The Evening Blues - 6-9-16



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Hey! Good Evening!

This evening's music features New Orleans jazz singer Louisa "Blue Lu" Barker. Enjoy!

Blue Lu Barker - Don't You Feel My Leg


News and Opinion

Hey there, The Evening Blues is on the road, the news tonight is potluck - bring your favorite story with or without the covered dish.

My access to WiFi has been pretty limited the last couple of days and it'll be a few days more before I have good access. Here are some photos from the road:

chimney rock

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mesa verde

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canyonlands

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A Little Night Music

Henry Red Allen, Blue Lu Barker + Buster Bailey + Danny Barker - Blue Deep Sea

Blue Lu Barker - Lu's Blues

Blue Lu Barker - That Made Him Mad

Blue Lu Barker - Scat Skunk

Blue Lu Barker- Georgia Grind

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Blue Lu Barker- He Caught That B & O

Blue Lu Barker - New Orleans Blues

Blue Lu Barker - Nix On Those Lush Heads

Blue Lu Barker - After You've Gone



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riverlover's picture

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Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.

joe shikspack's picture

thanks for the tune!

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enhydra lutris's picture

Thanks for the great tunes.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

joe shikspack's picture

this is a really amazing place. the colors are incredible. Smile

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Raggedy Ann's picture

I'd love to meet you and your family. You are soooooooooo close! Come visit me!

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

joe shikspack's picture

sadly, it is not to be this time. i'd love to meet you, but my itinerary is pretty tightly packed to get a lot of things scratched off of my bucket list and visit some relatives that need visiting in the all too brief time that i could shake myself loose from my usual commitments.

i do hope to travel this way again, though i don't know how soon i will be able to shake loose again.

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Picture #1 - looking NW - the escarpment reaches 8572" and the valley floor is approx 6000'. The mtns in the distance are the LaSalles 80 miles away in Utah

#2Wilson Peak - 14,000' plus and a toughish climb

#3 the flat area beneath the cliff is the remains of the old Knife Edge road which was the original park road - it's a trail now. The trees up against the highest elevation are some of the oldest known Pinyon Pines - 800 years and older

#4 I think this is Spruce Tree House

#5 Cliff Palace - over 200 rooms and the largest cliff dwelling - the way to the top is by steps hewn out of the rock and keyed so that if you start on the wrong foot you are stymied halfway up and can go no farther - Tourists have nice steel stairs
#6 & #7 are restored kivas at Cliff Palace

Wonderful photos - Thanks.

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"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"

Looking more closely I think it's the La Plata Mountains with 12,000+ Hesperus Peak the tallest. There are some nice beaver ponds up around the 9000' level

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"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"

joe shikspack's picture

i believe that you are right on all counts, without looking back at my notes. thanks!

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I lived in Montezuma county for quite a number of years - it's a beautiful area.

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"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"

Unabashed Liberal's picture

you, but it's also fun to be the beneficiary of your travels. Just kidding! We'd rather see you come back. But, seriously, I've enjoyed seeing shots of your travels.

Actually, it's sorta a dreary day for news, so I haven't even checked my Twitter feeds--not going to punish myself. And, finally, after hours of satellite radio--we had to even turn it off.

For most the rest of the evening, we're going to look for a distraction from politics. (blogging excepted, of course)

After a period of recuperation, I may tackle posting on both WJC's and FSC's policies. I won't be able to vote Green Party or Stein to stop her, but I can let folks know how toxic her (and his) policies are/were.

Guess I'll listen to Warren, in a few minutes. That's one good think about this fiasco--more than a few politicians are showing their true colors. I haven't trust her since Reid appointed her to a newly created (for her) Dem Party leadership post in 2014. (following the shellacking in the midterms)

BTW, 'O' taped his endorsement video on Tuesday, so it appears that the outcome of today's meeting was pretty much known in advance (by PBO).

I can't wait until the Dem Party Establishment realizes that many of Bernie's supporters are 'not' going to get on their neoliberal bandwagon.

They are SO insulting, speaking boldly and openly on Cable News about 'how' they plan to appease us.

Whew!

BTW, thanks for another excellent Photo and Tunes Essay.

Hey, Everyone have a nice evening!

Mollie


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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.

joe shikspack's picture

wow, i'm not missing the talking heads chatter about how we're all going to fall in line behind hillary because trump is the unthinkable bogeyman.

i guess i'll catch up when i've got more reliable connections to the internet.

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Lookout's picture

Great to see you're having a good vacation. The ancient ones have much to teach us if we would listen.

Loved the music tonight also. We'll look forward to your news analysis in the future and wish you the best in your travels to powerful places. Here's a shot a buddy sent me of the cliff palace from last Christmas:

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Glad you're having a good vacation you deserve it!

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

joe shikspack's picture

it is an amazing place. i visited escalante and bryce today - just amazing country. i'm totally pooped now from hiking mostly uphill to see a petrified forest today.

nice shot of the cliff palace!

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Another great blog about two things I love, great music and excellent photos of the desert. They both bring back memories of beautiful places I have traveled. Thank you

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Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. Stephen Hawking

joe shikspack's picture

there will be more desert photos soon. i have a ton of them to download from my camera.

thanks!

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