Archive for December, 2009
Drunk Driving PSA by Denis Leary
Posted in health, Transportation, Videos, tagged Denis Leary, drunk driving, PSA, public service announcement on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Constant Sorrow
Posted in music, Videos, tagged bluegrass, Coen brothers, country music, music video, Soggy Bottom Boys on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of these days …
Posted in photographs, Recipes, Something to Eat, tagged baking, bread, photograph, recipe on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This bread looks so damn good. I have the Dutch oven needed to bake it, but my house is nowhere near 70 degrees so I’m not sure how well I could get the bread to rise. I guess this project will have to wait for warmer weather. Too bad as it would be just the [...]
Beck’s Record Club
Posted in music, Videos, tagged Beck, Devendra Banhart, Feist, Leonard Cohen, MGMT, music, Velvet Underground & Nico, Videos, Wilco on December 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rumproast, ever on the cutting edge, alerts us that “Beck has started hosting a “Record Club” at his official web site where he gets together with friends like Wilco, Devendra Banhart, MGMT and Feist to cover some of their favorite albums in their entirety. The first album he tackled with his pals (including actor Giovanni [...]
Percy Sutton (November 24, 1920 – December 26, 2009)
Posted in obits, tagged civil rights leader, new york, obituary, Percy Sutton, San Antonio, Texas on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I didn’t know about Percy Sutton until I read of his death earlier today, but if half the stuff that’s written about him is true, the world has lost a great individual. He wasn’t just “a true hero to African-Americans across the country,” as President Obama said, but to all Americans who value public service. [...]
Monday’s Bach
Posted in music, Videos, tagged J.S. Bach, music video on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What A Difference A Day Made
Posted in Historical Information, music, Videos, tagged 1934, Aretha Franklin, bolero, Dinah Washington, Dorothy Collins, María Grever, music video, Stanley Adams on December 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For some random reason, this song popped into my mind. I have no idea who’s version it is I am remembering, but I cannot find it. I like Beverly Kennedy‘s version for its Latin flavor. Aretha Franklin and Dorothy Collins are pretty good, but Dinah Washington comes closest to the sound I remember.
Jazz for a Sunday afternoon
Posted in music, Videos, tagged 1936, Billie Holiday, jazz, music video on December 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
