…fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.
Jumping around #18 – At Mister Kelly’s – Sarah Vaughn #32 – Green Onions – Booker T. and the M.G.’s #81 – Safe as Milk – Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band #82 – Moby Grape – Moby Grape #83 – Da Capo –– Love #84 – Triangle – The Beau Brummels (1967) #85 – […]
Started last week where I left off and also didn’t post this on time. Let’s just go with I’ll post these things whenever. #13 – Kenya – Machito (1957) Odd one. Afro-Cuban Jazz. Ok. But the ratings don’t seem to suggest it should be in the 1001 Musts. #14 – Little Richard – Here’s Little […]
I am not going to post this list every day because it would get tedious on the site. Maybe I’ll do it weekly. (forgot to post on Sunday, so now Monday will be More Music Monday) #5 – This is Fats – Fats Domino (1956) #6 – Ellington at Newport – Duke Ellington.(1956) (bit of […]
I didn’t make much progress in my attempt to watch the Criterion Collection. Sitting still that long isn’t my strong suit. A few years ago I tried to listen to the entire 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and came close to finishing it. I think I was maybe 10-15% off completion. I […]
Originally my wife and I bought 2-day tickets, but given the heavy rains this morning, we’ll be sitting out day 2 (Day 3 of the fest, but day 2 for us). It’s all good. While there are a few bands I would’ve liked to see today, I’ve seen some before, so no big loss. Yesterday, […]
Music: Swamp Dogg – Popped up in Spotify list. Hadn’t heard it before. Enjoyed the album Total Destruction to Your Mind quite a bit. Stellastar Coach Party Don’t Stop or We’ll Die Television: Queen of the South (Netflix) – A student recommended this. Good stuff Teenage Bounty Hunters (Netflix)- Stupidly fun show. I don’t mean […]
There will be no travel day 3 because I made it to my destination a bit early. Since I woke up bright and early (actually it was still dark), I hit the road at 6:30 a.m. Not having anything else to do, and a time change, I just drove all the way to the town […]
I decided to take my time driving out to Utah. It’s about a 20 hour drive and I figured I’d make it in three days, just because I don’t want to push it. I want to get into Utah with enough time to set up my AirBnB to make sure I’m ready for school on […]