Author: Brennick
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Last Jazzcast 2015
As I was going through my 2015 music, I saw that I had a lot of jazz that had not made it onto a podcast this year, so I hastily put this last jazzcast for 2015 together. Some of these albums made it to many “Best of 2015” lists for the year, but this is…
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War on Xmas
I know that I’m supposed to be the leader on the War on Christmas (seriously – consumerism isn’t the reason for the season – I’m definitely anti-shopping), but I say “Merry Christmas” to people. I say it for one good reason – December 25. On my calendar it says that December 25 is Christmas, and…
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Christmas Decorations
Do you put up Christmas decorations? Have you had them up since Thanksgiving (or worse, before)? I’m not a Christmas decorations person – the Snoopy doghouse effect is beyond me. What’s worse is the blow ups (at least tell me you don’t have blow-up decorations). What is Santa in the bathtub supposed to represent –…
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A Little Older, A Little Slower
We’re not getting any younger. I spent yesterday morning at a remembrance for someone who died recently – it’s becoming more and more regular among people I know. As we get older, we start to lose our parents, aunts and uncles, and then co-workers and friends. At first, losing friends can be a surprise, but…
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1990
Lots of things happened in 1990.Lech Walesa became President of Poland, Nelson Mandela was release from prison, the Berlin Wall cam down, and it was the first year the Simpsons aired on Fox. Heady times (was it really that late that Nelson Mandela was released form prison?). It was also the year that I started…
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Refugees
Refugee:a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. When did America turn into a scared nation? Most look at 9/11/2001 as the date, and we certainly have shown ourselves to be frightened little children since then, but there has always been a yellow streak…
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Setting aside the obvious
I’m beyond figuring out how the world works, or why there were attacks on France (and Lebanon). I’ll let wiser minds than mine figure out who to kill in retaliation (that will surely stop the violence). I had a very good weekend. Friday night my wife and I visited our son, where we ate a…
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It’s Jazz Time
Time to dip into the jazz stacks and put another jazzcast together. There are a bunch of new tunes (2015 releases) today as well as a couple of new to me releases, along with a couple of favorites. The Smoke Sessions label continues to release great jazz records – I feature three of their 2015…
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It’s been warm
An unusually warm late October and early November had me thinking. I remember that it was very warm in October of 1979, as I went swimming in the ocean on my birthday (the water was still very cold). So it happens, just not with any frequency. I also remember snow on my birthday, and last…
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All Saints’ Day
It’s All Saints’ Day, but really, it’s the Day of the Innocents, to honor dead children and infants (Mexico). That’s all part of the Day of the Dead, which seems to be three days now – October 31 through November 2. November 2 is the more traditional Day of the Dead in Mexico. With the…