We found a suitcase in an old house of mine that was full of home recordings of a musician who lived there in the ’40s.
Here are some of my favorites, including a recording of a New Year’s party from December 31, 1945.
Guests:
Lowry Dreger (& the Dreger Family)
We Talk About:
New Year’s Eve, found objects, home-made records, World War II, ‘After You’ve Gone’-Turner Layton/Henry Creamer, ‘Side by Side-Harry Wood, ‘Slippin around’-Floyd Tillman, ‘My Blue Heaven’-Walter Donaldson/George A. Whiting, ‘Blue Skies’-Irving Berlin, Auld Lang Syne
1) We (my buddy DJPF and I) went to a great DIY record show.
2) We bought records.
3) We went to my place immediately to listen to them.
4) We talked about them.
(Specifically?…19 year old girls, ‘companion males’, stripping, kate bush, Osama, a political punk band, rambling on twitter, rambling on a podcast, kinds of drunks, the fillmore west, epic music bills, bubble gum, sunshine pop, puercos, psyche folk, SNL, Africa, DJs vs Musicians, racist pop, upcoming shows…)
Why should YOU care?
Well, because maybe you like record shopping…or maybe you like stories…or maybe you like music…or maybe you like talking…or maybe you like people????? Give it a shot, it can’t hurt–I promise…wanna clean your house to it? I’m okay with that, too.
1) We (my buddy DJPF and I) went to a great DIY record show.
2) We bought records.
3) We went to my place immediately to listen to them.
4) We talked about them.
(Specifically?…bird flu, commercials, ‘productive’ careers, my mom, Hef and the Dead, Urethra Franklin, encores, and bamboo ‘WIND‘ chimes.)
I know, I know…Why should YOU care?
Well, because maybe you like record shopping…or maybe you like stories…or maybe you like music…or maybe you like talking…or maybe you like people????? Give it a shot, it can’t hurt…Why not turn the sound down on your (favorite?) talk show and listen to this? It’ll be our private little version of the ‘wizard of oz/dark side of the moon thing’…just you and me, I promise…wanna clean your house to it? I’m okay with that, too.
Here are some of the comments from the youtube video for ‘Supernaut’ by Black Sabbath
(Sábado Negro).
One would think I would have a lot in common with people who like the same semi-obscure song from this band, but somehow internet comment pages always seem to end up with people doing this:
I feel like the only one I kind of relate to is ‘chutoi26’. Then, they go and bash the Ramones out of nowhere (plus, the whole ‘calling yourself “chew toy” thing’ creeps me out a little).
Next is where it degrades to a hate-fest…
First of all, how does not liking this song mean you’re a man who likes having sex with other men? I’m not seeing the connection there…anybody?
(and why, of course, do people resort to gay and racial slurs so fast online–especially about things like the degree to which you like a certain song?)
Secondly, how can someone be gay AND a motherfucker?
I think I have a grasp on what those words mean…
…and it seems like the logic is falling apart on that one.
Anyway, the song is still muy bad-ass. Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward…
Here you go (check out the rare percussion break!):
my feet, thwarting a full nelson attack, re-living some classic street heckles, futuristic business cards, DP’s 12 lb rod, my mom trying to make me christian, dealing with people, boof, why do only some people think?
featuring Nate Lumbard on sax, and the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
I listened to ~400 hours of the reverend’s speeches from the 60s…and noticed that whenever he was talking about Vietnam, it sounded like he was here and alive and talking about Iraq/Afghanistan…I think this is what it would have sounded like, anyway…
I’ve entered this in an art exhibit on the seven deadly sins-under ‘wrath’…it’s showing through most of the month of March…
Wrath (Latin, ira), also known as anger or “rage”, may be described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger. Anger, in its purest form, presents with self-destructiveness, violence, and hate that may provoke feuds that can go on for centuries. Anger may persist long after the person who did another a grievous wrong is dead. Feelings of anger can manifest in different ways, including impatience, revenge, and vigilantism.
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