Los Lobos

Album of the Week 12-9-23

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 12/09/2023 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

This week we start out with some really fun New Orleans funk from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, followed by an album by Howlin' Wolf's horn player for many years, Eddie Shaw. After that we've got some r&b from The Persuaders, some folks will recognize the title cut because of The Pretenders cover of it. After that there's blues rock from Elvin Bishop with a double live album, followed by an album of jazz-blues-rock fusion from Harvey Mandel and another fusion album from John Mayall. After that, in the diversity department we've got a Los Lobos album and a 60's pop-psychedelic album from The Lemon Pipers.

Have a great weekend and enjoy!

Truant’s Day Open Thread: Monday, March 21, 2016

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 03/21/2016 - 7:00am
Happy International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Today's number is 21
21 is the product of 2 primes (3 x 7)
21 is the sum of the first 6 natural numbers. 1+2+3+4+5+6 = 21
21 is a fibonnacci number 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21
21st Amendment ended prohibition
21 is Scandium

Open Thread Monday 11/30

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 11/30/2015 - 7:00am

Tomorrow is December 1. There are 31 days left in the year.

30 is --
30 is the sum of the first four square numbers: 1+4+9+16
5 x 6; half of the base for the decimal system x half of the base for the duodecimal system = half of the base for the Sexagesimal system (Sumeria, Babylonia). Distributive law at work. There is a lot here but I won't get into it.
30 is zinc
30 is reporter and editor code for end of story
30 is the minimum age to be a US Sentor