From the fun, old days, before self-imposed unemployment, when I was getting free vendor merch.
Nobody Has Any Money?
Now that Trump is president-elect, he’ll take credit for the economy that’s already in progress.
Washington Post Post
Trump has called the press the “enemy of the people” and threatened retribution, including jailing reporters, investigating NBC for treason, and suggesting CBS’s broadcast license be taken away. Terry Gross talks with David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, and Marty Baron, former executive editor of The Washington Post, about the media landscape as we head into a second Trump administration. — Fresh Air with Terry Gross
Red-Tailed Trouble
As I mentioned recently, there’s a hawk hanging around the neighborhood. A red-tailed hawk.
Yesterday, I heard him calling and he was on the highest perch of the tallest tree when another hawk joined him. If there’s a Mrs. Hawk, as far as I’m concerned they’re welcome to take up residence here. There are plenty of yummy squirrels for their dining enjoyment. Then today I saw this.
A red-tailed hawk is fighting for its life in Massachusetts, the latest predatory bird to fall victim to ingesting a controversial rodenticide.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/birds-of-prey-rodenticides-sgar/
The infrequent times I detect the presence of a mouse in the house, I use catch-and-hold traps, never poison.
Shelley Angel
Watching daytime re-runs of The Donna Reed Show as a kid during summer vacations made me an admirer of Shelley Fabares.
“Johnny Angel” was recorded a couple of times by others before Shelley turned it into a #1 hit.
“Johnny Angel”, as performed by Shelley and produced by Stu Phillips, is an excellent example of the importance of studio production in capturing the right sound for a song to turn it into a hit record. The effect here seems to almost be a nod to Roy Orbison.
In February of 1962, Shelley, Paul Peterson and I went into United Recording, and together we recorded four sides. “Johnny Angel” with Shelly and “She Can’t Find her Keys” with Paul. The recording engineer was the legendary Bones Howe. — “Stu Who?”, by Stu Phillips, page 125
In 1966, Bones Howe engineered this #1 record by The Mama’s & The Papa’s. It was produced by Lou Adler, Shelley’s first husband.
That same year, Howe was the producer behind this fantastic Turtles single.
CSNY in NY
Does making a complete album available on YouTube make it less likely that people will buy it? The data seems to indicate otherwise.
I bought the 2-LP set of Rhino’s new album, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Live At Fillmore East, 1969 that comes with a digital download. You can stream it here for free, thanks to Rhino. I assume this has an expiration date.
Here’s another one from the ad hoc quartet. Their greatest, the classic Deja Vu.