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26 years ago, before the election of George W. Bush in 2000, I wrote, produced and starred in a show about the history of the campaign song, called "Muckrakers," with the fabulous Linda Kerns.  Given that this bicentennial election season is heating up, I thought it'd be fun to revisit some songs from elections past…Let's look at one from 1856...Some background: in 1854 was “Bleeding Kansas” - a bitter dispute between pro and anti-slavery forces over that territory, which led to the break up of the two major parties and the formation of a new one — THE REPUBLICANS — who vowed to oppose any further extension of slavery. But, THE DEMOCRATIC WINNER OF THE 1856 ELECTION WAS….?Many people consider him the WORST president we've ever had (until now) - because he might have prevented the Civil War, and he blew it. I'll give you a hint: he was a bachelor - girl he was engaged to as a youth committed suicide. One eye was nearsighted, the other far - so he held his head a a funny angle….Got it? He was the quote: “most available, and most unobjectionable JAMES BUCHANAN, former Secretary of State to Polk, who once called him “an able man,” but added that, “he sometimes acts like an old maid.”Nevertheless, Bucky won big! Carried every Southern state, except Maryland and six free states - proving that the majority still put the preservation of the Union above all else. And, that is exactly what Stephen Foster's WHITE HOUSE CHAIR urged the voters to do.

WHO KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW MAY BRING by Traffic (United Artists, 1968)The original line up of Traffic had it all: mysticism, funk, folk, world music, and a healthy dose of irony. For an acid head like me they were the perfect accompaniment for a trip through shifting patterns of synchronicity. Of course, Traffic was helmed by the one and only Steve Winwood, who as a teenager impressed the world, shouting the blues on “I'm a Man,” and “Keep on Running” with the Spencer Davis Group, and was now considered a full-blown genius. But they also needed Dave Mason for ballast, because after he left the rising balloon, Winwood navigated the group into extended jazz noodle-ville - (but, that's another story!) Who knows what tomorrow may bring from the group's eponymous second album is a deceptively simple groove and mantra that resonates across genres, time-zones, and philosophies, releasing a blast of joy-filled dopamine to one's synaptic receptors, even as one contemplates the evanescence of life. And, that swinging organ counterpoint is smoking! As I felt the waves of dislocation beginning to distort my perceptions, Winwood encouraged me to “step outside” of my mind, and “float across the ceiling…” I trusted him, and so I did just that. And, it was good.

Today on The Press Box, Bryan and David kick things off by discussing Bryan's Memorial Day trip to the movie theater and why the ‘Star Wars' discourse has become more interesting than the movies themselves. Then they offer a side-by-side comparison of the NBA playoff coverage on ESPN versus NBC (19:10) and analyze the recent reporting surrounding Donald Trump's health (44:52). Then they debut a brand-new segment, the Obligatory List, with some help from Jason Concepcion (49:00). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline! Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Guest: Jason Concepcion Producer: Jon Roemer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Dans le «procès d'une vie», Barbara Lamballais et Karina Testa reviennent sur le combat de Gisèle Halimi lors du procès de Bobigny en 1972... Le spectacle vient d'être récompensé à trois reprises, lors de la dernière cérémonie des Molières.  Automne 1972 : au cours d'un procès retentissant, l'avocate Gisèle Halimi obtient la relaxe pour Marie-Claire Chevallier accusée d'avoir avorté, ce qui en ces années-là était interdit par la loi, mais aussi pour sa mère et la femme qui avait pratiqué de manière clandestine cette interruption de grossesse. Ce fut un tournant pour l'histoire des femmes et l'histoire du droit. C'est à partir de cet évènement que Barbara Lamballais et Karina Testa ont écrit Le procès d'une vie.  Un texte écrit à quatre mains dont l'écriture a été initiée en 2018 alors que Gisèle Halimi était encore en vie. Un spectacle très documenté sur les faits : elles ont fait appel à des professionnels de la justice pour bien comprendre tous les tenants et aboutissants de l'affaire.  En août 1971 : Marie-Claire Chevalier, jeune est âgée de 16 ans. Jeune fille isssue d'un milieu populaire, elle est violée par un élève de son lycée âgé de 18 ans. Elle se retrouve alors enceinte et elle demande à sa mère de l'aider à avorter : l'avortement est alors illégal et passible de cinq ans de prison.  De son côté, son violeur est arêté pour une affaire de vol de voiture ; il dénonce Marie‑Claire Chevalier pour avortement clandestin, espérant ainsi obtenir un traitement plus favorable de la justice. Elle est alors poursuivie ainsi que sa mère et les femmes qui l'ont aidée. L'avocate Gisèle Halimi décide de faire de ce procès un acte politique en dénonçant publiquement l'injustice de la loi anti-avortement et en montrant que ce sont surtout les femmes les plus modestes qui en souffrent. Ce procès devient un événement médiatique majeur et suscite un large mouvement de soutien : intellectuels, médecins, militants et une partie de l'opinion se mobilisent. Marie‑Claire est finalement relaxée, et les autres prévenues reçoivent des peines symboliques. L'affaire de Bobigny joue un rôle décisif dans l'évolution des mentalités et prépare le terrain à la loi Veil de 1975, qui dépénalise l'IVG en France. Le spectacle raconte donc un procès, mais aussi un pan de l'histoire de la société française....  Invitées : Barbara Lamballais, autrice et metteuse en scène de la pièce Le procès d'une vie Karina Testa, autrice et comédienne de Le procès d'une vie.    À voir au Théâtre du Splendid jusqu'en janvier 2027. Et cet été, à Avignon au Théâtre des Gémeaux du 4 au 25 juillet 2026.  Programmation musicale : L'artiste La Ciguë avec le titre la Ache des chiens. 

Dans le «procès d'une vie», Barbara Lamballais et Karina Testa reviennent sur le combat de Gisèle Halimi lors du procès de Bobigny en 1972... Le spectacle vient d'être récompensé à trois reprises, lors de la dernière cérémonie des Molières.  Automne 1972 : au cours d'un procès retentissant, l'avocate Gisèle Halimi obtient la relaxe pour Marie-Claire Chevallier accusée d'avoir avorté, ce qui en ces années-là était interdit par la loi, mais aussi pour sa mère et la femme qui avait pratiqué de manière clandestine cette interruption de grossesse. Ce fut un tournant pour l'histoire des femmes et l'histoire du droit. C'est à partir de cet évènement que Barbara Lamballais et Karina Testa ont écrit Le procès d'une vie.  Un texte écrit à quatre mains dont l'écriture a été initiée en 2018 alors que Gisèle Halimi était encore en vie. Un spectacle très documenté sur les faits : elles ont fait appel à des professionnels de la justice pour bien comprendre tous les tenants et aboutissants de l'affaire.  En août 1971 : Marie-Claire Chevalier, jeune est âgée de 16 ans. Jeune fille isssue d'un milieu populaire, elle est violée par un élève de son lycée âgé de 18 ans. Elle se retrouve alors enceinte et elle demande à sa mère de l'aider à avorter : l'avortement est alors illégal et passible de cinq ans de prison.  De son côté, son violeur est arêté pour une affaire de vol de voiture ; il dénonce Marie‑Claire Chevalier pour avortement clandestin, espérant ainsi obtenir un traitement plus favorable de la justice. Elle est alors poursuivie ainsi que sa mère et les femmes qui l'ont aidée. L'avocate Gisèle Halimi décide de faire de ce procès un acte politique en dénonçant publiquement l'injustice de la loi anti-avortement et en montrant que ce sont surtout les femmes les plus modestes qui en souffrent. Ce procès devient un événement médiatique majeur et suscite un large mouvement de soutien : intellectuels, médecins, militants et une partie de l'opinion se mobilisent. Marie‑Claire est finalement relaxée, et les autres prévenues reçoivent des peines symboliques. L'affaire de Bobigny joue un rôle décisif dans l'évolution des mentalités et prépare le terrain à la loi Veil de 1975, qui dépénalise l'IVG en France. Le spectacle raconte donc un procès, mais aussi un pan de l'histoire de la société française....  Invitées : Barbara Lamballais, autrice et metteuse en scène de la pièce Le procès d'une vie Karina Testa, autrice et comédienne de Le procès d'une vie.    À voir au Théâtre du Splendid jusqu'en janvier 2027. Et cet été, à Avignon au Théâtre des Gémeaux du 4 au 25 juillet 2026.  Programmation musicale : L'artiste La Ciguë avec le titre la Ache des chiens. 

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In this episode, Oliver talks with senior fellow John Howard about mounting geopolitical instability, from Iran and the Strait of Hormuz to Trump's visit to Beijing and the growing pressure on Taiwan. They discuss what these crises mean for New Zealand's energy security, political leadership, European security, business risk, and the need for more serious strategic thinking.

"CLARENCE CARTER SLIPS AWAY ON THE MYSTERY TRAIN"When we speak of the deep soul drenched days when certain performers inhabited a heart full of soul so captivating and special that they were ordained as high priests of mournful and lustful magic, we will always recall Soul legend Clarence Carter.Clarence boarded The Mystery Train today, May 14, following struggles with prostate cancer and a battle with pneumonia and sepsis. He was 90.This  blind Southern star from Alabama scored two Top 10 hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s with “Slip Away” and “Patches,” After having hits on the R&B charts (including 1965's “Step By Step” and 1967's “Tell Daddy”), Carter landed on the pop charts – as well as, concurrently, the R&B lists – with 1968's “Slip Away,” a song that highlighted Carter's powerful and emotional baritone voice with a lyric in which the singer implores his married lover for a secret rendezvous Two years later Carter released his biggest pop hit, the Grammy-winning (for Best R&B song) “Patches,” which rose to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Mr. Carter also recorded a number of raunchy novelty songs eschewed by mainstream radio but finding success in later years: The 1968 “Back Door Santa” was sampled by Run-D.M.C. for the 1987 single “Christmas in Hollis,” and the even more explicit “Strokin'” from 1986 was featured on the soundtrack for Eddie Murphy's 1996 remake of The Nutty Professor as well as in William Friedkin's 2011 film Killer Joe.Sleep Well Clarence. The first of the six covers that appear on Please Please Me is a mid-tempo ballad called “Anna (Go to Him),” which was written and first recorded by Arthur Alexander. Chances are that most people who hear the version sung by John Lennon have no idea who Arthur Alexander is—but the Beatles certainly knew, and so did the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan: Alexander is reportedly the only songwriter whose tunes have appeared on studio albums by those three hallowed acts. Elvis Presley recorded one of his songs as well—albeit one that Alexander co-wrote—and so did Otis Redding and Tina Turner and Jerry Lee Lewis and Percy Sledge.Don Covay  recorded for several labels, including Blaze, Sue, Big Top, Fire, Arnold, Fleetwood, Columbia, Epic and Scepter, releasing 'Popeye Waddle' b/w 'One Little Boy Had Money' in 1962 for Cameo Parkway, which became a hit.Don was, by now, recording solo material, and material under the name of Don Covay and the Goodtimers.He penned the U.S. number 1 single 'Pony Time' for Chubby Checker, wrote a hit song called 'I'm Hanging Up My Heart for You', for the Soul singer Solomon Burke, and wrote for Gladys Knight & The Pips, penning 'Letter Full of Tears', which made the top 20.Don formed partnerships with several associates including Horace Ott and Ronnie Miller.In 1964, when he signed to the Rosemart label.His debut single there with the Goodtimers, 'Mercy Mercy' featured Jimi Hendrix on guitar.The following year, Jimi Hendrix played again on the follow up single 'Take This Hurt Off Me' b/w 'Please Don't Let Me Know'.Clarence Carter didn't have it easy while growing up in Alabama; and being Black and blind was an extra burden, but he has overcome many other obstacles in so many ways. “I feel incredibly good about what I've been able to accomplish, but it was not easy. Our world presents challenges and barriers to success for people with disabilities, but I always wanted more in life and believe that the ADA helped me get to where I am today.”I would like to say that Carter now has three “B's” behind his name, Black, Blind and Blessed. Carter is known for serious Blues music, which includes a string of R&B hits. The songs “Back Door Santa,” “Slip Away,” “Patches,” “Too Weak to Fight” and the dance hall hit “Strokin” are part of his Blues legacy.

How do you come up with a list of best covers of our greatest living songwriter? Splendid Bohemian, and Bob Dylan Maven Rich Buckland states his case as his partner, Bill Mesnik endeavors to keep up.BOB DYLAN COVERSIt's All Over Now, Baby Blue : 13th Floor ElevatorsBaby, I'd Do it All Over You: Dave Van RonkFoot of Pride : Lou ReedTomorrow is a Long Time: Elvis PresleyBaby, You've been on my Mind: DionSooner or Later : Emma SwiftWho killed Davy Moore? : Gary ShearsonChanging of the Guards: Gaslight AnthemDesolation Row: My Chemical RomanceRestless Farewell: Joan BaezI'll Keep it with Mine: NicoBlowing in the Wind: Sam CookeI'm Not There: Sonic YouthOne More Cup of Coffee: White StripesPlease Crawl Out Your Window: Wilko Johnson with Roger DaltreyPositively 4th Street: Johnny Rivers

This week on Beers With the Brewers, we're talking Gilded and Splendid: a tropical, golden-hazed IPA built around El Dorado, and our annual Strawberry Rhubarb Ale collaboration with Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams. Tune in for a spring-ready conversation about fruit, hops, collaboration, and the upcoming Strawberry Jam festival! -- Have a question for us? If we read your question on an episode, you get a free Land-Grant shirt. Submit your question now over on our website! --  Want to try the beers we cover on the pod? head over to our handy Beer Finder or join us at the taproom. 

L'info du matin - Zoom sur ces loisirs qui permettent de booster votre cerveau. Le winner du jour - Il perd sa statuette des Oscars lors d'un vol de la compagnie Lufthansa. - Une bagarre éclate entre des touristes. Le flashback du jour - Octobre 1983 : Retour sur un film culte qui regroupe la troupe du Splendid avec Jacques Villeret, Roland Giraud, mais aussi Michel Galabru et Jacqueline Maillan : "Papy fait de la résistance !". Les savoirs inutiles - À l'origine, le papier bulle n'avait rien à voir avec les colis. L'idée de cette superbe invention était de créer un papier peint en relief, moderne, design et surtout facile à nettoyer. La chanson du jour - Queen "Crazy little thing called love" 3 choses à savoir sur le Loto Qu'est-ce qu'on teste ? - Une paire de chaussures fait beaucoup réagir ces derniers jours : des sandales Chanel composées uniquement d'un talon et d'un lacet, ce qui signifie que vous posez le reste de votre pied nu directement sur le sol. - À l'approche du coup d'envoi de la Coupe du Monde de football le 11 juin prochain (aux États-Unis, au Canada et au Mexique), Adidas lance des maillots officiels pour chiens. Malheureusement, la France ne fait pas partie des équipes proposées. Le jeu surprise (C'est qui le plus fort) - Justine d'Orléans gagne un bon d'achat de 1 000€ valable sur spartoo.com. La Banque RTL2 - Clara d'Agen gagne 800€. - Steven de Beaupréau vers Cholet gagne un séjour de 5 jours et 5 nuits avec 20 soins thalasso dans un des instituts Valdys Resort. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

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Mike Mulligan and David Haugh were joined by Leila Rahimi, Marshall Harris and Mark Grote for the daily transition segment.

Romanticism or misogyny? During the tectonic time of “Me Too” The Splendid Bohemians tackled the subjects of two artists inextricably linked to their romantic images: Sir Tom Jones and Charles Aznavour - both hugely popular and successful in their own times, but, like many with complicated artistic careers, coming under reexamination.Spurred by a demand made to my wife to “shut off that stuff”  by two disgruntled women while she was enjoying a Tom Jones CD, Bill and Rich set out to dissect the difference between romance and chauvinism when considering these cherished icons during this retributive age of Epstein, Trump, Cosby, Weinstein, et al. Seems like a good time to replay this nugget from 2016. The list of predators is long and keeps growing, as evidenced by the recent resignation of democratic Gubernatorial hopeful, Eric Swallwell. So, we batted around the evergreen question of “can you hate the artist, but still love the art?” We ended up with no answers, just more questions.

Paul Simon set the standard for a New American Songbook. Reviewing these selections one is struck by the elegance of his melodies - on a par with that other Paul from Liverpool, but with a lyrical sophistication to rival America's Nobel Laureate poet, Bob Dylan. “America”, as performed here by David Bowie, presents a barren landscape, - mirroring the mundane with the spiritual - to rival the literary prowess of a Hemingway; and the classically inspired “American Tune,” as interpreted by the wizard of New Orleans, Allen Toussaint, quietly goes to the heart of our nation's ambivalence. I can't contain my tears whenever I hear it. Simon and Garfunkel were known as a unified entity. It took awhile for Paul to extricate himself from his childhood performing partner, Artie. Garfunkel, with his singular, choir-boy voice, needed Simon to provide the words for his divine instrument.  But Simon didn't need Garfunkel, and if Artie's acting ambitions hadn't interfered with Paul's musical ones, Simon might never have had the confidence to go it alone. Lucky for us it turned out the way it did. Because, since going solo, Simon has amassed a body of work that defines America's last half century. Ray Charles: Still Crazy After All These YearsDavid Bowie: AmericaJustin Townes Earle: GracelandThem: Richard CoryWailin' Jennys: Loves me Like a RockEverything but the Girl: The Only Living Boy in New YorkAnnie Lennox: Something So RightThe Blue Airplanes: The Boy in the BubbleBlossom Dearie: 59th St. Bridge Song Allen Toussaint: American Tune 

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My guest for this episode of Necronomicast is best selling author/journalist Bob Reiss!  His work has always been inspired by the border between order and anarchy, the moment when peace becomes chaos, order becomes danger and events once considered impossible suddenly turn real. His journalism has brought him to research and military bases in the Arctic and Antarctica, where he's covered climate change and potential conflict in polar regions, to Sudan, Somalia and South Africa, where he wrote about drought, rebellion and civil unrest, and to the Amazon rainforest where his dispatches about murder and environmental destruction made him a national magazine award finalist. Bob has advised European politicians on US Arctic policy. He's moderated National Academy of Sciences meetings on disease outbreaks in polar regions. He's accompanied Coast Guard missions on a polar icebreaker and against drug runners off Central America.   Bob's fiction has been called "sparkling and fast paced." (Washington Post) "Dead On!" (People Magazine) "First Rate!" (Rocky Mountain News) "Gripping...Riveting" (Publishers Weekly. "Splendid. Great writing. Great suspense. Great action." (Los Angeles Times). He's appeared on TV shows including Morning Joe, Nightwatch, Nightline, CNN, Dan Rather Reports, Charlie Rose, Good Morning America and Al Jazeera, discussing his work. Bob's 18 novels reflect the same fascination with order versus anarchy and he is an incredible addition to the growing list of fascinating guests on NECRONOMICAST! Official Website of Bob Reiss "The Impossible Detective" on Amazon Support Necronomicast at "Buy Me A Coffee"! - Thank you!

Send us Fan MailWe're back in Texas!  For Texas Wool Week, mind you, but that's not the focus today.  Our topic could be almost anything, because Texas is a place chock full of people filled with fortitude, gracious hospitality, and a reverence for the history they've lived in full color.  They take pride in combinations of peoples and cultures like almost no one else does, and their trails and parks and location markers can make a history buff cry tears of joy.But how do most of us picture that history, when we talk about the old west?  We had a moment of revelation about our own preconceived ideas when we went through the Cowboy Capital of Bandera, dove into the facts behind the story of steadfast Deets in Lonesome Dove, and had a conversation with a man whose face is stamped on a statue at Fort Bliss.  Taylor Sheridan brought Bass Reeves into the limelight, but way before that, there was a man named Bose Ikard, the dear friend of Charles Goodnight, and a brave cohort of men known as the Buffalo Soldiers.  Links: https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/exhibitions/black-cowboys-an-american-story/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Griffinhttps://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ikard-bosehttps://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/bose-ikard-cowboy-lonesome-dove/https://duckduckgo.com/?q=rudeness+in+a+man+won%27t+tolerate+it&t=newext&atb=v419-1&ia=webhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Cowboy_%26_Western_Heritage_Museumhttps://tpwd.texas.gov/education/resources/keep-texas-wild/vaqueros-and-cowboys/texas-cattle-driveshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonesome_Dovehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose_Ikardhttps://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/projects/african-american-texashttps://texastimetravel.com/directory/buffalo-soldier-memorial-el-paso/Links: Support the show

In the latest edition of the Hammer Territory Podcast, Shawn Coleman and Stephen Tolbert break down a strong start from Bryce Elder in a shutout win over the Athletics. Another big factor was Mauricio Dubon, as the Braves continue receiving big moments from unexpected sources as they are now 3-1 on the season. Plus, some positive injury updates for Spencer Strider and Sean Murphy. FASTENAL Fastenal - Industrial Supplies, Innovative Solutions. Want to learn more? Visit Fastenal.com FOX ONE Start your 7-day free trial today at FOXOne.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The “talk talk” continues wherein Rich and Bill “rage against the dying of the light,” to honor our past and opine on the socio-political conditions of the present.  

Reporter, Conor Hunt on an initiative by the Military Archives to make their collections more accessible.

It was a great reunion at the Hotel Bohemia. Bill and Rich got so engrossed in a variety of topics that we left the recorder running - and, as a result we'll be offering these conversational riches in two parts:Part one balances the outrages of today against the comic geniuses of yesteryear, along with ruminations about pet relationships, being at Woodstock, and the formative influences of our lives.Part two will focus on recent additions to the population of the Hotel, namely Country Joe McDonald and John Hammond, Jr. 

Evan, Michelle, and David Dennis Jr. get into a heated debate about David's addition to the UnSportsmanLike group chat, which is causing all kinds of problems. What is everyone's plans for the best day of the sports calendar? LeBron's adjusted role has been huge for the Lakers but we're not sure it raises their playoff ceiling. Did Evan's wife have a crush on John Starks? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan, Michelle, and David Dennis Jr. get into a heated debate about David's addition to the UnSportsmanLike group chat, which is causing all kinds of problems. What is everyone's plans for the best day of the sports calendar? LeBron's adjusted role has been huge for the Lakers but we're not sure it raises their playoff ceiling. Did Evan's wife have a crush on John Starks? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan, Michelle, and David Dennis Jr. get into a heated debate about David's addition to the UnSportsmanLike group chat, which is causing all kinds of problems. What is everyone's plans for the best day of the sports calendar? LeBron's adjusted role has been huge for the Lakers but we're not sure it raises their playoff ceiling. Did Evan's wife have a crush on John Starks? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan, Michelle, and David Dennis Jr. get into a heated debate about David's addition to the UnSportsmanLike group chat, which is causing all kinds of problems. What is everyone's plans for the best day of the sports calendar? LeBron's adjusted role has been huge for the Lakers but we're not sure it raises their playoff ceiling. Did Evan's wife have a crush on John Starks? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan, Michelle, and David Dennis Jr. get into a heated debate about David's addition to the UnSportsmanLike group chat, which is causing all kinds of problems. What is everyone's plans for the best day of the sports calendar? LeBron's adjusted role has been huge for the Lakers but we're not sure it raises their playoff ceiling. Did Evan's wife have a crush on John Starks? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Neil Young's otherworldly ability to morph between raging metalhead to the most sentimental of romantics never fails to astound. Always uncompromising, this cranky Canadian has been inflexible in his stance to be unencumbered - and, prolific - recording over 45 solo albums, not to mention those classics created with Buffalo Springfield and CSN&Y. Surviving polio as a child, and a brain aneurysm in middle age, he kept coming back stronger than ever.  I've seen him live twice: at the Greek Theater during the Greendale tour, then again a couple of years back when my son and I flew to Tucson to celebrate the slower, less blazing, but still mesmerizing octogenarian troubadour. His music has been a touchstone throughout my life, starting with the iconic Reprise album “Everybody Knows This is Nowhere” which contained Down by the River - a dorm room sing along. His vast catalogue makes it difficult to pick only ten covers, but the range here is evident, swinging from Pearl Jam's live version of Keep on Rockin' in the Free World to Emmylou Harris's wistful floatation on Daniel Lanois's diaphanous Wrecking Ball. Neil's own vocal style is so distinctive that it's tempting to disregard how beautiful some of his melodies are. I think you'll find that this line up does them justice.HEART OF GOLD (JOHNNY CASH)MR. SOUL (THE EVERLY BROTHERS)ON THE BEACH (BOZ SCAGGS)KEEP ON ROCKING IN THE FREE WORLD (PEARL JAM)A MAN NEEDS A MAID (DALA)BIRDS (THE METERS)LOTTA LOVE (NICOLETTE LARSON)WRECKING BALL (EMMYLOU HARRIS)BROKEN ARROW (WILCO)HELPLESS (NICK CAVE)

Back in the Tin Pan Alley (and Brill Building) days there were song-pluggers, and there were vocalists, and never the twain met, but this symbiotic relationship formed the successful division of labor for the great American capitalist record business. Whether they be based in NY, LA, or Nashville successful songwriters rarely had hits recording their own material. Hard to believe that it took Willie Nelson so many years to be recognized as his own best interpreter. Of course, that now seems ludicrous, given Willie's status as “national treasure”.  Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and the like had their go-to writers and arrangers, Phil Spector, Don Kirschner and others kept their stable of regular creatives like Carole King and Gerry Goffin in little cubicles laboring to churn out dozens of standards weekly for their employer's contracted recording artists.  But, just like any actor worth his salt in Hollywood will tell you: “without good writing, you ain't got shit”Two of Country Music's most covered songwriters are being honored here today, singing for you in their own voices: Guy Clark, doing “That Old Time Feeling”, and Harlan Howard performing “Heartaches by the Number.” These are craftsmen, whose practical, raw boned approach to their art yielded glittering treasures. HARLAND HOWARD (1927-2002)Harland Howard wrote over 4000 songs, 100 of which made the top ten Country charts. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters and Country Music Halls of Fame. There are tribute albums of his songs by Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings and Wille Nelson. He wrote I Fall to Pieces for Patsy Cline, Busted, made famous by Ray Charles, and the monster hit - I got a Tiger by the Tail for Buck Owens. Here he is singing Heartaches by the Number, which a cursory dip into YouTube reveals covers by Ray Price, Dwight Yoakam, Guy Mitchell, Leon Russell, Paul Carrack and Kitty Wells, among others. There are no frills here, but I contend that hearing the voice of the man who created the song is a more personal experience, like someone reading you their diary.GUY CLARK (1941-2016)The ultimate example of an unsung (pun intended) man of influence is “Old No. 1,” the luthier's luthier, Guy Clark. His Texas home-workshop was the Austin epicenter of the Outlaw Country Movement that transformed Country Music. Watch the scene from the documentary Heartworn HIghway with Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell sitting around Guy's kitchen table, trading songs. Townes Van Zandt may have been the most elusive doomed romantic poet of that group, but it was Guy they studied with and trusted - the one they could depend on, the Zen Master of song.And, what songs! They are like short stories, full of vivid characters, evocative dialogue, and carefully observed detail. Songs like Desperadoes Waiting for a Train, L.A. Freeway, My Favorite Picture of You (for his late wife Susanna - the magnetic beauty patiently putting up with the Outlaw's shenanigans). Today, he favors us with That Old Time Feeling, a tune that insinuates itself into your consciousness through a stream of unforgettable images. 

THE BILLY STEWART DISCOGRAPHY  Singles:Chess 1625: "Billy's Blues" / "Billy's Blues"Argo 5256: "Billy's Blues" / "Billy's Blues"Okeh 4-7095: "Baby, You're My Only Love" / "Billy's Heartache" (1957 with Bo Diddley, backed by The "Marquees")Chess 1820: "Reap What You Sow" / "Fat Boy" (1962) – No. 18 R&B, No. 79 popChess 1835: "True Fine Lovin'" / "Wedding Bells" (1962)Chess 1852: "Scramble" / "Oh My, What Can the Matter Be" (1963)Chess 1868: "Strange Feeling" / "Sugar and Spice" (1963) – No. 25 R&B, No. 70 popChess 1888: "A Fat Boy Can Cry" / "Count Me Out" (1964)Chess 1905: "Tell It Like It Is" / "My Sweet Senorita" (1964)Chess 1922: "I Do Love You" / "Keep Loving" (1965) – No. 6 R&B, No. 26 popChess 1932: "Sitting in the Park" / "Once Again" (1965) – No. 4 R&B, No. 24 popChess 1941: "How Nice It Is" / "No Girl" (1965)Chess 1948: "Because I Love You" / "Mountain of Love" (1965)Chess 1960: "Love Me" / "Why Am I Lonely" (1966) – No. 38 R&BChess 1966: "Summertime" / "To Love, to Love" (1966) – No. 7 R&B, #10 popChess 1978: "Secret Love" / "Look Back and Smile" (1967) – No. 11 R&B, No. 29 popChess 1991: "Every Day I Have the Blues" / "Ol' Man River" (1967) – No. 41 R&B, No. 79 popChess 2002: "Cross My Heart" / "Why (Do I Love You So)?" (1968) – No. 34 R&B, No. 86 pop / No. 49 R&BChess 2053: "Tell Me the Truth" / "What Have I Done?" (1968) – No. 48 R&BChess 2063: "I'm In Love" / "Crazy 'Bout You, Baby" (1969)Chess 2080: "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" / "We'll Always Be Together" (1969) Albums:Chess 1496: I Do Love You (1965) (Billboard No. 97)Chess 1499: Unbelievable (1966) (Billboard No. 138)Chess 1513: Billy Stewart Teaches Old Standards New Tricks (1967)Chess 1540: Cross My Heart (1969)Chess 1547: Remembered (1970)Sugar Hill/Chess CH-8401: The Greatest Sides (1982)

https://www.johncoltrane.com/John Coltrane departed this mortal plane more than fifty years ago; today he remains among us, more alive than ever. His sound continues to grab the ears of an ever-widening circle of fans. His legend is stone solid: planted firmly in our culture as that of any 20th century musical giant. His saxophone sound—brooding, searching, dark—is still one of the most recognizable in modern jazz. His influence stretches over styles and genres, and transcends cultural boundaries. The modern ideal of music serving a deeply spiritual, connective purpose? A defining facet of John Coltrane.To Coltrane, a musician was a message-giver; making music was an endeavor tied to a larger, greater good. “I humbly asked to be given the means and privilege to make others happy through music,” Coltrane wrote in 1964 in a letter to his listeners, telling of a prayer to God. In 1966, less than a year before his death, he stated:“I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world. I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.”Jazz journalist Nat Hentoff, who interviewed and championed Coltrane, praised him more soberly. “By the time A Love Supreme hit, Trane struck such a spiritual chord in so many listeners that people started to think of him as being beyond human. I think that's unfair. He was just a human being like you and me -- but he was willing to practice more, to do all the things that somebody has to do to excel. The real value in what John Coltrane did was that what he accomplished, he did as a human.”

For many nonprofits, fundraising feels cyclical. One big event drives revenue, then momentum fades, and the planning starts all over again. So what would it look like to build a true fundraising engine instead of relying on one-time events? How can nonprofits design repeatable campaigns that carry momentum forward instead of resetting every season? And what needs to change to create results that compound over time?Discover practical strategies nonprofit leaders can use to move beyond one-time fundraising events, run high-impact $10K+ sprint campaigns, and build sustainable donor engagement, with Christina Edwards from Splendid Consulting!Nonprofit Pulse is a podcast that explores trends, insights, and resources that help nonprofits accomplish their mission.See the full transcript and show notes: https://www.anedot.com/blog/nonprofit-pulse-fundraising-enginesLearn more about Nonprofit Pulse: https://www.nonprofitpulse.com/Nonprofit Pulse is brought to you by Anedot:Anedot helps organizations save time and money with powerful giving tools. With an easy-to-use platform, no monthly fees, and award-winning service, Anedot makes it easy for organizations of all sizes to receive donations online and grow their base. Anedot is trusted by more than 30,000 nonprofits, churches, ministries, campaigns, and universities.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Learn more about Anedot

David Bowie, aka David Jones, aka Ziggy Stardust, aka Aladdin Sane, aka The Thin White Duke, aka The Man Who Fell to Earth had a vision of a future where everybody would be androgynous. Maybe the trans movement of today found its initial voice with him back in the ‘70s, when he proclaimed “make way for the homo superior.” Like so many others at the time, I glimpsed this insight that proposed expanding beyond the narrow labels to which I had been assigned. Like an annunciating alien, David Bowie descended upon the earth to spread his message of an evolving species by employing his celestial musicianship and ethereal beauty. His music inspired others, as we will see from the following playlist, as did this ideal that combined rock and roll with science fiction and glamour. Remaining faithful to the promise of his beatific vision, before he died Bowie prepared a final statement to be delivered posthumously: “Lazarus” in which he greeted us from the cosmos: “Look, I'm in heaven…” Even in death he remained eternally loving, and ever hopeful for our advancement.All the Young Dudes (Mott the Hoople)The Man Who Sold the World (Nirvana) / The Man Who Sold The World, 1970Life on Mars (Seu Jorges) / Hunky Dory, 1971Space Oddity (Brandi Carlisle) / David Bowie, 1969Rebel Rebel (Rickie Lee Jones) / Diamond Dogs, 1974Andy Warhol (Stone Temple Pilots) / Hunky Dory, 19715 Years (Cowboy Junkies) / The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, 1972Heroes (Peter Gabriel) / Heroes, 1977Under Pressure (Karen O and Willie Nelson) / Hot Space (w/ Queen), 1981Ziggy Stardust (Bauhaus) / The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, 1972

America spent most of the 19th century at war with itself. It conquered its western expanse then collapsed into civil war. Once the North beat the South, partisan politics consumed the country for a generation. A string of assassinations, progressive firebrands, and civil service reforms burned people out on domestic politics and a bored and febrile nation began to search for meaning beyond its borders. It noticed the Spanish Empire was awfully close.In Splendid Liberators, award winning journalist Joe Jackson chronicles the beginning of the American myth of the “good war.” He's on the show today to talk to us about Teddy Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and a general who lay in state at the Alamo.Recurring patterns in American historyRoscoe Conkling jumpscareRemnants of the Spanish-American War in South CarolinaWhat did liberty mean in the 19th century?Clara Barton, Leonard Wood and the dual American personalityThe first modern concentration campsThe Battleship of MaineWhen Congress used to fight, physicallyDrones won't win a warThe US in the Philippines‘The water cure'American historians facing reality in the PhilippinesTeddy, finallyLaying in state at the AlamoBuy Splendid LiberatorsA Defense of General FunstonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is a cover song? It's an act of devotion, an organic transmission from the essence of one soul into and through another. And, sometimes, by way of the revelations of time and lived experience, one might even surpass the original. Prior to the era of electronic recording, no one “owned” their songs; they were passed on from generation to generation, and neighbor to neighbor - shared and mutating like the living organisms they were. We still retain an instinct to study art through imitation, but if the original exists, why bother? Because we are inspired - (meaning our beings are filled with the breath of their genius) - and we want to capture, and share a bit of that magic. The Splendid Bohemians are proud to present a new series called “Cover Art - The Splendor of the Cover Song,” in which we'll choose a selection of great covers of artists we cherish, by other artists that we love, or want to know more about, or have been surprised by.  For our maiden voyage we chose Van Morrison - one of the most dynamic and multi-faceted songwriters of his generation.  We'll go beyond the expected choices like “Gloria” and “Brown Eyed Girl” (two of the most covered numbers in Rock) to explore the deeper recesses of Van's catalogue, and excavate some precious musical gems. Enjoy!Below is the list of selections, the artists, and the source material:WILD NIGHT / JOHN MELLENCAMP AND MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO ( From: Tupelo Honey, 1971)BRIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD / RAUL MALO (From: Into the Music, 1979)INTO THE MYSTIC / ALLMAN BROTHERS (From: Moondance, 1970)THE WAY YOUNG LOVERS DO / JEFF BUCKLEY (From: Astral Weeks, 1968)GLAD TIDINGS / MERRY CLAYTON (From: Moondance, 1970)MOONDANCE / GREG BROWN (From: Moondance, 1970) SLIM SLO SLIDER / JOHNNY RIVERS (From: Astral Weeks, 1968)MADAME GEORGE / MARIANNE FAITHFUL (From: Astral Weeks, 1968)FULL FORCE GALE / ELVIS COSTELLO (From: Into the Music, 1979)BRAND NEW DAY / ESTHER PHILLIPS WITH THE DIXIE FLYERS (From: Moondance, 1970)

Fluent Fiction - Catalan: Love's Courage Under Barcelona's Splendid Mosaics Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ca/episode/2026-02-14-23-34-02-ca Story Transcript:Ca: A l'ombra de les formes fantàstiques del Parc Güell, el sol d'hivern daurava els mosaics, fent-los brillar com joies.En: In the shade of the fantastical shapes of Parc Güell, the winter sun gilded the mosaics, making them shine like jewels.Ca: Era el Dia de Sant Valentí, i els turistes passejaven amunt i avall, admirant l'art de Gaudí.En: It was Dia de Sant Valentí, and tourists were strolling up and down, admiring Gaudí's art.Ca: Al centre del parc, Genís esperava impacient, amb les mans a la butxaca, intentant mantenir la calor.En: In the center of the park, Genís waited impatiently, hands in his pockets, trying to keep warm.Ca: El nerviosisme li feia pessigolles a l'estómac. Avui era el dia.En: Nervousness tickled his stomach. Today was the day.Ca: A pocs metres, Sergi, el seu millor amic, li donava cops a l'esquena, intentant calmar-lo.En: A few meters away, Sergi, his best friend, was patting him on the back, trying to calm him.Ca: "Tranquil, Genís. Recorda, no hi ha pressa. Sigues tu mateix," li deia Sergi.En: "Relax, Genís. Remember, there's no rush. Be yourself," Sergi told him.Ca: "És el moment oportú. Marta sabrà apreciar la teva sinceritat."En: "It's the right moment. Marta will appreciate your sincerity."Ca: Genís va assentir, tot i que el cor li bategava fort.En: Genís nodded, even though his heart was pounding hard.Ca: Els seus ulls es van desviar cap a l'entrada del parc, on Marta acabava d'aparèixer.En: His eyes drifted to the entrance of the park, where Marta had just appeared.Ca: La seva energia irradiava alegria mentre saludava, llençant els braços enlaire.En: Her energy radiated joy as she waved, throwing her arms in the air.Ca: Els seus ulls brillaven amb entusiasme, aliens als sentiments amagats que Genís li guardava des de feia tant de temps.En: Her eyes sparkled with enthusiasm, unaware of the hidden feelings Genís had harbored for so long.Ca: "Ei, Genís! Sergi! Quina casualitat trobar-vos aquí!" exclamà Marta, donant-los una abraçada càlida.En: "Hey, Genís! Sergi! What a coincidence finding you here!" exclaimed Marta, giving them a warm hug.Ca: Genís es va aferrar a la seva amistat, conscient que el que estava a punt de fer canviaria les coses per sempre.En: Genís clung to their friendship, aware that what he was about to do would change things forever.Ca: Mentre caminaven junts, xerrant sobre les meravelles del parc, Genís es va sentir aclaparat pels dubtes.En: As they walked together, chatting about the wonders of the park, Genís felt overwhelmed by doubts.Ca: I si Marta no sentia el mateix?En: What if Marta didn't feel the same?Ca: I si perdre la seva amistat era el preu a pagar per la sinceritat?En: What if losing their friendship was the price of sincerity?Ca: Sergi només li oferí un somriure encoratjador i un gest de complicitat.En: Sergi only offered an encouraging smile and a gesture of complicity.Ca: Va arribar el moment.En: The moment had arrived.Ca: Genís es va aturar davant d'una de les famoses serps de mosaic, un recordatori perfecte de la bellesa i la complexitat de les emocions humanes.En: Genís stopped in front of one of the famous mosaic serpents, a perfect reminder of the beauty and complexity of human emotions.Ca: "Marta, he de dir-te una cosa important," va començar Genís, la veu tremolosa però decidida.En: "Marta, I need to tell you something important," Genís began, his voice shaky but determined.Ca: Marta el mirà amb curiositat, però sense pressió.En: Marta looked at him with curiosity, but without pressure.Ca: Genís va respirar profundament.En: Genís took a deep breath.Ca: "Fa temps que sento alguna cosa per tu... alguna cosa especial.En: "I've felt something for you for a long time... something special.Ca: No vull perdre la teva amistat, però necessitava ser honest amb tu avui."En: I don't want to lose your friendship, but I needed to be honest with you today."Ca: Marta se'l mirà sorpresa, les seves galtes enrojolades pel vent d'hivern.En: Marta looked at him surprised, her cheeks reddened by the winter wind.Ca: "Genís, això... és inesperat," respongué, amb un somriure suau però incorruptible.En: "Genís, this is... unexpected," she replied, with a gentle but unwavering smile.Ca: "Entenc el teu valor en parlar-me així.En: "I understand your courage in speaking to me like this.Ca: I ho aprecio molt.En: And I appreciate it very much.Ca: Però, sincerament, no sento el mateix.En: But, honestly, I don't feel the same.Ca: Però vull que continuem sent bons amics.En: But I do want us to continue being good friends.Ca: De fet, encara millors!"En: In fact, even better ones!"Ca: Genís es va sentir alleujat per la seva resposta honesta.En: Genís felt relieved by her honest response.Ca: Vaig acceptar les seves paraules amb un somriure tímid, sabent que aquell dia havia conquerit més del que havia perdut: havia trobat el coratge i havia guanyat una amistat més forta.En: He accepted her words with a shy smile, knowing that that day he had gained more than he had lost: he had found courage and had gained a stronger friendship.Ca: Mentre el sol es ponia darrere dels arcs de pedra i els colors del vespre pintaven el cel, Genís es va adonar que no només el parc, sinó també el seu futur, resplendia amb promeses noves.En: As the sun set behind the stone arches and the evening colors painted the sky, Genís realized that not only the park but also his future shone with new promises.Ca: Amb un nou sentiment de confiança, va mirar els seus amics, sabent que el millor encara estava per arribar.En: With a newfound sense of confidence, he looked at his friends, knowing that the best was yet to come. Vocabulary Words:shade: ombrafantastical: fàntastiquesgilded: dauravaunaware: aliensnervousness: nerviosismeimpatiently: impacientenergy: energiatickled: pessigollesharbored: guardavacoincidence: casualitatenthusiasm: entusiasmestroll: passejarshaky: tremolosapounding: bategavawavered: vacil·lavaoverwhelmed: aclaparatbeauty: bellesacomplicity: complicitatunwavering: incorruptibleencouraging: encoratjadorgestures: gestosadmitted: admetrecourage: valorspoke: parlarappreciate: apreciarcuriosity: curiositatgentle: suauevening: vesprecomplexity: complexitatpromises: promeses

W/C 9th February 2026In between recording and note-writing Wikipedia has provided one of the answers;St Andrew's Church is a redundant Anglican church standing in an isolated position, in fields about 2 kilometres to the north of the village of Woodwalton.The isolated position of the church is thought to be due to its central location between Woodwalton Castle, a motte and bailey castle to the north, Sawtry Abbey to the west and the village settlement to the south.It is about 200 metres to the east of the East Coast Main Line and is visible from the passing trains.A picture of the church appears on the cover of the book The Nation's Favourite Churches by Andrew Barr.Oh, and it allows me to tip my hat to the Little Angels, on the week tickets have gone on sale for their reunion tour.Stay safe.Splendid Isolation - Little AngelsSt Andrews Church, WoodwaltonTherapy For Me (or TFM as I now refer to it) is a bit of an audio curiosity. It started out as a mechanism for me to clear my head, with the hope that by saying stuff out loud it would act as a little bit of self-help. It's remains loose in style, fluid in terms of content and raw - it's a one take, press record and see what happens, affair.If you want to keep in touch with TFM and the other stuff I do then please follow me on Facebook, Insta, Twitter or Patreon. Thanks for getting this far.

"Palisades Park" (from Wikipedia) Chuck Barris wrote a song about an amusement park and it was suggested he use the name of an amusement park as the title. One night he was in Manhattan when he looked toward the New Jersey Palisades Cliffs, on which the amusement park sat. That was when inspiration hit and the title was added. Years later the Palisades Amusement Park closed, on September 12, 1971.[2] A tribute to New Jersey's Palisades Amusement Park, it is an up-tempo rock and roll tune led by a distinctive organ part. The track also incorporates amusement park sound effects, including the sounds of screaming riders on the roller coasters, and the quoting of a slower version of "Entrance of the Gladiators", played on an organ imitating a hurdy-gurdy or calliope. In the song, the singer takes a walk after dark and discovers Palisades Park, where he meets and falls in love with a girl. Among the list of rides and attractions listed in the song are: Shoot the Chute, Rocket Ship, Roller Coaster, Loop the Loop, Merry Go Round, Tunnel of Love, and the Ferris Wheel. Chart performanceReleased by Swan Records as a B-side to "June, July and August," "Palisades Park" broke in when a Flint, Michigan radio DJ played it by mistake. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 23–30 June 1962,[3] On the Hot R&B Sides chart, the song went to #15.[4] "Palisades Park" was the biggest hit of Cannon's career.[5] And, check out Freddy Cannon's webpage: https://www.freddycannon.com/default.htm

TWO CLASSIC SUPPORTING PERFORMANCES BY IRREPLACEABLE CHARACTER ACTORS IN FILMS WITHOUT WHOM WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS GREAT.LAIRD CREGAR (1913-1944) from  I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wake_Up_Screaming and MARGARET WYCHERLY (1881-1956) from WHITE HEAT (1949) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Heat

Here's a cosmic riddle for you: A blind man and a mod walk into a bar…. Is it a coffee bar, with a make-shift stage on a corner platform, attended by the beatnik intelligentsia?, or is it a sweaty discotheque packed with beautiful people unabashedly swinging their hips?   It's definitely a transmogrifying chamber where the musical output of a sharecropper or convict from the work farm can be turned into sexy jazzbo stylings through the sleight of hand of some nifty cultural appropriation and syncopated finesse. There are many manifestations of the “blues” and here we have two vastly different - practically unrecognizable from each other - masters - Sleepy John Estes (1899-1977), and Georgie Fame (born 1943) - existing across the pond, across generations, and across many layers of lived experience, but bonded by their singular love of this primitive music that started in the Mississippi delta, and went on to conquer the world. SLEEPY JOHN ESTESEverybody thought that Sleepy John Estes was dead because Big Bill Broonzy said so. Blind in one eye, folks called him “sleepy” because of a low blood pressure disorder, or some believed he had narcolepsy. He started recording in the 20's with Hammie Nixon on harp, made some records, went basically “radio silent” throughout the 40s and 50s until Sam Charters rediscovered him in 1962, blind and frail, and kick-started his late in life fame. “Rats in my Kitchen” was recorded at Sun Studios in 1952, but it wasn't until 10 years later that his recording career gained traction, fueled by those he was influencing across the pond, like Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin. Sleepy John always wrote about his life, and this record has an almost journalistic authenticity. GEORGIE FAMEWhat can one say about Georgie Fame? The man has style for days, and it was thus from the very beginning - in shark skin suits, tab collars, and skinny ties. Born in 1943 as Clive Powell, Georgie Fame and his Blue Flames made their bones swinging his Hammond organ in the mod clubs of the early 60s, and had big commercial hits with Yeh Yeh, and The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde. Recently, he's name checked all over the place, and has done notable collaborations with Van Morrison and others. In Parchman Farm you can hear the undeniable influence of the coolest of the cool white blues men, Mose Allison, and the organ of Booker T and the MGs' Green Onions - a persuasive combination. I'm sure that Bukka White, who wrote this bottle neck Delta blues shouter in 1940 had no inkling that his experience in the Mississippi State Pen would become such a sexy signature tune. You never can tell….

"In 1960s New York City lived a blind, often homeless man with a long, flowing beard, who dressed as a Viking and stood sentinel at the corner of West 54th Street and Sixth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. He sold his poetry and performed on custom-built percussion.  His recordings are considered legendary pieces of original sound emanating from a unique artist who continues to be misunderstood and under appreciated.""Nico was used to being treated as a physical spectacle. At the Dom, Leonard Cohen was a regular guest, and he began writing songs in hopes of seducing her. Her improbable bone structure, and her role in “La Dolce Vita,” intrigued prominent rock managers like Albert Grossman, who worked with Bob Dylan. But her songs were less appealing, and the Dom's clientele often laughed through her set. She was eventually accompanied on guitar by Tim Buckley, and then by Jackson Browne, who had just arrived in New York. Browne became enamored with Nico, and before they fell out—she accused him of harassing her with obscene phone calls—he gave her two songs: “The Fairest of the Seasons” and “These Days,” both of which appeared on her 1967 début, “Chelsea Girl.”-

Here are a couple of ladies who span generations and genres. They can rock, swing, and croon like nobody's business, and are renown for their independence. Wanda Jackson is a founding mother of Rockabilly and still partying at 88; She started recording in 1954, and just recently retired. Although she forged the magical fusion elixir that we call Rockabilly, she has also scored hits in the Gospel and Country genres. Sarah Jarosz, 50+ years younger, studied at the New England Conservatory of Music, but remains pure Texas, like Nanci Griffith or Lyle Lovett - indie Americana artists who fuse country with jazz in an irresistible freshness. She has stated that she relishes expansion, collaboration, and experimentation, with a goal toward “honoring the song” and bringing it to life in the most exciting way possible. Both women are accomplished songwriters as well as vocal interpreters, but today we feature them in the latter position - Wanda, from 1962, keens the vertiginous “Whirlpool”, by Fred Burch and Marijohn Wilken, and Sarah crushes Tom Wait's “Come on Up to the House” with a  funky mandolin.SARAH JAROSZI first heard Sarah Jarosz about 10 years ago on Garrison Keillor's radio show, and was smitten immediately. Her tender, and at the same time fluid voice and funky mandolin charms completely - reminding me of the great John Hartford and how he transformed bluegrass to Newgrass.  She continued after Garrison left with successor Chris Thile, teaming up with Sarah Watkins, another star from that ensemble, and Aoife O'Donovan to form the trio I'm With Her. At 34, no longer a prodigy, she has become a contemporary bluegrass goddess, who keeps expanding her range. Here she essays Tom Wait's Come on up to the House, in which she manages to combine spirituality with sex appeal - brilliant. WANDA JACKSONWhirlpool is like a psychedelic Torch Song. Uncharacteristically, Wanda takes the role of a vulnerable, love damaged damsel instead of the Take No Prisoners, kick-ass Rocker she usually projects. Released on Capitol Records and produced by their A&R exec, Ken Nelson, this cut obviously is swinging for the bleachers of commercial Country appeal, but its weirdness kept it from charting. However, it remains a monument to her range and dramatic power. 

To counteract whatever "derangement syndrome" you might be experiencing at the moment, Bill Mesnik of the Splendid Bohemians offers an antidote to your psychic gray skies. Today we're cracking open the big magnums of joy juice, and going back to the very beginning of the Sunny Side of My Street archives with 4 delightful infusions from the land of smiles:100 Years From Today, by Jack TeagardenThe Pink Panther Theme, by Henry ManciniAccentuate the Positive, by Johnny MercerandThe Hut Sut Song, by Horton the Elephant and Freddy Martin.Take as directed.... 

Today we present two piano instrumentals that explore the mysteries of Mist.  Strictly speaking, a “mist” can be defined by some water vapor that obscures your vision, but how many more evocative instances can you think of where a mist appears in a story or film, usually preceding an arrival of some spiritual manifestation? There was a video game called “Myst” (spelled with a Y) which featured a series of puzzles saturated with a heady whiff of the arcane. Your sight is always obscured; your emotional restlessness is never assuaged.  Erroll Garner and Bix Beiderbecke were two jazz titans writing compositions separated by 30 years that hint at this other-worldly quality inherent in the idea of the Mist. Their music excites the senses and tugs at the heart simultaneously; it's music that lifts off and keeps insinuating an urge to maintain altitude in an unresolved quest for landing, but never deciding on a perch.ERROLL GARNERMost of you probably know Johnny Mathis's version of Misty, with lyrics by Johnny Burke, that was a monster hit of 1959, but Erroll Garner wrote the song as an instrumental 5 years earlier, on a plane flight to Chicago's OHare airport, after seeing a rainbow through the airplane window. That's a fitting image for the complicated feelings invoked here: a glimpse of hope through tears. Influenced by Earl Hines, Garner played with spontaneous timing changes, liquidy octaval melodies, and improvised chordal voicings, and his contribution to jazz evolution was to reconcile the gap between BeBop spontaneity and Orchestral formalism. His style was so free that he was dubbed “the happy man” because this joy he exuded was so palpable. Misty was concocted from the eternal music of the spheres - maybe because his feet were not on the ground when he composed it.BIX BEIDERBECKEThe comet of Bix Beiderbecke's talent was a mystery in itself: dead from alcohol in 1931 at the age of 28, his cornet style and compositional originality continues to fascinate almost 100 years later. A self taught musician, Bix appeared from podunk Iowa and immediately became a ragtime sensation at the height of the Jazz era with The Wolverines, then with Paul Whiteman's orchestra (along with Bing Crosby). He was a white man playing a traditionally black form of music, which was a novelty, and that made him easier to market to middle America - but such genius is color blind.Although renowned for his horn playing, he composed In a Mist on piano in 1927 (he was 24), and it's here that you see the influence of the impressionist composer Claude Debussy, the creator of such sensuous works as Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and La Mer. Is this Jazz? How did he do it? Clearly, Bix was in touch with mystical forces beyond human understanding, or maybe, like Robert Johnson, he just made a deal with the devil. Either way, the spiritual quest suggested by these chord changes transports us into a misty continent of emotional confusion.

Given that we lost Brian Wilson recently, and there's been a lot of talk about the elimination of the affordable subcompact, I thought we could reflect a bit upon America's obsession with the automobile. The BIG auto; the POWERFUL auto.  Especially here in Los Angeles - you gotta have wheels - and you'll be judged by what you drive. Once, while stopped at an intersection in my little Saturn, I was heckled mercilessly by some tweens on skateboards.On the other side of the argument sits the Goddess Shania Twain - that Canadian Everywoman who raised her siblings single handedly, then went on to conquer Country Pop music with songs like That Don't Impress Me Much - where she declares that you may have a hot car, Hoss, but, that don't make you a man in her book. She puts it all in perspective.LITTLE DEUCE COUPE / THE BEACH BOYSNowadays, I drive a Prius, but occasionally I'll admire the sleek lines of a Dodge Challenger, and fantasize that I could be that muscle car guy. The Prius is wimpy - ya gotta go for The BIG auto; the POWERFUL auto. I can trace this fascination back to '63, when at the age of 10, I heard Little Deuce Coupe for the first time. I didn't know what Deuce Coupe meant, but that was ok because Brian Wilson sang “You don't know what I got!” I now know that the title refers to a 1932 Ford Coupe, and the whole California culture of the drag race was popularized around the country with the invocation of this souped up Franken-car.There were other mechanical beasts in the Wilson canon: There was the T Bird of Fun, Fun, Fun; the “duel in the sun” opponents - the corvette Stingray vs the Mopar described in Shut Down, Granny from Pasadena's brand new shiny red super stock Dodge, and their anthemic ode to the Chevy 409, but The Deuce Coupe was purportedly Brian's favorite. You can thank Brian's lyricist Roger Christian for these automotive articulations, but Brian knew how to implant them into our hearts and minds with his rhythms, melodies, and harmonies.THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH / SHANIA TWAINThis is where the macho mechanical mythos gets deflated: Shania lets us know in no uncertain terms what makes a man desirable - it's not your looks, brains, and especially not your car. It's your courage to commit, your ability to listen, your kindness and tenderness. These are the qualities that win you a place at her table and in her bed.Because she doesn't need you.  Next to Taylor Swift, Shania is the most successful female Country recording artist. whose albums have spent 97 weeks as the Top Country Albums chart leader. Former husband/producer Mutt Lange may have helped to craft those catchy Pop hits around an image of an accessible Wonder Woman, but even if she hadn't become a mogul, I have a feeling that Shania's integrity and sense of who she is would never have faltered.

SPIRIT ANIMALJONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL by Neil Diamond (Columbia, 1973)There were alot of self-help manuals popularized in the 70's; I remember gifting my mother the book “Your Eronneous Zones” (but that's another story)…. My acting teacher in college based her syllabus on Eric Berne's “I'm Ok, You're Ok”. But one of the biggest New Age parables making the rounds was Ex-Aviator Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the story of an anthropomorphized Christ-like Seagull, who has to fly off from the pack to find his true self.It was a zeitgeist sensation, and spawned a movie with this soundtrack by the immortal Neil Diamond. Maestro Diamond is currently in the middle of a career renaissance - his biographical musical A BEAUTIFUL NOISE  is playing on The Great White Way, and although he struggles with Parkinson's he continues to work on new music. No one was bigger in the 70s, and although the 1960s Neil Diamond that I loved, the Brill Building song plugger who wrote and recorded Cherry Cherry, You Got to Me, and Solitary Man had seemingly transformed himself into a borscht belt crooner, there was no denying his powers of voice and composition, no matter how cheesy the venue (The Jazz Singer?)I chuckled ironically when I pulled this tape from the pile, anticipating mounds of Velveeta. But now, listening for the first time, I am moved to tears. (This is probably because all my youthful cynicism has given up the ghost). It's a beautiful musical meditation produced by Tom Catalano, and arranged by Lee Holdridge, and Neil's voice soars, aloft on chords of longing. Indeed, the album out-grossed the movie by 10 million dollars, and garnered the 1974 Grammy for Best Original Score, demonstrating that although the radio-controlled gliders representing the flying birds in the film might have been fake, Neil's inspiration was not. 

There have been a lot of good to great films released this year - serious films, films with urgent political underpinnings, films that mix satire, pathos, and artistic ambition with such style that it salves my damaged psyche with a hope that there will be a light at the end of this dark tunnel in which we currently find ourselves. While there is a mordant undertone to many of these transmissions, there is also an implicit message from these artists that life will go on, and there is always love, joy, and gratitude to celebrate at the end of the year.TRAIN DREAMS is such a declaration. Based on a novel by Denis Johnson, the film is a metaphysical meditation on ragged survival through unimaginable grief, and it encompasses all of life and death throughout its dreamscape of primeval imagery. Following the trail of tears of a misbegotten railroad logger, Joel Edgerton delivers the performance of a lifetime, and in the cameo of a wizened old timer-philosopher in the camp, William H Macy transforms to such a degree that he caps his distinguished resume with an Oscar worthy supporting performance.  The Splendid Bohemians nominate this darkhorse masterpiece for film of the year, and would like to honor it today by playing Nick Cave's Train Dreams theme, along with 2 versions of Jackson Browne's Shadow Dream Song  (by Gregg Allman and Tom Rush), and Tom Wait's Innocent When You Dream. 

What were the best books of 2025? Pastor Heath Lambert shares not just two, but six of his favorite books from this year - including Tolkien's classic adventure, a contemporary novel with masterful prose, Churchill's wartime leadership, and Jonathan Edwards on heaven. If you're looking for your next great read, this episode delivers.Timestamps0:00 - Welcome to the final episode of 20250:33 - Annual book recommendations tradition1:02 - Breaking the old two-book constraint2:13 - Six favorite books from 20252:52 - Book 1: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien4:47 - Book 2: Theo of Golden by Alan Levi8:46 - Book 3: The Life of Martin Lloyd-Jones by Iain Murray12:35 - Book 4: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson17:32 - Book 5: On Theology by John M. Frame20:38 - Book 6: Heaven is a World of Love by Jonathan Edwards22:18 - Looking forward to 2026 readingKey Topics CoveredReading as a Hobby - Heath's love for books and why he reads extensivelyThe Hobbit - Tolkien's masterful children's story that adults will loveTheo of Golden - A contemporary novel with beautiful writing and gospel implicationsMartin Lloyd-Jones Biography - The influential 20th-century preacher who prioritized God's WordChurchill and the Blitz - Larson's gripping history of Britain's darkest hourContemporary Theology - Frame's accessible reflections on major theological debatesJonathan Edwards on Heaven - A short classic about love and the world to comeMasterful Writing - Examples of excellent prose from multiple genresHistorical Heroes - Why Churchill and Lloyd-Jones matter for todayGospel Living - How good literature helps us be salt and lightBook List SummaryThe Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - Classic fantasy adventureTheo of Golden by Alan Levi - Contemporary novel with beautiful proseThe Life of Martin Lloyd-Jones by Iain Murray - Biography of influential preacherThe Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson - Churchill and the Battle of BritainOn Theology by John M. Frame - Accessible theological reflectionsHeaven is a World of Love by Jonathan Edwards - Short classic on love and eternityAbout The Ten Commandments BookHeath Lambert's new book "The Ten Commandments: A Short Book for Normal People" is now available. This accessible guide explains how God's commands apply to modern life without requiring theological education. Perfect for personal study, evangelism, or gifts to friends, neighbors, and family.Order now and download a free chapter at fbcjax.com/tencommandmentsHave a question you'd like answered? Send it to markedbygrace@fbcjax.com

Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe recap a telling Matchweek 9 in the Premier League0:54 - Eberechi Eze's strike against his former club lifts Arsenal to a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace, a win that Mikel Arteta called the most valuable of the season so far12:09 - Liverpool travel to Brentford and walk away with a fourth-consecutive defeat in the Premier League, fading their title hopes to a slim chance so early in the season25:58 - Aston Villa grab their 4th-consecutive Premier League win on the bounce with a 1-0 victory over Manchester City, who were left frustrated by missed opportunities30:50 - Sunderland serve up the surprise of the season so far with a late 2-1 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, which lifted the Black Cats to 2nd in the table on Saturday38:15 - A roundup of the rest of the results: Manchester United 4-2 Brighton, Everton 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur, Bournemouth 2-0 Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United 2-1 Fulham, Wolves 2-3 Burnley, Leeds United 2-1 West Ham Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.