Ella Fitzgerald was both a vocal instrumentalist, & a deeply & soulfully expressive singer. She was the foremost innovator of “scat” singing, wherein she would, & could go toe to toe with ANYONE on the bandstand- & then, crush your 💔 with Spring Can Really Hang You UP The Most.

Ella Fitzgerald practiced her extraordinary art & lived an exemplary life in a country that refused, for decades of her legendary career, to fully recognize her as a human being . It’s an insult to that talent, to conveniently not acknowledge that fact.
I ain’t miss a thing.

Ella Fitzgerald gave light, beauty, & love to this country, & the world, in exchange for not having Voting Rights until she was 48 years old.👑.

My Best Concert EVER? Muddy Waters, The 1980 Northsea Jazz Festival w Pinetop Perkins, James Cotton, & Matt Murphy.
Watching that concert next to Joseph Jarman of the Art Ensemble Of Chicago.
An Incredible, & singular experience.

Saw him with James Cotton. Insanely good.

The Borgue. With a brogue.
(Explosive Dad Pun mic 🎤 drop plugged into an analogue spring reverb chamber here Olde Sonne!!!)

Arthur Rhames.

The town of Borg has GOT to be in Northern California.

Mamet has become one of his own Paternalistic Dynastic Alpha Monologues. Actually- a Parody of his own aggrieved & raging 😡 output.

So…. Is there a town called Klingon too? Ferengi?!

Re-Birth Of A Nation Nonsense. Same As It EVER Was.

Hope that EarthDay Passover combo treated you right if that flyover had meaning for you.

Mary J. Blige, U2 - One (Official Music Video) youtu.be/ZpDQJnI4OhU?si…
“You gave me nothing. Now it’s All I’ve got” became Real in a whole new way out of Mary’s mouth.

Mary J. Blige - Be Happy (Official Matt X Version) youtu.be/BvGbmEuV_lA?si…
Mary J. Came up from the pavement. Her induction is a VICTORY for B Girl NATION.

A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour (Official HD Video) ft. Trugoy The Dove youtu.be/P800UWoE9xs?si… 👑👑

Kool And The Gang - Rhyme-Tyme People (live TV 1974) youtu.be/JjPlFc2Law4?si… THIS the Gang I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT. Raw. Real. Plugged in to The People. Way before y’all started Celebrating Joanna. Or whatever…

Norman Whitfield.
There
It
IS.

OK Computer. For Airbag ALONE.

😳