The Evening Blues - 4-25-18

Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 3:06pm

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No news roundup + tonight's musical feature: James Booker

Hey! Good Evening!

This evening's music features New Orleans keyboard player and singer James Booker. Enjoy!

^{James Booker - Too Much Blues}

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

News and Opinion

No news tonight, I'm hanging with NCTim and Smiley7 for a couple of days at Merlefest.

A Little Night Music

James Booker - Tico Tico no Fubá

James Booker - Gonzo

James Booker - Papa Was A Rascal

James Booker - Ain't Nobody's Business

James Booker - Junco Partner

James Booker with Jerry Garcia - Slowly But Surely

James Booker - Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu

James Booker - So Swell When You're Well

James Booker - Medley: Pop's Dilemma/Irene Goodnight

Margie Evans & James Booker - Jim Dandy

James Booker live @ Maple Leaf Bar 1983

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Submitted by mimi on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 4:14pm

Thanks, the EB is so much nicer without the news,

you could do that more often ... keep hanging out there and have fun.

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Submitted by JekyllnHyde on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 4:24pm

Loved Today's Evening Blues. Thanks, joe

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A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

Submitted by JekyllnHyde on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 4:39pm

What joe shikspack is REALLY Up To This Evening

@JekyllnHyde

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A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

Submitted by The Aspie Corner on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 9:46pm

Here's a guy that does all three.

@JekyllnHyde Sort of.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P73REgj-3UE]

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Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.

Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.

Submitted by QMS on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 4:36pm

Thanks for the Booker tunes!

I'm jealous. Merlefest sounds great. Should be Haggard. Have fun!

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question everything

Submitted by Not Henry Kissinger on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 4:40pm

GAIA Galaxy mapping satellite delivers huge data trove

Gaia Maps the Galaxy, Unearthing New Milky Way Mysteries for Astronomers

Astrophysicists from all over the world (but mostly, the New York metropolitan area) have gathered at the Center for Computational Astrophysics in Manhattan to sift through an unprecedented amount of information collected by Gaia, the European Space Agency’s space observatory. The data dropped at 6 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, and scientists have hit the ground running, [digging through information on almost 2 billion stars.

According to the ESA, Gaia provides “sky positions and brightnesses for nearly 1.7 billion stars, distances, motions and color information for 1.3 billion, and a number of additional parameters for smaller subsets of stars and other celestial objects.” Launched in December 2013, Gaia is an orbiting observatory circling the sun, looking for interesting objects across the Milky Way.

All the information about the star map Gaia has been making is now available via the ESA Gaia Archive, which scientists will use extensively in the hack-a-thon room over the next few days.

The project is ongoing, but just this data alone could keep astronomers busy for decades.

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The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?

Submitted by eyo on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 5:04pm

99% Americana, hope springs eternal

Americana are artifacts, or a collection of artifacts, related to the history, geography, folklore and cultural heritage of the United States. Defined as materials and things concerning or characteristic of The United States of America; broadly, its culture.

National identity, historical context, patriotism and nostalgia play defining roles in the subject. The ethos, or guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize America, such as The American Dream are central to the idea.
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"There are scenes and places, wattages and personages, that belong - inextricably, unmistakably - to this country alone. There is an American quality, a tone, an energy...instantly recognizable..."

the invisible hand of the free market

Hoyt Axton - Boney Fingers

woo hoo
yeeee haw!

Submitted by The Aspie Corner on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 5:05pm

Kimberly-Clark to Sue Venezuela Over Factory Expropriation

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-8V3gISlcg]

Why do I get the feeling the CIA is involved in this as well?

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Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.

Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.

Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 5:42pm

FISA: not what you would expect

what to make of this?

A secretive Washington DC-based court that oversees the US government's foreign spy programs denied more surveillance orders during President Donald Trump's first year than in the court's 40-year history, according to newly released figures.
Annual data published Wednesday by the US Courts shows that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court last year denied 26 applications in full, and 50 applications in part.

That's compared to 21 orders between when the court was first formed in 1978 and President Barack Obama's final year in office in 2016.

That's a rejection rate to date of 0.11 percent.

The report shows that 1,614 applications were made during 2017 to allow the National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to intercept phone calls and emails. Breaking down that figure, the court said it permitted about three-quarters of all requests -- or 1,147 requests in full -- while 391 requests were granted after modification.

Submitted by eyo on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 6:23pm

No worries "We will ... not see these things coming."

U.S. rushes to catch up with China, Russia over missiles

Addressing the House Armed Services Committee, U.S. Undersecretary of Defense and Research Michael Griffin presented a critical view of the country’s slow pace of advancement in this emerging field.

Griffin reportedly said, “The most significant advance by our adversaries has been the Chinese development of what is now today a pretty mature system for a conventional prompt strike at multi-thousand-kilometre ranges. We will, with today’s defensive systems, not see these things coming.”

He added, “It is time for us to renew our emphasis on and funding of these areas in a co-ordinated way across the department to develop systems which can be based on land for a conventional prompt strike, can be based at sea, and later on can be based on aircraft.”

maga? Later on can be. Aand they're off! (sound of gate bells ringing)
gosh that sounds so bi-partisan like... gimme a D! gimme an R! whats that spell?
Der! lol

I will be even less worried when 4:20 PST not military time arrives. Maybe bong hits, etc..
Edit: Oops looks like my clock was off, or something. cheers

ding

Submitted by QMS on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 7:34pm

or give us an R and give us a D

@eyo What's that spell? ReD. What's that stand for? russia'd dummy. Who you gonna fight? Russia'd Dummy. Sounds like a parody on grade school cheerleaders.

sigh

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question everything

Submitted by NCTim on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 7:22pm

Down the road, down the road junky partner

See you soon.

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 9:39pm

Heya, Joe, you guys have a great one. The news won't

be missed and the music is great.

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Submitted by NCTim on Thu, 04/26/2018 - 7:06am

Fog on The Blue Ridge

@enhydra lutris Coffee and Danish for NCTim

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