The medium-rare biosphere
All the roots hang down Swing from town to town They are marching around Down under your boots All the trucks unload Beyond the gopher holes There’s a world going on Underground — Tom Waits,...
View ArticleSonny Moorman’s group at Oxford
This Cincinnati group played a concert today (Thursday) at the uptown park at Oxford Ohio. A trio with Sonny on guitar, Dennis “Willy D” Williams – bass & vocals, and Dave Fair- drums & vocals....
View ArticleActually, Frank is the best dinosaur
Last week I posted a video of Dan Telfer arguing with his audience over who is the best dinosaur. Well, The Black Keys, a blues band from Akron, Ohio came up with the best dinosaur. His name is Frank,...
View ArticleMusic: Death Letter Blues
Haven’t had some music here for a while. So here are two version of Son House’s “Death Letter Blues”. The first by the master himself, the second by The White Stripes. Enjoy!
View ArticleFebruary: a Good Month for Music
Some good things happened in music this month. The Black Keys won Grammy awards for Best Alternative Album, (Brothers) Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals, Best Recording Package and...
View ArticleMusic: The Black Keys, El Camino
The Black Keys‘ new album El Camino is coming out today. I am not entirely sure why they called the album El Camino, and placed a picture of a 1994 Chrysler Town & Country van: What a Chevrolet...
View ArticleNobody knows you
With deepest apologies to the memory of Jimmy Cox. EDIT: I got a couple of concerned emails. No, this did not happen to me. Yet. Once I lived the life of a PI so rich, Research was going along without...
View ArticleMusic Friday: Brushy One String / Chicken in the Corn
Brushy One String. Pretty amazing.
View ArticleMusic Monday: Imuhar / Bombino
My favorite track from Bombino’s latest album Nomad. Tuareg blues.
View ArticleMusic Monday: Sequester Blues
The sequester is hitting science funding in the US pretty hard. Francis Collins, the director of the NIH, is lobbying any way he can to get the NIH off the hook. In 2013, there will be 700 fewer...
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