Billie Holiday on youtube!

Hello there.
Hmmmm...
What to do, what to do...
Well, rather than get all frustrated with politics today...I think I'd like to listen to someone elses opinion. In the old days...which was not that long ago...we used to call it the blues. The frustration of everything. Whether it be your work status, your automobile status...or political grievances...and of course, your relationship status, any one of those is frustrating. But all together? That's the blues. Plain and simple.
So that is how I shall keep things today. Plain and simple.
Here is a wonderful clip, featuring Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong:



More Billie Holiday, here at Public Domain 2ten.( 2ten? That's 2010...the year music rebirths)

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Obama Has The World's Approval Now

Now that the world has confirmed Obama a bringer of peace, he can continue with his health care reform plan. It's as if the rest of the world tapped Obama on the shoulder and said,
" We like you...and we believe in what you are doing...and let this Noble Peace Prize be significant to your doings...don't pay too much attention to those right wing nut bags...all they care about is money...oh, by the way...here's some..."

And that put a smile across my face. The fact that the world leaders recognized Obama's democratic oath as something sincere, yet enriched with novelty, is a testament to the last eight years of White House politics. Which, to me, is worth any amount of money...which, ironically, will go to charity.

I think he should use it to fund health care reform bill. But that would be another cacophony of Republican and Democratic debates...

Oh those Republicans...

Even THEY need some kind of music to listen to....

Here's one. It features a washboard.
Which may be used by some people to clean up their act with...AND their clothes.

Tiny Parham And His Musicians – “Washboard Wiggles” mp3

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Signs Ammo Bill

"People buying ammunition in California will soon have to be thumb-printed and dealers will have to keep records of sales, under legislation that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law..."

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Well...that SOUNDS like a step in the right direction. That is, until, gun owners start to make complaints about being inconvenienced by paper work. Then we will probably hear something about the right to bear arms and bullets should be free.

I agree with Chris Rock on bullets.
Please note that he is no stranger to the use of profanity:

Here is a good link to a song about bullets:
Mississippi John Hurt – “Stack O Lee Blues” mp3

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Get The L On Down The Road

Hello. How are you today?
I was going to mention more about the topic concerning the middle east. That is...until I pressed play on this little number. My goodness, leave it to a jug band from the good old days to put a smile on your face. Well, at least it worked for me.
Next time I will try to discuss something a little more sophisticated. As for now...
L ol...

And thank you Bill Johnson...I needed a chuckle this week.

Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band – “Get The L On Down The Road” mp3

William Manuel "Bill" Johnson (August 10, 1872 – December 3, 1972), was an American jazz musician, considered the father of the "slap" style of string bass playing.


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I Ran Over To Say I Aint Misbehavin'

" Iran said that it would soon offer a timetable for inspectors to visit a hitherto secret facility, but was not prepared to debate its “rights” to operate the plant..." » Full Story on New York Times

Iran wants a nuclear program...like everybody else. It's like everybody sitting in a tub of gasoline and THEY want a match stick, too...
Oh brother.
Maybe Japan ought to have a word with them instead of the U.S. Japan knows about nuclear programs. If Iran convinces them that they are not misbehaving...then maybe they won't...

Louis Armstrong – “Ain’t Misbehavin’” mp3



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99 Year Old Plays Like Magic

"My dad played the cornet and he had a good voice. My mom played classical piano, but her heart was in ragtime," Brown remembers. "I spent my babyhood under the piano, going to sleep watching my mother's pretty little feet going up and down on the pedals." That was around 1910. And (continue reading)

Well...it's no surprise to me, really, that at the age of 99 she is still hammering away on those ivory keys. Jazz, to some, is like old magic. Velzoe, like many great Jazz musicians, have the ability to bring to life, something which was not there, into the world for all to hear. But only for that moment. And when you do that within the elements of a Jazz arrangement...people usually applaud. As if it was magic. It keeps you young at heart, too. And that is why Velzoe Brown does not surprise me at all. She is probably very very accomplished at what she does. And should keep doing it until she cannot. Good for her.

And now...a composition of mine that may regard the lovely

Velzoe Brown

Duke Ellington – “Sweet Mama” mp3

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Right Wing Freak Show

Hello. How are you?
Me? I was ok until I found this ridiculous article about Fox News. And no, I am not going to give you a link to them. You'll have to find it your self. But what I'm going to give you is brief statement about tact. It use to be something we all knew about it. It use to be how we spoke to one another. A measurement of class.
Now a days, tact is as ancient as an artifact you would find in any British museum. That photo, for instance...the woman in the green with her back turned happens to work for Fox news. She is rallying up the crowd during a Fox news coverage. (sigh) It's a little biased when you have an employee from the news station egging on the crowd. What a bird.
And answer me this...why is she flapping her left wing at a right winged convention?

Who are these people? Luis Russell and His Orchestra might have the right question here...
Luis Russell & His Orchestra – “The (New) Call of the Freaks” mp3

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