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Hope needs compassionate action. Best to be compassionate anyway.
Many self-avowed 'critical thinkers', especially on Twitter, seem to not think critically.
Joined Nov 2022
Malcolm 'Dr. John' Rebennack, American singer and songwriter, whose "music combined blues, pop, jazz, boogie-woogie, funk, and rock and roll" (Wikipedia), was born on Nov. 20, 1941 (d. 2019). #DrJohn
Dr. John - "Right Place, Wrong Time" (Mac Rebennack) (2012)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6RtVmc5dSE
Dick Smothers, American actor, comedian, composer and musician, of the Smothers Brothers, was born on Nov. 20th. #DickSmothers
The Smothers Brothers - "I Talk To The Trees / Dance, Boatman, Dance" (1963)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Comedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LEfWjHCPVY
June Christy, American singer, was born on Nov. 20, 1925 (d. 1990). #JuneChristy
A song from the end of the WWII:
June Christy w/ Stan Kenton Orchestra - "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) (1945)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPP6FbbT4UI
June Christy, American singer hailed as "one of the finest and most neglected singers of her time." (Wikipedia), was born on Nov. 20, 1925 (d. 1990). #JuneChristy
June Christy w/ Stan Kenton Orchestra - "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" (Billy Strayhorn, Lee Gaines)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHVE87xclio
@KamloopsBob I just watched the Dreamers set, as well the Animals and some others. I agree that they were pretty good musicians in that band and in many of those bands. Also, Judith Durham had quite the voice. Thanks again for the reminder.
On Feb. 22, 1943, 3 members of the White Rose (Weiรe Rose), a non-violent student-led resistance group in Nazi Germany from the U. of Munich (Hans and Sophie Scholl (brother and sister), and Christoph Probst) were executed by guillotine 4 days after their arrest, for distributing the pamphlets.
Consequences are even more dire when fascism/ authoritarianism is already in place. #ResistFascism
It was dramatized in this film:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426578/
"The White Rose (German: Weiรe Rose, pronounced [หvaษชฬฏsษ หสoหzษ]) was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students and one professor at the University of Munich: Willi Graf, Kurt Huber, Christoph Probst, Alexander Schmorell, Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl. The group conducted an anonymous leaflet and graffiti campaign that called for active opposition to the Nazi regime."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose
@Warpspeed3 I am, thanks. I hope you are, too. Although I am in Canada, there's mainly the dread of the new Trump administration.
@Warpspeed3 Good morning!โ โ๏ธ
"Attorneys representing Amazon and SpaceX are in court today (11/17), arguing that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.
If they get their way, two of the richest people on the planet will have gutted the enforcement of labor laws designed to protect working people."
~Robert Reich
Orwell had nothing on Florida:
โIn yet another case, Florida's government is arguing that book removals in public schools are "government speech," meaning they are unrestricted by the First Amendment.โ
Censorship is free speech.
Wow.
Tommy Dorsey, "American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era" (Wikipedia), was born on Nov. 19, 1905 (d. 1956). #TommyDorsey
From the YouTube page: "Starting in the late 30s, most film musicals were recorded in multi-channel sound but mixed down to mono for the film's release." Hence, this track could be remixed to true stereo.
Tommy Dorsey - "Opus One" (Sy Oliver) (1943, from the film 'Broadway Rhythm')
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N2aEmcEbyg
Non-musical birthday:
Ned Sparks, Canadian-born character actor of the American stage and screen, born in Guelph, Ontario, "known for his deadpan expression and deep, gravelly voice" (Wikipedia), was born on Nov. 19, 1883 (d. 1957). #NedSparks #Biography
#Film #Movies #CoSoMovies
A brief biography:
"Peaceful transfer of power" ... to authoritarianism
(I can't make out the name of the cartoonist)
"Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king / And a king ain't satisfied 'til he rules everything"
Bruce Springsteen - "Badlands" (Bruce Springsteen) (The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzsAPhGpMkA
Hank Ballard, American R&B singer and songwriter, who wrote and recorded "The Twist", later to be covered by Chubby Checker, was born on Nov. 18, 1927 (d. 2003). #HankBallard
Hank Ballard w/ The Midnighters - "The Twist" (Hank Ballard) (1959)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qoY93CkwlA
Johnny Mercer, American lyricist, songwriter, and singer who co-founded Capitol Records, was born on Nov. 18, 1909 (d. 1976). #JohnnyMercer
Harry James w/ Helen Forrest - "Skylark" (lyrics: Johnny Mercer, music: Hoagy Carmichael) (1941)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW_K-flKFgg
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Hope needs compassionate action. Best to be compassionate anyway.
Many self-avowed 'critical thinkers', especially on Twitter, seem to not think critically.
Joined Nov 2022