From the Brain DJ's tour of music in my head from the 1970s (not necessarily heard in the 70s, though) –
The Grateful Dead, "Ripple" (1970)
#Music #TheGratefulDead
Useless quote for 18 December:
"… we don’t just read 'good' books because they’re good for us. We read to expand our horizons, to understand and connect with something outside ourselves, good and bad."
~ Mariko Tamaki in a 2016 interview with Tom Speelman, Comics Alliance, 24 Jun 2016
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Useless quote for 17 December:
"… my only assumption is that audiences, of all ages and backgrounds, are intelligent, lively, curious – and want a good time."
~ Joanna MacGregor, in a 2024 article in Classical Music
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The Brain DJ has caught a time machine (because I was watching Lily Savage clips last weekend; I know this song because I listen to it sometimes) –
Marlene Dietrich, "Falling in Love Again" (1930)
#Music #MarleneDietrich
Useless quote for 16 December:
"… Audiences want to support artists, which is pretty much how it's always been except during the last 100 years where it's turned into this really vicious, cutthroat, nasty business with all these blood-thirsty, parasitic middle-men."
~ Nina Paley, speaking at "Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Film Forum", October 2009 in London, UK
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It's 1977 in Brain DJ land, and the rhythm section of The Rumour is in the studio playing reggae with Elvis (not that one) and Steve Nieve –
Elvis Costello, "Watching the Detectives" (1977)
#Music #ElvisCostello
Useless quote for 15 December:
"Power expands through the distribution of secrecy."
~ John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell, in an interview with Pip Ayers The Daily Mail, (updated 15 July 2011)
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