Aggie87

Joshua Trees, Nevada 5/16/22 Las Vegas, 5/17/22

Paul Carrack is great! Oh wait, you meant Paul Simon! You can call him Al. Oh you meant Paul Westerberg, he rocks. Maybe Paul Anka, he's old school cool.

Dan, the World Health Organization believes masks suppress the spread of Covid. So does the Mayo Clinic. As does Johns Hopkins. So does the CDC. I can go on but I hope you get the point. Legitimate disease/virologists/medical/health organizations all seem to believe masks suppress the spread of COVID, which logically means that fewer lives would be resultingly lost. I believe them. You apparently don't (?). https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/when-and-how-to-use-masks#:~:text=Masks%20should%20be%20used%20as,as%20effective%20as%20possible. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449 https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-face-masks-what-you-need-to-know https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/masking-science-sars-cov2.html If you don't believe in any group of scientist/medical professionals (all of whom have nothing to gain by lying about this), I'm not sure how to respond further. Or what you're actually disagreeing with.

Todd Snider - Acoustic Hymns and Stoner Fables

Three people I personally knew died from COVID - my unvaccinated uncle, a young healthy female coworker who elected not to get vaccinated (she was also the mother of three young children) who sat 3 desks away from mine, and an admin assistant's father (don't know his vax status). You'll never convince me COVID was as trivial as many tried to make it out to be. I believe that at least 2 of the 3 would still be alive today had they chosen to get vaccinated. I also still have anger that the previous President trivialized masks during the onset of this pandemic. I am convinced at least 150-200K in the U.S. lost their lives unnecessarily because of that dismissal, and the resulting early spread of the virus before vaccines were available. Any attempt to discuss this calmly (with factual information) with right-wingers on FB or elsewhere usually results in a "laughing face" emoji in response to any attempt at a discussion. Instead of responding with any educated response. That is also maddening that people won't take the time to actually educate themselves.

Padre Island 4/18/22 Garden of the Gods & Pikes Peak, 4/20/22

Dean Wareham - I Have Nothing to Say to the Mayor of L.A.

Rest in Peace, Ptah. I too enjoyed your posts and presence here over the past 16 years.

Hoping they release this on cd. I see there's a deluxe vinyl edition but that's too rich for my blood.

Since you're asking, for many others, this is the controversial cover:

Don't figure this was worth its own thread, but I was today years old when I discovered that Woodstock included the following jazz artists: * Ralph Towner and Glen Moore were in Tim Hardin's band * Paul Motian played with Arlo Guthrie * David Sanborn and Phillip Wilson played with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (by coincidence I was listening to Wilson on the AEC Nessa box just a couple of days ago) Which got me to thinking which Woodstock artists I've seen live, and it's a short list. * Tommy Shannon (who played with Johnny Winter) * Melanie * Joe Cocker * Neil Young

Rest in Peace, Ian McDonald. https://variety.com/2022/music/news/ian-mcdonald-dead-king-crimson-foreigner-member-musician-1235178225/

Jazz and tangential channels (I hesitate to include the smooth jazz channel). The first three are mostly jazz, I'd say. 67 - Real Jazz - Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride 70 - Seriously Sinatra - Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Michael Buble 71 - 40's Junction - Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, The Dorseys, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Count Basie 74 - BB King's Bluesville - Eric Clapton, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Etta James, Robert Cray 66 - Watercolors/smooth jazz - Sade, Dave Koz, Brian Culbertson, Boney James, Maysa, David Benoit, George Benson, Al Jarreau 68 - Spa/New Age - Peter Kater, Steven Halpern, Brian Eno, Paul Winter, Tangerine Dream, Mark Isham, Will Ackerman 69 - Escape/Easy Listening - Percy Faith, Bert Kaempfert, John Fox, James Last, Henry Mancini, Richard Clayderman, Caravelli

Dave Alvin/Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Downey to Lubbock

My last remaining uncle just contracted Covid and passed away, at 94 years old. He had all three Covid shots, but had been moved into a nursing home near Austin because he was no longer able to care for himself. Apparently he somehow contracted Covid while in the care of the nursing home. He's now the 3rd that I personally know who's passed away from Covid, although the 1st that had their vaccinations.

There's a difference though. The polio vaccine prevents the recipient from getting polio. This vaccine doesn't prevent Covid, it's not the magic bullet that the polio vaccine is. Nobody claims that it is supposed to prevent you from getting Covid, except those that don't understand what the vaccine is. It does help minimize the effects of Covid if/when you get it. Per the attached table, the death rate for those who are fully vaccinated is 0.54 deaths per 100,000 in the U.S. It's 3.47 per 100,000 among the unvaccinated. https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths-by-vaccination That being the case, the vaccine clearly helps save lives. I fail to understand why anyone would not want to get vaccinated. And my hope is that at some point science develops a Covid vaccine that truly prevents Covid, like the polio vaccine does with polio. I think we'll get there at some point. I wish we would all put our trust in science to eventually solve this. And continue to help save us in the meantime.

Record stores: Waterloo, End of an Ear, Antone's Record Shop (on Guadalupe), Big Henry's (I haven't been here, but it's associated with Antone's Night Club, so might have some interesting music) Books: Book People across the street from Waterloo is pretty good. Many authors do signings here (I have a few signed Anne Rice books from her visits). There are at least 6 Half Price Books shops in the greater Austin area, if you're familiar with them. Can be hit or miss, but interesting to browse. South Congress Books is small but interesting. For live music: * The Mavericks are playing down at Gruene Hall Thursday and Friday night, but that's a little trek from Austin, down near New Braunfels. * Jimmie Vaughan and Mike Flanigin (who's a board member here on organissimo) are playing at C-Boy's on Friday and Saturday nights. * Bob Schneider is playing at the Paramount Theatre on Friday night. He's a blast to see live.

South Beach, Miami - 11/13/21

That's a great photo, Buzz! I'd love to see her live some day. Wish I could've met up with you at a SXSW!

Philadelphia, 10/22/21

Carrie Rodriguez - Seven Angels on a Bicycle

Apparently a random/chance meeting in a studio in L.A., pre-Thriller. http://joenickp.blogspot.com/2009/06/when-michael-jackson-sang-with-joe-king.html The song's pretty average - it sounds like what you'd think a Joe King Carrasco reggae styled song might sound like. But not developed enough.

Joe King Carrasco - Synapse Gap (Mundo Total) Michael Jackson of all people sings background vox on one track

BFrank & Aggie87 - Manhattan, 9/27/21 ...also present was board member Pete C. A fine time was had!

Had Madeleine Peyroux (and Joan Osborne) on tap for tonight in Philadelphia, but they rescheduled it for May 2022, just yesterday. Blah. On the brighter side I got to see King Crimson last week, my first show since the pandemic started. They were fantastic, as was the Zappa Band, who opened.