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reflections, ruminations, ramblings and rants on music, books, beer, politics, technology, media, family, etc, etc. from a retired old man, music collector, librarian, political observer, technology geek, veteran, history buff, beer enthusiast, sci-fi fan, obsessive mixtaper and former DJ. I've also gathered writings from the past several years posted in various social media platforms. This blog has become an editing tool for my writings and everything here is a work in progress.

Monday, December 31, 2018

This Must Be The Place - Covers Rev

Covers - Set 4 - This Must Be The Place
8 hours 31 minutes

This Mus Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Shawn Colvin
Creep - Pretenders
The Scientist - Aimee Mann
Hurt - Lucinda Williams
Into The Mystic - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Tempted - Richard Thompson
It Tears Me Up - Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham
Across The Universe - Rufus Wainwright
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Jose Gonzalez
Waltz #2 - Minnie Driver
She's Still Bewitching Me - Mary Lou Lord
The Kids Are Alright - The Raveonettes
You Don't Own Me - Joan Jett
I'm Looking Through You - Steve Earle
Thirteen - Wilco
Tangled Up In Blue - Robyn Hitchcock
Sea Of Love - Cat Power
Perfect Day - Chris Whitley
Moonlight Mile - Cowboy Junkies
Pale Blue Eyes - R.E.M.
Stephanie Says - Joseph Arthur
Tiger Mountain Peasant Song - First Aid Kit
Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Redemption Song - Joe Strummer
In My Life - Johnny Cash
God Only Knows - David Bowie
Helpless - Patti Smith
Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
Here, There and Everywhere - Emmylou Harris
Yesterday - Ryan Shaw
My Sweet Lord - Yim Yames
Play With Fire - Cobra Verde
You Know More Than I Know - Iron and Wind & Ben Bridwell
Comfortably Numb - Dar Williams
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Annie Lennox
White Winter Hymnal - Birdy
Better Be Home Soon - Minnie Driver
Into Temptation - Renee Geyer
Friday I'm In Love - Dean & Britta
I Wanna Be Your Dog - Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Lorde
When Doves Cry - The Be Good Tanyas
Raspberry Beret - Hindu Love Gods
See Emily Play - Martha Wainwright
Maybe Baby - Justine Townes Earle
My Boyfriend's Back - Peggy Sue
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - She & Him
Fever - Over The Rhine
Thirteen - Elliot Smith
South Central Rain - Hem
I Melt With You - Nouvelle Vague
Just A Little Lovin' - Shelby Lynne
Lodi - Shawn Colvin
Walk On The Wild Side - Joseph Arthur
Between The Bars - Amelia
Show Biz Kids - Rickie Lee Jones
Uncle John's Band - Lucius
Here Comes The Rain Again - The Watson Twins
Alison - Everything But The Girl
There She Goes - The Boo Radleys
Where Is My Mind? - Nada Surf
I Wanna Be Adored - The Raveonettes
Run For Your Life - Cowboy Junkies
Speed To The Sound Of Loneliness - Alabama 3
I Want You To Want Me - Dwight Yoakam
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Bryan Ferry
Some Candy Talking - Chris Whitley
I Started A Joke - The Dirtbombs
Crazy - Alice Russell
Who's Sorry Now - Angel Olsen
If You Could Read My Mind - Connie Kaldor
Golden Age - K.T. Tunstall
Thunder Road - Mary Lou Lord
Suzanne - Nick Cave
Dead Flowers - Whitey Morgan
Fortunate Son - Todd Snider
Bad Moon Risin' - Thea Gilmore
Graceland - Willie Nelson
1952 Vincent Black Lightning - The Del McCoury Band
Dire Wolf - The Lone Bellow
Sundown - Jesse Winchester
Lady Madonna - Assembly Of Dust
Hungry Heart - Jesse Malin
Glory Days - Justin Townes Earle
Heroes - The Magnetic Fields
Sound & Vision - The Sea And Cake
This Is Not America - Petra Haden
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Alabama 3
Love Vigilantes - Iron and Wine
White Wedding - Whip
Close To Me - Kaki King
The Word - Mindy Smith
Cry Baby Cry - Winterpills
Pale Blue Eyes - The Kills
Reason To Believe - Rickie Lee Jones
Somethin' Stupid - The Secret Sisters
Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon - Urge Overkills
(Just Like) Starting Over - The Sleepy Jackson
Angie - Tori Amos
Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Help Me - k.d.lang
Bird On A Wire - Jennifer Warnes
Sail Away - Linda Ronstadt
The Bells - Laura Nyro & Labelle
These Days - Tyler Ramsey
Sandy (4th Of July, Asbury Park) - The Hollies
One - Johnny Cash
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Judy Collins
Lay Lady Lay - Richie Havens
Unchained Melody - Roy Orbison
Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley
Funny How Time Slips Away - Al Green
Take It To The Limit - Etta James
Try A Little Tenderness - Three Dog Night
Don't Look Back - The Persuasions
Ain't No Sunshine - Ken Boothe
Go Where You Wanna Go - The 5th Dimension
Maggie's Farm - Richie Havens
Chains - The Beatles
What's Goin Ahn - The Posies
Under The Milky Way - Grant Lee Phillips
Poor Side Of Town - Laura Cantrell
Open All Night - Son Volt
Downbound Train - Raul Malo
Happiness Is A Warm Gun - World Party
Something In The Air - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tine Has Cone Today - Steve Earle & Sheryl Crow
The Shape Of Things To Come - The Ramones
I Ain't Marchin' Anymore - Black 47
Nuclear War (Version 2) - Yo La Tengo
Hallelujah - Neil Diamond
Season Of The Witch - Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
Blowin' In The Wind - The Edwin Hawkins Singers

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Readings 2018 - Fiction

Novels for 2018. Another year of retirement and lots of reading. 85 total books and almost half of them were novels. Some favorite authors again... Tana French, Philip Kerr and lots of recent discoveries like Joe Ide, Pete Hamill, Cara Black, and so many more.

Lots of favorite books this year. Barkskins and The Overstory both had a theme of trees. I started exploring the science fiction worlds of N.K. Jemisin, Martha Wells and Jeff VanderMeer. I went back to some old ongoing series by Pierce Brown and James S.A. Corey. I also discovered the techno thriller weird world FBI special agent Pendergast written by the team of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I read three of their novels from the mid to late 1990's and there are many more in the series that is still going on.

I liked going back and reading Johnny Got His Gun again.

Barkskins - Annie Proulx, 2016
Broken Harbor - Tana French, 2012
Greeks Bearing Gifts - Philip Kerr, 2018
The Overstory - Richard Powers, 2018
The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin, 2015
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005
Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo, 1939
Tabloid City - Pete Hamill, 2011
Prussian Blue - Philip Kerr, 2017
IQ - Joe Ide, 2016
The Obelisk Gate - N. K. Jemisin, 2016
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye - David Lagercrantz, 2017
Wrecked - Joe Ide, 2018
The Witch Elm - Tana French, 2018
Manhattan Beach - Jennifer Egan, 2017
Righteous - Joe Ide, 2017
Paris Metro - Wendell Steavenson, 2018
Relic - Douglas Preston, 1995
Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan, 2002
The Cabinet of Curiosities - Douglas Preston, 2002
All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, 2017
The Stone Sky - N. K. Jemisin, 2017
A Killing For Christ - Pete Hamill, 2018
Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer, 2014
The Infinite Future - Tim Wirkus, 2018
A Shout in the Ruins - Kevin Powers, 2018
Walkaway - Cory Doctorow, 2017
Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, 2018
Murder on the Left Bank - Cara Black, 2018
Three Brothers - Peter Ackroyd, 2013
Borne - Jeff VanderMeer, 2017
Dark Matter - Black Couch, 2016
Silk - Caitlin Kieman, 1998
Murder in Saint-Germain - Cara Black, 2017
Reliquary - Douglas Preston, 1997
Noumenon - Marina Lostetter, 2017
Iron Gold - Pierce Brown, 2018
Authority - Jeff VanderMeer, 2014
Persepolis Rising - James S. A. Corey, 2017
The Song of the Orphans - Daniel Price, 2017
Night at Camp David - Fletcher Knebel, 1956
Year One - Nora Roberts, 2017

On Tyranny

The Book List 1970 - 2020

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Synder, 2017

Read in December 2018

Required reading during the Trumpian Dystopia

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Just Like Heaven - Covers Rev

Covers - Set 2 - Just Like Heaven
8 hours 14 minutes

Just Like Heaven - The Watson Twins
Blue Monday - Flunk
Let's Dance - M. Ward
When Doves Cry - Damien Rice
If You Could Read My Mind - Henry Jamison
Long As I Can See The Light - Joe Cocker
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Patti Smith
Wild Is The Wind - Cat Power
You And Your Sister - This Mortal Coil
Talking In Your Sleep - The Civil Wars
Drive - Britta Phillips
Johnny & Mary - Bryan Ferry
Touch Of Grey - The War On Drugs
Hold Me - Haim
Close To Me - Minnie Driver
The Ghost In You - Duncan Sheik
Baby's In Black - Colvin & Earle
Gentle On My Mind - Billy Bragg & Joe Henry
Purple Rain - Dwight Yoakam
Graceland - The Lonely Heartstrings Band
Million Miles Away - Steve Wynn
Waiting For A Friend - Over The Rhine
You Were On My Mind - Lucius
It's All Over Now Baby Blue - The Byrds
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Peter, Paul & mary
Tougher Than The Rest - Everything But The Girl
Fire and Rain - Birdy
Crazy Love - Thea Gilmore
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Cat Power
Dancing Queen - Luka Bloom
Making Plans For Nigel - Nouvelle Vague
Alone Again Or - Calexico
Who Loves The Sun - Hollis Brown
Before They Make Me Run - Great Lake Swimmers
(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes - Hem
I'm On Fire - Low
The End Of The World - Sharon Van Etten
Chandelier - Kina Grannis
Paranoid Android - Sia
Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
It Makes No Difference - Over The Rhine
Brokedown Palace - The Persuasions
Candyman - Jim James
Learning To Fly - The Weepies
Friday I'm In Love - Yo La Tengo
Handle With Care - Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins
Private Universe - Shawn Colvin
Lovesong - Adele
Wicked Games - Johnnyswim
Ever Fallen In Love - Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan
So Lonely - The Sweet Remains
Landslide - Smashing Pumpkins
Losing My Religion - Applewood Road
Fall On Me - Cry Cry Cry
Yellow - Petra Haden & Bill Frisell
The Crane Wife 3 - Marianne Faithful
I Don't Like Mondays - Tori Amos
Changes - Lewis & Clarke
Diamond Dogs - Beck
Sweet Jane - Hollis Brown
Pablo Picasso - John Cale
Spirit In The Sky - Elton John
Fearless - Ambulance Ltd
The End - The Raveonettes
Dreams - The Kills
A Forest - Bat For Lashes
Enjoy The Silence - Nada Surf
No Suprises - Luka Bloom
These Days - Nico
Tower Of Song - Martha Wainwright
Wall Of Death - R.E.M.
Isn't It A Pity - Jonathan Wilson
Ballad Of Big Nothing - Seth Avett
You're So Good To Me - M. Ward
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - Peter Yorn
Ballad Of El Goodo - Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
Wild Horses - Buddy Miller & Shawn Colvin
Rocket Man - My Morning Jacket
Heart Of Gold - Johnny Cash
The Boxer - Emmylou Harris
Sisters Of Mercy - Beth Orton
Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine
Between The Bars - The Civil Wars
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Nouvelle Vague
Don't You Want Me - Bahamas & The Weather Station
To Turn You On - Robyn Hitchcock
Wonderwall - Ryan Adams
Femme Fatale - Big Star
Across The Universe - Fiona Apple
Not Dark Yet - Ruby Amanfu
Ol '55 - Dave Alvin
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Ida
Only Love Can Break Your Heart- Rickie Lee Jones
Brand New Tennessee Waltz - Lyle Lovett
Poor Side Of Town - The Walkabouts
This Must Be The Place - Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell
Into The Mystic - Jen Chapin
The Needle and The Damage Done - Lori McKenna
House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
It's Gonna Take A Miracle - Laura Nyro & Labelle
Bird On A Wire - Joe Cocker
Jolene - The Little Willies
I'm Looking Through You - Lucy Kaplansky
More Than This - Norah Jones
Making Plans For Nigel - Al Kooper
Downbound Train - Kurt Vile
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - Ali Campbell
Red, Red Wine - Angie Stone
Billie Jean - Easy Star All-Stars
I Want You - B.E.F.
Black Magic Woman - Santana
One - Three Dog Night
To Love Somebody - Janis Joplin
Everybody's Talkin' - Patty Larkin
Suspicious Minds - Pete Yorn
Dancing Barefoot - Allison Moorer
You're Gonna Lose That Girl - Dwight Twilley
You Can't Do That - The Smithereens
Money (That's What I Want) - The Beatles
Rock And Roll Music - The Beatles
Devil With The Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
Jenny Take A Ride - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
Do It Again - Wall of Voodoo

Friday, December 28, 2018

Go Your Own Way - Covers Rev

Covers - Set 1 - Go Your Own Way
8 hours 26 minutes

Go Your Own Way - The Cranberries
I Can't Go For That - The Bird and The Bee
It's My Life - No Doubt
Love Is A Drug - Grace Jones
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Paul Young
Take Me To The River - Talking Heads
Johnny and Mary - Placebo
Groove Is In The Heart / California Girls - Crocodiles
Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys
Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Saint Etienne
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - The Slits
Nothing But A Heartache - The Detroit Cobras
Somebody To Love - The Ramones
Hanky Panky - Joan Jett
Let Her Dance - Marshall Crenshaw
Shake A Tail Feather - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - Joe Cocker
Anyway Anyhow Anywhere - David Bowie
I Am A Rock - The Church
Standing In The Shadows Of Love - Hall & Oates
I Can't Get Next To You - Annie Lennox
My Boyfriend's Back - The Raveonettes
Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go - Soft Cell
The Passenger - Siouxsie & The Banshees
These Boots Are Made For Walking - B.E.F.
Heartbreaker - Dread Zeppelin
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Magazine
Subterranean Homesick Blues - The Walkmen
Whole Lotta Love - Perry Farrell
Purple Haze - The Cure
Pump It Up - Hotrats
Come and Get It - The Hollywood Vampires
Train Kept A Rollin' - Aerosmith
Nobody But Me - Lyres
Question - Nada Surf
Happiness Is A Warm Gun - The Breeders
The Slider - Ty Segall
Under My Thumb - Social Distortion
'California Sun - The Dictators
Little Honda - Yo La Tengo
Wild Thing - X
L.A. Woman - Elephant Stone
Gimme Shelter - Grand Funk Railroad
American Woman - Lenny Kravitz
Working Class Hero - Marianne Faithful
First We Take Manhattan - R.E.M.
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Patti Smith
Heroes - Janelle Monrae
Higher Ground - Etta James
Some Kind Of Wonderful - Joss Stone
Bold As Love - Pretenders
Anyway That You Want Me - Spiritualized
(I Know) I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart
Just My Imagination - The Rolling Stones
Love The One You're With - The Isley Brothers
Just One Look - Linda Ronstadt
I'll Be Around - Joan Osborne
I Hear A Symphony - The Temptations
Walk Away Renee - The Four Tops
My World Is Empty Without You - Lee Fields & The Expressions
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - Michael McDonald
Baby I Need Your Loving - Lulu
Love and Happiness - Marc Broussard
Eleanor Rigby - Aretha Franklin
To Love Somebody - Nina Simone
More Than This - 10,000 Maniacs
Rhiannon - Best Coast
Primary - The Dandy Warhols
Not A Young Man Anymore - Dean & Britta
I Wanna Destroy You - Crocodiles
Damaged Goods - Hotrats
I'm Shakin' - Jack White
She Said, She Said - The Black Keys
Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr.
Journey To The Center Of The Mind - The Ramones
Pretty Ballerina - The Dickies
Police & Thieves - The Clash
Johnny B. Goode - Peter Tosh
Tears Of A Clown - The English Beat
Hello I Love You - The Cure
Wicked Games - Tangerine Dream
Dancing Barefoot - Todd Rundgren
Come Together - Eurythmics
Rock & Roll - Hollis Brown
Victoria - Cracker
I Got You Babe - The Cynics
Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Except Me and My Monkey) - The Feelies
Cold Turkey - Lenny Kravitz
Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter
Shotgun - Vanilla Fudge
Ticket To Ride - Echo & The Bunnymen
I Got A Line On You - The Hollywood Vampires
The Kids Are Alright - Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
20th Century Boy - Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts
All Along The Watchtower - XTC
Soul Kitchen - X
Venus - Banarama
Always Something There To Remind Me - Butch Walker
All Right Now - Ali Campbell
Paranoid Android - Easy Star All-Stars
Breakdown - Grace Jones
Ever Fallen In Love - Fine Young Cannibals
Born To Run - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Foxey Lady - Cee-Lo Green
Burning Of The Midnight Lamp - Eric Clapton
Mr. Jones (Ballad Of A Thin Man) - The Grass Roots
Born Under A Bad Sign - Cream
Spoonful - Chris Whitley
Ziggy Stardust - The Gourds
Sympathy For The Devil - Danny Barnes
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - The Infamous Stringdusters
If I Were A Carpenter - Johnny Cash & June Carter
Tangled Up In Blue - Indigo Girls
Oops!... I Did It Again - Richard Thompson
Crazy Love - Ben Harper
The Boxer - Mumford & Sons
Close To You - Tuck & Patti
Heart Of Gold - Genevieve Toupin
Imagine - Avril Lavigne
Time After Time - Craig Cardiff
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
#9 Dream - Jose Gonzalez
Revelator - Allison Moorer
Turn Turn Turn - Judy Collins
Blowin' In The Wind - Peter, Paul & Mary
Jesus Was A Crossmaker - The Hollies
Famous Blue Raincoat - Marissa Nadler

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Max Boot and The Corrosion of Conservatism

The Corrosion of Conservative: Why I Left The Right by Max Boot, 2018

Read this in December 2018.

A surprisingly strong defense of democracy from a formerly staunch conservative with a long history of promoting right wing causes for the conservative Weekly Standard among other publications. Max Boot has had a strong reputation as a textbook conservative but gradually became disillusioned with the Republican Party after the election of Trump.

This book outlines the racism, nativism, xenophobia, voter repression and attacks on democracy by the current administration and the Republican Party that supports the policies of the president. I found the book a little bit shocking coming from a man with the long history of Boot. It has given me some hope that not all republicans are traitorous toadies that support Russia over American career officials. Boot describes the trumpism as a dystopian science fiction television show.

He describes his ideological transition from a movement conservative to a man without a party. It was a fascinating story of being a young conservative in the 1980's and seeing the republican party evolve into a trumpists in this well written book that describes his personal journey through a changing political landscape. It covers a lot of territory. He comes across as thoughtful and insightful never trumper writing in a smooth conversational tone. I enjoyed this book very much.

All Things Must Pass - Covers Rev

Covers - Set 3 - All Thing Must Pass

All Things Must Pass - Yim Yames
Fool On The Hill - Bruce Cockburn
Come As You Are - Caetano Veloso
So Long Marianne - Cobra Verde
Dance Me To The End Of Love - The Civil Wars
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Bettye LaVette
You Showed Me - The Watson Twins
Rainy Night In Georgia - Hem
Shout - Duncan Shiek
Bastards Of Young - Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan
Fall At Your Feet - Clare Bowditch
Landslide - Britta Phillips
I Am The Cosmos - Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johnsson
House Of The Rising Sun - Alt-J
Boots Of Spanish Leather - The Lumineers
Don't Think Twice It's Alright - Shelby Lynne
I Shall Be Released - Nina Simone
You Really Got A Hold On Me - She & Him
Satellite Of Love - Joseph Arthur
Across The Universe - David Bowie
Life On Mars? - Keren Ann
Modern Love - The Last Town Chorus
(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night - Shawn Colvin
This Must Be The Place - Kishi Bashi
I Can See For Miles - Petra Haden
Good Vibrations - Psychic TV
Baby Blue - Mary Lou Lord
Baby One More Time - Fountains Of Wayne
Blue Velvet - Peggy Sue
Superstar - Sonic Youth
Nowhere Man - Low
Personal Jesus - Johnny Cash
Please Please Please - Dave Alvin
Fire - Robert Gordon
Heart Of Gold - Tanya Donnelly
Wicked Game - Lydia Ainsworth
Both Sides Now - Rachael Yamagata
A Case Of You - Prince
Ripple - The Persuasions
Buckets Of Rain - The Wood Brothers
Baby It's You - The Beatles
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
I Believe - Petra Haden & Bill Frisell
A Taste Of Honey - The Shins
Pink Moon - Teddy Thompson & Krystle Warren
Red Red Wine - UB40
Starman - 10,000 Maniacs
Time After Time - Tuck & Patti
Simple Twist Of Fate - Sarah Jarosz
Girl - Rhett Miller
Leaving On A Jet Plane - My Morning Jacket
Ever Fallen In Love - Nouvelle Vague
Not Fade Away - The Rolling Stones
Paint It Black - The Flamin' Groovies
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Tadpoles
Sunshine Of Your Love - Rotary Connection
Stoned Soul Picnie - The 5th Dimension
Fever - Susan Cadogan
Walking In The Rain - Grace Jones
(Nothing But) Flowers - Caetano Veloso
California Dreamin' - Jose Feliciano
Fire and Rain - The Isley Brothers
Love Is A Hurtin' Thing - The Temptations
It's All In The Game - The Four Tops
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Aaron Neville
Son Of A Preacher Man - Mavis Staples
Take Another Piece Of My Heart - Dusty Springfield
Fell In Love With A Boy - Joss Stone
The Tide Is High - Blondie
Can't Get Used To Losing You - The English Beat
The Way You Do The Things You Do - UB40
In The Midnight Hour - John Holt
Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Pioneers
Louie Louie - Toots & The Maytals
Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Al Green
Down By The River - Buddy Miles
Money - Easy Star All-Stars
Whole Lotta Love - Dread Zeppelin
On Broadway - Neil Young
Gimme Shelter - Sons Of Hippies
New Speedway Boogie - Courtney Barnett
Breakdown - Lydia Lunch
Run For Your Life - Nancy Sinatra
Some Velvet Morning - The Webb Brothers
Summer Wine - Even Dando & Sabrina Brooke
Hello I Love - Eurythmics
You Got Lucky - The Gaslight Anthem
Instant Karma - U2
All Day and All Of The Night - Kate Nash
Drive My Car - Cristina
When You Were Mine - Cyndi Lauper
Move On Up - The Jam
I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
California Dreamin' - American Music Club
Pablo Picasso - David Bowie
Jean Genie - The Dandy Warhols
The Man Who Sold The World - Lulu
Radioactivity - Damien Jurado
Knives Out - The Flaming Lips
Bad - Luka Bloom
It's Only Rock & Roll (But I Like It) - Clinic
Out Of Time - The Ramones
Stormy Weather - Reigning Sound
Burned - Veruca Salt
King's Lead Hat - Ultravox
Wild Horses - The Tulips
Let The Good Times Roll - Yo La Tengo
I Wanna Be Like You - Los Lobos
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Michael Franti
Midnight Rider - Patti Smith
Brilliant Disguise - Elvis Costello
Wave Of Mutilation - Grant Lee Phillips
Suzanne - Ian McCulloch
So Long, Marianne - John Cale & Suzanne Vega
My Back Pages - Marshall Crenshaw
High Flying Bird - Jefferson Airplane
All Along The Watchtower - Richie Havens
Take Me To The River - Ellen McLlwaine
Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth, Wind & Fire
Roll Over Beethoven - The Beatles
So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star - Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
La Grange - Yo La Tengo
I Fought The Law - The Clash
I Want You To Want Me - Chris Isaak
Shout - Joan Jett
I Can't Turn You Loose - The Chambers Brothers
Land Of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett
Oh, Pretty Woman - Al Green
Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) - Janis Jopin

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Becky's Braciola 2018

Becky made her braciola again for Christmas Eve dinner. It's a tradition now.

We had a nice group of people over for dinner but we missed Katie, Todd and Henry. And of course Clara.

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Night at Camp David

The Book List 1970 - 2020

Night at Camp David by Fletcher Knebel, 1965

Read this in December 2018.

This old political thriller from the sixties was a real page turner. Now here we are. This book about a dangerously unstable president of the US is certainly relevant today.

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Celebration Ale

It's that time of year for one of my favorite seasonal beers... Celebration, the 2018 version special fresh hop IPA from Sierra Nevada Brewing, CA.

Thursday, December 6, 2018

IQ the Novels

IQ by Joe Idle, 2016 read Oct 2018

Righteous by Joe Idle, 2017 read Nov 2018

Wrecked by Joe Idle, 2018 read Dec 2018

Over the past few months I've read three novels about a black private investigator helping local residents in one of LA's toughest neighborhood. Joe Idles' IQ series about Isaiah Quintabe, IQ for short, explores the dangerous underside of his communit.

Updated 7/20

I'm looking forward to reading his latest IQ novel... Hi Five coming out in 2020.

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Too Blue - Jazz Time 4

Jazz Time 4 - Set 12 - Too Blue
1 hour 33 minutes

Too Blue - Stanley Turrentine
Sweet And Lovely - Bill Evans
I'm In The Mood For Love - Dizzy Gillespie
Hip Strut - Jackie McLean
Groove Street - Larry Young
Dearly Beloved - Sonny Rollins
Red's Good Groove - Red Garland
Besame Mucho - Wes Montgomery
Bad John - Lou Donaldson
All The Things You Are - Lennie Tristano
Shades Of Jazz - Keith Jarrett
Milestones - Jimmy Smith
I Can't Stand It - Hank Crawford
Born To Be Blue - Gene Ammons

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Inner Urge - Jazz Time 4

Jazz Time 4 - Set 11 - Inner Urge
1 hour 34 minutes

Inner Urge - Joe Henderson
I Know - Sonny Rollins
Two Bass Hit - Red Garland & John Coltrane
Let It Go - Shirley Scott & Stanley Turrentine
Blues A La Carte - Wayne Shorter
The Preacher's Tune - Jimmy McGriff & Richard "Groove" Holmes
Stardust - Grant Green & Brother Jack McDuff
Platinum Love - Coleman Hawkins
John's Abbey - Bud Powell
Pristine - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Dial Africa - Wilbur Harden & John Coltrane
Fish Fry - Gene Krupa
Sister Sadie - Gil Evans Orchestra
One Mint Julip - Ray Charles
Countless Blues - Lester Young
Godchild - Miles Davis

The Library

The Book List 1970 - 2020

The Library: Catalogue of Wonders by Stuart Kells, 2017

Read in November 2018.

But of course I read this.

Sunday, November 18, 2018

There Goes Another Love Song - Back Porch

Back Porch - Set 6 - There Goes Another Love Song
1 hour 34 minutes

There Goes Another Love Song - The Outlaws, 1975
Heart Of The Night - Poco, 1978
The Best Of My Love - The Eagles, 1974
Beneath Still Waters - Emmylou Harris, 1979
Light Shine - Jesse Colin Young, 1974
Angry Eyes - Loggins & Messina, 1972
Only You Know And I Know - Dave Mason, 1970
Caroline - Jefferson Starship, 1974
Tight Rope - Leon Russell, 1972
Change Partners - Stephen Stills, 1971
Lonely People - America, 1975
A Song For You - Gram Parsons, 1973
I'll Be Long Gone - Boz Scaggs, 1969
Border Song - Elton John, 1970
Heart Of Gold - Neil Young, 1972
Angel - Rod Stewart, 1972
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson, 1974
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton, 1977
Something - Joe Cocker, 1969
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison, 1970
#9 Dream - John Lennon, 1974
Let Me Roll It - Paul McCartney, 1973

Saturday, November 17, 2018

The Fifth Risk

The Book List 1970 - 2020

The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis, 2018

Read in November 2018

Friday, November 16, 2018

Change Up - Jazz Time 4

Jazz Time 4 - Set 10 - Change Up
1 hour 31 minutes

Change Up - Charles Kynard
M.J.S. Funk - The Jazz Crusaders
Concerto For Billy The Kid - George Russell
Cravan - Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff
Das' Dat - Jackie McLean
One Mint Julip - King Curtis
Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Blues For J - Jimmy Smith
Let The Music Take Your Mind - Grant Green
Do It - Jack Wilson
A Weed In Disneyland - Gerry Mulligan
It's You Or No One - Sonny Stitt & Don Patterson
I Could Have Danced All Night - Sun Ra
Limelight - Ramsey Lewis
Minor Mishap - Pepper Adams
I've Never Been In Love Before - Lonnie Smith

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Late Date - Jazz Time 4

Jazz Time 4 - Set 9 - Late Date
1 hour 32 minutes

Late Date - Ben Webster
Down The Line - Gene Ammons
Broadway - Dexter Gordon
Jimmy's Groove - Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff
Something Like Bags - Wes Montgomery
I'm On Old Cowhand - Sonny Rollins
Seein' Red - Pepper Adams
Blue Because Of You - Lionel Hampton
Drifting On A Reed - Charlie Parker
Relaxin' With Lee - Dizzy Gillespie
The Song For You - Francy Boland
Last Summer - Jimmy Greene
My Ideal - John Coltrane
Almost Like Being In Love - Lester Young & Oscar Peterson
A Gal In Calico - Miles Davis
Misty - Lee Konitz
Bluesmith - Jimmy Smith

Town - Guitar Night

Guitar Night - Set 10 - Town
1 hour 37 minutes

Guitar Town - Steve Earle
Old Guitar - Ray Wylie Hubbard
Sloth - Richard Thompson
Cocaine - Eric Clapton
So Many Roads - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
The Spider And The Fly - The Rolling Stones
Heart Full Of Soul - The Yardbirds
Kow Kow - Steve Miller Band
Southern Man - Neil Young
Drop Down Mama - John Hammond, Jr.
Double Trouble - Otis Rush
If This Is Wrong - Robert Gordon & Link Wray
Saturday Night Blues - Kenny Burrell
Push Push - Herbie Mann & Duane Allman
Just In Time To See The Sun - Santana
Zagros - Strunz & Farah
Three Days - Jane's Addiction
Watermelon In Easter Hay - Frank Zappa

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

The Case of the Three Sided Dream

The Case of the Three Sided Dream, 2014

The fascinating documentary of multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk; who went from blind infant, to child prodigy, to adult visionary, to political activist, and finally to paralyzed showman. A seemingly superhuman musical force who played literally until the day he died.

Monday, November 12, 2018

Long Way Home - Reflections 5

Reflections 5 - Set 12 - Long Way Home

Long Way Home - Amy McCarley
Goodbye, Goodbye - Billy Bragg
Little Darling - The Watson Twins
Isn't This World Enough? - Admiral Fallow
You Were Born - Cloud Cult
Stick With Me Baby - Robert Plant & Allison Krauss
Always Love - Nada Surf
Dream About You - Peter Case
In Nothing - Sea Wolf
If Only Avenue - Ron Sexsmith
Eyes Out For You - Joe Henry
New Kind Of Lonely - I See Hawks In L.A.
Chasin' A Rainbow - Railroad Earth
Sing About It - The Wood Brothers
Tree By The River - Iron and Wine
Everyone Needs A Home - Chris Walla
Say So - Uh Huh Her
Better People - Xavier Rudd
Out Of Time - Jason Collett
Tell Her What I Said - The Sadies
Become Someone Else's - Jens Lekman
Dying Day - Brandi Carlile
Something To Dream On - Dylan Mondegreen
Home Again - Michael Kiwanuka
Old Days - Rose Melberg
I'm Home - Amy Black

Sunday, November 11, 2018

Day Quencher - Glass of Beer

Day Quencher - Glass of Beer

Enjoying a Day Quencher, an easy drinking dry hopped session ale from Shiner Brewery, Texas.

Weight - Guitar Night

Guitar Night - Set 9 - Weight
1 hour 41 minutes

The Weight - Aretha Franklin & Duane Allman
Go Back Home - Stephen Stills
Four On Six - Wes Montgomery
Night And Day - Joe Pass
Dust My Broom - Elmore James
Scuttle Buttin' - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Coffee & TV - Blur
You Only Live Once - The Strokes
Richard III - Supergrass
Walk On Hot Coals - Rory Gallagher
Shakin' All Over (Live) - The Who
Perfectly Good Guitar - John Hiatt
The Calling - Santama & Eric Clapton
Starship Trooper - Yes
War Pigs / Luke's Wall - Black Sabbath
Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground

Saturday, November 10, 2018

The Witch Elm

The Book List

The Witch Elm by Tana French, 2018

Tana French. Another one of my favorite authors. I've enjoyed all of her books and I've read a few of them now and will always look forward to reading the next one. I particularly like her Dublin Murder series and although this one was not part of that series I still found it to be a fascinating novel.

The Tana French books I've read: