It is the weekend, so we will sing! The best musics are cante jondo and blues. In blues this weekend, Stephen Bess leads us to an amazing rendition of Soon One Morning. I, meanwhile, have discovered a toreá por bulerías that has real duende. It is for Servetus and Meia Oito, although it is not … More Soon One Morning, Toreá por Bulerías
There has been a coup d’état, and Professor Zero has been captured. Reading for Pleasure Wednesday has been suspended. If Professor Zero is released by the weekend, she will sing. If not, you will continue to listen to Beethoven. We join Professor Zero in recommending that despite the circumstances you do watch this archival footage … More Toscanini/Beethoven: 9th Symphony
With a little help from AllAfrica.com, we present Coco Tea with Barak Obahama, followed by the Mighty Sparrow with Barack the Magnificent. But I am just waiting to see and hear the Kenyan King of Ohangla Tony Nyadundo whose new album Obama is apparently very popular, and is said to be circulating in the United … More Barack Obama Latest Hits
Our official Easter post is by the Anxious Black Woman. Read it, it is important. Meanwhile I am singing the first laisse of the Song of Roland, which I like. Carles li reis, nostre emper[er]e magnes Set anz tuz pleins ad estet en Espaigne: Tresqu’en la mer cunquist la tere altaigne. N’i ad castel ki … More Une vieille chanson
Now it is the weekend, and we are stomping our feet with Henry Gray and the Cats. If I were another blogger, I would be Stephen Bess, because he goes to the most galleries, readings, bookstores, cool cafés, and interesting urban corners, and he has the best records. When I still lived in town, and … More Henry Gray
For Maundy Thursday and the Spring Equinox, which coincide today, we are listening to the Easter Saga of 17th century Icelandic poet Hallgrímur Pétursson. Unless I am gravely mistaken there is footage of both Iceland and the Faroes, where I would love to be this spring. Via Rebel Girl we are also reading Kenneth Rexroth, … More Hallgrímur Pétursson
You are incredibly rude and condescending to women. In fact, your behavior borders on the boorish. I need to remember to explain this you this clearly next time you do it to me, instead of talking back with my usual “Stop it, do not be so silly, listen to what I am saying, we have … More Dear Whiteman
Super Sunday, typically in March near St. Joseph’s Day, is the year’s best day because all the Mardi Gras Indians come out on parade. The video I have embedded explains things to the uninitiated, but this video of the Creole Wild West is the best and most authentic of the Indian videos I have found … More Tambourine and Fan
I As the following video puts it, “Yo no soy Clintonero. Yo no soy Clintonero, soy por Barack, soy por Barack.” Read Case’s post and then Nezua’s, and vote Barack. And do not come telling me I need to “compromise,” or “get realistic.” I have already compromised, and if more people were willing to be … More L’Astrologie de Barack Obama
Now it is March! The Equinox is on Good Friday, and then it will be spring. Axé.
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