Feeding Fish At A Thai Temple

It is important in these technologically musclebound yet handicapped times to revel in every little success with our numerous devices.  I'm reveling now in this one. 

Hello, I'm Back

I was away for a few days, a teaching trip.  I got some nice pix too, and I'd love to share some of them, but there are problems, evidently. 

I took the pictures with my phone, from which I can upload only to the laptop, not the IMac.  But Blogspot on the laptop is experiencing some sudden difficulties loading photos. 

More, of something, soon. 

Lowell George - What Do You Want the Girl To Do

This is a great cover right here, as in "cover version."  I suppose that Boz Scaggs character had already released it, but for me this is the version that really kills.

Lowell was really a pistol.  A great, great slide player; a genuinely funky White man; and the Speedball King of Rock and Roll.  RIP, Lowell, and thanks for everything.

Allen Toussaint - "What Do You Want The Girl To Do" Live at KPLU

This is the original.  Done later by Boz Scaggs (the attraction of whom I never really got); Bonny Raitt (who I will admit is mildly entertaining); and Lowell George (who's head should be up on Mount Rushmore, no lie). 

I'll have put the Lowell George version on top of this one by the time you read this. 

Some Republicans Still Insist That Obamacare Is ‘Unconstitutional’

Some Republicans Still Insist That Obamacare Is ‘Unconstitutional’: pThe Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act last month, but that isn’t stopping Republicans from claiming that the law is unconstitutional. During debate over a GOP bill to repeal the measure on Tuesday evening, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) insisted, “we have the vigor of the American people here and it’s totally [...]/p

Last week already that (Ayn) Rand Paul character was saying, to paraphrase, that just because a few people on the Supreme Court say that something is constitutional doesn't make it constitutional. 

Oh, yes it does!  That's the very definition of "constitutional," for over two hundred years now.    

Takraw: Thai Soccer - Thailand

"A combination of soccer, volleyball and kung fu," that about sums it up. 

I've seen kids playing this game after school, and I can tell you that Thailand is full to overflow with kids who can really, really play this game. 

Olympics, anyone? 

The Vaselines-Son Of a Gun

So here's the original; the Nirvana cover is two posts down. 

I love the comments to these YouTube videos, people get so emotional.  There's a big argument in the string for this vid about who was covering whom, like it was a mystery.  The comments on the 'Tube are also big on who is the best, what is better, and who is a poseur.  One big echo chamber of judgmental valuism, where calling Mr. Cobain "Kunt" Cobain passes as humor.  Pretty funny stuff, often accomplished in less than perfect English, which is always funny.

Pardon my voyeuristic hilarity, I know that it's not cool.  (I never said I was cool though, and I wouldn't even let it be said in my presence, if the situation arose.)