good night. I’ve got a bunch of 60s stuff stockpiled, and this week I’m featuring two. The […]

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Friday Night Music-Mea Culpa

Friday, October 8, 2010

Last week I opined that bagpipe music began and ended with Amazing Grace. Last night, to prove me wrong, one of our liberal drinkers loaned me a CD by a group called Rare Air. The CD is named Primeval. The group pretty much defies categorization, but I would say Celtic jazz is as close as […]

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Friday Night Music-Something Completely Different

Friday, October 1, 2010

Despite my godlessness, I do like various kinds of sacred music. A few weeks ago I thought it might be fun to get various versions of Amazing Grace, but very few really struck my fancy until I found this. One could make a compelling argument that the repertoire of the bagpipe begins and ends with […]

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