Monday, December 31, 2018

This Must Be The Place - Covers Rev

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

  1. This Mus Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Shawn Colvin
  2. Creep - Pretenders
  3. The Scientist - Aimee Mann
  4. Hurt - Lucinda Williams
  5. Into The Mystic - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
  6. Tempted - Richard Thompson
  7. It Tears Me Up - Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham
  8. Across The Universe - Rufus Wainwright
  9. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Jose Gonzalez
  10. Waltz #2 - Minnie Driver
  11. She's Still Bewitching Me - Mary Lou Lord
  12. The Kids Are Alright - The Raveonettes
  13. You Don't Own Me - Joan Jett
  14. I'm Looking Through You - Steve Earle
  15. Thirteen - Wilco
  16. Tangled Up In Blue - Robyn Hitchcock
  17. Sea Of Love - Cat Power
  18. Perfect Day - Chris Whitley
  19. Moonlight Mile - Cowboy Junkies
  20. Pale Blue Eyes - R.E.M.
  21. Stephanie Says - Joseph Arthur
  22. Tiger Mountain Peasant Song - First Aid Kit
  23. Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
  24. Redemption Song - Joe Strummer
  25. In My Life - Johnny Cash
  26. God Only Knows - David Bowie
  27. Helpless - Patti Smith
  28. Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
  29. Here, There and Everywhere - Emmylou Harris
  30. Yesterday - Ryan Shaw
  31. My Sweet Lord - Yim Yames
  32. Play With Fire - Cobra Verde
  33. You Know More Than I Know - Iron and Wind & Ben Bridwell
  34. Comfortably Numb - Dar Williams
  35. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Annie Lennox
  36. White Winter Hymnal - Birdy
  37. Better Be Home Soon - Minnie Driver
  38. Into Temptation - Renee Geyer
  39. Friday I'm In Love - Dean & Britta
  40. I Wanna Be Your Dog - Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan
  41. Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Lorde
  42. When Doves Cry - The Be Good Tanyas
  43. Raspberry Beret - Hindu Love Gods
  44. See Emily Play - Martha Wainwright
  45. Maybe Baby - Justine Townes Earle
  46. My Boyfriend's Back - Peggy Sue
  47. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - She & Him
  48. Fever - Over The Rhine
  49. Thirteen - Elliot Smith
  50. South Central Rain - Hem
  51. I Melt With You - Nouvelle Vague
  52. Just A Little Lovin' - Shelby Lynne
  53. Lodi - Shawn Colvin
  54. Walk On The Wild Side - Joseph Arthur
  55. Between The Bars - Amelia
  56. Show Biz Kids - Rickie Lee Jones
  57. Uncle John's Band - Lucius
  58. Here Comes The Rain Again - The Watson Twins
  59. Alison - Everything But The Girl
  60. There She Goes - The Boo Radleys
  61. Where Is My Mind? - Nada Surf
  62. I Wanna Be Adored - The Raveonettes
  63. Run For Your Life - Cowboy Junkies
  64. Speed To The Sound Of Loneliness - Alabama 3
  65. I Want You To Want Me - Dwight Yoakam
  66. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Bryan Ferry
  67. Some Candy Talking - Chris Whitley
  68. I Started A Joke - The Dirtbombs
  69. Crazy - Alice Russell
  70. Who's Sorry Now - Angel Olsen
  71. If You Could Read My Mind - Connie Kaldor
  72. Golden Age - K.T. Tunstall
  73. Thunder Road - Mary Lou Lord
  74. Suzanne - Nick Cave
  75. Dead Flowers - Whitey Morgan
  76. Fortunate Son - Todd Snider
  77. Bad Moon Risin' - Thea Gilmore
  78. Graceland - Willie Nelson
  79. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - The Del McCoury Band
  80. Dire Wolf - The Lone Bellow
  81. Sundown - Jesse Winchester
  82. Lady Madonna - Assembly Of Dust
  83. Hungry Heart - Jesse Malin
  84. Glory Days - Justin Townes Earle
  85. Heroes - The Magnetic Fields
  86. Sound & Vision - The Sea And Cake
  87. This Is Not America - Petra Haden
  88. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Alabama 3
  89. Love Vigilantes - Iron and Wine
  90. White Wedding - Whip
  91. Close To Me - Kaki King
  92. The Word - Mindy Smith
  93. Cry Baby Cry - Winterpills
  94. Pale Blue Eyes - The Kills
  95. Reason To Believe - Rickie Lee Jones
  96. Somethin' Stupid - The Secret Sisters
  97. Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon - Urge Overkills
  98. (Just Like) Starting Over - The Sleepy Jackson
  99. Angie - Tori Amos
  100. Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
  101. Help Me - k.d.lang
  102. Bird On A Wire - Jennifer Warnes
  103. Sail Away - Linda Ronstadt
  104. The Bells - Laura Nyro & Labelle
  105. These Days - Tyler Ramsey
  106. Sandy (4th Of July, Asbury Park) - The Hollies
  107. One - Johnny Cash
  108. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Judy Collins
  109. Lay Lady Lay - Richie Havens
  110. Unchained Melody - Roy Orbison
  111. Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley
  112. Funny How Time Slips Away - Al Green
  113. Take It To The Limit - Etta James
  114. Try A Little Tenderness - Three Dog Night
  115. Don't Look Back - The Persuasions
  116. Ain't No Sunshine - Ken Boothe
  117. Go Where You Wanna Go - The 5th Dimension
  118. Maggie's Farm - Richie Havens
  119. Chains - The Beatles
  120. What's Goin Ahn - The Posies
  121. Under The Milky Way - Grant Lee Phillips
  122. Poor Side Of Town - Laura Cantrell
  123. Open All Night - Son Volt
  124. Downbound Train - Raul Malo
  125. Happiness Is A Warm Gun - World Party
  126. Something In The Air - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  127. Tine Has Cone Today - Steve Earle & Sheryl Crow
  128. The Shape Of Things To Come - The Ramones
  129. I Ain't Marchin' Anymore - Black 47
  130. Nuclear War (Version 2) - Yo La Tengo
  131. Hallelujah - Neil Diamond
  132. Season Of The Witch - Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
  133. 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.

  1. Barkskins - Annie Proulx, 2016
  2. Broken Harbor - Tana French, 2012
  3. Greeks Bearing Gifts - Philip Kerr, 2018
  4. The Overstory - Richard Powers, 2018
  5. The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin, 2015
  6. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005
  7. Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo, 1939
  8. Tabloid City - Pete Hamill, 2011
  9. Prussian Blue - Philip Kerr, 2017
  10. IQ - Joe Ide, 2016
  11. The Obelisk Gate - N. K. Jemisin, 2016
  12. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye - David Lagercrantz, 2017
  13. Wrecked - Joe Ide, 2018
  14. The Witch Elm - Tana French, 2018
  15. Manhattan Beach - Jennifer Egan, 2017
  16. Righteous - Joe Ide, 2017
  17. Paris Metro - Wendell Steavenson, 2018
  18. Relic - Douglas Preston, 1995
  19. Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan, 2002
  20. The Cabinet of Curiosities - Douglas Preston, 2002
  21. All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, 2017
  22. The Stone Sky - N. K. Jemisin, 2017
  23. A Killing For Christ - Pete Hamill, 2018
  24. Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer, 2014
  25. The Infinite Future - Tim Wirkus, 2018
  26. A Shout in the Ruins - Kevin Powers, 2018
  27. Walkaway - Cory Doctorow, 2017
  28. Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, 2018
  29. Murder on the Left Bank - Cara Black, 2018
  30. Three Brothers - Peter Ackroyd, 2013
  31. Borne - Jeff VanderMeer, 2017
  32. Dark Matter - Black Couch, 2016
  33. Silk - Caitlin Kieman, 1998
  34. Murder in Saint-Germain - Cara Black, 2017
  35. Reliquary - Douglas Preston, 1997
  36. Noumenon - Marina Lostetter, 2017
  37. Iron Gold - Pierce Brown, 2018
  38. Authority - Jeff VanderMeer, 2014
  39. Persepolis Rising - James S. A. Corey, 2017
  40. The Song of the Orphans - Daniel Price, 2017
  41. Night at Camp David - Fletcher Knebel, 1956
  42. 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

  1. Just Like Heaven - The Watson Twins
  2. Blue Monday - Flunk
  3. Let's Dance - M. Ward
  4. When Doves Cry - Damien Rice
  5. If You Could Read My Mind - Henry Jamison
  6. Long As I Can See The Light - Joe Cocker
  7. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Patti Smith
  8. Wild Is The Wind - Cat Power
  9. You And Your Sister - This Mortal Coil
  10. Talking In Your Sleep - The Civil Wars
  11. Drive - Britta Phillips
  12. Johnny & Mary - Bryan Ferry
  13. Touch Of Grey - The War On Drugs
  14. Hold Me - Haim
  15. Close To Me - Minnie Driver
  16. The Ghost In You - Duncan Sheik
  17. Baby's In Black - Colvin & Earle
  18. Gentle On My Mind - Billy Bragg & Joe Henry
  19. Purple Rain - Dwight Yoakam
  20. Graceland - The Lonely Heartstrings Band
  21. Million Miles Away - Steve Wynn
  22. Waiting For A Friend - Over The Rhine
  23. You Were On My Mind - Lucius
  24. It's All Over Now Baby Blue - The Byrds
  25. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Peter, Paul & mary
  26. Tougher Than The Rest - Everything But The Girl
  27. Fire and Rain - Birdy
  28. Crazy Love - Thea Gilmore
  29. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Cat Power
  30. Dancing Queen - Luka Bloom
  31. Making Plans For Nigel - Nouvelle Vague
  32. Alone Again Or - Calexico
  33. Who Loves The Sun - Hollis Brown
  34. Before They Make Me Run - Great Lake Swimmers
  35. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes - Hem
  36. I'm On Fire - Low
  37. The End Of The World - Sharon Van Etten
  38. Chandelier - Kina Grannis
  39. Paranoid Android - Sia
  40. Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil
  41. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
  42. It Makes No Difference - Over The Rhine
  43. Brokedown Palace - The Persuasions
  44. Candyman - Jim James
  45. Learning To Fly - The Weepies
  46. Friday I'm In Love - Yo La Tengo
  47. Handle With Care - Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins
  48. Private Universe - Shawn Colvin
  49. Lovesong - Adele
  50. Wicked Games - Johnnyswim
  51. Ever Fallen In Love - Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan
  52. So Lonely - The Sweet Remains
  53. Landslide - Smashing Pumpkins
  54. Losing My Religion - Applewood Road
  55. Fall On Me - Cry Cry Cry
  56. Yellow - Petra Haden & Bill Frisell
  57. The Crane Wife 3 - Marianne Faithful
  58. I Don't Like Mondays - Tori Amos
  59. Changes - Lewis & Clarke
  60. Diamond Dogs - Beck
  61. Sweet Jane - Hollis Brown
  62. Pablo Picasso - John Cale
  63. Spirit In The Sky - Elton John
  64. Fearless - Ambulance Ltd
  65. The End - The Raveonettes
  66. Dreams - The Kills
  67. A Forest - Bat For Lashes
  68. Enjoy The Silence - Nada Surf
  69. No Suprises - Luka Bloom
  70. These Days - Nico
  71. Tower Of Song - Martha Wainwright
  72. Wall Of Death - R.E.M.
  73. Isn't It A Pity - Jonathan Wilson
  74. Ballad Of Big Nothing - Seth Avett
  75. You're So Good To Me - M. Ward
  76. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - Peter Yorn
  77. Ballad Of El Goodo - Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
  78. Wild Horses - Buddy Miller & Shawn Colvin
  79. Rocket Man - My Morning Jacket
  80. Heart Of Gold - Johnny Cash
  81. The Boxer - Emmylou Harris
  82. Sisters Of Mercy - Beth Orton
  83. Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine
  84. Between The Bars - The Civil Wars
  85. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Nouvelle Vague
  86. Don't You Want Me - Bahamas & The Weather Station
  87. To Turn You On - Robyn Hitchcock
  88. Wonderwall - Ryan Adams
  89. Femme Fatale - Big Star
  90. Across The Universe - Fiona Apple
  91. Not Dark Yet - Ruby Amanfu
  92. Ol '55 - Dave Alvin
  93. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Ida
  94. Only Love Can Break Your Heart- Rickie Lee Jones
  95. Brand New Tennessee Waltz - Lyle Lovett
  96. Poor Side Of Town - The Walkabouts
  97. This Must Be The Place - Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell
  98. Into The Mystic - Jen Chapin
  99. The Needle and The Damage Done - Lori McKenna
  100. House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
  101. It's Gonna Take A Miracle - Laura Nyro & Labelle
  102. Bird On A Wire - Joe Cocker
  103. Jolene - The Little Willies
  104. I'm Looking Through You - Lucy Kaplansky
  105. More Than This - Norah Jones
  106. Making Plans For Nigel - Al Kooper
  107. Downbound Train - Kurt Vile
  108. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - Ali Campbell
  109. Red, Red Wine - Angie Stone
  110. Billie Jean - Easy Star All-Stars
  111. I Want You - B.E.F.
  112. Black Magic Woman - Santana
  113. One - Three Dog Night
  114. To Love Somebody - Janis Joplin
  115. Everybody's Talkin' - Patty Larkin
  116. Suspicious Minds - Pete Yorn
  117. Dancing Barefoot - Allison Moorer
  118. You're Gonna Lose That Girl - Dwight Twilley
  119. You Can't Do That - The Smithereens
  120. Money (That's What I Want) - The Beatles
  121. Rock And Roll Music - The Beatles
  122. Devil With The Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
  123. Jenny Take A Ride - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
  124. 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

  1. Go Your Own Way - The Cranberries
  2. I Can't Go For That - The Bird and The Bee
  3. It's My Life - No Doubt
  4. Love Is A Drug - Grace Jones
  5. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Paul Young
  6. Take Me To The River - Talking Heads
  7. Johnny and Mary - Placebo
  8. Groove Is In The Heart / California Girls - Crocodiles
  9. Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys
  10. Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Saint Etienne
  11. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - The Slits
  12. Nothing But A Heartache - The Detroit Cobras
  13. Somebody To Love - The Ramones
  14. Hanky Panky - Joan Jett
  15. Let Her Dance - Marshall Crenshaw
  16. Shake A Tail Feather - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
  17. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - Joe Cocker
  18. Anyway Anyhow Anywhere - David Bowie
  19. I Am A Rock - The Church
  20. Standing In The Shadows Of Love - Hall & Oates
  21. I Can't Get Next To You - Annie Lennox
  22. My Boyfriend's Back - The Raveonettes
  23. Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go - Soft Cell
  24. The Passenger - Siouxsie & The Banshees
  25. These Boots Are Made For Walking - B.E.F.
  26. Heartbreaker - Dread Zeppelin
  27. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Magazine
  28. Subterranean Homesick Blues - The Walkmen
  29. Whole Lotta Love - Perry Farrell
  30. Purple Haze - The Cure
  31. Pump It Up - Hotrats
  32. Come and Get It - The Hollywood Vampires
  33. Train Kept A Rollin' - Aerosmith
  34. Nobody But Me - Lyres
  35. Question - Nada Surf
  36. Happiness Is A Warm Gun - The Breeders
  37. The Slider - Ty Segall
  38. Under My Thumb - Social Distortion
  39. 'California Sun - The Dictators
  40. Little Honda - Yo La Tengo
  41. Wild Thing - X
  42. L.A. Woman - Elephant Stone
  43. Gimme Shelter - Grand Funk Railroad
  44. American Woman - Lenny Kravitz
  45. Working Class Hero - Marianne Faithful
  46. First We Take Manhattan - R.E.M.
  47. Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Patti Smith
  48. Heroes - Janelle Monrae
  49. Higher Ground - Etta James
  50. Some Kind Of Wonderful - Joss Stone
  51. Bold As Love - Pretenders
  52. Anyway That You Want Me - Spiritualized
  53. (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart
  54. Just My Imagination - The Rolling Stones
  55. Love The One You're With - The Isley Brothers
  56. Just One Look - Linda Ronstadt
  57. I'll Be Around - Joan Osborne
  58. I Hear A Symphony - The Temptations
  59. Walk Away Renee - The Four Tops
  60. My World Is Empty Without You - Lee Fields & The Expressions
  61. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
  62. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - Michael McDonald
  63. Baby I Need Your Loving - Lulu
  64. Love and Happiness - Marc Broussard
  65. Eleanor Rigby - Aretha Franklin
  66. To Love Somebody - Nina Simone
  67. More Than This - 10,000 Maniacs
  68. Rhiannon - Best Coast
  69. Primary - The Dandy Warhols
  70. Not A Young Man Anymore - Dean & Britta
  71. I Wanna Destroy You - Crocodiles
  72. Damaged Goods - Hotrats
  73. I'm Shakin' - Jack White
  74. She Said, She Said - The Black Keys
  75. Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr.
  76. Journey To The Center Of The Mind - The Ramones
  77. Pretty Ballerina - The Dickies
  78. Police & Thieves - The Clash
  79. Johnny B. Goode - Peter Tosh
  80. Tears Of A Clown - The English Beat
  81. Hello I Love You - The Cure
  82. Wicked Games - Tangerine Dream
  83. Dancing Barefoot - Todd Rundgren
  84. Come Together - Eurythmics
  85. Rock & Roll - Hollis Brown
  86. Victoria - Cracker
  87. I Got You Babe - The Cynics
  88. Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Except Me and My Monkey) - The Feelies
  89. Cold Turkey - Lenny Kravitz
  90. Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter
  91. Shotgun - Vanilla Fudge
  92. Ticket To Ride - Echo & The Bunnymen
  93. I Got A Line On You - The Hollywood Vampires
  94. The Kids Are Alright - Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
  95. 20th Century Boy - Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts
  96. All Along The Watchtower - XTC
  97. Soul Kitchen - X
  98. Venus - Banarama
  99. Always Something There To Remind Me - Butch Walker
  100. All Right Now - Ali Campbell
  101. Paranoid Android - Easy Star All-Stars
  102. Breakdown - Grace Jones
  103. Ever Fallen In Love - Fine Young Cannibals
  104. Born To Run - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
  105. Foxey Lady - Cee-Lo Green
  106. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp - Eric Clapton
  107. Mr. Jones (Ballad Of A Thin Man) - The Grass Roots
  108. Born Under A Bad Sign - Cream
  109. Spoonful - Chris Whitley
  110. Ziggy Stardust - The Gourds
  111. Sympathy For The Devil - Danny Barnes
  112. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - The Infamous Stringdusters
  113. If I Were A Carpenter - Johnny Cash & June Carter
  114. Tangled Up In Blue - Indigo Girls
  115. Oops!... I Did It Again - Richard Thompson
  116. Crazy Love - Ben Harper
  117. The Boxer - Mumford & Sons
  118. Close To You - Tuck & Patti
  119. Heart Of Gold - Genevieve Toupin
  120. Imagine - Avril Lavigne
  121. Time After Time - Craig Cardiff
  122. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
  123. #9 Dream - Jose Gonzalez
  124. Revelator - Allison Moorer
  125. Turn Turn Turn - Judy Collins
  126. Blowin' In The Wind - Peter, Paul & Mary
  127. Jesus Was A Crossmaker - The Hollies
  128. 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


  1. All Things Must Pass - Yim Yames
  2. Fool On The Hill - Bruce Cockburn
  3. Come As You Are - Caetano Veloso
  4. So Long Marianne - Cobra Verde
  5. Dance Me To The End Of Love - The Civil Wars
  6. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Bettye LaVette
  7. You Showed Me - The Watson Twins
  8. Rainy Night In Georgia - Hem
  9. Shout - Duncan Shiek
  10. Bastards Of Young - Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan
  11. Fall At Your Feet - Clare Bowditch
  12. Landslide - Britta Phillips
  13. I Am The Cosmos - Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johnsson
  14. House Of The Rising Sun - Alt-J
  15. Boots Of Spanish Leather - The Lumineers
  16. Don't Think Twice It's Alright - Shelby Lynne
  17. I Shall Be Released - Nina Simone
  18. You Really Got A Hold On Me - She & Him
  19. Satellite Of Love - Joseph Arthur
  20. Across The Universe - David Bowie
  21. Life On Mars? - Keren Ann
  22. Modern Love - The Last Town Chorus
  23. (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night - Shawn Colvin
  24. This Must Be The Place - Kishi Bashi
  25. I Can See For Miles - Petra Haden
  26. Good Vibrations - Psychic TV
  27. Baby Blue - Mary Lou Lord
  28. Baby One More Time - Fountains Of Wayne
  29. Blue Velvet - Peggy Sue
  30. Superstar - Sonic Youth
  31. Nowhere Man - Low
  32. Personal Jesus - Johnny Cash
  33. Please Please Please - Dave Alvin
  34. Fire - Robert Gordon
  35. Heart Of Gold - Tanya Donnelly
  36. Wicked Game - Lydia Ainsworth
  37. Both Sides Now - Rachael Yamagata
  38. A Case Of You - Prince
  39. Ripple - The Persuasions
  40. Buckets Of Rain - The Wood Brothers
  41. Baby It's You - The Beatles
  42. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
  43. I Believe - Petra Haden & Bill Frisell
  44. A Taste Of Honey - The Shins
  45. Pink Moon - Teddy Thompson & Krystle Warren
  46. Red Red Wine - UB40
  47. Starman - 10,000 Maniacs
  48. Time After Time - Tuck & Patti
  49. Simple Twist Of Fate - Sarah Jarosz
  50. Girl - Rhett Miller
  51. Leaving On A Jet Plane - My Morning Jacket
  52. Ever Fallen In Love - Nouvelle Vague
  53. Not Fade Away - The Rolling Stones
  54. Paint It Black - The Flamin' Groovies
  55. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Tadpoles
  56. Sunshine Of Your Love - Rotary Connection
  57. Stoned Soul Picnie - The 5th Dimension
  58. Fever - Susan Cadogan
  59. Walking In The Rain - Grace Jones
  60. (Nothing But) Flowers - Caetano Veloso
  61. California Dreamin' - Jose Feliciano
  62. Fire and Rain - The Isley Brothers
  63. Love Is A Hurtin' Thing - The Temptations
  64. It's All In The Game - The Four Tops
  65. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Aaron Neville
  66. Son Of A Preacher Man - Mavis Staples
  67. Take Another Piece Of My Heart - Dusty Springfield
  68. Fell In Love With A Boy - Joss Stone
  69. The Tide Is High - Blondie
  70. Can't Get Used To Losing You - The English Beat
  71. The Way You Do The Things You Do - UB40
  72. In The Midnight Hour - John Holt
  73. Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Pioneers
  74. Louie Louie - Toots & The Maytals
  75. Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett
  76. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Al Green
  77. Down By The River - Buddy Miles
  78. Money - Easy Star All-Stars
  79. Whole Lotta Love - Dread Zeppelin
  80. On Broadway - Neil Young
  81. Gimme Shelter - Sons Of Hippies
  82. New Speedway Boogie - Courtney Barnett
  83. Breakdown - Lydia Lunch
  84. Run For Your Life - Nancy Sinatra
  85. Some Velvet Morning - The Webb Brothers
  86. Summer Wine - Even Dando & Sabrina Brooke
  87. Hello I Love - Eurythmics
  88. You Got Lucky - The Gaslight Anthem
  89. Instant Karma - U2
  90. All Day and All Of The Night - Kate Nash
  91. Drive My Car - Cristina
  92. When You Were Mine - Cyndi Lauper
  93. Move On Up - The Jam
  94. I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
  95. California Dreamin' - American Music Club
  96. Pablo Picasso - David Bowie
  97. Jean Genie - The Dandy Warhols
  98. The Man Who Sold The World - Lulu
  99. Radioactivity - Damien Jurado
  100. Knives Out - The Flaming Lips
  101. Bad - Luka Bloom
  102. It's Only Rock & Roll (But I Like It) - Clinic
  103. Out Of Time - The Ramones
  104. Stormy Weather - Reigning Sound
  105. Burned - Veruca Salt
  106. King's Lead Hat - Ultravox
  107. Wild Horses - The Tulips
  108. Let The Good Times Roll - Yo La Tengo
  109. I Wanna Be Like You - Los Lobos
  110. Subterranean Homesick Blues - Michael Franti
  111. Midnight Rider - Patti Smith
  112. Brilliant Disguise - Elvis Costello
  113. Wave Of Mutilation - Grant Lee Phillips
  114. Suzanne - Ian McCulloch
  115. So Long, Marianne - John Cale & Suzanne Vega
  116. My Back Pages - Marshall Crenshaw
  117. High Flying Bird - Jefferson Airplane
  118. All Along The Watchtower - Richie Havens
  119. Take Me To The River - Ellen McLlwaine
  120. Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth, Wind & Fire
  121. Roll Over Beethoven - The Beatles
  122. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star - Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
  123. La Grange - Yo La Tengo
  124. I Fought The Law - The Clash
  125. I Want You To Want Me - Chris Isaak
  126. Shout - Joan Jett
  127. I Can't Turn You Loose - The Chambers Brothers
  128. Land Of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett
  129. Oh, Pretty Woman - Al Green
  130. 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.