My friends Grifters & Shills get listed as one of the top 20 albums by Houston artists for 2023! Check out their great album Fireball.
I’m probably not the only person who has noticed that Texas’ environmental agency, TCEQ, is The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, not The Texas Commission for Environmental Quality.
I knew I’d forget some albums in my post about My Favorite Jazz Albums of 2023. There was also Dynamic Maximum Tension by Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society and Phoenix by Lakecia Benjamin. I was reminded of both by Downbeat’s article about the Grammy nominations. I have since updated the post.
I always celebrate New Years in ET. This Central Time stuff is for suckers.
It’s amazing that in 2023 (almost 2024) we are still having to push back against The Lost Cause narrative.
My Favorite Jazz Albums of 2023
My favorites include Artemis In Real Time, Joshua Redman where are we, Ambrose Akinmusire Owl Song, Christian McBride and New Jawn Prime, and I’d also include the two releases by Oscar Peterson (Con Alma and Live at the Tivoli Gardens) and Bill Evans’ Tales). Last but not least, Generation S by Peter Martin, not just because I own the cover painting, but it doesn’t hurt.
Edit: I knew I’d forget some albums. There was also Dynamic Maximum Tension by Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society and Phoenix by Lakecia Benjamin. I was reminded of both by Downbeat’s article about the Grammy nominations. I haven’t heard most of the rest of the nominations but they are on my list to check out.
is it me or should Apple’s Weather app icon show the current conditions (temperature and graphically sun/clouds/precip)? I know I could use a widget, but those are larger. Clock and Calendar do it.
All these web sites with cookie permissions but the one thing sites don’t seem to use cookies for is remembering if I want to sign up for their newsletter or not, or whether I want notifications from them or not. Just keep asking me, every damned time I visit…
I’ve probably posted this before, but I don’t believe in “bad years,” as in, “that was a bad year, I’m glad it’s over, etc.” I get you might want a reset, and take it if you need it. But I don’t like labeling a whole frakkin’ year as all bad. I think that’s just telling yourself a story that negates what might have been good or neutral (fine) by dragging anything bad across it. I think doing things like that just make myself miserable and I’d rather make myself happy. There’s always a choice.
Have a great 2024!
It’s Christmas Eve, so of course I’m hearing fireworks outside.