And he busts some great dance moves too
Monthly Archives: January 2008
When I were a lad…
famous famous:
links for 2008-01-12
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Andy Marshall: “The images in this set form part of a remarkable collection of hoodmould stops to the blind arcading in the north and south aisles of the Nave (early C15th). “
Vincent Black Lightning 1952
(from http://www.thevincent.com/)
Two readings of the same text. Me, I’ve never been a participant on motorcycle lore, though I have friends who were and did. But I know a Good Song when I hear one, played here by one of the reigning geniuses of the guitar:
(lyrics)
It’s Richard Thompson’s song (from Rumor and Sigh, 1991), one of a great many from his pen that capture humans in vulnerable moments and make their exploits live on (see an interview with RT for some background). And Del McCoury does a remarkable job of translating it to Tennessee (Knoxville replaces Box Hill):
There’s a novel, due to be published in March 2008: Vincent Black Lightning 1952: A Novel, by Al Sciarrino (“…a business and entertainment law professor at State University of New York, teaches a course on Music and the Law at the Eastman School of Music and has been an aficionado of country music and motorcycles his entire life…”), but whether it’ll cast any new light on the original James Adie remains to be seen.
links for 2008-01-11
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a gentle reminder of What Happened and who said what when
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comunedipignataro’s Flickr photostream
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“At least I have photographs like this one, forensic evidence establishing the fact that my father had a youth…”
4F Ferdinand
Marseille Figs
Cory Doctorow pointed to Marseille Figs: uptempo pop from a “small big band” — Violent Femmes meets Tom Waits meets Squirrel Nut Zippers and I followed up with a little venture in downloading via Amazon, but perhaps I shoulda gone with CD Baby for a few bux more… Anyhow, I’m enjoying them, and some of you will too (probably the same ones who respond with glee to the excesses of the Holy Modal Rounders). Others won’t (probably the same ones who can’t bear The Pogues). But take a look at the band’s Web site and perhaps sample Low Low Thing, Caesar’s Revenge, and Good Year, and see a useful review by Chris Daykin: Something new, for a change
links for 2008-01-10
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(photographs of European royalty, 19th and early 20th c.)
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(via apophenia)
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illustrations via BibliOdyssey
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“The Blessed Sounds of Incredible Christian Song Demos”, via Music for Maniacs
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from Swapatorium… oh my
Ted Greene
now why can’t I play like that?
links for 2008-01-09
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Jon Winstanley is the genius behind this API
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Arthur Rothstein photograph
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this one’s been around for a while, but a Refresher is always Worthwhile
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poor Makeshift was left at home when Kate and Shannon came to our house for feijoada and oat muffins, but we sent him one after dinner