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Friday Night Music

A belated tribute to the late Captain Beefheart. I chose this video because of the high audio quality. You can just zip through the two British guys at the beginning.

Friday Night Music-New Year’s Eve

There’s a lot of Christmas Music out there, and by the time Christmas actually comes around you get nauseous whenever the stuff is inflicted on you. New Years, or more to the point, New Year’s Eve is a different story. The Music is pretty thin on the ground once you get past Auld Lang Syne, […]

Friday Night Music, Christmas Again

I’ve probably done this before, but it’s one of the better rock and roll Christmas songs, and anyway, Christmas is a time for traditions. This is likely the last music post before Christmas, inasmuch as a week from tonight is Christmas Eve and I’ll be otherwise engaged, so to anyone reading this, have a Happy […]

Friday Night Music-Sympathy for the Rich

At the moment this is written, the House Democrats have done the unthinkable. They have stood by their guns and told Obama to stuff his deal, which fact, at first, I thought would render this video choice inapt. When I first chose it, I figured to say something to the effect that the rich folks […]

Friday Night Music-REM

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 […]

Friday Night Music-Johnny Rivers

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 […]

Friday Night Music-Sir Douglas

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. […]

A Musical Treat

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 […]

Friday Night Music, One Night late

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 […]

Friday Night Music, with an endorsement

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 […]