Glad -- Traffic
This Is The Day – The The
Heard 1/30/2017 around 6:00pm, at Potbelly (downtown Rockville)
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Monday, January 23, 2017
Could Trump’s ‘alternative facts’ put lives at risk?
A sobering look at the possible consequences if we ever had a President who
was a pathological liar. Not that this could ever happen, of course.
Friday, January 20, 2017
Oddest musical note of 2017 (so far)
From a story in this morning’s Washington Post about Thursday’s
pre-inaugural events:
As Trump and his wife, Melania, descended the monument’s steps at
sunset, the president-elect saluted the marble statue of President Abraham
Lincoln, flashed a tight smile and pumped his fist in the air to the roar of
the crowd and the Rolling Stones’ “Heart of Stone” playing from the speakers.
Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt, Music Center at Strathmore, 1/19/2017
Orchestra Center, Row E, Seat 101 – great location, 5 rows back, on the
right-hand aisle
I see Lyle Lovett with his Large Band nearly every year at Wolf Trap. I’ve
also seen John Hiatt a few times, both with a band and solo, although not for
quite a few years. Seeing the two of them on stage together, with just their
guitars and Hiatt’s harmonica, swapping songs and stories for 2½ hours, was a
completely different experience, and definitely worth the cost of admission.
Hiatt’s setlist – the two of them alternated throughout the evening –
was heavy on geography, as his first three songs were “Drive South” (which
opened the show), “Adios To California”, and “Detroit Made”, and he addded “Memphis
In The Meantime” and “Tennessee Plates” later in the show. Lyle kept the feeling
going by starting with “North Dakota” and adding “Up In Indiana” later. While
Hiatt stuck strictly to his own compositions throughout, Lovett was a little
more eclectic, covering tunes by Eric Taylor, Guy Clark (the wonderful “Step
Inside This House”), and Michael Franks. The latter, “White Boy Lost In The
Blues”, was one of the show’s highlights, featuring Hiatt blowing a pretty mean
harmonica, and preceded by a discussion of blues greats like B.B. King and John
Lee Hooker whom one or the other of them had opened for over the years. Other
high points included Hiatt adding some guitar licks to Lovett’s “She’s No Lady”,
and the two of them trading verses on Hiatt’s “Thing Called Love” (followed by
a great story involving Lovett, Bonnie Raitt, and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott).
The encores were Hiatt’s heartfelt version of “Have A Little Faith In
Me” and the two of them performing Lyle’s “My Baby Don’t Tolerate”. Just before
that, the main set had ended with “If I Had A Boat” (my personal Lovett favorite), “Crossing Muddy Waters”, and a touching ballad by Lyle that I couldn’t
recall ever hearing before. I did remember enough of the lyrics to Google it
this morning, and discovered that “Simple Song” was from his Pontiac album, which I had owned for
years. Obviously I haven’t listened to the CD in far too long, a situation I
plan to fix later today.
Monday, January 9, 2017
Stop Saying Trump’s Win Had Nothing To Do With Economics
This is yet another article that should be of interest to those who
just can’t understand how anybody could possibly have voted for DJT. (Hint: it’s
less “economic hardship” and more “economic anxiety”.)
#134 It's Gonna Take A Miracle – The Royalettes (1965)
Since I
referred to this as a must-hear in an earlier posting, I really should give
this soul music classic its own entry. This was the Baltimore girl-group’s
biggest “hit” (falling just short of the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100), but
don’t for a minute think that it’s the only good thing they ever recorded; “Blue Summer”, for one, is also well worth a listen.
Serendipity #65
Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
Heard 1/7/2017 around 5:10pm, at Chipotle (Fallsgrove)
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Best Music of 2016 (Update)
I updated my earlier post to include the results of the
three radio polls in which I voted. The overlap between my choices and the
consensus of the various electorates seems to be relatively coincidental.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
George Michael
I certainly
hope this will be the final entry in this category for 2016.
While he
wasn’t one of my all-time favorites, he was definitely one of the biggest
hitmakers of his day, and did produce some irresistable pop classics,
especially in the earlier, more carefree days of his career.
Favorite
songs:
Faith
Last
Christmas
Wake Me Up
Before You Go-Go
Everything
She Wants
Careless
Whisper
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