Leonard Cohen, Leon Russell, Holly Dunn, Mose Allison, Sharon Jones - those are the latest artists who died over the last ten days. Has this year been awful for people dying, or wha…
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Chuck Berry died at the age of 90 on March 18. We've become used to the rock 'n' roll legends dying off, and I originally dismissed the death as someone who had lived a long life. But his legacy is such that I couldn't let hid death go by witho…Man am I sick. I finally got the flu on Friday, and stayed home (mostly slept - no reading or watching movies for me). I felt a little better yesterday, but had a lousy night, barely sleeping, and am feeling worse this morning than I had on Fri…Yes, it's that time of year when we end Standard Time and go into Daylight Savings Time. So it gets darker later - why do we care about that again? I'm not really sure that we ever got a good explanation for that. Farmers, maybe (they don't car…I've been quite lax about posting these Wednesday podcasts - this one's been done for awhile. I's just laziness on my part for not posting. I've been listening to even more jazz than usual this year - not sure why. Sometimes it becomes more dif…Yesterday was new car day for me. I'm not a great shopper for cars, as cars are a basic tool for me, and not the dream machine it is for some. I use Consumer Reports to help me decide which car I want. I wanted a mid-size car that gave me a goo…Tonight is Oscar night! Oscar night! Do you care, because I don't. I was never a big Oscar night fan anyway, but as the years go by I find I care less and less. In the last couple of years my wife and I have cut back on the movies that we go o…This morning we're attending the funeral mass for my yia yia, Dee Angelpoulos. Dee was my sister-in-law's husband's mother, and as part of a very extended family I was adopted by this small Greek woman. She died at age 94.
Looks like we're going to have a lot of snow this winter. Got nailed with over a foot last week, 5-8 inches today and a blizzard with now 14-20 inches predicted for tomorrow (and maybe more on Wednesday). Been awhile since we've been hit with t…I went to the Dentist last week for my normal cleaning, and the hygienist said. "Oh, dear" and told me I had an abscess on my gum. She then showed it to me with a mirror, as if I didn't trust her (I let her shove sharp metal objects and poke ar…Are you a light sleeper? Do you have troubles falling asleep, or do you wake up often in the night? I've never really had any sleep problems - I can close my eyes just about anywhere and fall asleep, and when I do fall asleep I'm out for as lon…I think that we're at a place in the world where we have choices to make - we either focus on that which we have in common, or we divide by that with which we disagree. I have chosen to look at what I have in common with people and avoid the ar…New LP Purchase: Toumani and Sidiki
Getting a bit of a late start today, as I watched my football team play last night. There's a question of whether we should be watching football anymore, but the playoffs is not a time to discuss such things. I am a true fan of my team, who alt…Before I go out to shovel what looks like a nuisance amount of snow (not a lot, but enough that it needs to be pushed around a bit), I'm going to examine what I am doing every week. Putting together a podcast is a labor of love and a hobby that…Happy New Year's Day! We made it, but who knows to what we've made. I'm not one to make resolutions - it's one less disappointment when a resolution goes unfulfilled. I have general goals, which I also don't end up doing, but I always try to be…Merry Christmas everybody! Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate that holiday tradition. I'm posting a tad early today - I'm on the West Coast right now and won't be sure when I'll get up tomorrow (but it'll be later than on the East Coast).Well, what's Christmastime without Christmas songs? Back in the day, I used to put together Christmas Mixtapes - usually of a blasphemous nature ('cause, c'mon, everywhere has regular Carols and songs). This year I put together a more traditional po…Hello everyone,I'm sending out this jazz podcast a day late - just pure laziness on my part - it's not like I've been super busy these past few weeks. I'll be able to slow down soon, but I still have tons of stuff to…Kate and I used to send out tons of Christmas Cards in our younger days. Although we usually didn't have a big "family newsletter", I usually wrote quite a bit in the cards. We tried to get Christmas cards that were different and amusing, rathe…I always mean to post to the thread at emusic - I'm generally beaten to it by others. The label Cherry Red has some albums that are well-priced - The Bridget St. John in Post your inside tips and mispriced box sets right here Comment by bremble December 2016It's the first weekend in December - this crappy year is almost over! Of course, it also means that the Christmas season is heavily upon us, and has been since before Thanksgiving. Seems like stores make the changeover right after Halloween now…8 on Stereogum, and the Lydia Loveless may be my favorite for the year.I have 8 Gioia, 10 COS, 13 RS and 8 NME. Although I have a number of these albums, I'm not sure that I'd put them all in a top 50 (or 100). I agree with Dave on the Bowie - nice, enjoyable, with hints of his passing, and one terrible song (imo), but…2016 has done a number on me - the year has not gone the way I thought it would, and it's time for me to re-examine my life to see what I should be doing in the future. Oh, I'll be fine, overall, but my thinking has become fuzzy, and it's time …We had an election here in the U.S. last week, with shocking results. The poll-leading favorite to win, Hillary Clinton, lost to Donald Trump. We will definitely be living in interesting times over the next four years. My wife did not take this…Well, there was an election last week - you may have heard about that. The results were not as expected (by either side), and we are going to be living in a new reality very shortly. As a result, things have gotten tenser here in the U.S.A. (an…
