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-- Wynton Marsalis as quoted in Ken Burns' Jazz documentary
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Monday, August 28, 2006
Marcus Aurelius
"[A] limit of time is fixed for thee, which if thou dost not use for clearing away the clouds from thy mind, it will go and thou wilt go, and it will never return... [D]o what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of affection, and freedom, and justice... [D]oest every act of thy life as if it were the last."
-- excerpted from Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" at Part II
-- excerpted from Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" at Part II
Bass Man
A great documentary about the power of singular purpose and achieving transcendence through pro bass fishing.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Video Jukebox: Jazz Clips on YouTube
Ella Fitzgerald
Summertime
Lush Life
I Won't Dance
Body and Soul
Scatting with Roy Eldridge
Misty
Too Marvelous For Words
That Old Black Magic
Louis Armstrong
Medley
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (with Billie)
Duke Ellington
Thelonious Sphere Monk
Art Tatum
Yesterdays
Humouresque
Oscar Peterson
The Theme
Cakewalk
Charlie Parker
John Coltrane
Charles Mingus
Miles Davis
Billie Holliday
Carmen McRae
Roland Kirk
Art Blakey
Jimmy Smith
Wes Montgomery
Kenny Burrell
All Blues
Dave Brubeck
Take Five
Summertime
Lush Life
I Won't Dance
Body and Soul
Scatting with Roy Eldridge
Misty
Too Marvelous For Words
That Old Black Magic
Louis Armstrong
Medley
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (with Billie)
Duke Ellington
Thelonious Sphere Monk
Art Tatum
Yesterdays
Humouresque
Oscar Peterson
The Theme
Cakewalk
Charlie Parker
John Coltrane
Charles Mingus
Miles Davis
Billie Holliday
Carmen McRae
Roland Kirk
Art Blakey
Jimmy Smith
Wes Montgomery
Kenny Burrell
All Blues
Dave Brubeck
Take Five
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Our children and their children
What kind of world will we leave to our children and their children? Will we be good stewards of this planet, our only home?
As every good mother has taught their children: Actions have consequences. Mother Earth is about to teach us this lesson as well if we continue our unsustainable and misguided ways.
If you haven't done so already, I'd strongly recommend seeing Al Gore's movie on global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth." It's a gripping, well-reasoned, and thought-provoking look at where we're headed if we do not correct our course.
You can learn how to take action to reduce your environmental impact at www.climatecrisis.net.
Do whatever you can: car pool, take the bus, or ride your bike to work -- even if it's only for one day a week; buy a hybrid or fuel efficient car if possible; purchase energy efficient light bulbs for the most commonly used rooms in your home; lobby your elected officials for light rail and bike lanes; or bump up your thermostat by two degrees in the summertime.
The stakes are too high for us to bury our heads any longer.
As every good mother has taught their children: Actions have consequences. Mother Earth is about to teach us this lesson as well if we continue our unsustainable and misguided ways.
If you haven't done so already, I'd strongly recommend seeing Al Gore's movie on global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth." It's a gripping, well-reasoned, and thought-provoking look at where we're headed if we do not correct our course.
You can learn how to take action to reduce your environmental impact at www.climatecrisis.net.
Do whatever you can: car pool, take the bus, or ride your bike to work -- even if it's only for one day a week; buy a hybrid or fuel efficient car if possible; purchase energy efficient light bulbs for the most commonly used rooms in your home; lobby your elected officials for light rail and bike lanes; or bump up your thermostat by two degrees in the summertime.
The stakes are too high for us to bury our heads any longer.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Video Jukebox: Soul Clips on YouTube
Wilson Pickett
I'm In Love
Everybody Needs Somebody
99 and 1/2
Mustang Sally
Land of 1000 Dances
Funky Broadway
Stagger Lee
Soulfinger (Hey, give some up for the band!)
Otis Redding
Shake / I've Been Loving You Too Long
Try A Little Tenderness
Sam and Dave
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
Hold On, I'm Coming
Sam Cooke
You Send Me
Hey, Hey The Gang's All Here (with Muhammad Ali)
The Four Tops
Reach Out I'll Be There
The Temptations
The Way You Do The Things You Do
The Impressions
Woman's Got Soul
Curtis Mayfield
Keep On Keeping On
Superfly
I'm Your Pusherman
Future Shock
Gladys Knight and the Pips
The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
If I Were Your Woman
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Donny Hathaway
Put Your Hands In The Hands
The Ghetto
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
Let's Get It On
Sexual Healing
Stevie Wonder
Superstition
I'm In Love
Everybody Needs Somebody
99 and 1/2
Mustang Sally
Land of 1000 Dances
Funky Broadway
Stagger Lee
Soulfinger (Hey, give some up for the band!)
Otis Redding
Shake / I've Been Loving You Too Long
Try A Little Tenderness
Sam and Dave
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
Hold On, I'm Coming
Sam Cooke
You Send Me
Hey, Hey The Gang's All Here (with Muhammad Ali)
The Four Tops
Reach Out I'll Be There
The Temptations
The Way You Do The Things You Do
The Impressions
Woman's Got Soul
Curtis Mayfield
Keep On Keeping On
Superfly
I'm Your Pusherman
Future Shock
Gladys Knight and the Pips
The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
If I Were Your Woman
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Donny Hathaway
Put Your Hands In The Hands
The Ghetto
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
Let's Get It On
Sexual Healing
Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Video Jukebox: Louisiana Music Clips on YouTube
Professor Longhair
Tipitina
Branford Marsalis and Friends
Bringing the Music Back to New Orleans
The Meters
Look-Ka Py Py / Jungle Man
The Neville Brothers and The Meters
Fire on the Bayou
The Neville Brothers
Tell It Like It Is
Amazing Grace / One Love / People Get Ready
The Dixie Cups and the Neville Brothers
Brother John / Iko Iko
Louisiana Red
Ain't Got No Future
Buckwheat Zydeco and the Neville Brothers
Ya Ya
T. Broussard and the Zydeco Steppers
Tell Me Why?
Dikki Du and the Zydeco Crewe
Hey Pocky Zydeco Way
Tipitina
Branford Marsalis and Friends
Bringing the Music Back to New Orleans
The Meters
Look-Ka Py Py / Jungle Man
The Neville Brothers and The Meters
Fire on the Bayou
The Neville Brothers
Tell It Like It Is
Amazing Grace / One Love / People Get Ready
The Dixie Cups and the Neville Brothers
Brother John / Iko Iko
Louisiana Red
Ain't Got No Future
Buckwheat Zydeco and the Neville Brothers
Ya Ya
T. Broussard and the Zydeco Steppers
Tell Me Why?
Dikki Du and the Zydeco Crewe
Hey Pocky Zydeco Way
Video Jukebox: Blues Clips on YouTube
Muddy Waters
Hoochie Coochie Man
Got My Mojo Working
Honey Bee
Long Distance Call
Howlin Wolf
Shake For Me
Sonny Boy Williamson
Your Funeral and My Trial
Bye Bye Bird
Big Walter Horton
That Ain't It & Down Yonder
Walter's Shuffle
Junior Wells
Stop Breaking Down
Messin' With The Kid
Buddy Guy
First Time I Met The Blues
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Money
Can't Be Satisfied (acoustic)
B.B. King
Sweet Sixteen
I Got Some Outside Help I Don't Need
Why I Sing The Blues
To Know You Is To Love You
Freddie King
San Ho Zay
Hide Away
Boogie Funk
Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone
I'm Tore Down
Albert King
Live at the Fillmore East
Kansas City
Albert Collins
A Good Fool is Hard to Find
Mastercharge
Magic Sam
All Of Your Love
Carey Bell
Mellow Down Easy
Skip James
Crow Jane
Mississippi John Hurt
You're Going To Walk That Lonesome Valley Blues
Son House
Death Letter Blues
Johnny Shines
Ramblin'
Mance Lipscomb
Jack of Spades
Bukka White
Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Poor Boy Long Way From Home
Mississippi Fred McDowell
John Henry
Alvin Youngblood Hart
playing solo
Kelly Joe Phelps
Piece by Piece
Goodnight Irene
Hoochie Coochie Man
Got My Mojo Working
Honey Bee
Long Distance Call
Howlin Wolf
Shake For Me
Sonny Boy Williamson
Your Funeral and My Trial
Bye Bye Bird
Big Walter Horton
That Ain't It & Down Yonder
Walter's Shuffle
Junior Wells
Stop Breaking Down
Messin' With The Kid
Buddy Guy
First Time I Met The Blues
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Money
Can't Be Satisfied (acoustic)
B.B. King
Sweet Sixteen
I Got Some Outside Help I Don't Need
Why I Sing The Blues
To Know You Is To Love You
Freddie King
San Ho Zay
Hide Away
Boogie Funk
Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone
I'm Tore Down
Albert King
Live at the Fillmore East
Kansas City
Albert Collins
A Good Fool is Hard to Find
Mastercharge
Magic Sam
All Of Your Love
Carey Bell
Mellow Down Easy
Skip James
Crow Jane
Mississippi John Hurt
You're Going To Walk That Lonesome Valley Blues
Son House
Death Letter Blues
Johnny Shines
Ramblin'
Mance Lipscomb
Jack of Spades
Bukka White
Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Poor Boy Long Way From Home
Mississippi Fred McDowell
John Henry
Alvin Youngblood Hart
playing solo
Kelly Joe Phelps
Piece by Piece
Goodnight Irene
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