We've talked about NPR's Tiny Desk concert series here before, though probably not enough. One of these days, I'll do a post about my favorite sessions. (Note: that probably won't happen, as it'd require effort.)
Today, though, a little get off your ass and move music to get the day started. Here's Rare Essence from earlier this week, all packed around Bob Boilen's desk and delivering D.C.-style go-go. Hard to watch this and not get body movin'.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
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I do enjoy the tiny dictator's tiny desk segments.
Over in scootland at the moment watching darts on sky sports. There are roughly 3,000 extremely rowdy, drinking fans in attendance. Kinda like a Jags game. And the tv color guys are stark raving mad I say, going bonkers with virtually each set. It's surprisingly good television.
danimal, we headed to Scotland in September. Will take any and all recommendations.
Phil "The Power" Taylor is the Tiger Woods of darts over here mates having won an astonishing 16 World Championships. What kind of living does one lead from dominating the sport? Pretty good apparently...Phil's wife walked away with 5 houses and roughly a little over $1m in cash in their divorce settlement last year.
If not scotch drinkers, I'd recommend taking it up prior to. There's a bit of it over here if you haven't heard (golf too). Plenty of friendly villages, seaside and inland. Edinburgh is a must - am pretty sure a few here would agree. Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile specifically. And you don't have to appreciate golf to fall in love with the town of St. Andrews.
"The Power" seems like a lame dart thrower nickname. Single Bull, Bulls Eye, Triple Strike, Butt Dart all seem better.
TR, only been to the burgh once for a six nations final. Awesome place. Chat with Saunders, he used to go there pretty regularly for a past job.
TR or TJ. Reading comprehension fail.
Danimal, my folks are in Edinburgh as we speak. My stepdad is of Scottish descent and in Scotland for the first time. He's also an avid scotch drinker, so he's likely in hog heaven. If you bump into the Shermans, give them my best.
My favorite Edinburgh pub (of 19 years ago) was called The Last Drop. It was the old gallows, hence the name. Tiny joint. Hope it's still there.
Oh, and if you encounter a scraggly bearded Scotsman named Bryan who tended bar in New Orleans for a decade or so, give him my best. He's back over there slinging whiskey. You never know, it's a small world after all.
Cheers, lad.
Best Darts Nicknames
Triple Ring
Flight
Diddle for the Middle
Worst Darts Nickname
Bumpy Road
Billy Bragg is on NPR talking about his new book "Roots, Radicals and Rockers" and the roots of British music in American blues and folk music, at the moment railroad workers' union songs in particular. I don't know anyone else who's into that sort of thing but I'm adding it to my summer reading list.
for those of you that are working on the fairbank song challenge, here's some production guidance from the songwriter:
Slow cadence: oneTWO THREEfour -- short music break every 2nd line (duh-DAH DAH-dum). Slide in a solo after the second chorus. You can be George Martin, or T-Bone Burnett.
Whit, sadly I won't be making my way to Edinburgh the town, only the airport. If they want to see a bit of the country side and have the gumption to drive up to Gleneagles, I'd be sure to entertain them properly.
And there's a London CSI rip-off show. It's the same as CSI Miami/Las Vegas, any USA town but with British accents. And rather than homes as crime scenes, flats.
If you go to Edinburgh make a trip up to Leith to drink at the Port Sunshine Tavern and The Pub With No Name, and to get a massage at Liberty Leisure or the Miss Argentina Latin Sauna and Massage Parlour. The McDonald's in Penicuik has the best McNuggets in Scotland.
Keep yer British rub and tug talk on a different forum, Zed-man.
I don't like it when people use the word "unpack" when they mean "explain" but in reference to the President's tweet of July 19, 2017 at 5:46 am unpack might be the right verb, so ... can someone unpack this shit for me?
"The Republicans never discuss how good their healthcare bill is, & it will get even better at lunchtime.The Dems scream death as OCare dies!"
Why doesn't Trump explain the goodness, he's a Republican too? What does lunchtime have to do with it? What does "scream death" mean?
If you go to the Miss Argentina ask for Nikki.
Z trying to logically explain Trump quotes/tweets is like a master's course in deciphering the drooly jibberish of infants, or balloted Teej. Or, to quote the masterpiece Road House, "It's like puffin' an elevator in an outhouse. It don't belong."
Also, the only things you should be unpacking are your adjectives.
beginning saturday, i'll be canoeing on a river in northern maine for 4 days. trust that you folks will keep the content machine running.
Have fun, Rob!
https://youtu.be/pRxUbv90lLI
Never go canoeing without pepper spray. That's what I always say.
Is there a neighborhood we should stay in when we are in Edinburgh? Or all ok? We are doing Airbnb. St Andrews is v costly for Airbnb--so thinking neighboring town of Anstruther on the sea?
anstruther can't be worse than 9/11truther.
I'm telling you, stay in Leith!
If you don't stay in Leith, I would think Anstruther would be just fine, and probably less than 15 min or so from St Andrews....may try Kingsbarns as well. How long will you be here? I have a contact in St. Andrews that own properties if you'd like for me to reach out?
Leith looks like it might be great for the first 3 nights when we get in and stay near Edinburgh. For St Andrews we are looking for 2 beds (have Shan w/us) and the nights of Sept 12 and Sept 13. Thanks Danimal!
Sunshine on Leith!
Name the band/song which you probably hate
How cheap are you looking? Lower than these rates?
I'm heading to Maine this weekend too. My wife and kids have been up since Saturday and gone to many of the cool places I'd like to visit. Rob gets to one up me too. I'll probably just be hanging out with my bitchy sister in law whose cat just had to be put down.
Is that a euphemism, rootsy?
I trust that TJ is currently watching OJ?
TJ is currently in an all-day mtg, trying to watch OJ news on the tweeters
Sunshine on Leith was an album by The Proclaimers, a Scottish band actually from Leith. The lead single from the album was a song called "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)." The album and single were released in 1988 but became popular in the States in 1993 when the song was featured in the film Benny and Joon starring Johnny Depp and Mary Stuart Masterson. It was played roughly 14 trillion times on radio and MTV, thereby making it super tired and annoying.
i knew that. coulda let that one marinate a bit before succumbing to the urge to proclaim your mastery of music trivia, no?
if oj gets paroled and has al cowlings pick him up in a white bronco, would that be the all-time winning troll move?
No shit, ya Cliff Clavin wannabe.
Unlike "Sunshine on Leith," the Port Sunshine in Leith was Simon Williamson's aunt's pub until he bought her out and started making stag films upstairs.
THE JUICE IS LOOOOOOOOOOSE
oj paroled! Scotland going mad. Bollics!
I believe you mean bollocks, Danny Boy.
And 1 hour is long enough to think about The Proclaimers.
OJ is getting out of prison, where he has been since late 2008. He missed the Obama presidency and now gets out into resounding bigotry. Interesting.
Never mind the bollocks.
whitney's gonna tell you about that one, too
whitney the smart guy! he's here all week folks.
started watching open coverage at 7am. it's still on, replay of course. but no one does golf coverage like sky sports. puts our shit to shame. and they actually show golf shots.
Keep an eye out for Juice Terry, he's a natural golfer.
Hugh Freeze out at Ole Miss effective immediately. Some new major violations must have come to light. Ole Miss was hell bent on keeping Freeze until, well, just now.
How does Hugh Freeze not know about burner phones? They're the key to a happy marriage.
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