Category Archives: Video

Mose Allison Double Dip: ‘Parchman Farm’ and ‘Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy’

Posted on August 21, 2011 by admin

For a half century, Mose Allison has defied the usual classifications — he’s blues, jazz, beat poetry, social commentary, what have you — but his mellow vocal style is unmistakable and he’s an impeccable instrumentalist. Never a huge star in … Continue reading →

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Howard Roberts — Star Eyes

Posted on August 20, 2011 by admin

Though mostly unsung while he was alive and nearly forgotten by most guitarists today, Howard Roberts’ bluesy approach to jazz guitar rivals that of Kenny Burrell and his lines are as clean and cogent as the best instrumentalists in the … Continue reading →

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‘You Really Got Me’ by The Kinks

Posted on August 19, 2011 by admin

This tune by The Kinks is remarkable for several reasons, one being that some credit it as the first ‘heavy metal’ song that led to all the hair bands of the 1970s and beyond. Be that as it may, when “You Really Got … Continue reading →

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Christine O’Donnell Jacks Around Piers Morgan on Live TV

Posted on August 18, 2011 by admin

The infamous ‘unwitch’ Christine O’Donnell, the 41-going-on-13 Teabagger favorite who lost the senate race in Delaware last year when voters realized she was out of her freaking mind, yesterday abruptly ended a book tour interview with Piers Morgan on CNN because … Continue reading →

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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Second Bill of Rights

Posted on August 18, 2011 by admin

It was January 11, 1944, in the middle of WWII, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt enunciated this new bill of rights for industrialized America. FDR unfortunately died in April, 1945, before the war ended and these rights could be enacted. President Obama … Continue reading →

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E.P. R.I.P.

Posted on August 16, 2011 by admin

Elvis Presley died on this date in 1977 at age 42. (Or else he became John Burroughs, according to some.) Although he didn’t invent rock and roll and he wasn’t the first white musician to sing black rhythm and blues, … Continue reading →

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A Tune for Tim Pawlenty?

Posted on August 14, 2011 by admin
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How About a Shot of Tequila?

Posted on August 12, 2011 by admin

The original ‘Tequila’ by The Champs, circa 1958.

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