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Richard Wright (1943-2008)

I meant to post something political today, but I have been deeply touched by the loss of Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright, who died yesterday at the age of 65.
It is a sad, sad time for all of us for whom Pink Floyd means so much.
If you’d like to read my lengthy personal reflections on Wright [...]

Music Break – The Wombats

Cross-posted at The Global Sociology Blog.
The Wombats, “Backfired at the Disco”, from their Album A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation .

And “Let’s Dance to Joy Division” from the same album.

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Late Night Blues: Gary Moore – Still Got The Blues (Live)

I woke up to a real case of the blues today, hearing the news about Ted Kennedy. Needless to say, the day is done and I “Still Got The Blues“:
Gary Moore’s guitar solo at the end is sweet. Enjoy…

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Late Night: Open All Night

I remember the days when I used to enjoy staying up late or even finding a place to go that was Open All Night. These days, I’m happy to turn in a lot earlier than I used to. But for those looking a for a place that’s Open All Night… Here’s the ticket from Bruce [...]

More Sunday Late Night: Prince… “Coachella, I am here”

I was going to add this to my Sunday Late Night post below, but I think it deserves a post of it’s own. As I noted in the post below it was hot, hot, hot in SoCal this weekend, but the heat was really turned up in the desert when Prince took the stage at [...]

Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

Ah, Super Tuesday. The talking heads will be all atwitter watching the polls in 22 states and waiting to see which Democrat/Republican comes out on top at the end of today’s primary bonanza.
There will be a news blackout in this house (as always) until after 10pm. I can’t stand play-by-plays, so watching the talking heads [...]

The Latest in Celebrity Endorsements

There was a new round of celebrity endorsements on Monday for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Now I love both of these guys. They are two of my favorite actors and as it is we all know that different candidates appeal to different people. So I guess I’m with Jack on this one.
Skippy has the [...]

Feminism, and a Blues Apology

There is a lot of violence in the world, a lot of physical assault and murder, and a lot of hateful abuse.
Many times folks on the left treat a statement like that as a picture of something far away, something going on in countries ruined by imperialism and corporate rapaciousness and other sinister institutional evils. [...]

Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

It’s still January and yet, I am sick to death of politics.
Sadly, the primary wars are just like major car wrecks: you can’t help but stop and take a quick peek, no matter how gruesome the carnage may be.
The same can be said for my penchant for watching bad musical movies. And it’s not [...]

Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

My internet connection was down on Sunday evening/Monday morning, so I was unable to get out my round-up in a timely manner.
But, I’m back and ready to go despite the busy, yet, hugely successful weekend that just ended (Dizzy plus one microphone plus 400 people = &%$# awesome!).  Too bad it wasn’t a political rally [...]