Category Archives: Video

Today’s Music: Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”

I’ve read that, although Ludwig van Beethoven wasn’t particularly religious — it’s been speculated he was a Deist like contemporaries Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin — he liked the emphasis on universal brotherhood and the joy of life in the … Continue reading

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Video: ‘The Christmas Card’ by Terry Gilliam

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Today’s Music: Seasoned Greetings

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Today’s Music: Charles Brown, “Merry Christmas, Baby”

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Classic Peace on Earth Cartoon from 1939

On the eve of World War Two, most Americans still wanted peace on Earth, and politicians talked about it openly. This holiday season, all we hear is talk of more war and I have not heard one prominent politician of … Continue reading

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Today’s Music: ‘The Weight’ by The Band with Eric Clapton

Just a different version of The Band’s hit “The Weight” recorded I know not where (but maybe at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) in 1994.

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Today’s Music: Big Walter Horton Two-Fer

I met Big Walter Horton years ago at a North Side Chicago blues bar. Although his playing was loose, almost to the point of kidding, with his band, he told them to stop playing at one point and then, just … Continue reading

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Today’s Music: “I’m Drunk on Tuesdays” by 4 On The Floor

These guys look like they’re having fun on Twin Cities Radio. The band’s name is ‘4 On The Floor’ and I guess we know how they got on the floor, judging by the title of the tune.

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Duckworth Will Trounce Loudmouth Nutjob Walsh in 2012

If you don’t know about Teabagger Congressman Rep. Joe Walsh from Illinois, you’re probably better off for it. He’s a more-mouth-than-brains nutcase who screams at his constituents and spouts all sorts of crapola right-wing nonsense. A typical Republican hypocrite, he … Continue reading

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Today’s Music: Oscar Peterson with Joe Pass

How can you go wrong with the Oscar Peterson Trio with Joe Pass on guitar? (If you don’t know who these great musicians are, go to the Google and get some learnin’.)

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