Music

Monday Music: Out in the Country

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/23/2014 • Comments

Monday Music: Benny Goodman’s version of June is Bustin’ Out All Over

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/16/2014 • Comments

Monday Music: Maple Leaf Rag

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/09/2014 • Comments

Some ragtime for the beginning of the week. Highlights of the 2008 Old-Time Piano Championship held Memorial Day weekend at the Hotel Pere Marquette in Peoria, IL. 12 year-old Cassidy Gephart saw videos of this contest on YouTube and came in from Covington, Kentucky to play Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag. Cassidy placed 1st in…

Animation, Film, Music

Monday Music: Real Folk Blues

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/02/2014 • Comments

From the anime series Cowboy Bebop, here is the Real Folk Blues, in Japanese and English. I’ve no Japanese, and yet the original version remains compelling to an English-speaker merely for the sound of the words.

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Monday Music: Sony Holland, This City is Mine

by JOHN ADAMS • 05/26/2014 • Comments

Although Miss Holland sings about her love for a city of millions, those in Whitewater may say that similar sentiments are as true for us about our own town of thousands.

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Monday Music: Bob Dylan, Full Moon and Empty Arms

by JOHN ADAMS • 05/19/2014 • Comments

Bob Dylan covers Full Moon and Empty Arms (Kaye & Mossman, 1945). Dylan’s version of the classic is available at his website, BobDylan.com. Simply wonderful. Enjoy.

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Monday Music: BeauSoleil @ Richmond Folk Fest 2008

by JOHN ADAMS • 05/12/2014 • Comments

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Monday Music: Old Devil Moon

by JOHN ADAMS • 05/05/2014 • Comments

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Monday Music: Kind Words and a Real Good Heart

by JOHN ADAMS • 04/28/2014 • Comments

Kind Words And A Real Good Heart from Joan Armatrading on Vimeo.

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Monday Music: Singin’ in the Rain

by JOHN ADAMS • 04/14/2014 • Comments

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Monday Music: A Swingin’ Safari

by JOHN ADAMS • 04/07/2014 • Comments

Film, Music, Politics

An In-Case-You-Missed-It Post

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/31/2014 • Comments

Spring Break in our school district and campus is now over. For those who were on break, whether traveling or relaxing in the city, one hopes your time was pleasant. Here’s an ICYMI post with links to selected posts from the last week at this site. Politics, about our 4th District Council race: A Dodgy…