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Post by lagatta on Mar 24, 2020 8:49:44 GMT
Sorry to hear that.
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Post by lagatta on Mar 24, 2020 14:48:59 GMT
A video, people (including kids) dancing!
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 24, 2020 14:57:21 GMT
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Post by lagatta on Mar 24, 2020 15:24:26 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 24, 2020 16:12:29 GMT
Manu Dibango died in Paris too. This must be a very unsafe city.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 2, 2020 5:30:54 GMT
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Post by lagatta on Apr 2, 2020 9:33:58 GMT
I'm very sorry to hear that. Idris Elba has tested positive, and is speaking out against an absurd, racist conspiracy theory according to which Black people can't get the virus. Wait till it reaches Africa ... or Haiti. I think is already has cropped up in Haiti. Very few people of any hue are "racially pure" in any event, whatever that means.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 2, 2020 9:41:33 GMT
It has already reached Africa. Yesterday Pape Diouf died and put the city of Marseille in mourning.
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Post by casimira on Apr 2, 2020 13:40:20 GMT
Mr. Marsalis will be so fondly remembered for not only his musicianship but for his teaching and fostering many young persons to pursue making music.
All his sons have successfully pursued musical careers.
I will remember him fondly as being a very humble man who never sought notoriety.
He lived here in our neighborhood or rather, we lived here in his neighborhood.
During the 2008 US Presidential election he came to the polling place and there was a piano in the room. Someone, a woman who knew him and was a member of the choir in the church they both attended. asked him if he would play us some music. He demurred and then slowly walked over to the piano and played an arrangement of "People Get Ready". The woman who had an incredibly beautiful singing voice joined in when he nodded toward her a signal to please join in with him.
It is a moment I will never ever forget. You could not hear a pin drop in that room as everyone took pause and stayed in frozen position.
A truly classic New Orleans moment.
R.I.P. Mr. Marsalis
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Post by Kimby on Apr 2, 2020 13:49:28 GMT
He leaves a lasting legacy in his musical progeny.
Love your first person story, casi.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 2, 2020 13:55:58 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 2, 2020 15:06:49 GMT
[He] played an arrangement of "People Get Ready". Oh, that must have been so powerful. Reading about it certainly is now.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 3, 2020 15:33:04 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 3, 2020 15:41:36 GMT
Oh, heck! Another sad loss. Thanks for that link, Kimby, as I have not yet read The Guardian this morning.
I was particularly struck by the mention of Withers' stuttering as a child, because one of the glories of Ain't No Sunshine is the "I know I know I know I know" passage in it.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 3, 2020 16:08:47 GMT
Some classic songs there. RIP.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 8, 2020 3:46:38 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Apr 8, 2020 4:38:14 GMT
“Please don’t bury me, down in the cold cold ground, I’d rather have them cut me up and pass me all around. Throw my brain in a hurricane, the blind can have my eyes The deaf can have both of my ears if they don’t mind the size!”
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Post by Kimby on Apr 8, 2020 4:55:48 GMT
“The Tree of Forgiveness ends with a song called "When I Get to Heaven," a detailed look at what Prine said he intended to do after he dies: start a band, see dearly departed family members, order a cocktail, shake God's hand and encourage rampant forgiveness. (In a nod to his usual wry streak, he also said he'd enjoy a cigarette that's "nine miles long.") The lyrics are sentimental and freewheeling, making it clear that Prine planned to keep the good times going up in heaven. It's likely that the song was intended to be a winking bit of foreshadowing about his own mortality, although now, perhaps it's better interpreted as Prine providing a blueprint for how to live life with gusto while you're still here.” From the npr article bixa linked to above.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 14, 2020 21:42:04 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Apr 16, 2020 3:56:42 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 16, 2020 4:09:21 GMT
That's a great article/obituary!
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 17, 2020 4:40:12 GMT
Iconic French pop star in the 1960's, Christophe died last night of Covid-19 at age 74.
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Post by Kimby on May 1, 2020 2:49:04 GMT
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Post by lagatta on May 1, 2020 11:39:52 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on May 3, 2020 7:30:53 GMT
The legendary Kabyl singer Idir died yesterday of "lung problems."
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Post by lagatta on May 3, 2020 11:35:16 GMT
Also died in Paris...
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Post by kerouac2 on May 6, 2020 16:48:00 GMT
Florian Schneider, a founder of Kraftwerk, has died. I actually saw Kraftwerk in concert once, a very rare moment for early electronic groups. They just stood on the stage and their equipment did the rest.
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Post by whatagain on May 6, 2020 18:31:33 GMT
I had always thought they were belgians. I liked them quite à lot.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 6, 2020 18:42:05 GMT
Belgians because they were cold and expressionless?
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Post by whatagain on May 6, 2020 18:47:37 GMT
I will let thïs pass...
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