The Evening Blues - 5-24-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 05/24/2021 - 3:59pm
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 6:08am
Musical Chairs
Changing tastes and technology
I'm in Florida this weekend with my folk festival buddies here on the banks of the Suwannee River. The festival isn't being held this year due to COVID, but we're all vaccinated and decided to just have our own minifest. In addition to playing music, we'll canoe, swim, hike, and bike around.
We all travel a musical journey as we age and are exposed to different genre. I like almost all music, and can appreciate most of it. So today I thought it might be fun to look at my journey and perhaps you might share your music foray into your favorite pieces.
I really like these “playing for change” compilations.
"Green" capitalism, China, and our deluded Congress
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 6:29pmI have to wonder about the seriousness of those in Congress who imagine themselves to have an actual response to the climate change problem, yet who actually support Senate Bill 1169, the "Strategic Competition Act."
Welcome to Saturday's Potluck
Submitted by studentofearth on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 5:43am
“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso
Rules, regulations and the price of bread are part of our Anglo/Saxon legal traditions. Laws formulated to control the price of bread and limit the profit of baker appeared during the time of of King John, thirteen years prior to the Magna Carta. In 1266 The Assize of Bread and Ale regulated the price, weight and quality of the bread and beer manufactured and sold in towns, villages and hamlets in high medieval England. The law was modified periodically and not replaced until 1863.
Friday Photography - Patterns
Submitted by janis b on Fri, 05/21/2021 - 7:29pm
Evening all, and wishing you a pleasingly patterned weekend.
The Evening Blues - 5-21-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 05/21/2021 - 2:55pm
Covid Economic Boom Marches On
Submitted by fire with fire on Fri, 05/21/2021 - 11:08am.
U.S. existing home sales extend decline; house prices race to record high
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home sales fell for a third straight month in April as an acute shortage of properties drove prices to a record high./snip/
Friday Open Thread ~ "Looking back at the headlines" edition~ a jobs report & stolen remains
Submitted by phillybluesfan on Fri, 05/21/2021 - 5:00am
The Evening Blues - 5-20-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 05/20/2021 - 2:54pm
Thursday Open Thread ~ "booking through Thursday" edition
Submitted by phillybluesfan on Thu, 05/20/2021 - 5:00am
Children of Ash and Elm (2020) is a new book published by professor of archaeology at the University of Uppsala, Neil Price. The book is new in its approach to telling the story of the Viking Age in the sense that Price is actually narrating an experience for the reader, more so than simply describing the Viking Age. Price uses Nordic mythology as a narrative frame for explaining the complex societies in Scandinavia in the period 750–1050 AD. This is also what the title hints at: the names Ash and Elm are the English translations of Askr and Embla, the first human beings that the gods created according to Old Norse mythology. Whether Askr and Embla actually mean “Ash” and “Elm,” now that’s another story.
