The Song is Ended, But the Melody Lingers On

   Good Morning all. 

      As promised way back on June 22nd, today we will attempt to plant an earworm by means of this fiendishly designed post which will masquerade as a bit of Ethno-musicological dissertation.

    I know there are probably only a few of you blog followers - you know who you are - will have the time or the inclination to listen to all the cuts, all the way through, but trust me, there are a few in here that are most entertaining.  You have all weekend.

     What follows below the jump is a little study - an e-monograph if you will - of "The Song is Ended" from 1927 through 9 decades. The song is presented on Edison Diamond Disc phonograph, a Player Piano Roll, 45, 78, 331/3 Vinyl, and MP3, the youtube poster's digital format. 

So if you have headphones or ear buds put 'em on and let's jump!

Thanksgiving day nears...

Ahoy All,

         No medical content, just a quick note this morning, as there will be a rather lengthy musical post Wednesday night for your over- the -T-day weekend perusal.  It was promised back in June and may just plant an an ear worm.    New subscribers might want to take a quick look at the post on earworms found here: ear-worms-no-not-that-kind.html

      Turkey Confidential 2013 is this year's permutation of Lynne Rosetto-Casper's annual  Splendid Table  call in show- it used to be called Turkey Triage, and had some hilarious call-in disasters. Most notably,  the  one from the "guys" who were handling  "Cooking the Turkey"  in their new deep-fryer who had a "football accident" and tipped it over in the driveway mid-cooking.  This year she has an all star lineup and some great "Swanksgiving" recipies.  Check it out, and you can stream it on T-Day from her site, splendidtable.org

Soundtrack:
Anyone else find it interesting that what was a pretty strong anti-draft song has made it into the Americana Thanksgiving  Obligatory Radiocast. 

Alice's Restaurant Massacre Illustrated

( with circles and arrows )

       And as our gummint threatens to start talking 'bout maybe passing some kind of Immigration Reform, here are two 'toons  about the European Invasion Thanksgiving that might liven up the conversation should your table be too quiet.

bon appetit,

Chris and Anne

Songs that just stay relevant. Caution, political content- no medical content.

Good Morning All,

The title track of Bob Dylan's third Album, released in 1964, was The Times They Are A'Changing.  That was 49 years, 9 months, 30 days ago.

Have they?
Are they? 
Will they?

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose 

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Today's post is dedicated to Toshi Seeger.


  NY Times obit/article here - Toshi Seeger, Wife of Folk-Singing Legend, Dies at 91

So put your ears on and follow us over the jump.

Day 221 Fatigue

 Hi to all,

    Apologies for the lapse in posting.  inexcusable really, so I will share a few medical and non medical reasons. 

     The 10 year old laptop continued to slow down in spite of being wormed, and boosted, flushed and tuned up. It was on its third battery and second keyboard.  I finally had to admit that working on it was beyond my ken.  Unsupported OS, Screen freeze, a half hour just to get online only to have the screen go black.  It was getting tired.  Overworked? Planned obsolescence? Fatigue. 

     A worthy patron set me up with a refurbished MacBook Pro, and this is the first post on the new to me Apple. I started on an Apple back at the dawn of the interwebs, and I wonder why I went over to the dark side. 

     This 62 year old laptop user/abuser  continued to slow down as well. Between the meds, the tapering of the meds, and the seemingly slow progress of my recovery, I was exhibiting some of the same symptoms. Brain Freeze and fatigue, and a feeling of things just not getting better.

 crumb art available at www.deniskitchen.com

 Ease on over the jump here for a look at Fatigue.