Arts and Entertainment

"Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then." As did I today:

How about an injection of spiky punk energy to close out the working week? BTW, this has nothing in common w/the Henry Mancini standard with the same name:

My journey into Fagenville led me to Sunken Condos, a pretty darn good album from 2012. More late Dan-esque certainly than The Nightfly. And, let's face it, how can I…

Let's take one last listen to 'The Nighfly' before we move on. Wonder if there's anything worth salvaging off of 'Kamakiriad'...

Donald Fagen's hommage to the Four Freshmen:

Here was the event.  Here's the song:

This guy had more than one great song in him.  But he'll be remembered most for this one:

Maybe everybody has one memorable song in them. Danny O'Keefe did:

I scour the internets so that you don't have to. Sometimes I come up with something as mind-blowing as this: 28 trombonists performing the following:

This collaboration with the N'awlins 'Indian' tribe, The Wild Tchoupitoulas, helped convince Neville Brothers to become a band on their own. This is the America that I love:

The Neville Brothers, at the peak of their musical powers:

There was a time, IMHO, when this was the greatest touring band in America. Caught 'em live at the Chestnut Cabaret in the late '80's.  Just great American music:

I couldn't close the book on the political career of Greg Lavelle w/o this homage to his final campaign: