Blue Ribbon Glee Club!

This might well be just what the world was waiting for...

BLUE RIBBON GLEE CLUB:
www.myspace.com/theblueribbongleeclub

And then it was December...

Funny how time slips away...deep in the holiday season, it's post as one can, and here, for your general amusement, is the one & only Buddy Rich, sweet talking his band as only he could...

On the other extreme, some hardy soul went to the trouble to cobble together stage chatter from various shows of the DC underground stalwarts, Fugazi. Ah sweet nostalgia...it always seemed like a weird dichotomy that a band capable of such prodigious noise & energy would willfully sabotage the pacing of their shows to keep a (relatively) violence free atmosphere, and it is missed. Also, while the music can come off as dour, a great sense of humor reveals itself onstage. All in all, a welcome blast from the past.

'and now for something completely different...'

Tis a small world after all, as today the email brought me greetings from my friends Marion & Andy in Germany. Most every year they come over to visit, and base in California to do crazy road trips...Always a good time. What shines through, despite different administrations and our standing in the world, is their love for this great beast of America, and that makes me proud. Then we sporadically maintain communications through the rest of the year, as do we all, fitfully, as life permits...





Today's fun was that her email contained a wonderful link, which I must share. Seems they took part in a German music video, Willi Herren's "Mir sin de Stross eraf jejange". She is very visible in the front at :27, (second from the left of the guitarist), and at :30, Andy shows up all the way on the right...then continually throughout. They're rocking out at the winter carnival in Koln. Such an amazing surprise, and a nice reminder of just how cool this internet thing can be. So often, I for one feel threatened, bossed, exacerbated, and just plain beat down by the WWW, but all it takes is a few little things to bring back the Joy and the Wonder...



Lest i descend permanently to the Hallmarkian, let me close on a high note by sharing another little found gem that must be seen to be believed...



and to all, a good night...