Friday's Random Shuffle
1. Desolation Row: Bob Dylan
2. Naima: John Coltrane
3. Vladimir's Blues: Max Richter
4. Giant Steps: John Coltrane
5. Song for Sarajevo: Judy Collins
6. Iroquois St. Factory: Melissa McClelland
7. The Battle for Straight Time: A.C. Newman
8. This Grudge: Alanis Morissette
9. Black Widow: Michelle Shocked
10. Elevator Love Letter: Stars
Some of you will already know this story. Oh dear, I've only been blogging since October and already I'm repeating myself! In my defence I only wrote about it on someone's comment section.
Driving along in the van with my sister-in-law and my two nephews who were just starting to acquire their own tastes in music. The boys were complaining about what music was playing. Their mom told them they had to learn to respect other people's choices of music. My oldest nephew replied, "But mommy, Daddy likes Bobby Dylan!" Jean and I could not stop laughing. She had to pull over to the side. It's true, my brother is a huge Bob Dylan fan so much so that my youngest nephew Dylan is named after him. Poor kid. Hopefully someday he'll think it's cool.
For now he's all about hockey. In grade six they had to write about what they wanted to be when they grew up. He wrote he would like to play in the NHL but if he couldnt' make it in hockey then he wanted to make the CFL and if that didn't work out then he'd guessed he'd have to get a regular job.
29 comments:
so how are things up your way they are pretty frosty here, finally receiving our cold weather...like a month later than normal, and how goes the hockey? although pernonally not a fan, I still remember many a night floating on the waters of Nanoose Bay watching the games, the only negatives were that the Canadian Navy could drink onboard their ships and we couldn't
actually I will be somewhat near you on Feb 19th I will be in Seattle until the 22 for training conferences, it will be good to smell the salty air and stroll thru Pikes Market and taste a fresh Ballard Bitter fresh from the tap.
Hey Splinkster, good to see you again. Well, we are finally getting some normal Victoria winter weather in other words it's spring!
Oh, Pikes Market. That is such a cool place. It's so tacky and eclectic but has some great fresh food. I've never understood why Victoria doesn't have something similar. I hope you're able to enjoy the city and not stuck in a conference centre the whole time.
doen't matter if he thinks it is cool or not! but it is funny!
My dad loved Bob Dylan's Highway 61 album, and so I grew up hearing my dad's monoaural copy of it. I bought myself a stereo copy of it when I was in high school. Now my son listens to my cd of it.
One of my favorite memories of my short stint in Salt Lake City when I was 19 was being in a mall that was in an old railroad depot and coming upon a busker playing guitar and singing "Desolation Row."
The New York Times had an article a few years ago about a lynching in Duluth, Minnesota in 1920. It was the source for the reference, the article said, for the opening line of Desolation Row-- "They're selling postcards of the hanging." Apparently postcards of the lynching were sold after the fact.
There's a book by Michael Fedo called "The Lynchings in Duluth" about it.
The lynching was part of a wave of urban violence against African-Americans after World War I. Blacks from the south had moved to Northern cities to escape the brutality and poverty of the south, and to take industrial jobs that were unfilled because white men were fighting in Europe. When those men returned from the war, there was economic and racial tension in northern cities. Here in Chicago we had the "Red Summer" of racial violence in 1919. Good book on this topic: "Race Riot" by William M. Tuttle Jr.
And that concludes Mr. Yen's history lesson. There will be a quiz on Friday.
d. chedwick bryant it is pretty funny. I won't embarass them by who they were into at the time. If word got out it would scar them for life!
Johnny Yen, please no essay questions! I had heard the story about Desolation Row before but I have not read either book you speak of. I will definitely check them out. Have you read Uncle Tom's Children? I remember that book having a profound impact on me when I read it. My father is from Iowa and some of my relatives are all well unfortunately rather racist. In grade six we were heading down for a visit and before we went my parents sat me down and told me I would probably hear a lot of talk that was completely unacceptable in this house but they were my elders and my relatives and I was supposed to keep silent about it. I was just to know that such views were not allowed in this house. Near the end of the lecture my dad turned to my mom and said, "And that goes for you too." I guess my mom just couldn't keep her peace on their last visit!
I feel like I arrived at the party empty-handed - no fascinating slices of musical history, no quirky stories of family visits, heck I didn't even bring veggie dip.
But I am quite taken with your list today - very retro.
Barbara, you're off the hook since you are always opening a wider window musically speaking for me.
Toccatta - ta for visiting my blog and for your bluntness! Your nephew is lucky - i was named after a celibate pop star called Cliff Richard - the epitome of uncool. Check him out - you'll always regret it...
From another cat lover
LOL! Oh kids ;p
But I have no stories either. Although I've been meaning to forward you this email I received over the weekend, from Cat Bloggers. Yeah, that's right, me. They're trying to recruit me...hehe.
Danny tagalog, thanks back. I'm glad my bluntness didn't scare you off. It was just that video. Ew. Cliff Richards! Oh no. I'm named after a credit in an Alfred Hitchcock film which I always thought was kind of cool except for the fact that actually really hate the name.
Allison you're being recruited by cat bloggers? That's too funny. Now, if it was rabbit bloggers that would make sense! lol
i never did care for mumbling bob dylan but i bought his new album and i like it.....good luck with the salmon sunday
Hey you posted your list! Glad to see it! My son's name is Dylan and my hubbie's name is Bob. No relation or affiliation
(the guys good but I named him that just cause I liked it)...I mean to Bob Dylan...they are related to each other. That is a confusing sentence but you get my jist.
Hehe, it the innocence in which they say it that's funny :]
Kelly, lots of people don't like Dylan. I grew up with him and have always liked him even though in concert he can't remember the words to save his life! I'll let you know how the salmon turns out.
Slaygirl, when my youngest nephew was named Dylan my parents kind of rolled their eyes because they knew the significance and thought, you don't name your kid after that goof!
Dogga, very true. And even though you're named after someone or something there's no connection in the end it's just a story.
And for my next trick...Rabbit bloggers. What I fine idea ;p
named for a dead uncle, great story huh?
Desolation row is the tops though, if you have 10 minutes to spare if you need the quick Dylan fix you gotta go for Queen Jane
I have a question for you.... there is a tree that grows in your region and I forgot the name of it, the tree tends to keep it's leaves all year and produces a berry that is somewhat waxy in texture but has a fruity taste and if I recall corectly the bark of the tre flakes off do you know the name of this tree/ I do rcall many a day I would go about gathering theses berries...well perhaps a few labbats helped for energy and as I think about this there is a specific aromatic aroma that I only smelled in a particular part of Vancouver Island that still fills my nose and I confess i miss this aroma
That reminds me of going down to visit relatives in Mississippi when I was a kid. I was shocked to hear a relative using that same kind of language.
Your comment on your name being from a credit in a Hitchcock movie reminded me of a professor I had in teacher school; she revealed to us that she'd had a bit part in a Hitchcock movie, but wouldn't tell us what it was.
bob dylan IS a cool dude
Allison, hey, that top hat is going to come in handy after all!
Junky, you could always turn your dead uncle into a colourful rogue.
It would be hard to pick a fave Dylan album but Highway 61 Revisited would have to come close.
Splinkster, the waxy fruit has me a bit confused but I'm going to ask my botonist friend. When I think of a tree that loses its bark I think of the arbutus tree. I will post a picture of one later. For the smell, I'm wondering if it would be a Linden tree. I'll post a picture of one of their pods because they're quite unique and might ring a bell. I love the smell of the Linden tree. Labatts for energy! Glad to see you found time to participate in a Canadian tradition!
Boo, I agree 100%! Last year Linda McCartney's photo exhibit came through and she had some pics of a very young Bob Dylan. They were fabulous pics. They were taken before he let himself go to hell in a handbasket.
i was named after a tug boat. i think Bob Dylan would be a step up from that.
In '95 my kids asked what I wanted for my birthday - to which I replied "Matthew Good Band's Beautiful Midnight (cd)". I had to listen to "who's he?" "he sucks" "we hate him" as they mmmbopped all over the house. I remind them of that now, as they try to borrow (steal) my MG stuff.
and I'm going to have to get that Melissa McClelland cd. Damn it, we were in line to get it at the show when Matt came back on so we ditched it. Bad move.
Deb, named after a tugboat. That's actually kind of funny. My friend Star is named after the Saskatoon Star the newspaper her father was a journalist for. The family joke was always, "Well dear at least he didn't work for the Calgary Herald!"
Toccata,
I grew up with Dylan too. I liked the story. Nice.
(love Joe Jackson too)
Funny story and nice list; I only recognize about half of the artists.
Busterp, if memory serves me right it was your comment that I made a reference to that story before. Joe Jackson is great. I remember in Minnesota we would just crank his album much to the delight of all the neighbours.
Justacoolcat, I had to relook at my list. I figure the pianist Max Richter might be someone you might not know. His album is found under classical. I don't actually mix my classical with my pop but I think Richter is someone that the music execs don't know what to do with. He's not jazz, he's certainly not pop or rock and yet I wouldn't call him classical.
This is so weird.... that mall that got shot up yesterday in Salt Lake City? That's the one I was referring to in this post.
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