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Pat Blythe – Women of Blues Revisited – Part III
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 81 Theatre, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Aretha Franklin, Billie Holliday, Blue Goose Hollow, Bob Segarini, Buck Washington, Charlie Green, Chu Berry, Clarence Smith, Coleman "Hawk" Hawkins, David Dicaire, DBAWIS, Dori Previn, Empress of the Blues, Fletcher Henderson, Frank Teagarden, Frank Walker, Frankie Newton, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, HBO, Jack Gee, James P Johnson, Janis Joplin, Jazz, Joe "Fox" Smith, John Hammond, Louis Armstrong., luvthemusic, Ma Rainey, Mahalia Jackson, Mamie Smith, Mo'nique, Mount Lawn Cemetery, National Endowment for the Arts, New Race Records, Norah Jones, Okeh Records, Pat Blythe, Queen Latifah, Recording Industry of America, Richard Morgan, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songs of the Century, Swing Era, the blues, The Charleston, The Greatest Blues Singer in the World, The Roaring Twenties, Viola Smith, White Elephant Saloon on August 10, 2017 by segarini
Thoughts and ramblings…..
Let me just wander/wonder for a moment. It’s a simply gorgeous day today (Wednesday) and there are way, way too many diatribes written about “he who shall not be shamed”, south of the 49th parallel. Noodling around in amongst what neurons are actually firing is this thought…… What if we all just simply stopped reporting on his every move, his every tweet, his every fart (cause that’s what comes out of his mouth….gas) What if it ALL just completely halted….any mention of his name or his family’s. No Tweets or tweet responses, no Facebook or Facebook sharing, no comedy shows, no “fun” news (i.e. John Oliver), nadda, zip, bupkis….. NOTHING! A complete blackout for say……48 hours. What would we talk about? What exactly are we missing in other news and stories? My curiosity has got the better of me…. what would “he” do. No attention paid, nothing to rail against, no media outlet to harangue, no “fake news” to protest….. I wonder…….and my neurons wander……
Pat Blythe: Women of Blues 3 – Bessie Smith – The Empress of The Blues
Posted in Opinion with tags 81 Theatre, Andrew Smith, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Blue Goose Hollow, blues, Bob Segarini, Buck Washington, Charlie Green, Chu Berry, Clarence Smith, Coleman "Hawk" Hawkins, David Dicaire, DBAWIS, Dori Previn, Empress of the Blues, Fletcher Henderson, Frank Teagarden, Frank Walker, Frankie Newton, HBO, If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), Jack Gee, James P Johnson, Janis Joplin, Jazz, Joe "Fox" Smith, John Hammond, Louis Armstrong., luvthemusic, Ma Rainey, Mahalia Jackson, Mamie Smith, Mo'nique, Mount Lawn Cemetery, New Race Records, Norah Jones, Okeh Records, Pat Blythe, piano, Queen Latifah, Richard Morgan, rock 'n roll, Rock and Roll, swing, Swing Era, tenor saxophone, The Charleston, The Greatest Blues Singer in the World, The Roaring Twenties, trombone, trumpet, Viola Smith, White Elephant Saloon on July 8, 2015 by segarini
“The blues is not about people knowing you, it’s about you knowing the people.” –– Ma Rainey, (from the HBO movie Bessie)
Roxanne Tellier: Pet Sounds
Posted in Opinion with tags Annie Lennox, Big Mama Thornton, Cat Stevens, Cats, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Dogs, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvis Presley, Freddie Mercury, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Harry Nilsson, Henry Gross, Iggy Pop, Jane Siberry, Joe Cocker, Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Lobo, music, Nelly Furtado, Norah Jones, Patti Page, Patty Griffin, Pets, Pink Floyd, Records, Roxanne Tellier, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Shaggs, The Stooges, Tom Waits on March 24, 2013 by segarini
“The Internet is a lot like ancient Egypt: people writing on walls and worshipping cats.” Cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, horses, hedgehogs … you name it. The supply of animal pictures seems to be limitless. And nothing can draw an “awww” out of even the most hardened grouch’s mouth quicker than the sight of a tiny, helpless, pink-mouthed baby anything. We are helpless before their innocent charms.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 