"When I sing the blues, I am free from the shackles of society's expectations. The blues is a language that transcends race, gender, and age. Through the blues, I have found my purpose, my reason for being." - Bessie Smith, born this day in 1894.
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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"TV does not care about you or what happens to you. It's downright bad for your health now, and that's not a far-out concept. I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health." - Tom Petty
Hopefully this FAU / Northwestern officiating crew doesn't get to work another game. Horrendous.
"You're the luckiest person in the entire world if you know what you really want to do, which I was lucky enough to know when I was very young. And you're the luckiest person in the world if you can then make a living out of it." - Andrew Lloyd Webber
"I'm only interested in working on records that legitimately reflect the band's own perception of their music and existence. If you commit yourselves to that as a tenet of the recording methodology, then I will bust my ass for you." - Steve Albini
"When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts. I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't.' - Gary Numan, born this day in 1958.
"I don't envision a very long life for myself. I think my life will run out before my work does. I've designed it that way." - Townes Van Zandt, born this day in 1944. He designed it. He called it. Sorry he did. Glad for what he gave us.
"I've never had any religion. I'd prefer it if I did, really. But even as a boy I just couldn't make myself believe." - David Gilmour, born this day in 1946.
"When I was 14 I used to have a calendar on my wall, crossing the days off until I was 15, because the school leaving age was 15. Then three months before I turned 15 they changed the leaving age to 16. When I was 18 the vision was to make music that didn't exist, because everything else was so unsatisfactory." - Mark E. Smith, born this day in 1957.
"It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one." - George Harrison, born this day in 1943.
"I think the blues will always be around. People need it." - Johnny Winter, born this day in 1944. Amen.
"Men of good fortune, often cause empires to fall
While men of poor beginnings, often can't do anything at all"
Lou Reed knew the score when he wrote this 50 years ago. Nothing has changed. It's up to us to change it.
What's my drug of choice?
Well, what have you got?
I don't go broke.
And I do it a lot.
Shit......RIP Dex Romweber.
Caitlin Clark. GOAT.
"I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away." - Melissa Manchester, born this day in 1952. The music industry is the devil.
"Do you know anybody under 25 that gives a damn whether you marry a man if you're a man or if you marry a woman if you're a woman? No." - Graham Nash, born this day in 1942.
Vote.
"I didn't grow up in a mom-and-pop, Ozzie and Harriet type of environment, but who did. The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me." - Lucinda Williams, born this day in 1953.
Sinner
Gonna spin for the next 3 VMD winners in about 48. If you wanna play for the next 9 months, hop on over and like the first post. It's just that simple.
Vinyl Me, D: A Free Record Club - Year Two Official Thread - 36 Winners - Like The First Post, You're In For 2024 - 108 Free Records Given Away So Far
As of tomorrow, year one of Vinyl Me, D weirdness is in the books. Was able to send 45 records to new, loving homes. It was fun. I'm gonna do it again........with a twist. Last year, I chose 3 winners, and they got the complete haul for the year. This go 'round, I'm changing it up to make it...
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