Monthly Archives: August 2012

Today’s Music: Jimmy Rowles, Ginger Baker, Billy J. Kramer

Jazz pianist Jimmy Rowles was born today in 1918 (d. 1996). Cream drummer Ginger Baker was born this day in 1939. It’s safe to say his energetic, driving percussion was as much a part of the power trio’s success as … Continue reading

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America Meets the Mitt

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Today’s Quotes: Jurassicpork, Leslie Savan, LOLGOP

“The cruel and stupid have taken over this country and have plunged us into the real-life prequel of Idiocracy, a movie in which people with IQ’s below 80 are prized and have become the status quo. And the reason why … Continue reading

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Weird Pix for August 17, 2012

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Cartoons: Romney’s Stuck with Ryan

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Today’s (and Yesterday’s) Music: Eddie Kirkland, Bill Evans, Luther Allison, Dave Ray

Bluesman Eddie Kirkland was born August 16 in 1923 (d. 2011). Jazz pianist extraordinaire Bill Evans was born on August 16 in 1929 (d. 1980). Words fail so let his music do the talking. Blues great Luther Allison was born … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes: Arthur Schopenhauer, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Paine

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Signs o’ the Times: Randian

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Cartoons of the Weird for August 15, 2012

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Today’s Music: Ton Van Bergeyk, John Pizzarelli, Howard Roberts

The great Dutch finger-picker Ton Van Bergeyk shows his mastery on this arrangement of Fats Waller’s Lulu’s Back in Town. Jazz guitar virtuoso John Pizzarelli does it up on Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm: And the underrated jazz guitarist Howard Roberts … Continue reading

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