Herb Hardesty
Best known as Fats Domino’s saxophonist, Herb Hardesty, has died. See WWOZ and OffBeat. Dave BartholomewFats DominoHerb Hardestymusicnew orleanssaxophone
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Little Richard
Born on this day — a most radical and brave pioneer. Little Richard told Blackwell he preferred the sound of Fats Domino. As a result, Little Richard began recording at Cosimo Matassa’s J&M Studios in New Orleans that September, recording there with several of Domino’s session musicians, including drummer Earl Palmer and saxophonist Lee Allen.[39]…
Blue & Lonesome
The latest Stones album has dropped. The reviews seem to be universally glowing and for a change devoid of the tired journalistic cliches that typically accompany a Stones release, not too mention the accompanying label hype that “this is the best thing they have done since . . . Tattoo You/Some Girls/Exile on Main Street” — you…
Martha
Very decent article marking Martha’s Kennedy Center Honor. Martha Argerichmusicpiano
Walker Percy: Pathologist, Philosopher, and Novelist
Here is the just published collection of papers in ZYGON. A big thanks to all the contributors and to ZYGON’S ecumenical editor for his patient shepherding of the project. benjamin alexanderElizabeth CoreyexistentialismJohn D. SykesPhilosophy of LanguagePhilosophy of sciencereligion and scienceStacey E. AkeWalker Percy
The economics of political correctness
Here’s a very sharp and interesting take on what I’ve been calling virtue-signaling. The article is a couple of years old but nonetheless it is as incisiveness and salient as ever especially to one who has a basic grasp of market price signals and coordination dynamics. Isn’t it telling that despite academia being firmly under the regressive left’s management…
Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel
Philosophical filmmakers are few and far between, understandably so, but even more depressing is that professional philosophy is perversely plagued by the unphilosophical — i.e. the virtue-signalers and thought and language police. Anyway, one of the few philosophically orientated filmmakers is Wim Wenders and one of my favourite films of all is his Wings of Desire/Der Himmel über Berlin. As…
Bourbon vs Scotch
Having just cracked open a long anticipated bottle of Yellowstone I have bourbon on my mind — and this coincides with Julia Reed’s discussion taking wing from Walker Percy’s famous essay. Sociological musings aside, I’m of the view that the pitching of Bourbon vs Scotch is a false dichotomy: there is no legitimate comparison. If I had…
Mr. Okra
Speaking of New Orleans characters here is a lovely 60 second outline of the joy this man brings to New Orleans (H/T OffBeat). mr. okranew orleansokra
Booker’s Mysterious Knoxville Concert
Jack Neely reports in The Scruffy Citizen. (Thoroughly appreciate Cheryl Anne Grace‘s artistic rendition of Booker and my other favourite characters Ernie K-Doe, Fats, Allen Toussaint and Mr. Okra). Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James BookerCheryl Anne GraceJames Bookermusicnew orleans
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