February 2010
202 posts
Fascinating interview with Lee Smith, author of... →
From everything I’ve learned about geo-politics over the last 10 years, it’s extremely rare to see truly objective analysis about the very complicated history in the Middle East and how it…
superseventies:
Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly...
WatchFascinating look at a young man named Reginald Robinson, a ragtime piano player in Chicago, who was awarded a MacArthur Genius grant in 2004.
January 2010
236 posts
In reality-world, Washington just gets in the way... →
Must-read Mark Steyn:
Mark Steyn: In Obama’s America you’ll all work for the government – Opinion – The Orange County Register
As President Obama sees it, whatever the problem – from health…
feelgoodhits:
The Breeders - Cannonball
There...
listening to "John Coltrane - My Favorite Things" →
Hypnotic.
listening to "Jo Jo Zep And The Falcons - All I... →
Decent Australian band from late 70s - early 80s.
listening to "Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy" →
George Harrison and Steven Stills on guitar on Ringo Starr’s first solo hit.
suicideblonde:
Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
Oh,...
rebjukebox:
The Clash - I Fought The Law
Is...
listening to "Magic Sam - I Don't Want No Woman" →
Classic West Side Soul by Magic Sam.
Serendipity →
YouTube – The Toys – A Lover’s Concerto ( Live 1965 )
I’ve always liked this song, and today it was the first song I heard in the car on the way home from the hospital where my 10-year-old son…
listening to "Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely" →
“I can’t believe what God has done, through us he’s given life to one” is one of the greatest lines in songwriting history.
listening to "Sarah Vaughan - A Lover's Concerto" →
This song makes me happy.
listening to "John Prine - Spanish Pipedream" →
“had a lot of children, fed ‘em on peaches, they all found Jesus on their own”
listening to "The Who - Blue, Red and Grey" →
“I like every minute of the day”, indeed.
I didn't even know Salinger was still alive.
(via meanmrmustard)
Ditto. I didn’t care, either.
I never got the “Catcher in the Rye” thing. Maybe it’s just me.
listening to "Susan Tedeschi - Gonna Move" →
Excellent song! “@fxp123: “Susan Tedeschi - Gonna Move”
Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain
listening to "Patty Loveless - Chains" →
The best-kept secret in country music these last 20 years
listening to "Hall And Oates You've Lost That... →
Excellent version of this classic @fxp123: “Hall And Oates You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”
Classmates.com Employees Don't Have Heart To Tell... →
(via sds)
listening to "This Wheel's on Fire" by June Tabor →
Wow … I’d never heard of June Tabor before, but this thing rocks.
listening to "B.B. King - Don't Answer the Door" →
Have ya some classic blues
rebjukebox:
The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue...
Dawson to enter Hall of Fame as Expo, prefers Cubs... →
So, some nameless dipshit bureaucrat in MLB decides which cap Andre Dawson will wear for his Hall of Fame induction, instead of allowing Dawson himself to decide?
What the hell is that about?
listening to "The Allman Brothers Band - Little... →
Duane and Dickey, quiet and acoustic. Quite beautiful, as you might expect. From “Eat a Peach”.
listening to "The Allman Brothers Band with Duane... →
One of the greatest bands in the history of bands. Rock, jazz, blues, what-have-you. They did it all, seamlessly.
listening to "Ray Price - Blues Eyes Crying In The... →
Another classic.
listening to "Ray Price - For The Good Times" →
“hear the whisper of the raindrops, blowing soft against the window, and make believe you love me one more time”
listening to "Ray Price - Funny How Time Slips... →
Ray Price has got some serious pipes.
feelgoodhits:
The Cars - Moving in Stereo
I saw...
“One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and...”
– will durant (via quellequaintrelle)
Daredevil Felix Baumgartner to risk his life in... →
125,000 feet up. That’s 23 miles, people.
He might even break the sound barrier.
Yowza.
listening to "CHET ATKINS →
It’s Chet Atkins playing guitar. On a Don Gibson classic song. AKA “awesome”.
listening to "Don Gibson - I Can't Stop Loving... →
Good stuff.