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Friday Night Music-All Wet Edition

Friday, June 12, 2009

No pearls of wisdom tonight, since we are committed to going somewhere. However, Friday Night Music being a sacred tradition, I had to put up something. Given the recent weather, this seemed appropriate. We’ve been slogging through rain all week. You can let it get you down, or cultivate the right attitude. Gene Kelly in […]

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A little weekend music

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Last night my wife and I went to Burke’s Tavern in Niantic to hear our fellow Liberal Drinker Atul Shah’s band, Exit 72. I took a video of a song pretty much at random, I’m not really sure what it’s called. The young girl who pops up on the left at random moments is playing […]

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Friday Night Music-Benny Goodman

Friday, June 5, 2009

This week marked Benny Goodman’s 100th birthday. My wife is a big fan of Goodman’s, dating from her days as a clarinetist for the Oberlin High Marching Band. Here he is with Teddy Wilson, Tony Terran, Dick Nash, Eddie Duran, Al Obidenski and John Markham at the Aurex Jazz Festival in Japan, playing Sweet Georgia […]

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Friday Night Music-Radiohead

Friday, May 29, 2009

My son is staying with us for a few days, and I asked him to suggest a video, and he directed me to Radiohead’s video of “House of Cards”. It is unclear if this video breaks the no lip synching rule, since it’s somewhat sui generis. Here’s how it was made: In Radiohead’s new video […]

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Friday Night Music-Dixie Chicks

Friday, May 22, 2009

Memorial Day was originally Decoration Day, a day that the families of the fallen decorated the tombstones of the Civil War Dead. By and large it’s just another holiday now-the official beginning of summer. I tried to think of a song that both honors the soldiers and doesn’t honor war, and this one popped to […]

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Friday Night Music-A Tribute to a Fine Institution

Friday, May 15, 2009

A few weeks ago I shared my grief at the prospect of the imminent closing of the Norwich YMCA. Today, the final nail was driven in the coffin as news came that the Hail Mary fundraiser to keep it open feel far short of its goal. So the Y will remain closed, and the pool […]

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Friday Night Music-Peter Seeger at 90

Friday, May 8, 2009

I’ve put Pete up before, but how can you ignore a legend’s 90th birthday. Here’s Bruce Springsteen (this is all talking, so skip it if you just want music) talking about Pete at the recent birthday bash. As Springsteen says, Pete did outlast the bastards, or at least generations of them, including the crop that […]

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Friday Night Music-Rock Me Baby

Friday, May 1, 2009

This is almost like cheating. How can you miss with BB KIng, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and Jim Vaughn? The sound is first rate too.

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Friday Night Music

Friday, April 24, 2009

Am I repeating myself here? I searched the site, and couldn’t find them. Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker Rick Gretch, and Stevie Winwood. Blind Faith, In the Presence of the Lord. And as a bonus, Clapton and Winwood together more recently (better audio quality for sure) reprising a song from Blind Faith, Can’t Find My Way […]

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Friday Night Music-The Fab Four

Friday, April 17, 2009

I have to assume that I’ve shown these guys before, but if anyone deserves a repeat it’s them. This is a song that was the B-Side of Help!. In my humble opinion, which isn’t worth much, it’s one of their most under-appreciated efforts. I love this version, from the 1965 Shea Stadium concert. I picked […]

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