In lieu of dismal words this Friday morning on the eve of a holiday, another post in our ‘Destination‘ series of music and non-hand-wringing (last one here and if you want, follow the series backward…
Sunshine splashed across our late afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley; now in the early evening, the sky is still nice and clear — we received fairly-heavy rain last night, and although the NWS…
Leaving the dismal news cycle alone for a bit this Sunday morning, and fastening our anxiety-anxious view to some music I’d listened to or mulled over this past week and on how appropriate the sound…
Nice early-autumn, late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley with warm sunshine and cool shade. Out in the backyard a few moments ago doing a B&M (Wine, wood-tip) break, and the ambiance comforting with family/children…
Another musical notable passing today: Charlie Watts, the quiet, seemingly shy drummer for The Rolling Stones, died from undisclosed ailments in a London hospital. He was 80. One job for nearly 60 years. Watts drummed…
In place of the horrors of the nowadays, a flashback Sunday afternoon to sounds of long ago, and way-way far away — music as memory of decades past and the history since then. Alternative rock…
Once again another chapter in this generally-musical set of posts — last one here — and this trip it’s tunes in the moon-dream-waxing philosophical-and-maybe-some-optimistic homilies thrown into a mix-tape genre featured on a warm Sunday…
The InterWebs are loaded this morning on Bob Dylan birthday stories, and this humble post will way-most-likely fall between the cracks in the pile on, but like anyone with any kind of musical appreciation over…
Another chapter in the ‘Destination‘ series (last one here), and a look backwards to reflect in some small way what we’re experiencing today. Our current era is more-weirder than yesterday’s, though, sadly there’s still the…
Beautiful late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — sunshine and warm temps starting about noon following a foggy, chilly morning. Weather is way-oblique in its own existence, fog to sunshie, cold to hot, sometimes…