"What I would really like to do is be faceless and bodiless. And be left alone."
KLUTE (1971) dir. Alan J. Pakula
Monday, May 18, 2026
BIRTHDAYS: + Mo’ Taj . . . Happy 84th birthday to the great Taj Mahal! here With Bonnie Raitt | Don's Tunes
Taj Mahal and Bonnie Raitt perform Tajs
'Done Changed My Way of Living’ on NBCs The Today Show
“The music had cultural value,” Taj insists, “not just something that was going to be on the Hit Parade on radio Friday nights. Back then, the songs I was hearing might not have had value for everybody, but they were important to me. The records back then were like relatives talking to you. It wasn’t Top of the Pops or Top 20 Countdown or anything like that.“That all changed in the ’60s, when the record industry started feeding us only music they were making money off of. We were being programmed, and I was much more interested in being programmed by my own culture.”“If you want to know anything about me,” he insists, “I’m more impressed by my what my ancestors think about me than anything else going…no matter what! That’s why, for me, I consider the records of Toumani Diabaté, the kora master from Mali, so important. Through it, I managed to make the connection to my ancestral music — and that all came through finger picking!”One day, he was down in the basement when he discovered his stepfather’s six-string and started to teach himself how to play using a broken comb for a pick.“At some point, I became fascinated with Jimmy Reed. I liked his tempo, what he had to say. And then I got lucky enough to run into a neighbor next door, Lynwood Perry. I was 14 or 15, and he was a little older – and he could play. He came right out of the tradition in North Carolina. He could play a whole bunch of stuff…Muddy Waters, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Blind Boy Fuller.
Marty Gunther / Blues Blast Interview
Photo source: Amy Richmond / Taj Mahal on FB
For his Birthday where it all began for me!
From Rock Machine Turns You On came this I was 15!
Dan Tyminski "Man of Constant Sorrow" live at the Grand Ole Opry: 25th anniversary of O Brother Where Art Thou
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the 'O Brother Where Art Thou' movie and soundtrack, various acts came together to pay tribute to the soundtrack that sparked a revival.
Dan Tyminski performed the iconic hit, "Man of Constant Sorrow" live at the Grand Ole Opry on Feburary 28, 2026.
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Sir Anthony Hopkins
might sign off for the day and end the weekend like this . . . . . . .dancing to Lenny!
Public Image Limited: records 1978 1979 1981 1990 | URBANASPIRINES
Kostas does it again and posts a profile of the post Sex Pistols John Lydon joined forces with Jah Wobble, Keith Levine and drummer(s) Jim Walker & Martin Atkins
I bought Metal Box when it came out and loved that first foray into new musics for the former Pistol. Kostas goes on to say:
"Public Image Ltd (abbreviated and stylised as PiL) are an English post-punk band formed by lead vocalist John Lydon (previously, as Johnny Rotten, lead vocalist of the Sex Pistols), guitarist Keith Levene (a founding member of the Clash), bassist Jah Wobble, and drummer Jim Walker in June 1978. The group's line-up has changed frequently over the years; Lydon has been the sole constant member.
Formed by John Lydon in the wake of the collapse of the Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd. is a shape-shifting musical project in which the bilious singer and lyricist explored his ideas without compromise.Depending on what period of the band's career you choose, Public Image Ltd. (officially abbreviated PiL) could sound like bass-heavy post-punk thunder (1978's Public Image: First Issue), an inspired fusion of Krautrock and dub (1979's Metal Box), muscular and expertly executed alternative rock (1986's Album), or polished but angular dance-friendly pop (1989's 9), with many other stops along the way.
Despite a constantly shifting lineup and musical approach, Lydon's bitter howl -- full of anger, pain, and sometimes sardonic wit -- gave PiL's many guises a musical and thematic through line, and at their best, his collaborators created music as powerful and absorbing as Lydon's intense charisma. Lydon revived PiL for live work in 2009, and the reunion albums This Is PiL (2012), What the World Needs Now (2015), and End of World (2023) featured some of his strongest work since the '80s. In 2023, PiL released the unexpectedly tender song "Hawaii," a love song Lydon wrote for his wife, Nora Foster, who died after a long illness in April 2023. "
BBC College Concert 16 - Gary Numan interview | Voodoo Wagon - a draftervoi special
VOODOO WAGON
BBC College Concert 16 - Gary Numan interview
Gary Numan
BBC College Concert #16
LW's Scheduled Broadcast Week of January 9, 1983
this one of the BBC’s College Concert series with Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert is weird as draftervoi says as it is just an interview at the time Numan was in town for an October 18th show at the Dallas Agora.
still an interesting listen for staunch Numan fans
from that same year
Gary Numan ‘Warriors’ - The Saturday Show 1983 Re Mastered Audio
Robert Plant and Saving Grace ‘Ramble On’ [Stephen Colbert Late Show]
Rock legend Robert Plant and his band Saving Grace stick around for a bonus performance of the Led Zeppelin classic, “Ramble On.”
Listen to Robert Plant’s latest album, “Saving Grace,” and find upcoming tour dates at https://www.robertplant.com.
JOHN PRINE - EVERYTHING IS COOL - Austin City Limits - 1992
John Prine - Everything Is Cool [Austin City Limits]1992
Austin City Limits 1992
John Prine - Guitar, vocals
Phil Parlapiano - Keys, Vocals
Bill Bomk - Guitar, Vocals
Rowland Salley - Bass, Vocals
George Harrison - Any Road | HERBERG DE KELDER
HERBERG DE KELDER
Helps if one gets the pun and the British idiom of 'any road up’ often getting shortened to 'any road' which loosely translates as . . . well, anyway!
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