Category: NGC
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NGC: Van Morrison and Toulouse Ta Truck
Via the Facebook page of the amazing Jake Feinberg, which is a treasure trove of text snippets from Jake’s radio show, which you should listen to and support. Too Loose to Truck, By Steve Mitchell I was playing with a piano player 4 nights a week at a club called “Shipwreck Pete’s.” It was John…
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Ateliers to Empereur
Les Sports Illustrés (Brussels, Belgium) moved from 3, rue des Ateliers to 12, rue de l’Empereur sometime between 1924 and 1926. Business must have been good. Added bonus, the one from Workshop Street, no. 188, has a story about some 1924 New York Giants barnstorming outside of Paris.
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A relentless tinkerer said
“if it ain’t broke, fix it until it is.” Wise words.
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David Grisman and Peter Rowan at the Freight and Salvage, December 29, 1972
I wonder what they played?
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Fallow
Enjoying a nice fallow period, been listening to lots of stuff that’s not Jerry. What have you been listening to?
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Alternate Visions
“A take on “Visions of Johanna” includes alternate lyrics.” I am no Dylanologist and presume this is well-known, but it’s news to me. Seems like I am going to have to check this out. http://ultimateclassicrock.com/bob-dylan-bootleg-series-12/ A take on “Visions of Johanna” includes alternate lyrics. Read More: Bob Dylan to Release ‘The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The…
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Public to Private
Proposition 13: “Grr ah. Grr ah. Grrr rrrr rrrr ah,” URL http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2015/06/grr-ah-grr-ah-grrr-rrrr-rrrr-ah.html Public libraries: “San Diego Public Library, and Public Libraries,” URL http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2014/11/san-diego-public-library-and-public.html. Sesame Street: Winter, Jessica. 2015. Why Sesame Street’s Move to HBO Is Both Great and Extremely Depressing. Slate.com, August 13, URL http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/13/sesame_street_goes_to_hbo_practically_it_s_great_symbolically_not_so_much.html, accessed 8/15/2015.
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RIP B.B. King
About whom I have posted exactly once.
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Free Caravaggio
There are a bunch of Caravaggios in Rome, but the stunning thing is that four of them can be seen for free. I am certainly no art critic, but I don’t let that stop me, strolling from north to south. On the Piazza del Popolo is Santa Maria del Popolo, which is just bursting at…