Yer Ol' Uncle D

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Aug 2, 2021

"There is a view that jazz is 'evil' because it comes from evil people, but actually the greatest priests on 52nd Street and on the streets of New York City were the musicians. They were doing the greatest healing work. They knew how to punch through music that would cure and make people feel good." - Garth Hudson, born this day in 1937.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Aug 1, 2021

"We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice." - Jerry Garcia, born this day in 1942. And I love black licorice.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 31, 2021

"I'm really bad at promoting myself online. I just can't conjure up the enthusiasm for it. I find it really boring. The level that people would pump themselves up to was complete bullshit. There were people I actually know on there, and I knew that they were wildly exaggerating." - Daniel Ash, born this day in 1957.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 30, 2021

"They just said, 'Roll the tape.' No rehearsal or nothing... Muddy Waters didn't come in and say 'I wanna rehearse.' He used to look at me and say 'Let's just play the blues." That's all you need to do." - Buddy Guy, born this day in 1936.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 28, 2021

Damn - I think my USA badminton beast Khang just blew out her Achilles. The King Crimson did not protect her.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 26, 2021

"I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm forty-five." - Mick Jagger, born this day in 1943. He's still regurgitating 'Satisfaction'...........and charging a bloody beaucoup for a ticket to see him do it.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 25, 2021

"The soul of rock 'n' roll is mistakes, and making mistakes work for you. The people who shy away from mistakes and play it safe have no business playing rock 'n' roll." - Paul Westerberg

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 23, 2021

"I don’t envision a long life for myself. Like, I think my life will run out before my work does, y’know? I’ve designed it that way." - Townes Van Zandt

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 22, 2021

"The key to looking good in a cape is the way you take it off. You should look like those sword-fighting people, the Three Musketeers. Taking it off, swinging it, that's what makes it cool." - George Clinton, born this day in 1941.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 21, 2021

"There aren’t enough people who care about the future. They are too busy worrying about today and what they can grab now" - Berry Gordy

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 20, 2021

"There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something that you get over. I don't believe there's a healing process." - Chris Cornell, born this day in 1964.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 18, 2021

"After years of making wrong decisions in my life, in 1977 I found out that it was all right to be square, simple, and sober." - Martha Reeves, born this day in 1941.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 13, 2021

"I used to go to Cleveland just to see any band. So I was in love a lot of the time, but mostly with guys in bands that I had never met. For me, knowing that Brian Jones was out there, and later that Iggy Pop was out there, made it kind of hard for me to get too interested in the high school guys that were around me. I had, uh, bigger things in mind." - Chrissie Hynde

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 13, 2021

"If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not." - Grace Slick

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 12, 2021

"As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion." - Juliana Hatfield

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jul 8, 2021

"Because we have so much eye candy and mind candy, spending so much time trying to pay the rent, all of this conspires to keep us from thinking too hard or taking action from that. Our time is stolen. So much of our daily life is stolen." - Lydia Lunch

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jun 25, 2021

I had tickets to see Bikini Kill in 2020. Then I had tickets to see Bikini Kill in 2021. Now I have tickets to see Bikini Kill in 2022. Apparently Bikini Kill has much more confidence in my ability to stay alive than I do.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jun 25, 2021

"I'd been studying the microphone for a dozen years, and I suddenly saw what I'd been doing wrong. I'd been singing too loud. One night I was listening to a record by Lester Young, the horn player, and it came to me. Relax, just relax. It's all going to be all right." - Marvin Gaye

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jun 21, 2021

Send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jun 20, 2021

"After I saw Jimi [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the fuck I was going to do with my life." - Jeff Beck