How to Write & Publish Books of Blues. Hopefully.
How to Write & Publish Books of Blues. Hopefully.
Curse you, immortal BeeGee, for nominating me in the “7 Book in 7 Days,” challenge. I typically don’t jump in such things unless it: is an incredible cause ain’t tryin’ to rassle’ money. This fits both. The rules to the “7 Books in 7 Days,” challenge as best as I know them so far. BeeGee, …
I don’t love Pokémon GO. I like it, but I don’t love it. Still, I put in an insane number of hours to reach Level 40, the final level. How hard is it to reach Level 40 on Pokémon GO? Reaching Level 40 on Pokémon GO is like finishing a 100,000-piece puzzle without a picture, …
Original: 2010/1/15… It’s taken a couple days to get back into the groove back home. I’ve been gone four weeks and the world feels like it’s passed me by. Thus is the tempo of digital marketing. Therein it goes. I just finished working on wearing out my running shoes. And I just finished killing some …
Katie & I have been talking about getting a bigger dog since we moved from California. One that could run in the yard. One that could stand up to a coyote. One that could be integrated into our dog tribe as Enzo & Lily get up there in age. We started thinking more & more …
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Any conflict I had on which TV show to bingewatch after bucket-listing Doctor Who was resolved by the above meme I saw last Sunday night on Facebook. I stole it from the friend. He was cool with it. He probably stole it. Thus, Facebook. One can never go wrong with the 4077. For it being …
We’re sheltered from most the world here in this fishing village along the “other coast.” It’s funny, I’ve now lived near the Atlantic coast, Third coast, South Shore, Gulf Coast, Bay Area, and now Tillamook Bay & the Oregon Coast. I really am afraid to be away from water, I think. And afraid to boat. …
“There’s my blackness!” Jay would bellow when she saw Enzo in the apartment hallways, in our apartments, out in the park, on the way to the grocery store, out by the turtles. It didn’t matter. Her boisterous, joyous voice would fill up the space and elevate the energy of any place. Enzo and Lily would …
The moderators of Pokemon Go Tillamook’s Facebook page and Discord chat group have successfully scrambled up quite the scrumptious contest for 2018 Community Day: Beldum. There will be 4 main prizes and 2 Grand Mystery Prizes. Here’s how the Community Day: Beldum contest will work. Probably. We will give out 1 main prize for each …
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A new classic Doctor Who meme & question popped up again last night on Facebook: “If a Silence looks away from a Weeping Angel, does the Angel move closer, or forget the encounter.” My hypothesis: Under normal circumstances, a Weeping Angel would move closer, regardless of whether it remembers the encounter. That said, it’ll remember …
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Hey, y’all, We hope y’all had a great 2017. It was weird not being at home for any of the Christmas holiday. Something felt a touch out of place. But, we kept moving and made sure to enjoy who was around – and go to a coffee shop that made change with $2 bills before …
I didn’t think I was going to love Love Man. I didn’t think there was much Redding material left in the vault that Stax / Atco hadn’t already released. “Love Man” proved that so long as Redding recorded it and Cropper & crew finished producing it, it’s going to be good. Really good. Love Man …
Hello, I hope y’all find peace up there, down there, out there, or wherever you might be now. Hopefully the worst is over. Some say that ghosts come from spirits who still have a score they want to settle. If you have the choice, I’d recommend not haunting anyone. It’s useless. I hope y’all take …
Sorting out Otis Redding’s Live Albums can drive you mad. Here’s why: There are only 3 sources for his live performances: Live at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles, CA. All 7 sets. April 8-10, 1966 Stax / Volt Revue tour performance. Olympia Theatre. Paris, France. Typically March 21, 1967 His set at …
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Short Answer: “The whistle at the end of “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” belongs to longtime musician Sam “Bluzman” Taylor, who was brought in to finish the final overdubs. Longer Answer: Once upon a time, the greatest soul singer in the world wrote the greatest song the world would ever know. A song …
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From the Department of Unexpected Questions, I found this while researching where Otis Redding wrote “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay:” “Where is the Frisco Bay?” Well, there are two popular references to “The Frisco Bay,” and a third I found off-hand: A San Francisco Bay nickname: A nickname San Franciscans would never use …
Where Otis Redding wrote “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” is one of the more controversial music topics I’ve seen since we’ve moved out to San Francisco Bay Area. Here’s the answer as best as I can find. So far: Otis Redding wrote the first verse of “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” …
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Sit in the mornin’ sun when you hear this album. Play it till the evenin’ comes. The Dock of the Bay shortcuts: Album Details Song / Track Listings Each Song (to me) – Side One – Side Two What do you think of “The Dock of the Bay?” Sources included When I first heard “(Sittin’ …
And you thought Jimi Hendrix was the only iconic name in American music to make it big in Europe before breaking through in the states. Live in Europe shortcuts: Album Details Song / Track Listings Each Song (to me) – Side One – Side Two What do you think of “Live in Europe”? Sources included …
Every king needs a queen, and the producers wanted to show that Otis Redding was a better king than Marvin Gaye. With “King & Queen,” Stax married the territories of Redding with Carla Thomas, and marched straight for Motown. King & Queen shortcuts: Album Details Song / Track Listings Each Song (to me) – Side …
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Its full name is “Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul.” That’s about the only thing that’s wrong with this otherwise soul-quenching album. Dictionary of Soul shortcuts: Album Details Song / Track Listings Each Song (to me) – Side One – Side Two What do you think of “Dictionary of Soul”? Sources included …
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