My g-g-g-generation, dropping like flies, teenagers dying of old age.
Carpe diem?
After my nap.
Personal
102: Netanela, ‘Shir HaYona’ (Matti Caspi)
Noah’s dove, still searching for land.
A secular Israeli prayer for peace.
271: Laura Nyro, ‘Walk on By’ (Bootleg Collection)
A Rosh HaShana gift – 15 bootleg covers that never appeared on Laura’s official albums.
Continue reading...301: Erik Bosio (& jeff meshel), ‘Galia’
If I’m a wave, then she’s a shoreline
Watching the tide rise
Waiting to break me.
Galia.
300: Decapede, ‘Creston Gold’/Buddy Holly, ‘Peggy Sue’
The sweetest music you’ll never hear.
Continue reading...090: The Cyrkle, ‘Red Rubber Ball’
1966–when Paul Simon mistook Jeff for Art and gave away that unforgettable, bouncy ‘Red Rubber Ball’.
Continue reading...084: Dmitri Shostakovich, Prelude & Fugue No 16 in B-flat Minor (Tatiana Nikolaeva)
As our hearts weep with the innocent Ukrainian victims of Russian aggression, our thoughts turn to Dmitri Shostakovich, a courageous human being and a great composer who lived and worked under the shadow of Soviet oppression.
Continue reading...070: Buddy Holly, ‘That’ll Be the Day’
Buddy Holly’s great song and the night The Grateful Dead backed me singing it. Yeah, for real.
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