(fake) Blind Lemon Jefferson

Bessie Smith

2009-12-02T09:35:00.000-08:00

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

Let Bessie Smith it sing for you...

(fake) Blind Lemon Jefferson,

Black Friday Holiday Shopping: Call Of The Freaks!

2009-11-27T14:50:00.000-08:00

The holiday season has started. People are prone to shopping madness about now. Folks are willing to spend the night in line at Best Buy to be first in line for a video game. Men and women alike are elbowing each other in the aisle, as they race towards that toy which will bring joy to their children. I know for a fact that right at this moment there is an altercation over a parking space that will probably go to blows...

(sigh)

I got the perfect song for y'all

Call Of The Freaks!

By Luis Russell and his orchestra

(fake )Blind Lemon Jefferson

Thanksgiving: A Holiday For The Birds

2009-11-01T23:10:00.000-08:00

I can't look at a Thanksgiving recipe site for too long without drooling on my laptop. I do love a good turkey dinner. It doesn't have to be exactly on Thanksgiving, either! I aint too particular on that one. I love to eat. Everyday.
But on this holiday I don't forget to add to my prayers, the meaning behind Thanksgiving. The Native Americans really helped them pilgrims out and deserve recognition.

But when it comes to music...

Any bird is fine with me:

Jaybird Coleman
The Blackbirds Of Paradise
Clarence Ashley – “Coo Coo Bird” mp3

(fake) Blind Lemon Jefferson

BBC Public Domain Music Aint Got Nothin'

2009-10-29T10:57:00.000-07:00

I was lookin over yonder today across the pond for some more public domain music. I checked out The BBC page.
Here's what they said: "We currently have no biography for this artist."

Hmmph...guess I'll stay with Public Domain 2ten.

(Fake) Blind Lemon Jefferson

Bob Dylan Still Going Strong

2009-10-26T23:25:00.000-07:00

" Bob Dylan's return to Berkeley, where he played one of his first electric shows with the Hawks more than four decades ago, clearly meant a great deal to Saturday's standing-room-only audience at the Greek Theatre. Where else were you going to find more people whose lives are so wholly entwined with the 68-year-old folk singer's songs of politics and personal liberation than in the city that gave the world both the Free Speech Movement and backyard hot tubs? But for Dylan, who has..." (Read more)

He's a work a holic, that Dylan. Anybody who plays that much music for that long is all right with me. A lot of people are influenced by this man...

FBLJ

Pandora's Box Of Confusion

2009-10-20T09:12:00.000-07:00

"On first listen, some things grab you for their off-kilter novelty. Like the story of a company that has hired a bunch of “musicologists,” who sit at computers and listen to songs, one at a time, rating them element by element, separating out what sometimes comes to hundreds of data points for a three-minute tune. The company, an Internet radio service called Pandora, is convinced that by pouring this information through a computer into an algorithm, it can guide you, the listener, to music that you like. The premise is that your favorite songs can be stripped to parts and reverse-engineered..." (more)

Sounds more like Pandora's box...
Hmmmph....how about just playin' the damn song, listening and forming an opinion of your very own?

Try this box!

FBLJ

Son House On Youtube

2009-10-19T13:19:00.000-07:00

Check this brothah out...he's the real deal!

More Son House on PD 2ten

FBLJ

Ballloon Boy Lands A Lawsuit

2009-10-18T11:42:00.000-07:00

The Heene family is gettin' mighty popular these days.
After that false search and rescue for this kid, they're local sheriff aint too fond of the Heene's. (story) Now they have to deal with the press. Think they're havin' fun right about now?

Kids like to have fun. I just hope for the boy's sake that his life don't get all tied up in a knot. Gotta be careful how you play jokes on people. We are all connected, here on Netsville. People start to talkin' fast. What, with all the Amber alerts goin' round, it's best to keep this kind of event on the ground.

Anyway, here's a little number that aint defyin' gravity:

Memphis Slim – “I Just Landed In Your Town” mp3

FBLJ

Top Ten Sex Fantasies For Women?

2009-10-14T13:31:00.001-07:00

Hmmm...I typed in Top Ten Women into the computer and
saw a website I aint ever dreamed of seein'! Was this a mistake? Or
is this just how y'all do it now?
Whew Wee! Glad I aint blind NOW! Lordy...
My question is what do y'all talk about if everything is up on the computer to read?
Here is the top of the article:

Top Ten Female Sex Fantasies

"If you think women don’t sit around fantasizing about very naughty things, think again..."
( ok...I'm thinking...)

# 10 Domination (her dominating you) -Women love a big strong man who can sweep them off their feet and carry them into the sunset... (I'm big and strong)

#9 Domination (you dominating her) -The advent of the metrosexual is most commonly blamed for this top 10 female sex fantasy. It seems that...(continue reading Top Ten Female Fantasies article)

Whatever...back in my day, we KNEW they wuz always thinkin' 'bout it. And it was up to us to say somethin' real to 'em. Write some poetry. Or a letter. Talk to them before they start talkin that crazy talk...go on a long romantic walk with them on the river...if it's romantic and you are there, then assume the fantasie is about you!
Or...
Write a song about her.
That's my favorite way to find out about them female fantasy thingamajigs...

Like Bill did...

Bill Brown and his Brownies – “Hot Lips” mp3

Top Ten Public Domain Blues Blogs October 2009

2009-10-12T17:56:00.000-07:00

The Google Award goes to these bloggers.
Hmmph...I aint no where on the list. But here it is...

1-Interview W/ the 'Post Human Blues' blog - Little Boy Blue and the ...
2-"Don't Start Me to Talkin', I'll Tell Everything I Know"
3-New Musical Order — Free Public Domain Blues Music
4-Best Sites to Find Public Domain Images and Sounds for Student ...
5-Blind Blake Ragtime, Blues Guitar (Free MP3s) | WorldofBlues.com
6-Public Domain Photography & Byron Bay Blog » Blog Archive » Blue ...
7-Eric Blue's Blog » Knowledge Management
8-Literary House in Fitzroy Square, London (Public Domain Photograph ...
9-The Patry Copyright Blog: Photographs of Public Domain works
10-Sita Sings the Blues, a Fantastic Free Film. « Miro – Internet TV Blog

But if you don't wanna read about the blues and you wanna listen to some...
It's all about Public Domain 2ten!
You will find that THEY know how to prioritize their artists...

Blind Lemon Jefferson – “One Dime Blues” mp3

FBLJ

How To Be Guitar King

2009-10-07T13:21:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all...how ya doin' in these here rough times? Got plenty to do? Good. Keep yourself busy and you won't get to worryin' about things that don't need worryin' about. Take it from somebody who grew up in some hard times. Early America...where a blind man might a seen more trouble than y'all could ever imagine. So keep yourself busy. Ya got plenty a toys and things to entertain yourself. Laptops, phones, mp3 players. Video games. Just keep your mind occupied while you work at something. That's exactly what I did. And it worked out for me. If a blind man can make a living, then that's proof enough that America is a land of opportunity. So create your dream with the passion you were born with. Or whatever it is you need to do. And do it. Don't sit around talkin' about somethin' you aint done yet. Talk about somethin' ya already done did. But not for too long. Make somebody's ear fall off, if you talk too much about yourself. Just do the darn thing. Old Tommy did it. He ended up a guitar King...

Tommy McClennan – “I’m A Guitar King” mp3

FBLJ

Hot Latin Miami Sound With Eddy K

2009-10-05T16:03:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all...how ya doin?
I'd like to take a break from all things political today.
I want to give you something hip and new to start out your week.
Enjoy...this artist is from the hot city of Miami!

Eddy-K
“Mami Besame” (mp3)
from “Asalto”

Selection found at Superfan2009

FBLJ

DJ AM RIP

2009-09-29T11:53:00.000-07:00

" The New York City Medical Examiner has determined that "acute intoxication" due to the combined effects of multiple drugs killed celebrity deejay DJ AM. "

(article)

Hmmm...
Y'all be careful out there...

Will Shade – “Better Leave That Stuff Alone” mp3

FBLJ

Mackenzies Blues

2009-09-23T13:14:00.000-07:00

Former child star Mackenzie Phillips said Wednesday her father, John Phillips, who was a leader of the 1960s pop group the Mamas and the Papas, raped her when she was a teenager and that her sexual relationship with him later became what she termed "consensual."

(article)

Lordy...I aint got but two things to say to THAT...
( sigh ) poor girl...

Rule #1- Don't be makin' love to your kin folk.

Rule #2- Don't!

That kind of blues makes other folks blues seem ordinary.
But that don't mean Bessie Smith aint gonna lay it on down for ya anyway...

Bessie Smith – “He Treats Me Like A Dog” mp3

Shake Them Tea Baggers On Down

2009-09-21T15:59:00.000-07:00

"When you see, you know, those of you that are watching certain news channels on which I'm not very popular, and you see folks waving tea bags around, let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security," (Read more)

Obama said that about them "Tea Baggers" back in April. Still makes sense to me. They seem to be back again. Shakin' them Tea Bags around. As far as Health Care goes, I think The Prez is gonna have to Shake THEM on down...

Bukka White – Shake ‘Em On Down” mp3

The Best News In Blues So Far...

2009-09-16T22:16:00.000-07:00

" It's latest form has taken shape nicely in Akin Babatunde's sweetly enthralling performance as the title character in "Blind Lemon Blues," an inspired, highly original tribute to blues singer and guitarist "Blind" Lemon Jefferson.

More than just a revue of Jefferson's countless country blues classics, this abstract narrative tells the story of his rise from a legendary street musician in Dallas to a top-selling recording artist who became a seminal influence on American popular music. "
(read more)

Now THAT'S what I call news. Give it up to the man! Akin Babatunde. Yeah boy, and that aint all, either. There is always some press about me out there for sure, if you've forgotten about me that quick.

And I aint always singin' about the sad blues.

Here's one for the ladies:

Blind Lemon Jefferson – “Piney Woods Money Mama” mp3

Curiosity Wrote Some Songs

2009-09-15T13:11:00.000-07:00

" When God told Adam he could eat of all the fruits of the Garden of Eden, but not of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, he placed what has been called a “provoking object” in Adam’s eyes. The provocation was to go beyond the boundaries God had established and thereby set himself up a rival deity, a being with no limits on what he can conceive, a being whose intellect could, in time, comprehend anything and everything. "

From an article called Does curiosity kill more than the cat? (NY Times)

Now I don't know about all that. But what I do know is that curiosity wrote some incredible songs in my day. Have you ever been curious where your girl done slept last night? You ever wake up and wonder about these things in the morning? And you think about it for so long that by the time dinner rolls around you've written your self a fine little diddy that goes somethin' like this, here...

Leadbelly – “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” m p3

And if you heard this before, maybe it was that Kurt Cobain boy who done it unplugged.
And he's somebody ya take advice from as far as curiosity goes. He went ahead and found nirvana instead of being curious about it.
Ok now...do your self a favor....and write more songs about your curiosity. And if you can't sing 'em your self...there are plenty of folks who can.

FBLJ

Obama 's House Is A Wobblin'

2009-09-14T12:00:00.000-07:00

If it aint one thing it's another up on that hill...

" President Barack Obama sternly warned Wall Street Monday against returning to the sort of reckless and unchecked behavior that threatened the nation with a second Great Depression. "» Full Story on Yahoo! Finance

I'm wondering how long it's gonna be until Wahington stops wobblin'...

Duke Ellington – “Washington Wobble” mp3

Health Care Reform

2009-09-11T15:25:00.000-07:00

My reply to all of this bizness about health care reform is comin' from the folks who aint got none...
Blind Lemon Jefferson – “One Dime Blues” mp3

Gobama...

FBLJ

Kennedy Remembered By Obama At Funeral

2009-08-29T11:17:00.000-07:00

These words from President Obama will be remembered forever. At Senator Ted Kennedy's funeral, many hearts were touched and brought together in the wake of this tremendous loss. The state of Massachusetts will be changed for a long time. The entire country will have to figure out if there will ever be a man like him again.

Here is an excerpt from yesterdays eulogy, given by President Barrack Obama:

"He was given a gift of time that his brothers were not. And he used that time to touch as many lives and right as many wrongs as the years would allow," Obama said in a eulogy that also gently made mention of Kennedy's "personal failings and setbacks."

As a member of the Senate, Kennedy was a "veritable force of nature," the president said. But more than that, the "baby of the family who became its patriarch, the restless dreamer who became its rock."

Those left behind to mourn "grieve his passing with the memories he gave, the good he did, the dream he kept alive" Obama said inside the packed church

That's from this article

Those are some mighty fine words.

What is a shocker to me is what Huckabee said about both Obama and Kennedy a few days ago. He couldn't even wait for the funeral to pass.

Did you hear what that devil said?

Check it out...

The 2008 Republican presidential candidate suggested during his radio show, "The Huckabee Report," on Thursday that, under President Obama's health care plan, Kennedy would have been told to "go home to take pain pills and die" during his last year of life.

No class that man...in fact he aint even a man in my book.

He's more like a Dirty Dog...sing it Boo Boo!

FBLJ

The Madoff Gang?

2009-08-12T11:33:00.000-07:00

Now, it's official. They're a gang. I wonder what they would be if they were a gang of rappers...

IWA ? (Investors with attitude)
The East Side Ponzi Posse?
The Mady Bunch?
The Credit Cripplers?
Public Finance Enemy
The Banksters?
The MC's? (Madoff Creditors)
A Tribe Called Trust?

Who knows? I don't think they were listening to the good folks music. Like some blues or country or rock and roll. Even real hip hoppers don't screw people over in that grand of a fashion.
Sounds like Bernie and his "gang" have been doing crime since they were young.

CunninLynguists
“Thugged Out Since Cub Scouts” (mp3)
from “Will Rap For Food”
(QN5, Inc.)

Sex Sex Sex...The Nature Of The Beast

2009-08-10T11:51:00.000-07:00

I love the internet. It aint nothin' like I was ever used to in my day. I read an article today about the sweet taboo. The horizontal ballet. The Olympic Pillow games. The hide and seek swap. The magic pickle dance. You know...sex. Now a days you can say it, think it, talk about it, use it for advertisments, sell products...and more importantly, criticize it to the bone marrow.
Here is a little bit of what I read:
"Let's start with the experience of sexual energy. You can try this exercise by yourself. It helps if you know how to do pelvic rocking. Lie down with your knees bent, feet about hip distance apart, and your low back flat on the floor (don't try this if you have back problems). As you rock your pelvis back with a slight arch, breathe in and as you tuck your pelvis, breathe out. Do this for just a few minutes and then lower your knees, straightening them to rest on the floor and continue breathing. Visualize energy moving up your spine with the in-breath and moving down the front of your body with the out breath." (read more)

Ok...honestly? I had to go to the bathroom for a minute and readjust my libido. You see, the problem with folks these days is that on the topic of sex, hardly anybody leaves NOTHING TO THE IMAGINATION. We need more people with a discrete attitude about it. Listen to this man talk about sex the way WE used to...we called it love.

Jerry Butler
“He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You)” (mp3)
from “Brand New Me”
(LocoBop)

FBLJ

Blues For The Auto World: Who You Callin' A Clunker?!

2009-08-02T12:08:00.000-07:00

All the best cars were made back in the good old days. What's wrong with gettin' old?

That is a natural process. Some a y'all be throwin' old people away into homes. Must be the new culture...

And all I hear now is that these new cars are "healthier" for the environment. Whatever the hell that means. Maybe if there was only 15 cars in the world. But because EVERYBODY needs one, I aint really sure if it's gonna make that big of a difference for the environment, with these "new" state of the art vehicles. The factories that make the damn things aint runnin' on bio fules.

But I guess the point is that folks are steady tryin' to make a difference. Which I can't really argue against. The government is tryin' this cash for clunkers idea. Gettin' them old cars off the road to make room for the newer ones. Go ahead Obama. Do yo thang, brothah. AT least he makes it sound good. That last fool would a said something stupid by now.

Meanwhile THIS brothah has a song for the auto industry, regardless of how many clunkers we throw in the bunkers...

Harmonica Shah sings blues for Motor City

Published

Superfan

on July 1, 2009

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Take a truly old school motor city blues, with guitar and piano boogying and harmonica wailing out, add 100% contemporary lyrics and you get a modern classic of industrial strength blues. Perfect lemonade made out o’ some raw lemons.

Harmonica Shah
“Blues for Ford, Chrysler and G.M.” (mp3)

FBLJ

Blue

Dope Is Called Dope For Two Reasons Now

2009-07-30T09:42:00.000-07:00

Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, the sluggers who propelled the Boston Red Sox to end an 86-year World Series championship drought and to capture another title three years later, were among the roughly 100 Major League Baseball players to test positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the results. (article from NY times)

These lawyers are like bloodhounds with a rolodex and a computer. Nothin' escapes their wrath for legal vengeance. I guess with all the world's news and head lines, two more Baseball players are just gonna blend right in. Why? Why do Baseball players need to take dope? The sport is pretty laid back as far as I can tell. Let the football players take the dope. And the Hockey players. They need it more than a bunch of grown men just standin' around waitin' for somebody to do something exciting. Maybe dope enchances the game for the players because they get so bored. I dunno...

Aye...you wanna hear something that's dope?
Check this crew out:

Thugged Out Since Cub Scouts, Cunningly Lingual

Published

Superfan

on June 9, 2009

in Comedy, Hip Hop Music and Superfan's 2009 MP3s

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Utterly hilarious.

CunninLynguists
“Thugged Out Since Cub Scouts” (mp3)
from “Will Rap For Food”
(QN5, Inc.)

FBLJ

Weed Then Beer...Then Party.

2009-07-22T12:43:00.000-07:00

Oakland voters are gonna do it! They are gonna allow the city to tax weed. Yes. After studying the plant for thousands of years, I guess Oakland citizens decided to end the bullshit. Besides...

look what too much beer can do to a man.

Then...

When you are able to moderate your party habits, check out this mp3...

from Super Fan 2009

Lee “Scratch” Perry
“Having a Party” (mp3)
from “Scratch Came, Scratch Saw, Scratch Conquered”
(Megawave)