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Frank Zappa: Be-Bop Tango Be-Bop Tango on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85B2xDg9M-4 https://open.spotify.com/track/5z0fPH3O7SqAIkJPMPoynB?si=069aa8753ef3404d Completing this week's focus on Frank Zappa, today's song is "Be-Bop Tango" from the 1993 album The Yellow Shark. In 1990, Zappa was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer and he spent the last few years of his life working on orchestral and Synclavier … Continue reading Song of the Day: November 7, 2024
The George Peabody Library I had to take a week off from these posts due to personal stuff, but I'm back this week with some photos from a recent trip to Baltimore. This is the inside of the George Peabody Library. The interior of this library is one of the most beautiful libraries in the … Continue reading Photo of the Day: November 6, 2024
Frank Zappa: Dancin' Fool Dancin' Fool on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPyvMZkzadA https://open.spotify.com/track/6tCk1N85t6h4v1xXI6o0Ad?si=b83191a848b840b1 Continuing this week's focus on Frank Zappa, today's song is "Dancin' Fool" from the 1979 album Sheik Yerbouti. After releasing several of his most successful and best-known works in the early '70s, Zappa spent the rest of the decade in turmoil surrounding his … Continue reading Song of the Day: November 6, 2024
Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church I had to take a week off from these posts due to personal stuff, but I'm back this week with some photos from a recent trip to Baltimore. This is Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church. Construction of the church was completed in 1872 and it is one of … Continue reading Photo of the Day: November 5, 2024
Frank Zappa: Camarillo Brillo Camarillo Brillo on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkppN14ugMo https://open.spotify.com/track/6Ln5KqJbn672z67ZowD2pu?si=507db6aea39c4475 Continuing this week's focus on Frank Zappa, today's song is "Camarillo Brillo" from the 1973 album Over-Nite Sensation. After bursting into the adventurous music scene of the late '60s, Zappa experienced a whirlwind of a career. His music was simultaneously loved and hated … Continue reading Song of the Day: November 5, 2024
Original Washington Monument I had to take a week off from these posts due to personal stuff, but I'm back this week with some photos from a recent trip to Baltimore. This is the original Washington monument, located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of the city. It was designed by architect Robert Mills and was … Continue reading Photo of the Day: November 4, 2024
The Mothers of Invention: Hungry Freaks, Daddy Hungry Freaks, Daddy on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ykt9Kce2MQ&list=OLAK5uy_lqBnkZFhYJyhSe2rJIx-WcOVDnHOWs1QA&index=1 https://open.spotify.com/track/3Zwcr6lymZaeTXtEMxlfXA?si=11d7bf0995994c1f This is the next installment of my song of the day series in which I provide songs by an artist whose career spans over 40 years. This week's artist is Frank Zappa. Although he recorded for a little less … Continue reading Song of the Day: November 4, 2024
Modern Jazz Quartet: Bags' Groove Bags' Groove on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=732sJrwbKcA&list=OLAK5uy_k3cjWi6poIFEuohiG4Mo7b8RAc2W3SvWA&index=22 https://open.spotify.com/track/5eqZiz1BrjqiHWW0l3GewL?si=a95fd92f93ff41df Sunday is jazz day here at the Radio Faux Show. Today's post continues my weekly Intro to Jazz concept. If you love jazz, I hope you find something of interest each Sunday. If you are scared of jazz or think that you … Continue reading Song of the Day: November 3, 2024
Hoodoo Gurus: Tojo Tojo on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwiOY-34AZA&list=OLAK5uy_liZQa9aroD2DjYdEOUgzoHcAhdkUijjcE&index=9 https://open.spotify.com/track/2lLM66gVTrcgJHU4zOZJ64?si=b87965b9d1ed4bfb Saturday is lost classics day. My introduction to Australian indie-rock band Hoodoo Gurus came in 1987 when I bought their third album Blow Your Cool off of the New Releases rack of my local college record store because I thought it looked interesting. Unlike many … Continue reading Song of the Day: November 2, 2024
Mother's Finest: Funky Mountain Funky Mountain on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74fXFUVWrb0&list=OLAK5uy_l8C_VMs3VyEEFQSW4WgFdgMWvzV2_la9o&index=14 https://open.spotify.com/track/7gaxeacl5etaeuDdJwRlaY?si=ceb776cd132347f3 It's funky Friday! Mother's Finest were one of the first funk rock bands. Their 1972 self-titled debut owes much to the trailblazing music of Sly and The Family Stone and Funkadelic, but it was a commercial failure. "Funky Mountain" is from what I … Continue reading Song of the Day: November 1, 2024
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