It’s been a long while since we did any movin’ and groovin’ around here. So…
Let the movin’ and groovin’ begin!
#dancelikethereisnotomorrowbecausewhoknows
Music
#ICANTBREATHE – Dido’s Lament
“Not again. I couldn’t believe it. I felt helpless and I had to do something,” Yves Dharamraj has said. “We’ve all seen the scenes from Minneapolis, from New York, from everywhere. Normally, I would’ve gloved and masked up, and marched down Broadway with my fellow protesters crying out against police brutality and racism.
“But, instead, I took up Anthony McGill’s #TakeTwoKnees call-to-action for musicians to record themselves and post it online.”
Cellist performs heartrending version of Dido’s Lament in memory of George Floyd, Classic FM, June 15, 2020
#BLACKLIVESMATTER
All 165 of Pink Floyd’s Songs Ranked?!
Impossible to do.
Not because I think all of them are great, which they very well may be.
But because I basically only know songs from The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon.
But Bill Wyman writing for Vulture thinks it’s possible.
Anyway, whether you’re into Floyd or not, or into rankings or not, for now this version of “Mother” is my current Floyd favorite…
A Sunday Song to Spark the Spirit and Summon the Moves of the Dance
#wedontneednoeducationbecauseweareallbloodygeniusestobeginwith
A Sunday Song to Spark the Spirit and Summon the Moves of the Dance
Time to forget for a moment the madness and mayhem and the apocalyptic fever dreams and just close your eyes and imagine you’re out on the dance floor with the most delectable babe* of your dreams groovin’ it to this new release written and performed by my youngest son and produced by my eldest son…
#rockon
#likeyourlifedependedonit
*non-gender specific
Eddie Money’s Music will Forever be 💲💲💲, yo
My very first concert, the July 19, 1980, World Series of Rock at the Cleveland Stadium, also happened to be the very best and most memorable concert I’ve ever attended.
That day was one massive mess of merriment and music…
We Should Be Dancing… Not Dying
With all the constant blood and violence in this constantly bloody and violent nation of mine, a la yesterday’s insane mass killing after a gun-toting asshole goes off his nutty handle during a routine traffic stop, I hardly feel like getting my groove on.
But get my groove on I must or else I will become completely consumed by the constant blood and violence and do nothing more than wallow in a constant state of misery and fear…
I’m Afraid of Americans
A Sunday Songs to Spark the Spirit
and Summon the Moves of the Dance
Special Edition
Sunday Songs to Spark the Spirit and Summon the Moves of the Dance
Notice that the artist’s last name is the same as yours truly. Yes, Willis is my eldest son so I expect and demand that you dance to his music and spread the regenerating and healing vibes forward and forever onward by share, share, sharing his melodious and infective love.
Willis has other such delectable jams at his Soundcloud channel so please go there and repeat as above.
The Spirit of What Remains
While I’ve given up completely on superhero movies, ugh, especially Marvels’, UGH!, I am still a fan of the superhero genre in spirit and I have very fond memories of as a child riding my bike to the local grocery store and spending all the allowance I had just received on the latest Batman, Superman, and Spiderman comic books and, at a penny a piece, a handful of Bazooka bubblegum with its own little Bazooka Joe comic strip on the inside of the wrappers.
The Draught of Naught Troubling
More good stuff from my sons Willis’ and Bobi’s band Aelios* in the form of a music video of their latest release.
You should be able to tell who my sons are because you should be able to tell who the blood brothers are in the video. The third member, Colin Bates, while not a blood brother, he’s a brother nonetheless.
Incidentally, Colin, an all around artistic talent and graduate of Juilliard, collaborated with me on my movie Leave. You can learn more about him and other cast and crew members here.
Incidentally again, my son Bobi’s other band Saving Apollo, just returned from a tour that culminated in them playing SXSW. It was a very successful tour and set them up to now tour with this summer’s Warped Tour. Pretty huge, no?
BTW, if you have enjoyed the video, please take the time to “like” it on youtube and subscribe to their channel and then tell everyone you know, and I do mean everyone, about it.
Is that asking too much?
Probably, but hey, what’s a dad to do?
#happysaturday
#rockon
*Aelios are Willis Brindley (blue-hooded wizard), Vaughan (Bobi) Brindley (yellow-hooded wizard), and Colin Bates (black-hooded wizard)