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Another Hot Week of News

This has been our hottest week of the year. Cooler weather is expected as a front moves south and a tropical system moves into the gulf. It was also another very busy news cycle. The BRICS+ meeting had (and will have) a large ripple effect. Trump was indicted yet again, preceded by a widely seen interview with Tucker. The other republican candidates debated. The Ukraine proxy war grinds on as Russian artillery and air power dominates. Wagner's front man, Prigozhin, is presumed dead in plane crash. He's died in one before. DNA evidence has yet to be revealed, however it has been collected. [edit to add: His DNA was identified] The second plane is still a mystery. So, let's dive into these and other stories...

Afternoon folks!

This week we've got blues from Chicago blues harmonica player Junior Wells and an album from Luther Johnson (also know as Luther "Georgia Boy Snake" Johnson, not the other Luther Johnson that played with Muddy Waters as well, sometimes known as Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson). Johnson is backed by Muddy Waters and his band. After that, there's an early Elvin Bishop Group album some Link Wray tunes and some early recordings of Duane and Greg Allman before they found their groove, though there are some hints of what was to come there. After that there's an album from Jo Jo Gunne which features their big hit "Run, Run, Run." Then there's some folk blues and general fun with Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band (featuring Maria Muldaur before she was Maria Muldaur) and for a bit of diversity, there's an album by a band formed by a previous member of the Fairport Convention, (Ian) Matthews Southern Comfort.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the tunes!

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso

A few bits of news this week which I anticipate effecting my future years. Time to start planning.

Happy Friday everyone. I hope everybody is doing well. As always, post any photos, memes, or music you like.

No, not a VW Beetle, a Figeater Beetle, which often show up at the Balboa Park rose garden in numbers around this time of year to feast on the decomposing or soon to be decomposing rose blossoms.

Went on a trip. Driving through Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, to North Carolina.

We are driving down the road in Louisiana. (*Uh, sort of bull shit. Dear One drives, I sit and relax.) (It works for me.) I thought I saw some kid's toy for the beach, like a floating something for kids. Nope. An alligator on the shoulder of the road. Sorry to report it was dead. Dear One imagined what hitting that gator did to the vehicle. It was at least 10 ft., maybe more. A giant guy.

Seeing a gator by the side of the road is odd. Uh, Louisiana. Odd.

51 years of the PetroDollar died yesterday. Literally.
BRICS expanded yesterday to include 6 new, important members.

A Greco-Roman Tidbit:

One of the more famous Emperors of Rome was Hadrian or, more properly, Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus (born Publius Aelius Hadrianus). He had a hellenistic view of the Roman Empire, as a commonwealth, and spent most of his reign of 20+ years traveling about the Empire. He really liked and admired Greece, and showed such admiration by setting up building and improvement projects in Greece and creating a federation of Greek cities.