I can tell my patience is wearing thin regarding my epic wait for the edits to my Book of Blues. The good news is that I talked to my cousin. I talked to him in that Facebook chat-sort-of-way. I don’t blame him. 70-hour work weeks in the blizzardom of Minneapolis has to hurt regardless of […]
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Why “Hell Bent” is not the best Doctor Who episode Steven Moffat wrote.
I love Hell Bent. It’s an episode of new Doctor Who I often find myself going back to when I want the heart strings tugged on, or when I want to see the Doctor & Clara pushed to the limits – Time Lord Victorious style. Confessionally, that desire is frequent. And I think – I […]
“Game of Thrones” Season 8, Episode 5. ‘The Bells.’
I spent a good share of my time in these locations: The Geek Strikes Back Facebook Page episode comment thread The Geek Strikes Back armchair script writers rant thread Friends Fraley & Jonathan via Twitter This Twitter Thread My private FB thread I’m in the camp who loved the episode. I loved how Dany finally […]
My “7 Books in 7 Days” Challenge.
Curse you, immortal BeeGee, for nominating me in the “7 Book in 7 Days,” challenge. I typically don’t jump in such things unless it: is an incredible cause ain’t tryin’ to rassle’ money. This fits both. The rules to the “7 Books in 7 Days,” challenge as best as I know them so far. BeeGee, […]
On reaching Level 40 in Pokémon GO
I don’t love Pokémon GO. I like it, but I don’t love it. Still, I put in an insane number of hours to reach Level 40, the final level. How hard is it to reach Level 40 on Pokémon GO? Reaching Level 40 on Pokémon GO is like finishing a 100,000-piece puzzle without a picture, […]
Where did Otis Redding write Dock of the Bay?
Where Otis Redding wrote “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” is one of the more controversial music topics I’ve seen since we’ve moved out to San Francisco Bay Area. Here’s the answer as best as I can find. So far: Otis Redding wrote the first verse of “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” […]
Live in Europe – Otis Redding
“Who?” He’s the director of the foundation that runs the Stax Museum of American Soul Music and Stax Music Academy. Sadly, these are the only intuitions that remains of the once-proud Stax Records. “Oh. Shit. That sucks.” Yeah. It do. Many of the Stax / Volt artists outside of those who toured with Redding in […]
[Review] “Feelin’ Good.” David Ruffin’s Second Solo Album. Released November 1969
Shortcut: Link to Feelin’ Good on Spotify David Ruffin’s second solo album, Feelin’ Good, was released in November 1969, 6 months after the first album, My Whole World Ended. Feelin’ Good has some serious gems in it, but at times it also feels hastily slapped together to leverage the fans’ desire to see a Ruffin […]
The best cover of Feelin’ Alright? might belong to David Ruffin (Sorry, Joe Cocker & Traffic).
Monday afternoon I was driving down I-5 South towards Bakersfield. Just me, the hills, the fields, the cattle, the tundra and desert…I was gonna stay there the night and then head down to LA on Tuesday for 2016 NLCS Game 3. Dodgers vs. Cubs. #FlytheW. On the way down I was listening to David Ruffin’s […]
The Song at the end of “The Big Short” is “When the Levee Breaks,” by Led Zeppelin.
The song that plays at the end of the 2015 movie The Big Short, is none other than Led Zeppelin’s iconic reworking of the anthem “When the Levee Breaks”. It’s the powerful, foreboding 7-minute “coda” to ZOSO, what fellow Zep fans call the otherwise untitled 4th album Led Zeppelin IV. “Reworking?” They covered that? It […]