Tuesday, February 03, 2009

"Zumbodee Zaid Svitch?"

Zumbodee Zaid Svitch?

By The Time You See This...He'll Be Dead*



A softer set from one of the true masters of the universe...Mr. Bill Hicks.

Kudos to David Letterman for providing some closure, and being a stand-up guy.

*...and sniffing Yul Brynner's noggin

;>)

Monday, February 02, 2009

A Little Nostalgia For The Old Folks

Bum In The Sun

In My Cardboard Coloured Dreams



The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Canyons Of Your Mind, 1968...Featuring a guitar solo that Ed Van Halen has struggled to master for eons.

h/t Microdot at The Brain Police.

Bonus: The Intro And The Outro, featuring the Count Basie Orchestra on triangle.

;>)

Blogroll 'Appreciation' Day



My minor contribution to the celebration of community.

These 5 are regular visits in my travels (as are all the worthies in the sidebar to your right) and should you choose to blogroll me, by all means let me know via email or comment so that I might reciprocate the favor.

TwoTonGreenBlog

My pal Suzanne holds down the late shift at FDL with her impeccable taste in music, and is one of those rarities in current American politics - a Republican with honor.
More of them and our troubles would be over very quickly.

LitBrit

Erudite, cosmopolitan, and a fellow devotee of Frank Zappa, LitBrit balances an active family life with a keen eye for politics, fashion and culture.

Bluedaze: Drilling Reform for Texas

TXSharon is a committed advocate for reform of the horrendous practices of oil companies in the great state of Texas.

Greenbush Boy

Sidney offers a superior insight into the workings of children's TV programming, and how to rescue it from the vast wasteland.

Teh Kitteh Anecdote/Antidote

Dear Valley Girl runs a blog for admirers of the feline mystique, but she's no scaredy cat - why, she even links to me.

;>)

And all the rest, no lesser lights they:

  • Dependable Renegade

  • SteveAudio

  • Colorado Bob

  • This Free Nation

  • iVoryTowerz

  • My Mind Is Going

  • Its my Right to be Left of the Center

  • Humor Has It

  • Gorilla's Guides

  • driftglass

  • Rude Pundit

  • DownWithTyranny!

  • Evergreen Politics

  • Majikthise

  • Blue Gal

  • Mock, Paper, Scissors

  • the otherwhirled

  • FranIAm

  • Monkey Muck

  • Left Of Centrist

  • Rants From The Rookery

  • Media Needle

  • Boxer Rebellion

  • Ice Station Tango

  • Zaius Nation

  • Namaste'

  • Ornery Bastard

  • make-a-(green)plan

  • distributorcap NY

  • TRex

  • Napman57

  • Cogitamus

  • Cap'n Dyke

  • Freida Bee

  • Skippy TBK

  • Yikes! - BAC

  • Comrade Kevin

  • The Culture Ghost

  • The Jade Gate

  • The Aristocrats

  • Progressive Alaska

  • Last Left Turn Before Hooterville

  • WTF Is It Now?

  • Happy Jihad's HOP

  • PhysioProf

  • Jonestown

  • Daily Dia "Tribe"

  • The Sirens Chronicles

  • I Was Just Wondering

  • ex-lion tamer

  • The Dean's Office

  • Loud Mouth Soup

  • Group News Blog

  • Stealth Lesbian

  • An Arab Woman Blues

  • the brain police

  • Max & The Marginalized

  • Social Seppeku

  • Nobody Asked...

  • Illiterate Electorate

  • Broadway Carl's Blog-O-Mania

  • at-Largely

  • L'ennui mélodieux

  • The Guys From Area 51

  • Blckdgrd

  • Lattice of Coincidence

  • bjkeefe

  • Brown Man Thinking Hard

  • Kiko's Helicopter Barbie

  • D.R.Scott's Pulp Culture

  • Taking Tiger Mountain

  • Vagabond Scholar

  • Photoshop Disasters

  • Whiskey Fire

  • Jesus' General

  • The Heretik

  • Utah Savage

  • Jon Swift

  • Padre Mickey's Dance Party

  • Wounded Bird

  • The Fluffington Post

  • Urantian Sojourn

  • SnuffDoggyDog

  • Zayrina

  • Bill In Exile

  • Disapproving Rabbits

  • Sharky's Goat Shack

  • Hysterical Raisins

  • Demeur

  • Zen Comix

  • 43-Ideas-Per-Minute

  • Wee Mousie's Cinema Burlesque


  • Long may you run

    Sunday, February 01, 2009

    Sunday Overnight



    Bobby Hackett Sextet, with Urbie Green, Bob Wilber, Dave McKenna, Nabil Totah, and Morey Feld, NYC, Jan 1962.



    Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross with the Count Basie rhythm section, With The Spirit Beat, Chicago, 1959.



    Wes Montgomery, with Harold Mabern, Arthur Harper, and Jimmy Lovelace - Impressions, Belgium, 1965.



    Joe Pass - Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me, BBC London, 1975.