The Louvin Brothers - When I Stop Dreaming

Randy Newman - Baltimore

Little Joe y La Familia - Las Nubes

1977

Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain

Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser

Lyle Lovett - Sheik Of Sh Boom

Another Walter Hyatt song (co-written in this case).

Ray Charles & George Jones - We Didn't See A Thing

Last F**kable Day

Genius.

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Vladimir Nabokov discusses "Lolita" part 2 of 2

Happy birthday to VN.

How Corporate Lobbyists Got That Way

Best summary I've seen.

The evolution of business lobbying from a sparse reactive force into a ubiquitous and increasingly proactive one is among the most important transformations in American politics over the last 40 years.  Probing the history of this transformation reveals that there is no “normal” level of business lobbying in American democracy. Rather, business lobbying has built itself up over time, and the self-reinforcing quality of corporate lobbying has increasingly come to overwhelm every other potentially countervailing force. It has also fundamentally changed how corporations interact with government—rather than trying to keep government out of its business (as they did for a long time), companies are now increasingly bringing government in as a partner, looking to see what the country can do for them.

Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion

I actually like this song, but it's a good example of what rock and roll had devolved into by 1962, and why the advent of acts like the Beatles about the same time pretty much rescued R&R as a musical form.

Lydia Mendoza - Mal Hombre

Salsa Celtica - Esperanza

The world's premier Scottish/Spanish crossover band.

Betty Carter - Make It Last

Another slow, beautiful jazz vocal number.

Sarah Vaughan - Indian Summer

Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman

RIP

The Rolling Stones - No Expectations

Krugman on Polarization and the Next Eighteen Months

When it comes to his straightforward political analysis, Krugman is very good at stating what seems to be obvious but that no one else seems to have said quite so clearly.

How did the parties get this far apart? Political scientists suggest that it has a lot to do with income inequality. As the wealthy grow richer compared with everyone else, their policy preferences have moved to the right — and they have pulled the Republican Party ever further in their direction. Meanwhile, the influence of big money on Democrats has at least eroded a bit, now that Wall Street, furious over regulations and modest tax hikes, has deserted the party en masse. The result is a level of political polarization not seen since the Civil War.

Julian Beck, Judith Malina - The Living Theatre May 17, 1975

RIP Judith Malina.

oops

Damn. Missed posting yesterday. My millions of fans are upset, he said wryly.

Paul McCartney - Every Night

On this date in 1970 Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving the Beatles. This was one of the songs off his first solo album, released at the same time.

The Youngbloods - Grizzly Bear

Obviously from American Bandstand, and according to the YouTube page from 1967.

Scott Walker - Sons Of

Written by Jacques Brel.

William Wordsworth - The World Is Too Much With Us

Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man

Handel - Messiah

Lord Buckley - The Nazz

Forgot to post yesterday so double post today. Enjoy.

Bach - Saint Matthew's Passion

Philippe Herreweghe conducting Cantate Domino Schola Cantorum, Collegium Vocale Gent, Collegium Vocale Orchestra, and soloists.

Tynan Interviews Olivier

Kenneth Tynan was born on this date in 1927. Here he speaks with Laurence Olivier in 1966 about a life in acting.

Harry Carney - It Had to Be You

Baritone saxophone by a master. The strings are of the kind of icky variety, but you can't have everything.