Brad

I listened to both the Johnson version and the Stones version tonight and while I’ve always liked the Stones version, Robert Johnson conveys more emotion than the Stones do. I’m not saying their version was done by rote, just that you can feel more emotion, feeling, what have you in the original.

I couldn’t agree more. I don’t necessarily agree with defunding; reallocating funds makes more sense.

I don’t how many of you saw the interrogation of Jacob Frey, the Mayor of Minneapolis, was subjected to by the demonstrators yesterday. They wanted to know, yes or no, if he would defund the Police Department. He said no, he wouldn’t abolish it and he was told to get the fuck out of there and the crowd (more like a mob, in my opinion) yelled shame at him. My son showed me a 4 minute video and it reminded me of something that could have taken place during the French Revolution. I believe it could turn off a lot of people to the movement. My son and wife were definitely turned off and I think the conduct left a lot to be desired. For Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis, a Stinging Rebuke

Mine may be shipping tomorrow.

I never made it there; my parents there went several times with friends but I was left home

One of my earliest Jazz in Paris cds. I think I may have actually purchased it in Paris (at the Louvre).

Not in anyway related to what is going on other than that we could use him right now but Bobby Kennedy died 52 years ago today, a day I will never forget. I went to bed the night before hoping that he had won the California primary. The next day my mother woke me up early for school (I was 17) saying he had been shot. In many ways it’s a day I’ve never recovered from. Just thinking about it right now fills me with incredible sadness and emotion. Coupled with the death of Martin Luther King and the Vietnam War, it was the end of innocence, at least for me.

It’s hard to fathom the response. Now I understand they said we were doing what we were told to do but had any of them shown any humanity to the man they knocked down, perhaps the public response would have been different. It goes to my point that individuality is drummed out of military organizations.

Don’t let the door hit them on the way out. From a PR perspective, you have to wonder what they’re thinking.

The other one was a president

My favorite Nixon character! Yes, he’s still around. 89 years old.

The masks have been released. They were held up to determine whether they contained “non-mailable matter.” Yeah, right. Federal Agents Release Coronavirus Masks Seized From Black Lives Matter Protesters

That’s unbelievable. From a first amendment viewpoint, it’s illegal and an example of prior restraint. If these people start a lawsuit, I will be there to help with funding. These actions shows that the beginnings of a dictatorship are starting in the US.

The only Japanese site I’ve used is CD Japan. I’m not familiar with the other sites you mentioned. I did use CD Japan’s proxy shipping once. They obtained the cd for me and then it showed up on eBay at a fraction of what I paid. My go to sites are eBay, CD Japan and Discogs are in that order. Because of Covid, I’m avoiding Japanese sellers on eBay due to delays in shipping. If I see something on eBay that I want, I first consult CD Japan and then Discogs before deciding.

Picked the LP version up in one of Tommy’s sales.

Washington, DC is painting “Black Lives Matter” along 16th Street two blocks from the White House.

That’s interesting. I wouldn’t have associated the Stones with him. They’re more Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and some of the other 50s 60s Chess artists. If you told me Mike Bloomfield or Canned Heat was influenced by him, my reaction would be, yes, of course.

Based on my knowledge of French (admittedly I’m no expert and relying on a few years of high school French), the translation is correct, although the sentence doesn’t make sense to me. Perhaps there is some larger context. I also checked it against a couple of translation services.

Here’s an article in yesterday’s Times about the squabbling. As Baseball Squabbles Over Money, It Risks a ‘Disastrous’ Outcome

Robert Johnson King of the Delta Blues Volume 2 (LP)

Some people never learn.

Every other league in this country and around the world has agreed on returning but MLB is incapable of doing this. They’re sowing the seeds of their own demise.

Apparently they’re back to square 1 and MLB is proposing a 50 game season. If true, it seems hardly worth the bother.

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