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Video Poetry (part Lennon)

Anyone who has been reading this blog for any length of time knows that I have pretty eclectic (or at least broad-based) musical tastes; ranging from jazz to (old) country to punk and back again.

Amnesty International released a CD a few months back of various artists covering John Lennon songs, to raise money to [...]

What Are You Doing …

DIANA KRALL – WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR’S EVE?

When the bells all ring and the horns all blow And the couples we know are fondly kissing Will I be with you or will I be among the missing?

Maybe it’s much too early in the game Oh, but I thought I’d ask [...]

New Johnny Boyd

The new CD-single “Starlight” is available to listen on former Indigo Swing lead singer Johnny Boyd’s website at www.johnnyboyd.com.

The new disc (to be released on December 4) features 2 new songs from San Francisco’s King of the Crooners, along with a special rendition of “Angie’s Song” from 2001′s “Last Word In” … I’ve already [...]

More Poetry Friday

DREAM BOOGIE

Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred?

Listen closely: You’ll hear their feet Beating out and beating out a —

You think It’s a happy beat?

Listen to it closely: Ain’t you heard something underneath like a —

What did I say?

Sure, I’m happy! Take it [...]

Poetry Friday

Listening to jazz now, I’m happy

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Listening to jazz now, I’m happy     sun shining outside like it was my lifetime achievement award.                 I’m happy, with my friend and her dog up in Durango, her emailing     me this morning no coon hound ailing yowls vibrant I love yous.         I’m happy,         my smile a big Monarch [...]

What’s better?

I just realized that I’m going to be racing (and getting my ass kicked by) Kathy Sherwin, Dayna Deuter, and the Mistress.

I guess that’s better than getting beat by the Hover and Layer clans, all of whom are fine kids … but they’re KIDS!

Fort Buenaventura, Ogden, Utah on Saturday. Maybe. Wheeler Farm, Murray, [...]

How does a band go …

… from this:

…. to this:

While there was a time in my life when I actually liked synth-pop, my tastes definitely run more towards the harder sound of the latter video, rather than those of the former video these days … to be honest, it’s really hard to imagine Al Jourgensen having [...]

That Voice!

Got an email yesterday from Johnny Boyd, former singer of Indigo Swing, which was one of San Francisco’s top swing/jazz/jump small bands back in the late 1990s. Johnny released a solo album in 2000 or 2001, after leaving the band, which is one of the best vocal albums I have ever heard; mostly originals. One [...]