Baroque Sunday Morning, with a sonata from the late baroque period – Francesco Maria Veracini (1690 -1768), "Sonata duodecima in F major", Op. 1 No.12 (1721) Performed by Musica Antiqua Roma archlute: Luca Pianca cello: Marco Ceccato harpsichord: Ottaviano Tenerani violin: Riccardo Minasi Recorded in Santa Maria in Portico di Fontegiusta, Siena, Italy, March 2008. #Music #BaroqueSundayMorning #BaroqueMusic #FrancescoMariaVeracini

Useless quote for 14 December: "Natural, reckless, correct skill; Yesterday's clarity is today's stupidity" ~ Ikkyū (一休宗純, Ikkyū Sōjun; 1394-1481) From "Ikkyū and the Crazy Cloud Anthology: A Zen Poet of Medieval Japan" by Sonja Arntzen (1986) #UselessQuote #Ikkyuū #一休宗純

Listen to a bit of Suzi Quatro and the Brain DJ heads off to the 1970s for more. Nice to wake up to this, though! Suzi Quatro, "The Wild One" (1974) #Music #SuziQuatro

Useless quote for 13 December: "Enter and see, Salute the Door, your Exit shall be free." ~ John Cleveland (1613-1658), in his poem "The Publick Faith" (1656?) Link to poem: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A33421.0001.001/1:23?rgn=div1;view=fulltext #UselessQuote #JohnCleveland

Jukebox Friday Night on 12 December 12th is running the theme "Travellers" – anybody going from A to B. Just heading off to the local club now, down on Devil Gate Drive – "I led the angel pack on the road to sin Knock down the gates, let me in, let me in Don't mess me 'round, 'cause you know where I've been To 'The Dive' down in Devil Gate Drive …" Suzi Quatro, "Devil Gate Drive" (1974) #JukeboxFridayNight #Travellers #GlamRock #SuziQuatro

Jukebox Friday Night on 12 December 12th is running the theme "Travellers" – anybody going from A to B. Meanwhile, the Beach Boys were getting around – The Beach Boys, "I Get Around" (1964) #JukeboxFridayNight #Travellers #TheBeachBoys

Jukebox Friday Night on 12 December 12th is running the theme "Travellers" – anybody going from A to B. Once Neil Innes got started, he was bound to write a parody of The Beatles' 1968 hit "Back In The U.S.S.R" – The Rutles, "We've Arrived! (And To Prove It We're Here" (1978; released 1996) #JukeboxFridayNight #Travellers #TheRutles