It is that time of year, the leaves are turning and soon going to fall.
So with that in mind:
The Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin, performed by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
BTW there are a lot of bad versions of this song, it seems everybody who learned to play the piano has a youtube video where they are attempting to play it. Probably my favorite version was by Tuba Skinny but the recording was really bad. This one is my next favorite.
Enjoy, Jack
jack, thanks. yeah, tuba skinny’s is the best. well second best to scott j. long long time ago i bought at hardly nothing an old piano player along with 2 boxes of old – old like the turn of the 1900s – rolls. guy was in a hurry to move and the stuff was just too cumbersome to deal with. later i augmented the collection with some newer rolls, even a reproduction by joplin himself. when i put it on always picture him at the whore house plunking away.
jack, have to share one of ole Tuba’s vids even tho’ it isn’t the best soundwise it’s fun to transport oneself to nawlins just one more time.
Recorded 3-2-15, French Quarter.
for those of us who missed it last night
Jim Jordan (Mikey Day) hears from George Santos (Bowen Yang), Lauren Boebert (Chloe Fineman) and Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) after losing the House Speaker vote again.
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When Trump said that he wasn’t afraid to go to prison to save democracy in America, Jimmy Kimmel said that was the whole idea: Put Trump in prison and save democracy in America.
Sturgeonesays:
October 21, 2023 at 6:27 pm
SNL cold open prediction: Gym Jordan reporting to Chump.
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Hip Hip Ho-May! But of course there were only a couple of options to choose from so basically 50/50 . But still….I’ll take it.
The Zappas’ music last night was another great one. Totally enjoyed the time travel.
And Joplin music never fails to hit the mark.
Well, Sturg, you nailed the cold open prediction.
Probably dumb luck, I gotta lot of that.
dumb or luck?
Thanks, Pogo. It’s been old home week. We learned a kid from the neighborhood started a Nashville band and named it Sicard Hollow after the road that runs past our houses.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi0_dLx14mCAxXhkWoFHcTpDdwQFnoECFQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sicardhollow.com%2F&usg=AOvVaw2Hu9z9xrsJhnKDrQTVTO4s&opi=89978449
https://nashvillevoyager.com/interview/check-out-alex-kings-story/
Odds are: mostly dumb, but the jury’s still out.
Then again, the fact that I’m still on this side of the dirt speaks to an extraordinarily high level of luck, and I can guarantee that most of it was totally dumb, so I think we got us a horse race over here.
thank you Jack.
An excellent choice for this time of year.
Joe and Leon
Tried to learn Maple Leaf Rag back in the day I thought I could play the piano. No go.
Jack… excellent selection!
today’s meme…
And one for the rag.
I never even got near the neighborhood of playing Ragtime. A bridge too far.
The kids are hot.😎
Sturg – You are psychic. You won the SNL cold open.
Maybe now I should run for speaker of the house. They’re getting back-hoes out to lower the bar for that one.
Back when I was first in college (71-72) they did a talent show to fund raise for something. Having no talent, I didn’t participate. But some of the faculty did, one a quiet elderly woman, probably 60 at the time did a jaw dropping ragtime on a piano. Brought the house down. I was impressed. It was probably my first encounter with the “there are a lot of talented musicians out there that you wouldn’t suspect” phenomenon
While she was a bit young to have been part of the ragtime scene, her piano teacher, being more elderly, probably thought ragtime was really hot/cool stuff that would interest the young folks. More than say Bach ect.
A bit like a 60’s guitar player now elderly teacher might think this is hot/cool stuff
The fun thing about youtube there is just a lot of hot cool stuff from the last 100 years.
A lot of dumb stuff on youtube too and if you ever start clicking on it youtube will fill your search with dumb, Why the youtube algo likes dumb so much is a mystery that needs to be studied before it destroys us.
Jack
Oh yeah, by gum, by golly……
First time I ever noticed that the drummer was one of those who hold their left-hand stick that way. Old school.
A couple of generations of old cool hot stuff.
Wonder what it would have been like to have Santana, Hooker and Scott Joplin on the same stage?
Jack
Pat, for you
Watch her feet, it was still a lot of work to make it sound right. Ah the good old days.
Jack
Player Piano…..one of the first attempts to put the poor musicians out of work.
Here’s a-one and a two you might remember.
Dept. of Old Time Bar Tricks
They sometimes added thumb tacks to where the hammers meet the strings in those old honky-tonk pianos to make them louder and brighter.
Bearing bad tidings, COVID is attacking again and it does not sound like the last strain that came through, a meaner one.
Thanks for posting the kids, Jack. I’m no good at you-toobing. They are hot and on their way, maybe.
Sturge, the kid says he drank up all his luck, so that must be another way to do it, I guess.
No more perfect weather weekend than this one here in the ‘ham.
Roll Tide.
Now, as far as the ones on the Turnip Truck, that’s another matter. I see where they’re coming from, but the problem is they’re wrong. There’s no telling them, however. When they start off the sentence with I don’t care what you say about…what ever, you might as well not say it.
Wondering if the current covid vax will help since it’s not a match for what’s running amuck? Hope it at least lessens symptoms; I’m getting mine tomorrow. Not looking forward to the 24-36 hours that follow, though.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/22/politics/trump-sidney-powell/index.html
“Sidney Powell was one of millions and millions of people who thought, and in ever increasing numbers still think, correctly, that the 2020 Presidential Election was RIGGED & STOLLEN, AND OUR COUNTRY IS BEING ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED BECAUSE OF IT!!! MS. POWELL WAS NOT MY ATTORNEY, AND NEVER WAS. In fact, she would have been conflicted,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
So, Orange Adolf is still lying about the results of the 2020 election, and..
Sydney who?…never met her…maybe she got him coffee once.
He really is a one-trick pony.
They’re all still my friends and I still learn a lot from them.
Ivy, give. What’ve you found foodie wise?
Pogo, I could go on a lot about the food scene in Birmingham. It’s really fabulous, who woulda thunk?
https://soul-grown.com/four-alabama-restaurants-and-chefs-honored-as-james-beard-award-semifinalists/
Personally, we like Becky Satterfield’s two restaurants in Cahaba Heights, Satterfields and El Zun Zun.
PS: Bistro V on Montgomery Highway in Vestavia. It’s outstanding.
PPS: by contrast, there’s no place to eat in CO outside of Denver. Well, maybe one place in Boulder.
How about that one place in Kremmling?
Jalen beat Tua. Roll Tides.
😊 Good on Jalen. A form of comeuppance.
Pat a full hour and a half of Tuba Skinny done with quality sound equipment. Recorded June 25, 2022 at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Center
I’m hoping that linking it here gets a commercial free experience, as I’m getting really obnoxious commercials through YouTube.
Where the buffalo burgers roam?
https://hestersbuffalomeat.com/
Gary Palmer is completely worthless. He should do well.
https://www.al.com/news/2023/10/alabamas-gary-palmer-joins-race-to-become-speaker-of-the-house.html
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