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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
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music, Rock, Video
Tagged Billy J. Kramer, Cream, Ginger Baker, Jimmy Rowles
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America Meets the Mitt
Posted in 2012 Election, Christopublicans, Conservatives, Humor, Idiots, Republicans, Romney, Teabaggers, Wingnuts
Tagged 2012 Election, Cartoon, Collagatorial, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Republican Idiots, RS Janes, Veep
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Cartoons: Romney’s Stuck with Ryan
Posted in 2012 Election, Christopublicans, Conservatives, Economy, Humor, Idiots, Obama, Republicans, Romney, Teabaggers, Wall Street, Wingnuts
Tagged Medicare, Paul Ryan, Ryan Budget Plan
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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
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music, Rock, Video
Tagged Bill Evans, Dave Ray, Eddie Kirkland, Luther Allison
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Today’s Quotes: Arthur Schopenhauer, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Paine
Posted in Progressives, Quotes, Uncategorized
Tagged Animals, Arthur Schopenhauer, Compassion, Fracking, Mark Ruffalo, Renewable Energy, Tom Paine
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Cartoons of the Weird for August 15, 2012
Posted in Cartoon, Humor, Uncategorized, WTF?
Tagged Evolution, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Man Boobs, Pants
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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
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music, Rock, Video
Tagged Howard Roberts, John Pizzarelli, Ton Van Bergeyk
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