May 1, 2018

Fantastic

May 1, 2018

I keep posting Pokey songs, and I keep finding older obscure acoustic tunes... But

But maybe I am doing him a disservice.

He isn't actually a time traveling messenger from 1929. He has a varied, eclectic body of work.

He is a man of his age and his city - St Louis - with all the baggage and beauty that it entails.

This is from his latest record and I think it is a masterpiece of songwriting

May 1, 2018

Good Morning. I needed a smile, so I thought I'd share this...

In case you needed on as well..

April 29, 2018

New Music from Fantastic Negrito.

Love that the video pays respect to the roots and pays attention to now.

New Album releases June 15th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=35&v=djWziMwFVWw

April 27, 2018

OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT. I need a buttload of tickets

The Blasters are coming to my favorite local venue and Jimmy Vaughn is coming too...

That's not all HOLY SHIT look at all this - the calendar is not even fully booked yet but acts already announced include
Reverend Horton Heat
Asleep at the Wheel
Plain White Ts
Cedric Burnside
Steel Woods
Fantastic Negrito
Cowboy Mouth
Dan Baird & Homemade Sin.

I may need to rent an apartment in South St Louis this summer.

April 25, 2018

Kitchen table jam.

April 24, 2018

RIP Bob Dorough

You wrote so many great tunes, but the blues seem appropriate today.

Thanks for your work way back when

April 24, 2018

Bernie Sanders Is Quietly Building a Digital Media Empire

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/bernie-sanders-is-quietly-building-a-digital-media-empire.html

With this, his on going travels fund raising and O.R. organizing it seems obvious that he is setting up for a run in 2020.

As of December 2016, he is no longer a Democrat.

That means he is an opponent to the eventual Democratic candidate.

So - What am I missing?

April 23, 2018

Glamrock, you missed the point, Bubbles is an underrated sadly misunderstood Canandian MASTERMIND

Rising above the Trailer Park Shit Tsunami - With ART

April 16, 2018

Carlos Martinez @ the Reds

7 Innings, 4 hits, 0, runs 11 Ks

He twice struck out 2 Reds to get out of jams - Bases loaded 1 out in the 2nd and a man on third with 1 out in the 4th.

My favorite parts - He only did the "almost fall down and throw it 100mph" thing once. His 2 seamer lived at 94. His slider was breaking at a gorgeous 45 degree angle away from right handers. His new for this season 88 mph cutter was making lefties look foolish.

what a great day.

Unfortunately his history suggests that in his next start he will give up 3 earned runs in the first inning and have to sit by the 5th - But today I feel good about our number one starter