John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer, was born on Oct. 21, 1917 (d. 1993). #DizzyGillespie
"Hot House" (Tadd Dameron) (1951) w/ Charlie Parker
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejlsnuKyJEA
https://x.com/harris_wins/status/1848053041292784070
Kamalaโs Wins @harris_wins
(1:25 PM ET ยท Oct 20, 2024):
"BREAKING: Anne Hathaway just gave the clearest reasons why Donald Trumpโs overturning Roe v. Wade is devastating to millions of Americans. The only way to end this is by electing Kamala Harris & a democratic Congress. Retweet so all Americans see this."
(From Dream for America)
#Politics #Election #Law #Musk
"Elon Musk Veers Into Clearly Illegal Vote Buying, Offering $1 Million Per Day Lottery Prize Only to Registered Voters"
https://electionlawblog.org/
#MeidasTouch Fox refuses to air thisโฆyou know what to do. #HarrisWalz2024
https://x.com/i/status/1848015411071058176
Fifth Circuit blocks an order from Judge Reed O'Connor that #MediaMatters turn over donor information to X Corp. in a lawsuit over the group's coverage of #xitter, holding that MM is likely to succeed in its appeal to stop the donor disclosure.
womp womp
B.C. Votes, 2024
No clear winner in B.C. election race between NDP, Conservatives
Parties locked in near dead heat with vast majority of polls counted
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/british-columbia/2024/results/
Mark King, English musician, lead singer and bassist of the jazz-funk band Level 42, known for his slap style of playing the bass guitar (Wikipedia), was born on October 20, 1958. #MarkKing
Level 42 - "Lessons in Love" (Wally Badarou, Mark King, Rowland Charles Gould) (2010, 30th Anniversary World Tour)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R26M6EpMRcU
Tom Petty, American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor, was born on Oct. 20, 1950 (d. 2017). #TomPetty
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - "Don't Do Me Like That" (Tom Petty) (Live) (1979, probably)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbMsdCMC_N0
Wanda Jackson, American singer and songwriter, "among the first women to have a career in rock and roll" (Wikipedia), was born on Oct. 20th. #WandaJackson
Wanda Jackson - "Hard Headed Woman" (Claude Demetrius) (1961)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzJ3hiqsi0U
Jelly Roll Morton, American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer, was born on Sept. 20, c. 1890 (d. 1941). #JellyRollMorton
Leon Redbone - "Winin' Boy Blues" (Jelly Roll Morton) (1977)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IFZLCwu-l0
Jelly Roll Morton, American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer, was born on Sept. 20, c. 1890 (d. 1941). #JellyRollMorton
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers - "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Jelly Roll Morton) (1926)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4o01H7lnbs
Jelly Roll Morton, American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer, was born on Sept. 20, c. 1890 (d. 1941). #JellyRollMorton
"Winin' Boy Blues" (Jelly Roll Morton) (1939)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52hcwgh2PVc
Jelly Roll Morton, American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer, was born on Sept. 20, c. 1890 (d. 1941). #JellyRollMorton
"Doctor Jazz" (Joe "King" Oliver) (1926/1927)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-xsTlaaaY8
Patrick Simmons, American musician, a founding member of The Doobie Brothers, was born on Oct. 19, 1948. #PatrickSimmons
The Doobie Brothers - "Black Water" (Patrick Simmons) (2020 April, from isolation)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZLY2ht9iBM
Patrick Simmons, American musician, a founding member of The Doobie Brothers, was born on Oct. 19, 1948. #PatrickSimmons
The Doobie Brothers - "Black Water" (Patrick Simmons) (1974)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4oZCtfmh44
Patrick Simmons, American musician best known as a founding member of The Doobie Brothers, who wrote and sang "Black Water" among other songs, was born on Oct. 19, 1948. #PatrickSimmons
"SoCal Slack Key" (NAMM 2013)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loDjRxRpJuQ
Keith Reid, English lyricist and songwriter, "best known for [writing] the lyrics of every original song released by Procol Harum, with the exception of the songs on their 2017 album" (Wikipedia), was born on October 19, 1946 (d. 2023). #KeithReid
Wikipedia: "He co-founded the band with Gary Brooker [but] was a non-performing member."
Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Keith Reid (lyrics), Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher) (2006)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St6jyEFe5WM
Jeannie C. Riley, "American country music and gospel singer", "best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA" ", was born on Oct. 19, 1945. #JeannieCRiley
"Harper Valley P.T.A." (Tom T. Hall) (1968)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOZPBUu7Fro
Peter Tosh, Jamaican reggae musician, was born on Oct. 19, 1944 (d. 1987). #PeterTosh
Peter Tosh - "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) (1983)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Reggae
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTvehe6kPjU
Hope needs compassionate action. Best to be compassionate anyway.
Many self-avowed 'critical thinkers', especially on Twitter, seem to not think critically.