When We Were Kings – 2018

One of my favorite paintings in the world of Irish art is entitled “King O’Toole” by Sean Keating, painted in 1930. At that time, Keating maintained a small studio in Wicklow, outside of Enniskerry. At some point in the late 1920s, he befriended a local shepherd, Joe O’Toole, who stopped by to see him when en-route to sell his sheep at the mart in Enniskerry. (Keating depicted him three times that I know of: in this painting, in another called “Holy Joe in the Mountains” and in a pencil portrait.) The story attached to Joe is what inspired this piece and the March version of it goes by the same name. Allegedly, Joe descended from the famous O’Toole clan who were once local chieftains-back in the 1500s. Their lands were confiscated by the ancestors of the owners of the famous Powerscourt House and Estate at that time. Joe O’Toole was regularly moved into action by this ancient injustice and after selling his sheep he would “fortify himself” at the local pub. Then, he would march down the avenue leading up to Powerscourt House in a fit of pique, all the while “f’in and blind’in” (as the Irish say) Lord Powerscourt and his family, and “urging them” in no uncertain terms to cease and desist their usurpation of his ancestral lands.
As Lord Powerscourt was also the local magistrate, Joe would be carted off to jail for a couple of days, fined a nominal amount and sent back to the hills. The story had many repeat performances as Joe rekindled his emo- tions and responses at every mart he attended in Enniskerry! The Waltz is meant to depict his somewhat sedate, melancholic image in the painting; the March, (# 4 in the March section) his trip down the avenue. (Every King deserves a March!)

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When We Were Kings (Waltz/March)

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Something to mark the moment of transition from 2024 to 2025...

The New Year’s Jig

Roger Clarence at the bar of 10-4

12 Bar Blues E
 
[verse]
I woke up this morning, I got the MAGA blues
Yeah, I woke up this morning, I got them MAGA blues
I've tried crying and screaming, but it don't matter what I do
 
[verse]
I woke up this morning, I got the MAGA blues
Yeah, I woke up this morning, I got them MAGA blues
I was hopin' I was dreamin’, but I guess all of this is true
 
[Bridge A E A B7]
Now we're enemies with Greenland, Canada, Mexico and Europe too (“What’d they do?”)
We're closing up the government, we're changing all the rules (“Say it ain’t true!”)
 
[Rant over the blues]
I was really trying my best to not let this get to me, And I was doing ok for a while
And I felt better this time than I did in 2016,
But I think I was just trying to protect myself
And I've been trying to not jump to worst case scenarios
But that's hard to do given everything that I'm seeing
 
It's not like I don't think that there is waste in government, sure there is
But Jesus Christ, talk about throwing out the baby with the bathwater
They've got a bunch of 20-year-olds going around firing people with important government jobs and then whoops, rehiring them
And really, I've got nothing against 20-year-olds
But are you fucking serious
 
And then Ukraine, what the fuck are these people even thinking. Somehow Putin is the good guy?
And there's a new Government Faith Office headed by some mega church grifter
And this cabinet, are you fucking kidding me
Talk about the fox guarding the henhouse!
 

And Gulf of America Really? Was that really first order of business shit?
And do we honestly have a government department called DOGE? 
Named after a meme coin run by a richest man on earth?
Well, he's probably not really the richest man on earth
Because who knows about the Saudi royalty, they could be worth trillions.
But that's a whole other story
 
Anyway, 1/2 a Xanax doesn't quite do the trick anymore
And I know you're not supposed to mix that with Whiskey, but all bets are off folks!
And that White House Press secretary Karoline Leavitt 
I honestly think she's a humanoid robot
And Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham are now somehow the voice of reason?
I could go on and on
 
 
[verse]
I woke up this morning, I got the MAGA blues
Yeah, I woke up this morning, I got them MAGA blues
It's only been two months now, don't know what the hell we’re gonna do
(I’m goin’ back to bed, wake me up when this all over)



The Maga Blues (Song Sketch)

a huge 6hr tribute to one of the most talented soul physicians of the modern era: D'Angelo. 

originally aired on 08/12 via Blue In Green radio >>> www.blueingreenradio.com.

tracklist:

01. d'angelo - brown sugar platinum party invitation (feat. ursula rucker)
02. d'angelo - joe texan (voodoo outtake)
03. d'angelo - me & those dreamin' eyes of mine (jay dee remix)
04. d'angelo - left & right (promo version) (feat. redman & method man)
05. d'angelo - girl you need a change of mind
06. d'angelo - i found my smile again (alternate version)
07. d'angelo - superman lover (voodoo outtake)
08. b.b. king & d'angelo - ain't nobody home
09. d'angelo - can't hide love (live @ the jazz cafe, london) (1995)
10. d'angelo - 1000 deaths (demo version)
11. d'angelo, femi kuti + macy gray featuring roy hargrove, nile rodgers, the soultronics + positive force - intro - water no get enemy
12. d'angelo, femi kuti + macy gray featuring roy hargrove, nile rodgers, the soultronics + positive force - water no get enemy
13. d'angelo & marlon c. - talk shit 2 ya
14. raphael saadiq - be here (feat. d'angelo)
15. slum village - tell me (feat. d'angelo)
16. d'angelo - she's always in my hair
17. d'angelo - jay dee marvine (voodoo outtake)
18. d'angelo - pete rock beat (voodoo outtake)
19. the rh factor - bullshit (feat. dangelo)
20. d'angelo - really love (demo version)
21. d'angelo - radio advertisement
22. d'angelo - brown sugar (incognito molasses mix)
23. d'angelo - encore (live @ the jazz cafe, london) (1995)
24. common - geto heaven part two (feat. d'angelo)
25. azur - so cold (unreleased)
26. faith evans - you used to love me (ali mix)
27. brandy - baby (uptown remix)
28. gza - cold world (rza mix) (feat. inspectah deck & d'angelo)
29. janet jackson - got 'til it's gone (ummah's uptown saturday night mix)
30. mary j. blige - everyday (feat. d'angelo & angie stone)
31. twice - sparkle
32. the roots - the hypnotic (feat. d'angelo)
33. lauryn hill - nothing even matters (feat. d'angelo)
34. erykah badu & d'angelo - your precious love
35. d'angelo - spanish joint (acoustic)
36. b.m.u. (black men united) - u will know (extended version)
37. j dilla - so far to go (feat. common & d'angelo)
38. q-tip - believe (feat. d'angelo)
39. boys choir of harlem - overjoyed (feat. d'angelo)
40. common - cold blooded
41. the roots - the 'notic (feat. d'angelo & erykah badu)
42. d'angelo - ex to the next (voodoo outtake)
43. method man - break ups 2 make ups (feat. d'angelo)
44. the roots - break you off (original 2002 version) (feat. d'angelo)
45. d'angelo - hard to earn (voodoo outtake)
46. david sanborn & friends featuring d'angelo - use me (live @ united studios, new york) (1998)
47. d'angelo & questlove (as 'brothers in arms') - tell me if you still care (live @ brooklyn bowl) (2013)
48. d'angelo - fair but so uncool (voodoo outtake)
49. the roots - the spark
50. d'angelo - soliloquay of chaos (voodoo outtake)
51. d'angelo - black hole sun (unreleased demo)
52. d'angelo - playa playa (promo version)
53. d'angelo - go back 2 the thing (voodoo outtake)
54. d'angelo & tony rich - stevie wonder tribute (live @ the grammys) (1996)
55. d'angelo & the soultronics - fall in love (live @ voodoo tour, los angeles) (2000)
56. d'angelo - everybody loves the sunshine (voodoo outtake)
57. mary j. blige - paradise (unreleased)
58. d'angelo - paradise (unreleased instrumental)
59. d'angelo - heaven must be like this (live @ the jazz cafe, london) (1995)
60. d'angelo - soul mate (acoustic) (behind the scenes @ gq photo shoot) (2013)
61. d'angelo & eric clapton - i've been trying (live @ rock n' roll hall of fame induction of curtis mayfield) (1999)
62. the rh factor - i'll stay (feat. d'angelo)
63. vertical hold - pray
64. d'angelo - sometimes it snows in april (live @ jimmy fallon) (feat. princess) (2016)
65. d'angelo - africa (acoustic).

CONFESSIONS OF A CURLY MIND - Episode_014: D'Angelo

Blooming Golden

A mashup of Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams" and The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" by Pomplamoose.

CREDITS

Lead Vocals: Sarah Dugas & Nataly Dawn
Keys: Jack Conte
Guitar: Brian Green 
Bass: Hagar Ben Ari
Drums: Ben Rose
Background vocals: Nahneen Kula
Engineer: Tim Sonnefeld 
Assistant Engineer: Jason Clark
Mixing/Mastering: Caleb Parker
Video Direction/Production: Ricky Chavez
Camera Operators: Merlin Showalter, Sammy Rothman
Video Editor: Dominic Mercurio
Producers: Ben Rose & Caleb Parker

Recorded at Band House Studios in Los Angeles.

original video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmLBSCiEoas

Sweet Dreams White Stripes Mashup Pomplamoose Ft Kiruha Cut

All songs written by Annika Bennett, produced by Julian Dente and Annika Bennett, mixed by Jeff Sojka, mastered by Alex Dobbert

Lyrics:
oh, what a day in this perfect july
on the back of your bike with my arms open wide
cutting through all the cars to your house for some hours alone

cut to the comedown, we’re kissing goodnight
and i get in my car and it’s still and it’s quiet
so i call and we talk til you’re tired and i let you go
and all i know is...

i wanna live in your world all the time
i wanna live in your world instead of mine
take me in and even if this happiness is borrowed
it’s alright if i know i’ll be seeing you tomorrow

i wanna live in your world in the light
i wanna deal with your hurt instead of mine
when you go and i’m alone, the clouds are gonna follow
but it’s alright if i know i’ll be seeing you tomorrow

life of the party, kicked out of the club
hitched a ride to la, dyed your hair in the tub
i love all your stories, just hate that i wasn’t there

and i know i’m changing the subject when you wanna hear
about the nights i stay in, how it’s been a bad year
full of real shit i don’t wanna deal with and don’t need to share
i know you care, but...

i wanna live in your world all the time
i wanna live in your world instead of mine
take me in and even if this happiness is borrowed
it’s alright if i know i’ll be seeing you tomorrow

i wanna live in your world in the light
i wanna deal with your hurt instead of mine
when you go and i’m alone, the clouds are gonna follow
but it’s alright if i know i’ll be seeing you tomorrow

tomorrow
what do you wanna do tomorrow
where do you wanna go, i’ll follow

i wanna live in your world
i wanna live in your world
i wanna live in your world all the time

Your World

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