From “Green Onions” to “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay”, the legendary guitarist Steve Cropper was a musical force that helped define the Soul sound of the old Stax Records. After a career of successes, Steve has, at last, come up a Cropper at age 84.
Here’s an interesting Cropper playlist.
Last night’s Jeopardy! game had the clue, “It’s the only James Bond film with a country in its title.” The incorrect response by a contestant was, “To Russia With Love.”*
Putin should give up his invasion of Ukraine and declare peace in the name of Messer Chups.
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* Harrison Whitaker is one of the stronger J! players to appear on the show. He lost yesterday to someone who seems very unlikely to win a second game. We’ll find out tonight.
Update: Daily Doubles to the rescue, for a second come from behind win.
For multiple reasons, including watching the re-release of the Beatles Anthology on Disney+, I’ve been out of blogging mode. I’ll get back in the groove.
Formerly on YouTube in lowly 480 resolution, “Lloyd, I’m Ready to be Heartbroken” is now presented in much improved 720.
Heather Maloney’s “Time and Pocket Change” is another endearingly quirky indie favorite.
Lubbock Will Remove Buddy Holly-Themed Crosswalk After Federal Crackdown
Whatever they are, the streetbound specs are now verboten, a casualty of the Trump administration’s crackdown on artistic displays on the nation’s roadways.
“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, ‘The Beatles did’.” – Kurt Vonnegut, 1997
I’ve always been as much amazed as amused by the British comedic thread running from the Goon Show with Peter Sellers, to the Beatles, then to the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Monty Python.
Michael Palin has said there wouldn’t have been Monty Python without the Bonzos. Would the comedy troupe have existed if the Beatles hadn’t first changed the world? Palin talks about what the Beatles made possible for others in their wake, in this 2012 interview.
