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TODAY’S PLAYLIST
Baffo (Guiseppe) Banfi: Ma Dolce Vita This 1979 release is the second of three solo albums from the former Un Biglietto per l’Inferno keyboardist. Strongly influenced by Berlin School electronic music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0op8c33QCoY Camel: Moonmadness The 1976 follow up to The … Continue reading
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MENUMENTS
A belly full of compromise leaves you queasy. Turpitude fosters further shameful actions. A glance forward, then two steps back. Addicted to the agony of being your adversary. As deadly as a rusty sabre. Playing solitaire while watching a church … Continue reading
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Happiness
“Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and everything you do, is for yourself – and there isn’t one.” Wei Wu Wei
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Pet Peeve 224
Seeing someone claim the unrequested opinion they just wrote as “IMHO” drives me crazy. Dude, when you’re spouting something no one asked your thoughts on, there is absolutely nothing humble about it. If you were truly humble you’d shut up … Continue reading
SPEAKING FREELY
The actions the Trump regime has taken against people who express opinions differing from the official party line reminds me of these words from the Clash tune “Know Your Rights.” You have the right to free speech as long as … Continue reading
NEW / RECENT RELEASES
THE VIOLET HOUR A solo piece of processional psychedelia. ====== TIAN KENG A collaboration with Ed End that was actually released last year through Ed’s label Le Colibri Nécrophile. Now available on Bandcamp. https://jeffsampson.bandcamp.com/album/tian-keng
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POINT
“The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” Aldous Huxley (1935)
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Remembering Nicky Hopkins (Feb 24, 1944 – Sep 6, 1994)
The time of rock ‘n’ roll has seen a number of really good pianists, and some stellar organists, but very few have been exceptional at both. I’m not gonna get into naming or ranking them because, when it comes to … Continue reading
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POLICY FAILURE
“Forty years of tax cuts for the super-rich have shown that a rising tide doesn’t lift all ships—just the superyachts.” — Gabriela Bucher, executive director of Oxfam International.