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This news item might be of interest to those who remember the classic album Siembra (1978) by Ruben Blades and Willie Colon. "Willie Colón expressed his discontent with the organizers of the 2024 Grammys, due to the award given to the album Sowing [Siembra]: 45th Anniversary in the category of best tropical album. The musician and producer pointed out on his social networks that the new version of the album is “a clone” of the original release and regretted that the Academy has not recognized his contribution" https://euro.eseuro.com/music/2089276.html

"My Song Is My Weapon" attempts to illustrate the long and varied history of Black sonic resistance in America. It is in no way an exhaustive survey of this history, but more so an examination of how Black people weaponized the one thing that could not be contained, enslaved, or silenced—their voices. The strategy of weaponizing sound reflected in these examples reflects the Africans’ knowledge of and belief in the vibrational power of the voice and how it could shape and/or alter the energy and purpose of the environments it inhabited. https://folkways.si.edu/playlists/my-song-is-my-weapon-the-long-sonic-history-of-black-resistance?mc_cid=e813a0c3fb&mc_eid=2c917bba9f

Since this topic started with Mingus and is now alluding to political economy, here is a video that shows Mingus at the Jimmy Carter White House:

Weather Report, August 4, 1972

Some of the people who release LPs (or albums) believe that collectors of jazz music have an above-average income.

There might be a video on Youtube that tells you what to do when the blue screen appears.

About 20 years ago I watched an episode that featured Jessica Simpson - she was beautiful, but I never watched another episode again.

There are assisted living facilities that would let (even encourage) a resident who is a writer on music to continue writing about music.

Hendrix Band of Gypsys video

A beautiful lady doing her salsa (and short) version of a song

“I’m trying to learn how to access things because, although I grew up on radio and record stores, that was a long time ago. I’m bumbling along.…But I think anyone would agree, no matter how much you’re old-school, that when you haven’t heard a song for 50 years, and you think, “How did that song go?”—and bang, there it is, right at your fingertips—that’s amazing. That could have taken six months to track down in the old days, though, arguably, that was a fun six months.” https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/music/chrissie-hynde-pretenders-state-of-music-b346335c?st=k4yk3n2cr5mazih&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Also lesser known territories - Melcochita:

More Fruko:

I now buy very few CDs per year - but when I do, it's because I very much want to listen to the music, and so yes I will listen to the entire CD on the day I bought it (but I might be listening while cooking and eating). The Hendrix Band of Gypsys boxset took more than one day.

If you have no problem with Rick Beato...

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/1216102590/at-95-jazz-icon-sheila-jordan-still-eats-drinks-and-breathes-the-music?fbclid=IwAR3tIL6CYZX3bOzqgv1Q7Jif0oaBdhtg8oywCvsm84mbyD8dTNGd0n0ckG8

The Latin Brothers:

Oscar de Leon:

Fruko:

"I don't care if you like it or not!"

No young children keeping me awake - but I did stay awake many nights listening to an elderly relative (who has dementia) yell or talk throughout the night. There was always a young female nurse nearby, and I was there to help her lift the relative if necessary. I did not feel pity for myself, but I did wonder when wilI I be in bed with dementia, yelling throughout the night. By the way, there were also some brief occasional moments when the relative recognized me, and those moments were fantastic.

I also do not blame him, but I stopped listening to Benson's albums when I saw the video of him roller skating on a sidewalk with a guitar in his hands (the video for his hit song, "Give Me the Night").

"This Masquerade" with Karen Carpenter and Ella Fitzgerald

A video from that period:

If anyone would like to see, maybe as a comparison, Bill Graham tell a musician to get the hell out of his office, go to around the 9 minute mark of the movie Fillmore: