It Makes No Difference - The Band

The Last Waltz

 

The Martin Scorsese movie The Last Waltz about the final concert of The Band came out on this day 45-years ago. Garth Hudson on the organ (the oldest looking member of The Band when the movie was made) and director Scorsese are the only ones still with us (as far as I can tell).

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- To beat woke tyrants, the rest of us must treat them as the monsters they are. Agree 100%.

- Elusive Harmony: Levon Helm, The Band, and the Birth of Americana. Interesting read on some of the backstory and history of The Band. (HT Newmark's Door) 

- Science is not an instrument of patriarchal oppression. Personally I hope the term "postmodern metabaloney" catches on. 

- All Most New England Patriots fans today "Nooooooooo"

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

When I saw President Trump's tweet about LeBron James - my honest first thought was that Trump either consciously or unconsciously wants to be a one-term President... God help me but I laughed at this... If Donald Trump ever goes on trial for anything in his life one of the jury pool selection questions will now have to be "Are you a fan of LeBron James?" If the prospective juror says yes then they will be shown the door... Turns out that $32.6 TRILLION cost for Medicare for All over 10-years was a best case scenario. Anyone who argues for this has no idea how the world works... "God will not have his work made manifest by cowards." Ralph Waldo Emerson... For no reason I'm suddenly curious if a reggae version of The Band's Up On Cripple Creek exists... I'm curious how President Trump going after LeBron James polls in Miami and Ohio. Sure it will poll poorly in Akron but what about in Cleveland?...

100 of My Favorite Songs

Today's offering (88) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band.