Monday morning, 450 million + YouTubers can’t be wrong. Mark Knopfler’s and Dire Straits “Sultan of Swings” was an original lyrical, musical and guitar instrumental rock achievement.
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Monthly Archives: December 2024
Heaven Can Wait!
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Kings Highway
Brooklyn, New York
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Bucket List
My Friend, The Terrorist
“The song you just heard is from a poem by Jose Maria Sison, also known as Joma. But more than a poet, for the first 25 years of Joma’s adult life, he was known as the Fidel, Mao, and Che of the Philippines. However, for the next 35 years, he lived in exile in the Netherlands with his wife and comrade in arms, Julieta de Lima, thousands of miles from the Filipino battle grounds, giving counsel to the guerrilla army which he had founded. Now, a new film documentary about Joma and Julieta’s lives has been released, co-directed by Malcolm Guy and Demetri Estdelacropolis, called My Friend, The Terrorist: A Tale of Love and Revolution…”
Click on the small triangle above or the mp3 link to hear my interview with Malcolm Guy, co-director of My Friend, The Terrorist, as broadcast last night on Arts Express radio, heard on WBAI FM NYC and Pacifica affiliates across the nation.
And…Part 2 here:
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Act Naturally
Monday morning, Ringo meets Stanislavsky and Buck Owens.
Thanks to YouTuber Ringo Starr 4 ever
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140 Syllables by Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982)
All my life I have wondered,
Why doesn’t somebody write
A terrible poem that says
In so many words, this world
Is a fraud, the people who
Run it are murderous fools,
Everything they ever printed
Is a lie, all their damn art
And literature is a fake,
Behind their gods and laws, and
Pee hole bandits, their science
Is just a fancy way to kill
Us and our girls and kids.
What I want to know is why
Somebody doesn’t write it
All down in about twenty
Lines of seven syllables
Once and for all, and scare the shit
Out of all the dirty squares.
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Dumber
And we’ll finish off the week with one more great song from Jesse Welles
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That Can’t Be Right
What the heck, let’s make it an all Jesse Welles week. This guy grows on me every day more and more.
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War Isn’t Murder: Jesse Welles
Monday morning, another great song by Jesse Welles. It’s gotta be one of the best anti-war songs I’ve heard in the last fifty years. Take good care of yourself, kid, the world’s going to need you.
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United Health
This is the first I’d heard of Jesse Welles, but he’s quite the songwriter.
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Ailey Oop
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Alvin Ailey dances on Gansevoort Street, NYC
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Zach King’s Best of 2024
Digital Wizard Zach King delights in this compilation of short videos!
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Slippin’ and Slidin’: John Lennon
Monday morning, John Lennon banging out a Little Richard classic. Yesterday was the 44th anniversary of his death.
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Eternal Questions
Little Saint Nick
Josh Turner and friends with a rollicking Beach Boys re-creation straight from his apartment. The harmonies, the ridiculous lyrics, and the 1960s vibe are all so much fun.
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Clocking Time
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“The Hours” by Edwin Austin Abbey, intended for the rotunda of the Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, Connecticut
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Clay Pigeons
Monday morning, Toni Lindgren, without her singing partner Elle Cordova (formerly Reina Del Cid), singing a typically great John Prine song. Always wonderful guitar playing, and she really nails the John Prine spirit.
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And The Winners Are…
Of the 10th Annual Shalom Blog Magic Contest that is,
- Leo R.
- Roy Mcilwee
- Bill Mullins
- Vincent Kochetta
- Pablo Varela
- Jeff Haas
- Hugh Ramos
- Ted McManus
- Edward J. Rhodes
- Jacob Johnson
Congratulations to all of the winners, and thanks to those who entered! Your random number choosing ability was truly impressive!
Prizes will go out as soon as I hear back from everyone on the above list. (If you haven’t responded to me yet, please check your email and spam folder and get back to me.)
Happy Holidays all!
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We’re Still Here…
We’re still tabulating and sending out notices to winners of our 10th Annual Shalom Blog Magic Contest, so tune in later tonight when we will have the winners posted!
