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

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

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

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

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
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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.

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.

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.

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.