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Gimme Gimme Gimme the Honky Tonk Blues…

October 28, 2012 at 1:17 am

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Salut Lloyd,

Last thursday in Paris, the Stones played a secret show at La Trabendo club – it was a short warm-up before their anniversary concert in London.
Only 700 tickets were put on sale, price: 15 euros (19 dollars US).

Some views here.

   French magazine ”Les Inrocks” puts on-line 10 ”chansons oubliées” (forgotten songs): here. Great versions of Country Honk and High Heel Sneakers…

I guess we should be glad they’re still alive, but Mick sure looks weird in the cut from Paris. On the other hand, some absolute gems courtesy of “Les Inrocks.” Jeez, they hold up well.

Early version of Sneakers that I’d nver heard. Crude and perfect.

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Blues, Nomadics, TV, Politics, Reggae on A Sunday Afternoon

October 21, 2012 at 9:48 pm

Boy have I been in a funk. Partly due to a banged-up shoulder, partly the hot dry weird windy weather, partly lack of exercise, partly too much time on road. Takes me days to catch up upon return. I’m stayin  home a whiles.

  Weather shifted dramatically this morning. Way cooler, clouds in sky, feeling of vibrancy about. Along with 2 tiny cups of crema Malabar Gold monsoon espresso, and a great blues selection by Bill Wax on Sirius radio’s blues station, things are lookin up. For ex., “Ax Sweet Mama,” by James Luther Dickinson.

Tiny Homes on the Move: Wheels & Water is rolling (and floating), about 40 pages laid out. Each book we do is like setting sail for an unknown destination. Here we’re out in the ocean, wind in sails, charting course as we go. Exciting!

Google Do I love it! I can find just about anything. For example, at times I’ll get a Goole Alert to an article I’m interested in; if the link doesn’t go anywhere, I can type in a sentence quoted in the article, and bingo!

TV of Late

Treme Great episode last week, lots of good music (by previously obscure authentic New Orleans musicians), wonderful scene between La Donna and the Chief (who was Lester in The Wire), exquisite acting (and communication and humor) between two powerful people.

Boardwalk Empire I’m back into it. Gave up on it last season, but it’s now in a really good mode. Nucky more human; costumes, era (prohibition—1920s-30s) impeccably portrayed.

Bill Maher The closer the election gets, the more relevant Bill is. Last night the most contentious panel ever, but with great appearances by Gary Hirshberg of Storyfield Farm with totally convincing reasons to vote yes on requiring GMO labeling, and Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone telling politics like it is.

https://www.real-time-with-bill-maher-blog.com/real-time-with-bill-maher-blog/2012/10/18/guest-list-october-19-2012.html

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Música de Semana

October 19, 2012 at 3:35 pm

Lennon/Stones I saw 2 documentaries on TV this last week. One was “Imagine,” which I thought was a really good documentary about John Lennon; it was put together in 1988. It made me miss John. The other was the 1982 Stones concert film directed by Hal Ashby in 1982, and I thought it basically stunk. This from a long-time Stones fan. It looked to me like a bad time in their musical lives. Mick’s prancing not just weird, but creepy. It looked like everyone was coke- or speed-fueled.

The Wrecking Crew My musician son Will got me a ticket to a screening in a few weeks in San Francisco of the 2008 documentary, The Wrecking Crew. They were a mostly unheralded group of musicians who played backing for the Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, the Mamas and Papas, and were Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound. It’s hard to see this, as it’s never been released (I think they can’t get funding to pay for copyright permissions for all the songs) and I’m excited to be able to see it.

Grooveshark I’ve said it before, but this is a tremendous resource for music lovers. You can play any song or any album. Not download, but play. I’m surprised by how complete it is.

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Skateboard Blues – Hittin the Road Jack

October 18, 2012 at 6:32 pm

Crash My skateboard falls usually occur when I’m tired, at night or in late afternoon. Tuesday night I was skating, using my Big Kahuna stick. It’s like a pavement paddle, about 6′ long, with a rubber stopper at one end and you use it to scoot along. WELL, I guess it was a eucalyptus pod, my board stopped and I didn’t. Fell backward, landed on wrist and elbow on pavement — pretty intense shoulder pain. There are 2 foremost things in my mind when I fall and am lying there: First, how badly am I hurt? Second, did anyone see me? (hoping not). It’s now a few days later and the shoulder is a bit better. Ah me. I ain’t givin up. Not yet.

Deek Pic is of me and Deek Diedrickson, author of the unique tiny house book, Humble Homes, Simple Shacks, Cozy Cottages, Ramshackle Retreats, Funky Forts, and Whatever the Heck Else we could Squeeze in Here. Deek’s not only an author, but artist , raconteur, and one of the most active guys in the tiny homes movement. We met for a beer at The Pelican Inn in Muir Beach a few weeks ago.

Music du jour: Mike Auldridge. Album: “Dobro, Blues, & Bluegrass.” https://shltr.net/QuNoM8

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Charlie Musselwhite in Santa Cruz

October 14, 2012 at 10:19 am

After the reunion, which I really enjoyed, I went out to Ocean Beach and ran for an hour on the sunny sand. (October is really our best time of the year.) Fiddled around in SF until 10 or so, called my son Will in Santa Cruz (where I was heading for the next day) and asked him who was playing at Moe’s Alley, one of my all time favorite clubs. “Charlie Musselwhite.” Whoo! I hot pedaled it to S. Cruz and caught Charlie’s last 2 numbers, which included Christo Redemptor, and Charlie and band were in fine form. Then Will and I had an beer in another tavern. It’s now, ahem, 3:09 AM and I’m at Ferrell’s 24-hour donut shop with wi-fi and preparing to go sleep in the back of my truck for the few hours until sunrise. I love Santa Cruz for a lot of reasons. I was conceived here. I was a beach lifeguard in the mid-50s. I surfed here when there were no wetsuits and surfing was not crowded. When I was at Stanford, I arranged my classes so I was through for the week at noon onThursday, and would ride my Harley 45 over to SC and stay until Sunday night.

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

October 5, 2012 at 5:47 pm

Holy smokes! I just looked at the lineup (San Francisco Golden Gate Park, Oct. 5-6-7, FREE): Doug Sahm, Boz Skaggs, Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Dwight Yoakam, Del McCrory, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Cowboy Junkies, lots of lesser-known but real bluegrass…

   It’s going to be a crazy weekend in the city: Fleet Week, Giants playoffs, the America Cup, and the bluegrass festival. When I’ve gone to it, I’ve parked my truck out at the beach and taken my bike into the park. https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/

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Música y Café de Brumoso Mañana

September 27, 2012 at 4:40 pm

El Camino by Elizabeth Cook: https://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=elizabeth+cook

Just unearthed this exquisite little cup with dragon motif, and this is my first cup of espresso in it. The cup would give Lovejoy a flutter. Got my crema working after all these years. Malabar Gold green beans (from: https://coffeeproject.com/), roasted weekly or so.

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