(Wikipedia) The song [Misirlou or Miserlou] was first performed by the Michalis Patrinos rebetiko band in Athens, Greece in 1927. As with almost all early rebetika songs (a style that originated with the Greek refugees from Turkey), the song’s actual composer has never been identified, and its ownership rested with the band leader. The melody [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Miserlou likes company
Posted in how we live, music, tagged Greek music, John Roland Redd, Juan Rolando, Korla Pandit, Michalis Patrinos, Miserlou, Misirlou, music, music video, rebetiko on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Autumn Equinox
Posted in Historical Information, Misc Holiday, photographs, tagged 1909, autumnal equinox, photography, russian empire, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii on September 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Posted in holiday music, Videos, tagged George Harrison, monty python, Pirates!, Talk Like A Pirate Day on September 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday Blues
Posted in Historical Information, music, Videos, tagged blues, Calvin Frazier, music video, Samson Pittman on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Vigilante Man”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Long Range Acoustic Device, LRAD on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The tools are different but we still have the Vigilante Man keeping people in line.
Why does the sun shine?
Posted in Nature, Science and Technology, Videos, tagged music video, science, They Might Be Giants on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Thank a union member.
Posted in Historical Information, how we live, music, Public Policy, tagged Almanac Singers, labor unions, Labory Day, music video, pete seeger on September 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
More Union songs here!
