tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23901166469127318372024-03-13T19:32:28.962-07:00The Mystery SpotI'm only a trainee here.Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.comBlogger1546125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-21786046534445438772022-09-23T15:34:00.003-07:002022-09-23T15:34:24.665-07:00Nothing Happens on the West Side<p> I've been posting more on Dreamwidth and have more or less abandoned this blog. Posted this one a couple of days ago. </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I live in an area of the city that is vastly underserved. We're surrounded by poorer neighborhoods, there are very few businesses to walk to. The major streets that border the area have zoning issues that do not allow ease for some businesses to just come in and start. The city has not been kind to this part of town. Neglect is policy. Murals are fine. I'd prefer to see thriving businesses in the empty structures instead of murals on the sides of them. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In my twenty years here I can count on less that one hand, and probably closer to one, the number of sit down restaurants that have opened up. There is a dearth of food trucks, which is fine but they lack permanence. You can't sit down and eat outside of a food truck when its raining. There's nowhere to walk to if you want a burger and a beer. You have to leave your neighborhood to shop for everything. The nearest Kroger grocery stores contain parking lots full of drama, stores with understocked shelves and poor quality products. For years they've talked of improvements, calls for change. These last for a month or so before reverting to the same sad issues. Yes baby I promise I'll change.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">There have been so many fits and starts in the twenty years that I have lived in this area. But if I had photographs of Broad Street or Sullivant Avenue then and now, I suspect there would be very little difference. Now compare that to High Street, or Town Street in Franklinton, or Parsons Avenue, or Oak Street.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In May of 2021 a sign went up in front of a building close to my house saying that a chicken joint was coming soon. Activity has been in fits and starts, but there's still no indication the place will ever open. I get that there are supply chain issues that are slowing things down, and the city has its permits that have to be approved. Money has to change hands and businesses seem to open quicker in better parts of the city.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I've been told to, "be patient" in online forums. I've lived here twenty years, I've been patient and so little has happened. I'm grateful for Third Way Coffee and all the efforts they are making to spin some business in the area. Sure, I can put my money where my mouth is, but anything I would start up would end up being the Fawlty Towers of retail. It's not in me anymore.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">So I drive by the chicken place, say where's the chicken, go over the train tracks and recently boarded up apartment building to spend my money outside of my neighborhood. Every day.</span></p>Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-20546865362116760342022-01-01T06:04:00.001-08:002022-01-01T06:04:49.537-08:00One year later<p> Still alive and in the other social media channels. Here's are a couple of lists of movies I watched and music I bought in 2020. Did not buy much used vinyl as I'm getting choosier and did not get out to shops as much. I hope you are all well. </p><p><br /></p><ol class="ol1"><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Blazing Saddles</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Searchers</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Taking of Pelham 1-2-3</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bubba Ho-Tep</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Criss Cross</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Toy Story 3</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Mystify Michael Hutchence</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dog Day Afternoon</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Dog (2013 documentary)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Betty Davis: They Say I’m Different</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Casablanca</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Stars In My Crown</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Shadow of a Doubt</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Pele</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Manchurian Candidate (1962)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Trouble in Paradise.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">39 Steps (1935)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Mae West: Dirty Blonde</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Remastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Male Animal</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Palm Beach Story</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Jewel Robbery</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Superfly (1972)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Pillow Talk</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">California Split</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Vertigo</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Waterloo Bridge</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Fast Company (1938)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Summer of Soul</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Most Dangerous Game</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">American Utopia</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Jezebel</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">One Way Passage</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Footlight Parade</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Andre the Giant</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Ladykillers (1955)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">No Time To Die (In a theater!)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Thing Called Love</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Crazed Fruit</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Yours, Mine, and Ours</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Brothers Sparks</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Young Frankenstein</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">High Anxiety</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Get Back 1-3</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">No Man of Her Own</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Too Late For Tears</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Shop Around the Corner</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Stagecoach</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It’s A Wonderful Life</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Godzilla Vs. Mothra</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bridge on the River Kwai</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Breathless</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Murder on the Orient Express (1974)</li></ol><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><ol class="ol1"><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lightnin’ Hopkins - The Best of Lightnin’ Hopkins</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Star Feminine Band</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Anchoress - Confessions of a Romance Novelist</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bootsy Collins - The Power of the One</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Freddie King - My Feeling For the Blues</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Betty Davis: The Columbia Years</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks (LP)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Mogwai - As the Love Continues</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Francois & The Atlas Mountains - Banana Blue (LP & download)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Anchoress - The Art of Losing</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Betty Davis - Nasty Girl (LP)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Mogwai - Ten Rapid (LP)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Earth, Wind & Fire - That’s the Way of the World</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Life Without Buildings - Any Other City (LP)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Gal Costa</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Female Species - Tale of My Lost Love (LP/Download)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Who - The Who Sell Out (2LP-stereo)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Teenage Fanclub - Endless Arcade</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Merry Clayton - Beautiful Scars</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Paul Weller - Fat Pop</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Georgia Anne Muldrow - Olesi: Fragments of an Earth</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Georgia Anne Muldrow - Oligarchy Sucks</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Livingmore - Take Me</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Junior Kimbrough - Introducing</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Liz Phair - Soberish</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Zombies - Oddities & Extras (LP)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - 1984-1989</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Band - The Last Waltz (3LP)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Prince - Welcome 2 America</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Jackie Leven - Straight Outta Caledonia</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Christone “Kingfish” Ingram - 662</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Choctaw Ridge (LP)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Albert King - I’ll Play the Blues For You (LP)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ray Wylie Hubbard - Co-Starring</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Jade Bird - Different Kinds of Light</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Umbrellas</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Saint Etienne - I’ve Been Trying To Tell You</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bob Dylan - Springtime in New York</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ray Wylie Hubbard - A Enlightment, B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is No C)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Carolyn Wonderland - Tempting Fate</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lilly Hiatt - Lately</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">My Morning Jacket</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">World Party - Goodbye Jumbo (LP)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Broken Chanter - Catastrophe Hits</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Admiral Fallow - The Idea of You</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Chime School</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Curtis Harding - If Words Were Flowers</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Heroes of the Night - Punk, Pop & Wave from the UK Underground 1979-1983</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Joe Peppercorn - Darkening Stars</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Jangle Brothers - Luxardo (LP)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Nicole Atkins - Memphis Ice (LP)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Aida Victoria - A Southern Gothic<br /><br /></li></ol><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Used Vinyl:</p><ol class="ol1"><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bobby Rush - Sue</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Eddie Harris - Silver Cycles</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">David Bromberg</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Who - Quadrophenia</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billy Joe</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Andy Kim - Baby I Love You</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Walker Brothers - Introducing the Walker Brothers</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Greatest Hits</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Amanda Ambrose - Amanda</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ramsey Lewis - Up Pops Ramsey Lewis</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sandy Nelson - Live in Las Vegas</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Duane Eddy - Dance With the Guitar Man</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Michel Legrand Featuring Miles Davis - Legrand Jazz</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Coleman Hawkins and His All-Stars - Timeless Jazz</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Chi Coltrane</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Eddie Harris - Free Speech</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Howlin’ Wolf - Moanin’ In the Moonlight</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Soup Dragons - Whole Wide World</li></ol></div>Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-80333403557137776832020-12-31T11:05:00.000-08:002020-12-31T11:05:10.341-08:00Celebrate<p> I did manage to see at least one film a week during this God-awful year. Most of them were thanks to the good people of TCM. The last film I saw in a theater was 1917. Also watched a lot of television shows, new and old. Giri/Haji was outstanding. What We Do in the Shadows is terrific. Probably more of the same in 2021. I do not see myself in a theater for many many months. Have a safe and peaceful New Year's Eve, we earned it.</p><ol class="ol1"><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Return of the Jedi</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Late Show</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">1917</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Magnificent Seven</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Beach Party (1963)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Jo Jo Rabbit</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Uncorked</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Stop Making Sense</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Network</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Wizard of Oz</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Splendor in the Gras</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The General (1926)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Purple Rose of Cairo</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Hollies: Look Through Any Window</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A Streetcar Named Desire</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rebel Without A Cause</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A Hard Days Night</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Don’t Look Back</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">With Byrd at the South Pole</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Palm Springs</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The One Man Beatles</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">NotFilm</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Mitchell (1975)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bedazzled (1967)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lady and the Tramp</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Black Panther</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sour Grapes (2016)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The T.A.M.I. Show</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Jimi Hendrix (1973)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Great Buster - A Celebration</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sherlock Jr.</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Trial of the Chicago 7</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A Fine Madness</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A Hard Days Night</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bananas</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rocky Horror Picture Show</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Booksellers</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Poseidon Adventure (1972)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">One Million Dubliners</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A Christmas Carol (1938)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Mangrove</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Christmas in Connecticut</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Soul</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Llamageddon</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A Chump At Oxford</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Vinyl (2000)</li></ol>Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-10939699047711768972020-12-24T11:04:00.002-08:002020-12-24T11:04:46.962-08:00It's been three months<p>Still here. Still alive and COVID-Free. Still maintaining amid death, batshit crazy and being in place. My father in law died earlier this month of a non-COVID condition and that's taken a lot of good emotions away from us. </p><p>I was referred for cataract surgery in September, had the surgeries in November and that has changed my life significantly. Now I can see distance but need readers for up close. It's been a profound adjustment. </p><p>Still buying music, listening to it when I can. It's hard to focus and my guitar playing time has suffered.</p><p>Here's the list of what I bought this year. The stars mean I really liked it. My two faves are Bob Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways and Emma Swift's Blonde on the Tracks. It's been a Bob year. </p><p>Have not bought much vinyl due to COVID, but my recent nothing else to do but buy shit during COVID phase brought me some wonderful Japanese pressings, and the Dave Clark Five record is a revelation of rock and roll energy.</p><p>Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas, and I'll probably post a movies I watched entry next week. Be safe. <br /><br /></p><ol class="ol1"><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bobby Rush - Sittin’ on Top of the Blues</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rough Guide to World Guitar Music</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Algiers - There is No Year</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bill Fay - Countless Branches</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Basic Plumbing - Keeping Up Appearances *</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ben Watt - Storm Damage</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again *</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Guided By Voices - Surrender Your Poppy Field</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play the Blues</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Nadia Reid - Out of My Province</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria McKee - La Vita Nuova</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lily Hiatt - Walking Proof *</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">John Prine</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">John Prine - The Missing Years</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dan Berggren in Concert (CD)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Jam - The Gift (LP)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Amazing Nina Simone (LP)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lucinda Williams - Good Souls, Better Angels</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ric Napoli</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ric Napoli - The Atlanta Sessions</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tony Allen - NEPA</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">COVAID-614</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Cherry Chrome - Place of Love *</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Nick Tolford & Company - Lost My Mind</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Reunions</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Badly Drawn Boy - Banana Skin Shoes</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Nicole Atkins - Italian Ice (LP) *</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sondre Lerche -Patience</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Explorer’s Club</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Explorer’s Club - To Sing and Be Born Again</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways *</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Eccentric Soul - The CapSoul Label (Vinyl)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Jayhawks - Xoxo</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Freddie King - Let’s Hide Away and Dance Away</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Pretenders - Hate For Sale</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Gillian Welch - Boots No. 2. The Lost Songs Vol. 1</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Robyn Hitchcock - The Man Upstairs: Demos and Rarities</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Davey Horne</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Emma Swift - Blonde on the Tracks (download and LP) *</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bebel Gilberto - Agora</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Feargal Sharkey</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blue </li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> The Who - Odds & Sods (RDS vinyl)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (Vinyl)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Henry’s Dream</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">P.J. Harvey - To Bring You My Live (demos)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Toots & the Maytalls - Best of</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lydia Loveless - Daughter</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Denise Johnson - Where Does It Go *</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Jeffrey David DiCicca - The Unlikely Optimist and His Domestic Adventures</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Catherine Anne Davies & Bernard Butler - In Memory of My Feelings *</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Betty Davis - They Say I’m Different</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tom Petty - Wildflowers & the Rest (3LP & download)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Busta Rhymes - Extinction Level Event Two: The Wrath of God *</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Dirty Knobs - Wreckless Abandon</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Deep Sea Diver - Impossible Weight</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Straight Scared: A Columbus Tribute to New Bomb Turks</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> Jill Lorean - Not Your First</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Belle and Sebastian - What To Look For In Summer (2-LP)</li></ol><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Used Vinyl</p><ol class="ol1"><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">XTC - Skylarking</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Marachi Brass featuring Chet Baker - Double Shot</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Beatles For Sale (Japanese pressing)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rabbit - Broken Arrows</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Beatles - Abbey Road (Japanese pressing)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Beatles - Help! (Japanese pressing)</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Issac Hayes - For the Sake of Love</li><li class="li1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dave Clark Five - 16 Greatest Hits (Japanese pressing)</li></ol>Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-55611519568933179982020-09-16T06:16:00.001-07:002020-09-16T06:16:55.705-07:00This Guy!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4bmIusGqqNE" width="480"></iframe>Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-46663243449245202972020-08-02T12:36:00.004-07:002020-08-19T17:44:35.125-07:00In deep as the walls thickenThis pandemic has been a tough thing to keep any focus throughout. From working
at home and missing the Hell out of physical materials to a bored as Hell
special needs teenager whose life has been upended overnight - decisions are
hard. <div><br /></div><div>I'm supposed to be going back to work on a half day basis later this
month, and I'm ok with that. Again, I really miss books, maps and I do not think
either of them are going to kill me. Hell is other people though and there will
be maybe a third of normal staffing in the building so there will be social
distances.
My son's school is set to be distance learning later this month and
full time in early September. He does not take well to distance learning and
needs a lot of one on one education. I'm really torn. If there was a wsy for him
to go a couple of days a week I'd be more accepting. </div><div><br /></div><div>I also do not think Ohio's
numbers are going to be low enough for anyone to go back to school. Naturally
I'm concerned for my son's health. I am also concerned for the health of his
teachers, the school's staff, other students and so on. This is really hard.
It's been hard to plan and it's going to be very difficult to implement. No one
is going to come out ahead. </div><div><br /></div><div>All the while legal documents are now in place to assist with the inevitable turning of 18 by the soon to be legal adult.
It's a weird time. </div><div><br /></div><div>What would have been my 35th wedding anniversary was last week.
Twelve years ago she said to never contact her again, I have not done so.
Meanwhile she blocks me on Facebook even as she liked one of my tweets a few
weeks ago. </div><div><br /></div><div>Another result of the lack of courage this country has is that the
U.S. Passport has become a useless document, we're the shithole country now. It
did not have to happen this way and I blame the GOP cultists in the senate. </div><div><br /></div><div>So we sit at home, watching the sparrows and house finches out the window.
While I Aimlessly play the new acoustic I traded up for, and wait for what?
</div>Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-86746623210044518832020-06-04T06:26:00.001-07:002020-06-04T06:26:16.452-07:00Be safe everyone<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vO2Su3erRIA" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-26641281442947595752020-05-31T08:33:00.001-07:002020-05-31T08:47:13.112-07:00Troubles AmericaThe last few nights in Columbus have been a tense display of protests, property damage and police overreach. I'm grateful that it has not been worse, because it could be. <br />
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Yesterday I watched the social media feeds of friends of mine bravely go to a protest downtown. For over an hour, maybe longer, it was peaceful. Then, somewhere, a switch was activated and the police, mounted police and SWAT teams indiscriminately pepper sprayed scores of people. <br />
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Police Chief Thomas Quinlan blamed the protesters, the protesters blamed the police and the Mayor of Columbus, Andrew Ginther...well where was he while the president of Columbus City Council Shannon Hardin, County Commissioner Kevin Boyce and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty were on the front line and were also pepper sprayed by the police. <br />
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It was tense and this old man on the couch was worried about his friends, some of whom were sprayed or shot with wooden bullets but are otherwise intact.<br />
<br />
The protests spread to the short north, where many businesses had already boarded up their windows in anticipation of confrontations. Several shops has already sustained damage and looting during the previous nights clashes. <br />
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By this time Mayor Ginther came out of meeting with developers, or where ever he was receiving orders, to issue this tweet.<br />
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"Racism and discrimination are threats to the quality of life and safety of our community. We are committed to addressing these concerns and making changes when necessary. We believe that we can peacefully protest, keep each other safe and make sure that our community remains America’s Opportunity City"<br />
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I'm so glad he took the time to issue a marketing and branding report for Columbus. Ginther had a press conference with Governor DeWine, and the national guard was called in to assist. Ohio and the national guard have a wonderful history together. A 10PM curfew was enacted and it seemed like it was respected as the streets were clear. <br />
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I woke up to what I think is calm in my newsfeeds. I know there were more injuries and violence in other cities. We're not doing this well. How do we fix this and all that? Committees, blue ribbon panels, citizen councils taking a knee and the like - they have not worked. The only thing that has not changed is the police, who are now equipped like Robo Cop while school buildings have leaky ceilings. <br />
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In this culture, this climate, with this administration in charge in the White House, what do we have the collective will to do to stop this racist county from being racist anymore?Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-71543929132144425612020-05-19T05:07:00.001-07:002020-05-19T05:07:05.893-07:00Thanks for the musicHappiest of birthdays to Pete Townshend. 75 today and still going. <br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2y_P25YEUBE" width="459"></iframe>Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-16886201847918442552020-04-24T07:38:00.002-07:002020-04-24T07:38:42.106-07:00Cheers!In light of the president's comments regarding injecting disinfectant into the lungs to kill the COVID-19 virus, here are a few cocktails to make the MAGA life easier. <br />
<br />
Trumpicillin<br />
<br />
1 1/2 oz. Gin (your preference)<br />
1 oz. Simple syrup<br />
1/2 oz. Lavender Lysol (or to taste)<br />
2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters<br />
Fill shaker with ice. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds<br />
Strain into highball glass filled with fresh ice<br />
Top with club soda. <br />
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Tropi-Kill<br />
<br />
2 oz. white rum<br />
2 tsp Mango Flavor-Aid<br />
1 oz lime juice<br />
1 1/2 oz Lysol Lemon<br />
3 dashes orange bitters<br />
Stir in mixing glass until powder is dissolved<br />
Strain into old fashioned glass<br />
Float 1/2 oz Bacardi 151<br />
<br />
Ivanka's Cough<br />
<br />
8 strawberries, de-stemmed<br />
2 oz. trump vodka<br />
2 oz. Lysol Orange<br />
1 Frozen champagne popsicle<br />
Place in blender, add a few ice cubes<br />
Blend until smooth<br />
Pour into flute<br />
Top with six drops Meyer Lemon soapSomeone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-48599093457263283932020-04-16T08:10:00.001-07:002020-04-16T08:10:36.405-07:00Still in placeTrying to maintain it all. Some days are easier than others. Hope you are all as well as you can be. <br />
<br />
Writers Block has been holding online readings during the pandemic. I put a poem out there last night. <br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ed.plunkett/videos/10159572115329377/?active_tab=discussion&acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22recent_posts_card%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22permalink%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22[]%22%7D%2C%7B%22surface%22%3A%22permalink%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22recent_posts_card%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22[]%22%7D]%7D">Here it is.</a>Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-35773696246167318992020-04-04T08:44:00.000-07:002020-04-04T08:44:03.539-07:00Stay frostyOur self-quarantine ended on Monday with no incident. We received a PDF letter of clean health from the county so we can go out into the madness if we want to. We're fine, symptom free. <br />
<br />
I see that breathing and speaking may be spreading the virus around so society is about to become the plot of Guy Maddin's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careful_(1992_film)">Careful.</a> <br />
<br />
I'm sure there will be people telling us when and how to breathe properly into our home made masks any day now. And how not to talk to each other when you go out for a walk in the park. <br />
<br />
If twitter use spread the virus your friend's racist friend would not know what to do with themselves. <br />
<br />
Maybe we'll be able to go out to a restaurant again by mid-June. Maybe, if anyone is left and able to have the funds to reopen. The economy is at a standstill and people are dying. It's a fine line that $1,200 checks are not going to solve. Of course the corporations will be just fine. The executives with initialed titles will be fine. The managers of hedge funds will be just fine. The major stockholders will be fine. <br />
<br />
Whew, we sure dodged a bullet there by bailing out the airlines. <br />
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Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-85835862541566476632020-03-22T11:09:00.001-07:002020-03-22T14:05:04.069-07:00Pandemic travelWell, a lot has changed in the world since I posted here last month. I do hope you are all healthy, safe and trying to stay intact during this tumultuous time in history. <br />
<br />
We booked our trip to Scotland back in January, and left for Glasgow the night of 3/11. The flight from Columbus to Charlotte went without incident. After we boarded our flight to London, there was a band on board who just found out their tour of Europe was cancelled and they asked to get off the plane. Their request was granted and our flight was delayed while all of their luggage/equipment was taken out of the hold. <br />
<br />
Mid-flight, I was watching CNN and the dipshit in chief was giving the initial travel ban speech which effected all European travel, but not the UK. Felt horrible because there were people and school groups who had connecting flights to other places in Europe. They essentially had to turn right around. We had a connection to Glasgow. <br />
<br />
After we all boarded that flight, the Captain announced that there was a scratch on front of the plane and we had to switch planes. After talking to my brother-in-law pilot, this is something that does happen. A drone or bird could have hit the plane and they cause damage. I did see what looked like a deep gouge where they said the scratch was, so better safe than dead. <br />
<br />
When we got to Glasgow, our room was not ready. It was a crazy trip there. <br />
<br />
We met up with my wife's sister, and her husband flew in from Dubai on his working flight. So we got to see him for a bit before he had to fly back to Dubai the next day. <br />
<br />
Glasgow was cautious, but people were going about their lives. Places were open, but crowds and business were down in most places. We still had a flight home the next Friday. <br />
<br />
Oh, toilet paper hoarding is universal. <br />
<br />
That all changed Saturday morning when the UK travel ban was announced. My airline (American) and agent (Expedia) were no help at all in trying to get us home. We are very lucky we could simply afford to buy a one way ticket out of Glasgow for Monday morning on Delta. <br />
<br />
(I still have heard nothing from American or Expedia in making good on the cancelled flight)<br />
<br />
We were able to spend a few hours with my wife's father, who is not in the best of health, before we left. <br />
<br />
The flight from Glasgow to Amsterdam on Monday morning was fine, about two thirds full maybe. <br />
<br />
Schiphol Airport is one of the busiest in Europe, it was a ghost town. Flights were cancelled and very few people were traveling. It was almost as people were preparing for a hurricane, or war. <br />
<br />
They said our flight was full, but there were a few empty seats, as we left for Detroit. <br />
<br />
I had seen pictures of absolute horror shows at customs in O'Hare, Dallas, and other US airports and was prepared for the worst. I expected to miss our connection and was prepared to find a hotel room and drive back to Columbus if there was no connecting flight the next day. <br />
<br />
Even the pilot was not sure what we were coming into, but he said lines were minimal, about 25-30 minutes. <br />
<br />
When we entered Customs Hall, it was very quiet in comparison to other customs we've been to that have been loud and had shouting agents (You, Philadelphia). There were plenty of agents and we got through line one with no real difficulty. <br />
<br />
When we left the plane, I'm pretty sure CDC personnel looked inside and I saw one fully masked person in CDC gear after we got out. <br />
<br />
On the plane, we had to fill out a health screening form which essentially asked where we had been and how we were feeling. We got in the health check line and masked personnel checked off our forms. Everything was handled very professionally and calmly. <br />
<br />
We entered another room and our forehead temperatures were taken, then we were grouped in about 8-10 and given a brief lecture about symptoms of the virus and that we had to self quarantine for 14 days. Then we were sent to another line when an agent took our names and typed things on his computer and sent on our way. <br />
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Security was a breeze and after a lengthy trek through the Detroit Airport we arrived at our gate just in time for the pre-boarding announcement. We were going to get home that night. It was a surreal and numbing five days, but I have no regrets about making this journey.<br />
<br />
Detroit got it right, it took roughly an hour and a half to get off the plane, to go through customs and screening and to our gate. Impressive. <br />
<br />
My wife and I are fine, symptom free and registering our vitals with the County Board of Health twice a day. We both will be working from home until the end of April, at the least. My son is well, and his mother agreed that we go back to his normal schedule so I will pick him up in the morning and drop him off with her on Wednesday morning. <br />
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We're in uncharted territory. I hope we can get through this one without too many deaths or damage. <br />
<br />
Be well everyone. <br />
<br />
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Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-12613046386430065432020-02-16T14:29:00.002-08:002020-02-16T14:29:39.725-08:004.5 million probably isn't enough to take care of my son during his lifetimeUnited Bank for Africa (UBA GROUPE DE LA BANQUE-NIGERIA)<br />
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Phone : +234-808-4229-245Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-44345693658564876012020-01-31T06:27:00.003-08:002020-01-31T06:28:58.965-08:00A merging, an endingMy Aunt sent me a cassette of I'm Your Man when it came out in 1988. I'd never really listened to Leonard Cohen before, so chalk up another one for Sandy. <br />
<br />
She died four years ago yesterday. This is the first video of a posthumous release of Cohen's. <br />
<br />
And here we are. Brexit begins, the senate acquits. Putin wins. <br />
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2EkydhgKUPA" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-67250967000566819042020-01-09T13:55:00.002-08:002020-01-09T13:55:15.325-08:00Another minute of the 15For years the Columbus Dispatch has run an weekly article called "Where I Eat" in which locals are asked where they go out to eat in the city. <br />
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I've been here for 30 years now, and it became my turn. <br />
<br />
You can see <a href="https://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20200109/where-i-eat-ed-plunkett">Where I Eat here.</a><br />
<br />
The reporter put a survey on twitter, a couple of people said I should fill it out. I did, and there's the story. <br />
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I'm not sure if it is still put in the print edition. <br />
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Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-31334233360406603842020-01-05T08:23:00.003-08:002020-01-05T08:23:59.489-08:00Tired of falling through the cracksDuring a diner conversation on Friday morning, the man I was talking with brought up that people do not get back to you when you contact them. I cannot explain why but right now I have three inquiries in the hopper right now, and all of them are dragging out for reasons that are inexplicable to me. One is personal and I explicitly said I need a quick response, and there has been no reply. Another is service oriented. The guy texted me out of the blue, said he was my liaison with the company I have given money to for a service. I texted him, asking when my parts would arrive so the service could be completed, and I have had no response. <br />
<br />
The third is local. I reached out over six months ago to a person regarding work for an art project. He seemed very eager at first, but nothing came of it. A few months later I asked him if the project was dead. He replied quickly saying no, no that he forgot about me because he was so busy. Last week he posted pictures of some work he completed for others for the holidays. Wow, none of that work was mine even though I had a verbal agreement months ago for a piece. I sent him a message asking again if the project was dead, there has been no response. At least no money changed hands in this instance. <br />
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It’s really frustrating to be on the back foot, wondering where the Hell people have gone to, and why a simple I will get back to you does not happen.Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-45224599205670829522019-12-31T14:50:00.001-08:002019-12-31T14:50:34.551-08:00A year in sound: 2019I did listen to and buy a lot of music this year. How memorable was any of it though? Even my counting was off I was so uninspired. I liked the Mattiel and Andrew Bird, my son likes Tinariwen. The Divine Comedy was a huge disappointment. There was a lot of downloading legally or buying new vinyl and a few cds.<br />
<br />
Listed up the used vinyl purchases this year for the first time, and it's about the same amount as new. Need to be a bit more discriminating as to what I buy used next year as I do not want the collection to become too unwieldy. Still going to purchase new every week to try and take care of the artists. <br />
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01) Dean Ford - Feel My Heartbeat<br />
02) Mighty Sam McClain - Give it up to Love<br />
04) Youth of America - YOA Rising<br />
05) Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present: Paris in the Spring (Ace compliation CD)<br />
06) The Twilight Sad - It Won/t Be Like This All the Time<br />
07) Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow<br />
08) Bobby Rush - The Essential Recordings, Volume Two<br />
09) Lisa Brigantino - I’ll Waltz Before I Go<br />
10) Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (3 LP set)<br />
11) Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis (Vinyl)<br />
12) Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock<br />
13) Bis - Slight Disconnects<br />
14) Gary Clark Jr. - This Land<br />
15) Joe Jackson - Fool<br />
16) Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs<br />
17) Plastic Device - E. Pluribus Plastic<br />
18) Ex Hex - It’s Real<br />
19) The Zombies - Greatest Hits (vinyl)<br />
20) Timi Turo - Best of (vinyl)<br />
21) Kate Bush - The Other Sides (4CD)<br />
22) Edwyn Collins - Badbea<br />
23) Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus (Vinyl)<br />
24) Jenny Lewis - On the Line<br />
25) Amy Rigby - Diary of a Mod Housewife (Vinyl)<br />
26) Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet<br />
27) Ese and the Vooduu People - Dynamite (EP)<br />
28) Mdou Moctar - Ilana (The Creator)<br />
29) Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight (Vinyl)<br />
30) Christone Ingram - Kingfish<br />
31) Patience - Dizzy Spells<br />
32) Wreckless Eric - Transience (Download first then vinyl)<br />
33) Psyche France 1960-70 Volume 5 (vinyl)<br />
34) Serge Gainsbourg - Initials B.B. (vinyl)<br />
35) Divine Comedy - Office Politics<br />
36) Toujours Chic! (vinyl)<br />
37) Prince - Originals<br />
38) The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears<br />
37) Mattiel - Satis Factory<br />
38) Isley Brothers - The Ultimate Isley Brothers <br />
39) Merry Clayton (vinyl)<br />
40) Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit’s The Midnight Organ Fight (CD)<br />
41) Berlin - Trancendance<br />
42) Harmonium<br />
43) Rhett Miller - The Messenger<br />
44) Maria McKee<br />
45) The Highwomen<br />
46) Tinariwen - Amadjar<br />
47) Brittany Howard - Jaime<br />
48) Angel Olsen - All Mirrors<br />
49) Kim Gordon - No Home Record<br />
50) Belle & Sebastian - Days of the Bagnold Summer soundtrack (vinyl)<br />
51) Stan Smith - Silent Memory (CD)<br />
52) Stan Smith - Moments [of a journey] (CD)<br />
53) Amy Rigby - A One Way Ticket To My Life (CD)<br />
54) The Jam - Sound Affects (vinyl)<br />
55) The Muffs - No Holiday<br />
56) Rhett Miller - The Believer<br />
57) Soda Blonde - Terrible Hands (EP)<br />
58) Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka<br />
59) Joe Henry - The Gospel According to Water<br />
60) Leonard Cohen - Thanks For the Dance<br />
61) Wussy - What Heaven is Like (vinyl)<br />
62) The Who - WHO<br />
63) Basement Beehive - The Girl Group Underground (2LP) <br />
64 Parliament - Mothershp Connection<br />
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Used Vinyl:<br />
Graham Parker and the Rumor - Squeezing Out Sparks<br />
Be Our Guest - Highlights From 12 GNP Albums<br />
Abba - The Visitors<br />
Greatest Folksingers of the ‘Sixties - [Vanguard Records compilation]<br />
Yaz - Upstairs At Eric’s<br />
Isley Brothers - 3+3<br />
Clarence Carter - Dr. C.C.<br />
Lone Justice<br />
Nina Simone - At the Village Gate<br />
Billie Holiday’s Greatest Hits<br />
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book<br />
Corneilius Brothers and Sister Rose<br />
Tee Set - Ma Belle Amie<br />
R. Dean Taylor - I Think Therefore I <br />
The Versatile Martin Denny Plays Theme From Mondo Cane and Suyiyaki<br />
Night Shift Soundtrack<br />
Absolute Beginners Soundtrack<br />
Joe Jackson - Night and Day<br />
George Duke - I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry<br />
Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run<br />
Barbara - l’agile noir<br />
France Gall - Dancing Disco<br />
Psyche France 1970-80 Volume 4<br />
Plastic Bertrand - Chat (45)<br />
The Grass Roots - Move Along<br />
Lesley Gore - Love Me By Name<br />
Marrs - Pump up the Volume (12” single)<br />
The Girls Next Door<br />
The Essex - Easier Said Than Done (45)<br />
Jenny Mae - There’s a Bar Around the Corner, Asshole<br />
Les Baxter’s Wild Guitars<br />
Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions<br />
Michael Nesmith & the First National Band - Magnetic South<br />
Ry Cooder - Show Time<br />
Marshall Crenshaw<br />
George Jones - Sings His Greatest Hits<br />
Suzanne Vega<br />
Phoebe Snow - The Best Of<br />
Four Tops - Reach Out<br />
Temptations - Psychedelic Shack<br />
George Jones - Salues Hank Williams<br />
George Jones - I’ll Share the World With You<br />
Yellow Pills: Prefill - Numero 004<br />
Tony Mottola’s Guitar Factory<br />
The Best of the James Gang<br />
Suzi Quatro - Your Mother Won’t Like Me<br />
The Cuff Links - Tracy<br />
Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West<br />
Sweet Pea Atkinson - Don’t Walk Away<br />
Leon Redbone - Double Time<br />
Isaac Hayes - Chocolate Chip<br />
Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove<br />
Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band - At the Village Vanguard<br />
Bronski Beat - The Age of Concent<br />
Murray The K’s Gassers For Submarine Race Watchers<br />
Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-72217349375742231352019-12-29T17:00:00.002-08:002019-12-29T17:00:45.860-08:00Not quite a bingeIn the era of streaming, binge watching and not wanting to ever leave the house anymore I rarely get to a first run film. I am in the midst of St. Elsewhere season four and after watching Fleabag, Letterkenny, Killing Eve and so on there leaves little time for an hour and a half, let alone a two hour film. <br />
<br />
Nevertheless here is the modest list of films I watched, streamed, saw on TCM, watched during international flights and the handful I went out in public to view. <br />
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It Happened in Flatbush<br />
11 Harrowhouse<br />
Way Out West<br />
Solo: A Star Wars Film<br />
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened<br />
The Lobster<br />
The Great Buster<br />
Buffy the Vampire Slayer <br />
Teenage Superstars<br />
That’ll Be the Day<br />
Two For the Road<br />
Ghostbusters (1984)<br />
Tootsie<br />
King of Jazz (1930)<br />
Captain Marvel<br />
US<br />
Casino Royale (2006)<br />
The Favourite<br />
Can You Ever Forgive Me?<br />
The Catcher Was A Spy<br />
Avengers: Endgame<br />
Rolling Thunder Revue<br />
Paris je t’aime<br />
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore. <br />
WLIR: Dare to Be Different<br />
Local Hero<br />
The LEGO Batman Movie<br />
Dolemite is My Name<br />
Dolemite (1974)<br />
The Human Tornado<br />
Parasite<br />
Scotch: The Golden Dream<br />
Knives Out<br />
Echo in the Canyon<br />
Die Hard<br />
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker<br />
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Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-27265221949876251632019-11-27T06:22:00.002-08:002019-11-27T06:22:53.569-08:00Getting dangerously nostalgicWorking wine retail on Thanksgiving was an insane time, more wine was sold on Thanksgiving Eve than Christmas Eve. The build up was slow the weekend before and then boom! Tuesday and Wednesday were as busy as it got. Salesman flying in and out, special orders filled in a panic. Will the check clear? Dollars and merchandise had to be flipped. <br />
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Last night with the Beaujolais Nouveau always brings back memories of Thanksgiving pressure. A lot of change went to buy that wine, and it had to go by Christmas or it would sit months into the new year. <br />
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There were good years here in Columbus, and very bad years. There was success at the Holiday. The owner would always go to Ray Johnson’s for shrimp and the horse radish sauce. We’d open up a few bottles of good champagne to go with it. Times were almost happy. At the Grandview Avenue spot, not so much. The owner screwed up purchasing again, completely ignored the lower priced wine and homebrewers, and saying no to customers became tiring to the point of depression. <br />
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After I quit, for years after I would have this adrenaline rush around the holidays. I’d been in retail for 13 years and then I was out. The pressure working for Barnes and Noble was nowhere close to the energy I’d get out of selling wine that I had a hand in purchasing or knew about. That urge finally left a few years ago. <br />
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I still do not know how I did it, because at the end of the last run I was broken. My marriage was broken and it took a long time to return to something close to intact. Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-25706119361109415052019-11-13T14:33:00.001-08:002019-11-13T14:33:59.487-08:00The question I have asked for the past 17 years<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DCb0TsSIqI0" width="480"></iframe>Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-2793412542821689912019-09-28T19:41:00.002-07:002019-09-28T19:41:29.384-07:00More on Propaganda for PreemiesI am very jealous of Dawn Raffel for having written The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How A Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies. It’s a book and topic that has been in my head, hard drive and in a file of papers now on a bookshelf for about seventeen years. <br />
After my son was born premature, I looked at a lot of books about premature babies and read about an Infantorium where the babies were hospitalized on Coney Island. Wait, what? Was my reaction and I immediately began searching online for any and all information on Dr. Couney. There was not much in 2002. I found Dr. William Silverman’s work from the 70’s and 80’s, a few scattered articles and little else. <br />
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I tried to find out more on the Doctor, his patients and ran into many dead ends. I did have a single email from one of his former patients which was great but did not lead to anything further. I spoke on the phone to one of the organizers of the Coney Island History Museum. He told me there was at least one person working on a book and when I asked if he had any idea where Dr. Couney’s papers were he said, “No, do you?”<br />
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While reading Ms. Raffel’s excellently researched book I saw that she had the same discoveries and dead ends that I did. Like her, I wanted to contact Dr. Silverman, but was unable to as he had died. But she had the ability to dig further, deeper and the talent to write it down beautifully. She was also unable to find his papers, and found out a lot more about his daughter than I was able to, with added speculation about her history. I always thought she was the key to a lot of his story, but most of that died with her. <br />
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Where I was able to find one of his former patients, Ms. Raffel was able to find several, and it led to a joyful reunion of some of them. <br />
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There is a great mystery to Dr. Martin Couney’s life, which is what compelled me to look into it for more than several hours a year over the past seventeen. It’s ability that I lacked in writing it down and Dawn Raffel has written a wonderful book that leaves a lot of questions open, but also provides many answers and unlocks more than a few doors about the profound life of a very enigmatic man. Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-59197451203367476152019-09-15T17:44:00.000-07:002019-09-15T19:21:34.980-07:00The Cars saved my life in high schoolIn the late 1970's, as a lonely high school kid, I thought The Cars were the coolest. Their debut and Candy-O lived on my turntable. There was something aloof about Ocasek. He seemed to be above all the craziness of rock stardom (he was about 10 years older, in his mid 30's, than everyone else). Great chords, flashy solos by Elliot Easton, quirky seemingly interchangeable vocals of Orr and Ocasek. It was all brought together by the stellar production of Roy Thomas Baker, who produced Queen's greatest work. <br />
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The Cars were the first band I ever saw live, although technically it was the opening band, XTC. We were in the last row of the Nassau Coliseum. We were still buzzed from a bottle of Canadian Club and I remember they chose a weird song, Shoo Be Doo as the opener. They were not flashy, and I am not sure if they were an ever meant to be arena band and I never did connect with the Panorama album - the one they were touring on. But it was not a bad show. <br />
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They really took off with the Shake It Up and Heartbeat City records, and those records were good, but I was moving on to other music. <br />
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Ocasek put out a few uneven solo records, reunited the group after Ben Orr's death. I was not really listening anymore. The memories will always be good though, and always there. <br />
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A few years ago, his daughter in law owned an art gallery in the Short North and put on a show of his work, which I did not really connect with. He was here for the opening and I was walking south on High and saw him and his family (including his wife Paulina) coming toward me. He was in black, black and white tie tied loosely around his neck, dark sunglasses on. He did not look much different than the late 70's. I was too stunned to say anything. I was stunned to see the news of his death cross my social media tonight. <br />
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Rest in Peace, Ric. Thank you for the music. <br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uVXy7AsjvL4" width="459"></iframe>Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-40924621656146221542019-09-15T16:34:00.001-07:002019-09-15T16:34:41.961-07:00September is a busy monthSummer is leaving and fall, on the calendar at least because it's not in the air yet, is fast arriving. The Mets are on the outside looking in of a crazy wild card race, Everton are off to their embracing of mediocrity and somewhere in there I had a poetry feature. <br />
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As part of the Streetlight Guild's Rhapsody and Refrain series, I was asked by Scott Woods to take part. I agreed with some quiet trepidation as I have not read in public at any length for some time and writing has been, to be honest, very tough.<br />
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Yet I persevered and brought together a selection of poems, new and old.<br />
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For posterity, here's the set list<br />
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I already know about John Wayne, open a book (new)<br />
The view from the patio of Atomic Liquors, Las Vegas, on a pleasant 95 degree evening (New)<br />
Planned on this being about a rich Brit in an airport lounge calling Angela Merkel a nazi, but I'm keeping it local<br />
The morning nod (new)<br />
Notation<br />
Before we went to Paris<br />
Imposter father<br />
From the streets of the under served<br />
The luckiest ones<br />
Is gun<br />
David's rock<br />
Ten reasons why I'd rather sit in my basement with a guitar than read a poem (new)<br />
Space: the bigly frontier<br />
After birth<br />
Workshopping a strategic planning task force<br />
For daredevils<br />
The nail spa couch (new)<br />
The last old reel spins (new)<br />
All time none of the time<br />
An obscene phone call from Mr. Potato Head<br />
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It went well, I hate my own work more than anyone and I felt comfortable with my personal review. Thought it was presented and paced properly. May have been too shouty, but that was my nerves and excitement. People seem to have genuinely liked it, and that counts the most.<br />
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Brought out the Danelectro guitar (and matching Hodad amp) for the 'ten reasons why poem' and tried to do a short riff between the stanzas. All I will say is it sounded better in the basement with no one watching. It looked really good though!<br />
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Felt alright to get back out there, maybe this month will inspire me to keep writing. <br />
Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390116646912731837.post-82122639500840053522019-08-28T13:04:00.000-07:002019-08-28T13:04:02.264-07:00Still feeling it, just change the names<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K-BZIWSI5UQ" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Someone Saidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com0