Is it me or is the Guardian beginning to sound like the other right wing rags like the Telegraph!?
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Thursday, April 02, 2026
Stella McCartney granted permission for £5m home in Scottish Highlands | The Gruaniad
Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli - One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli - One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
Steve Earle and Lucia Micarelli’s duet of “One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)” was released on January 24, 2012 as part of the tribute album Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International. This song is a cover of the haunting ballad originally written and recorded by Bob Dylan for his 1976 album Desire, which was first recorded in July 1975. Earle and Micarelli bring their own heartfelt interpretation to the piece, blending his weathered voice with her graceful violin lines. Their version has been treasured in live performances, often praised for its warm, reflective quality that honors the spirit of the original while offering fresh emotional depth. It is well worth listening to for anyone who cherishes thoughtful storytelling in song.
Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan: Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli - One More Cup Of Coffee (In The Valley Below)
Nat Myers - News Update!
We follow the fantastic Mr. Nat Myers and visitors here will know something of his plight and struggles with the Big C and the bravery and tenacity which he applies every day. Playing and ‘slanging' toons as he goes - he sends us this frank news and update whilst playing in the hospital for his treatment! Singin’ like a an old blues man being the old soul that he is!
We love the dude, simply as!
Nat says:
"Howdy y’all. I ain’t posted an update about my fight in a while. I been getting back to some aspect of rambling, & some of y’all might think I’m through, or in remission. That’s my fault for not clarifying what’s been going on. My story is a long song, and I doubt it will ever end with ranging a bell. First off, what I got is called intimal sarcoma. The main thing is in my pulmonary artery. If that sounds stressful, it’s cuz it is. I have undergone dozens of chemo infusions since I was first diagnosed in 2025, including red devil, ifosfomade, and until recently a combo called gem-tax. I received eleven cycles of gem-tax, before fluid build up in my lungs last month led us to change things up. A couple weeks ago I started receiving single chemo infusions over a month long cycle, twice a month. My cancer, which shrank significantly at first, is still shrinking, but only slightly, and is considered stable. My doctors seem confident based on my scans that this switch up will prolly work. But when and if it doesn’t, there is a number of successive treatments they have in mind for me. I receive treatment at the James at OSU with Dr. Marium Husain, with help & oversight from Dr Mrinal Gounder & Dr. Alex Kentsis at Memorial Sloan. I am infinitely thankful for them and their teams for the improvement in my outcomes. While I’m still on standard protocol, both the James & MSk have discovered new, treatments that are in the pipeline once standard protocol runs course. A year ago, a lot of y’all were watching me just beginning to hope I could get one more year. A year on, I don’t think you blame me that I want more than just that now. I feel rabid as a dog and bluer than a jay sometimes. It is a privilege beyond description to be here. Every moment, I live life again. I spent too much time filling my veins with bad blood. I am not foolish to the reality this is a long haul, but this thing ain’t killed me fast enough. I mighta been in the bogies, but I’m back to par and I ain’t never going back, if I have my way. But a prayer goes a long way, and I can use all the luck you can spare for all the trouble that come my way"
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Jody Williams - Lucky Lou (1957) | duffertube / junkyard king
amongst all the folks posting this early guitar classic they are all referring to it as Lucky You!
T’ain’t!!
it’s LUCKY LOU ! Check the label folks!
Jefferson Airplane - Wally Heider's Studio live KQED TV Broadcast - 2nd April 1970 - San Francisco, CA | so many roads
Jefferson Airplane - 1970-04-02 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)
Jefferson Airplane1970-04-02Wally Heider's Studio San Francisco, CA
Rehearsals for Go Ride The Music
FM Broadcast
01. We Can Be Together
02. Volunteers
03. Eskimo Blue Day
04. Mexico
05. Somebody To Love
06. Wooden Ships
07. Plastic Fantastic Lover
08. Emergency
09. The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil
Speedy says: The Jefferson Airplane entered the Rock & Roll Hall Of fame in 1996, alongside David Bowie, Pink Floyd, and the Velvet Underground, just to name a few other members of that class. Grace Slick, the band's legndary singer, however, did not show up for the ceremony (nor did Roger Waters of Pink Floyd or Bowie). The members of the Airplane that did attend took the stage to play 3 tunes - Embryonic Journey, Crown of Creation, and Volunteers.
This soundboard recording captures the Airplane with Grace at Wally Heider's studios in San Franciso on Aprul 2, 1970, 56 years ago today. The band played a live set for a for a television special calle San Francisco Rock: Go Ride The Music, which was broadcast on KQED/WNET on December 6, 1970.
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love - 2/4/1970 - Wally Heider Studios
MALLARD - PEON (Bill Harkleroad) | jt674
. . . . wow Tripping Mantras shows his range with a favourite of mine from a favourite band/album /guitarist - Bill Harkleroad [Zoot Horn Rollo]
David Byrne April Newsletter 2026 | feat, YASMINE HAMDAN
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Photo Credit: Yilas Nao |
I met Yasmine a number of years ago thanks to the folks from Coco Rosie. I heard some of the tracks from her then upcoming album and loved them and have kept track of her work ever since. She’s Lebanese (Israel and the US are bombing Lebanon) and is married to a wonderful Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman (I’ve seen some of his films) - who is sometimes compared to Jacques Tati (funny films).
This playlist includes artists from all over the Arabic diaspora - Googoosh is a Persian (Iranian) singer who has filled the Hollywood Bowl. On and on. Some great artists and sounds and tracks you might not expect.
-David Byrne
Listen to this month's playlist on: Apple Music: Click Here Mixcloud (free streaming): Click Here |
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My new album "Who Is The Sky?" is now available on all streaming platforms - LISTEN HERE |
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K SPECIAL The Filth and the Fury! Punk + New Wave (50th Anniversary Updated Improved Remastered Expanded Super Deluxe Edition) (37CD) (2026)
Extraordinary document (archive!?) from Butterboy a K Special of what stands now as 800 tracks in toto I think he says certainly 37 CD (count ‘em!) documenting the Punk New Wave explosion
K SPECIAL The Filth and the Fury! Punk + New Wave - The Greatest Punk, New Wave + Post-Punk Collection Ever Compiled! (50th Anniversary Updated Improved Remastered Expanded Super Deluxe Edition) (37CD) (2026)
K says:
“This set was researched, curated and assembled by K a regular contributor to this blog, shared here with his permission for BB readers.The write up, the images and most importantly the music selections; the entire layout and presentation below is his creation, I’m just the host”.
In celebration of 50 years since punk first exploded onto the music scene on both sides of the Atlantic in 1976 with bands such as the Ramones and Blondie in the US and the Damned and the Sex Pistols in the UK, here is my updated and expanded collection of the very best records released in the original punk, new wave and post-punk era.
The Rolling Stones - She’s So Cold
She’s So Cold
some more to start the day THE GROOBIN’ STOOVES just
because someone posted this on Flickenabokk and it made me smile
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