(fake) Blind Lemon Jefferson

One Track Mind (To Make Money)

2011-05-29T12:10:00.000-07:00

What kind of name is Uncle Samurai?

He says he's Black and Japanese. Hmmmm...I bet the women think that's exotic or somethin'. I don't really know. I'm blind. You would have to tell me. What I DO know is that Black and Japanese are two very different cultures to be swimmin around up in somebody's head for a life time. This cat must have a very unique perspective on life. Can you imagine being Black and Japanese...at the same time?! You can actually tell by the kind of music that comes out of his mind.
This song "One Track Mind" It's got a hard hittin' dancehall style beat underneath. Which the brothaz and sistaz are familiar with. And then the words are strategic and thoughtful and make you think about everything and everybody. But there aint a lot of words. And the topic is centered at the heart of American idealism. But not offensive. Which them Japanese folks are good at. You know...like them Haikus and stuff.

And...there aint one cuss word in the song. And I was bracin' my ear holes for some.

Hmmph...maybe this Uncle Samurai is alright...

(f)BLJ

John Mayer apologizes for using the word N****? Why?

2010-02-12T07:40:00.000-08:00

MAYER: My two biggest hits are 'Your Body Is a Wonderland' and 'Daughters.' If you think those songs are pandering, then you'll think I'm a douche bag. It's like I come on very strong. I am a very…I'm just very. V-E-R-Y. And if you can't handle very, then I'm a douche bag. But I think the world needs a little very. That's why black people love me.

PLAYBOY: Because you're very?

MAYER: Someone asked me the other day, 'What does it feel like now to have a hood pass?' And by the way, it's sort of a contradiction in terms, because if you really had a hood pass, you could call it a n***** pass."

So? What is the big deal? He was explaining a definition. I don't think this "Apology" thing is worth our reading time. John's band is half black. His music is covering genres that black people accept. A lot of white people may be embarrassed, sure. But black folks don't really pay know mind to this kind of thing. John Mayer has not done anything but the music. Why would he be using that word now? Y'all need to relax and take that word off your brain console anyway.

We use to call it editing. That's what should have happened in the first place, Playboy...

Get on my last nerve with this topic...

Y'all need to worry about Lindsay's shins any how...

FBLJ

Music 2010 Is Economically Correct

2010-01-06T13:21:00.000-08:00

Don't get caught up in last years grind, ladies and gentlemen. 2010 will be just fine.
If you want it, it's here. Get a fresh start with some of the best mp3s you can find on line. And all you PC people need to get hip with what is EC. That means economically correct. Free. No password. No log in. No credit card number hassle. In fact, credit cards is what got us into this money pit in the first place! So while you are busy getting your finances back in order, just pick and click the music mp3s that you want to keep. That's all.
Music is for everyone. And right now, free mp3s are the most appealing. If you want to support the artists, you can, too. All of these mp3s link to their purchase sites. It's up to you, really.
Start here at Music2ten. You can click on the "Next Blog" icon and take the tour of the entire menu. Even a blind man can figure this out...

(fake) Blind Lemon Jefferson

Happy New Year: Jim Carrey vs Blind Lemon Jefferson

2009-12-29T11:12:00.000-08:00

(fake) Blind Lemon Jefferson

ABBA New Year vs Blind Lemon Jefferson

2009-12-26T16:11:00.000-08:00

Gettin' ready for the new year? Me too!
While you are gettin' ready, let me ask you something...

You like this ABBA new year song?

What about my song?

I'm just curious.
Which one do you like the most?

(fake) Blind Lemon Jefferson

Skip James On Youtube

2009-12-12T06:47:00.000-08:00

Have you heard about Skip james? I found him on the youtube and I wanna share it with you...

And now you can hear some more Skip James at Public Domain 2ten.

Alright, now...
(fake) Blind Lemon Jefferson

Bessie Smith

2009-12-02T09:35:00.000-08:00

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

Let Bessie Smith it sing for you...

(fake) Blind Lemon Jefferson,

Black Friday Holiday Shopping: Call Of The Freaks!

2009-11-27T14:50:00.000-08:00

The holiday season has started. People are prone to shopping madness about now. Folks are willing to spend the night in line at Best Buy to be first in line for a video game. Men and women alike are elbowing each other in the aisle, as they race towards that toy which will bring joy to their children. I know for a fact that right at this moment there is an altercation over a parking space that will probably go to blows...

(sigh)

I got the perfect song for y'all

Call Of The Freaks!

By Luis Russell and his orchestra

(fake )Blind Lemon Jefferson

Thanksgiving: A Holiday For The Birds

2009-11-01T23:10:00.000-08:00

I can't look at a Thanksgiving recipe site for too long without drooling on my laptop. I do love a good turkey dinner. It doesn't have to be exactly on Thanksgiving, either! I aint too particular on that one. I love to eat. Everyday.
But on this holiday I don't forget to add to my prayers, the meaning behind Thanksgiving. The Native Americans really helped them pilgrims out and deserve recognition.

But when it comes to music...

Any bird is fine with me:

Jaybird Coleman
The Blackbirds Of Paradise
Clarence Ashley – “Coo Coo Bird” mp3

(fake) Blind Lemon Jefferson

BBC Public Domain Music Aint Got Nothin'

2009-10-29T10:57:00.000-07:00

I was lookin over yonder today across the pond for some more public domain music. I checked out The BBC page.
Here's what they said: "We currently have no biography for this artist."

Hmmph...guess I'll stay with Public Domain 2ten.

(Fake) Blind Lemon Jefferson

Bob Dylan Still Going Strong

2009-10-26T23:25:00.000-07:00

" Bob Dylan's return to Berkeley, where he played one of his first electric shows with the Hawks more than four decades ago, clearly meant a great deal to Saturday's standing-room-only audience at the Greek Theatre. Where else were you going to find more people whose lives are so wholly entwined with the 68-year-old folk singer's songs of politics and personal liberation than in the city that gave the world both the Free Speech Movement and backyard hot tubs? But for Dylan, who has..." (Read more)

He's a work a holic, that Dylan. Anybody who plays that much music for that long is all right with me. A lot of people are influenced by this man...

FBLJ

Pandora's Box Of Confusion

2009-10-20T09:12:00.000-07:00

"On first listen, some things grab you for their off-kilter novelty. Like the story of a company that has hired a bunch of “musicologists,” who sit at computers and listen to songs, one at a time, rating them element by element, separating out what sometimes comes to hundreds of data points for a three-minute tune. The company, an Internet radio service called Pandora, is convinced that by pouring this information through a computer into an algorithm, it can guide you, the listener, to music that you like. The premise is that your favorite songs can be stripped to parts and reverse-engineered..." (more)

Sounds more like Pandora's box...
Hmmmph....how about just playin' the damn song, listening and forming an opinion of your very own?

Try this box!

FBLJ

Son House On Youtube

2009-10-19T13:19:00.000-07:00

Check this brothah out...he's the real deal!

More Son House on PD 2ten

FBLJ

Ballloon Boy Lands A Lawsuit

2009-10-18T11:42:00.000-07:00

The Heene family is gettin' mighty popular these days.
After that false search and rescue for this kid, they're local sheriff aint too fond of the Heene's. (story) Now they have to deal with the press. Think they're havin' fun right about now?

Kids like to have fun. I just hope for the boy's sake that his life don't get all tied up in a knot. Gotta be careful how you play jokes on people. We are all connected, here on Netsville. People start to talkin' fast. What, with all the Amber alerts goin' round, it's best to keep this kind of event on the ground.

Anyway, here's a little number that aint defyin' gravity:

Memphis Slim – “I Just Landed In Your Town” mp3

FBLJ

Top Ten Sex Fantasies For Women?

2009-10-14T13:31:00.001-07:00

Hmmm...I typed in Top Ten Women into the computer and
saw a website I aint ever dreamed of seein'! Was this a mistake? Or
is this just how y'all do it now?
Whew Wee! Glad I aint blind NOW! Lordy...
My question is what do y'all talk about if everything is up on the computer to read?
Here is the top of the article:

Top Ten Female Sex Fantasies

"If you think women don’t sit around fantasizing about very naughty things, think again..."
( ok...I'm thinking...)

# 10 Domination (her dominating you) -Women love a big strong man who can sweep them off their feet and carry them into the sunset... (I'm big and strong)

#9 Domination (you dominating her) -The advent of the metrosexual is most commonly blamed for this top 10 female sex fantasy. It seems that...(continue reading Top Ten Female Fantasies article)

Whatever...back in my day, we KNEW they wuz always thinkin' 'bout it. And it was up to us to say somethin' real to 'em. Write some poetry. Or a letter. Talk to them before they start talkin that crazy talk...go on a long romantic walk with them on the river...if it's romantic and you are there, then assume the fantasie is about you!
Or...
Write a song about her.
That's my favorite way to find out about them female fantasy thingamajigs...

Like Bill did...

Bill Brown and his Brownies – “Hot Lips” mp3

Top Ten Public Domain Blues Blogs October 2009

2009-10-12T17:56:00.000-07:00

The Google Award goes to these bloggers.
Hmmph...I aint no where on the list. But here it is...

1-Interview W/ the 'Post Human Blues' blog - Little Boy Blue and the ...
2-"Don't Start Me to Talkin', I'll Tell Everything I Know"
3-New Musical Order — Free Public Domain Blues Music
4-Best Sites to Find Public Domain Images and Sounds for Student ...
5-Blind Blake Ragtime, Blues Guitar (Free MP3s) | WorldofBlues.com
6-Public Domain Photography & Byron Bay Blog » Blog Archive » Blue ...
7-Eric Blue's Blog » Knowledge Management
8-Literary House in Fitzroy Square, London (Public Domain Photograph ...
9-The Patry Copyright Blog: Photographs of Public Domain works
10-Sita Sings the Blues, a Fantastic Free Film. « Miro – Internet TV Blog

But if you don't wanna read about the blues and you wanna listen to some...
It's all about Public Domain 2ten!
You will find that THEY know how to prioritize their artists...

Blind Lemon Jefferson – “One Dime Blues” mp3

FBLJ

How To Be Guitar King

2009-10-07T13:21:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all...how ya doin' in these here rough times? Got plenty to do? Good. Keep yourself busy and you won't get to worryin' about things that don't need worryin' about. Take it from somebody who grew up in some hard times. Early America...where a blind man might a seen more trouble than y'all could ever imagine. So keep yourself busy. Ya got plenty a toys and things to entertain yourself. Laptops, phones, mp3 players. Video games. Just keep your mind occupied while you work at something. That's exactly what I did. And it worked out for me. If a blind man can make a living, then that's proof enough that America is a land of opportunity. So create your dream with the passion you were born with. Or whatever it is you need to do. And do it. Don't sit around talkin' about somethin' you aint done yet. Talk about somethin' ya already done did. But not for too long. Make somebody's ear fall off, if you talk too much about yourself. Just do the darn thing. Old Tommy did it. He ended up a guitar King...

Tommy McClennan – “I’m A Guitar King” mp3

FBLJ

Hot Latin Miami Sound With Eddy K

2009-10-05T16:03:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all...how ya doin?
I'd like to take a break from all things political today.
I want to give you something hip and new to start out your week.
Enjoy...this artist is from the hot city of Miami!

Eddy-K
“Mami Besame” (mp3)
from “Asalto”

Selection found at Superfan2009

FBLJ

DJ AM RIP

2009-09-29T11:53:00.000-07:00

" The New York City Medical Examiner has determined that "acute intoxication" due to the combined effects of multiple drugs killed celebrity deejay DJ AM. "

(article)

Hmmm...
Y'all be careful out there...

Will Shade – “Better Leave That Stuff Alone” mp3

FBLJ

Mackenzies Blues

2009-09-23T13:14:00.000-07:00

Former child star Mackenzie Phillips said Wednesday her father, John Phillips, who was a leader of the 1960s pop group the Mamas and the Papas, raped her when she was a teenager and that her sexual relationship with him later became what she termed "consensual."

(article)

Lordy...I aint got but two things to say to THAT...
( sigh ) poor girl...

Rule #1- Don't be makin' love to your kin folk.

Rule #2- Don't!

That kind of blues makes other folks blues seem ordinary.
But that don't mean Bessie Smith aint gonna lay it on down for ya anyway...

Bessie Smith – “He Treats Me Like A Dog” mp3

Shake Them Tea Baggers On Down

2009-09-21T15:59:00.000-07:00

"When you see, you know, those of you that are watching certain news channels on which I'm not very popular, and you see folks waving tea bags around, let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security," (Read more)

Obama said that about them "Tea Baggers" back in April. Still makes sense to me. They seem to be back again. Shakin' them Tea Bags around. As far as Health Care goes, I think The Prez is gonna have to Shake THEM on down...

Bukka White – Shake ‘Em On Down” mp3

The Best News In Blues So Far...

2009-09-16T22:16:00.000-07:00

" It's latest form has taken shape nicely in Akin Babatunde's sweetly enthralling performance as the title character in "Blind Lemon Blues," an inspired, highly original tribute to blues singer and guitarist "Blind" Lemon Jefferson.

More than just a revue of Jefferson's countless country blues classics, this abstract narrative tells the story of his rise from a legendary street musician in Dallas to a top-selling recording artist who became a seminal influence on American popular music. "
(read more)

Now THAT'S what I call news. Give it up to the man! Akin Babatunde. Yeah boy, and that aint all, either. There is always some press about me out there for sure, if you've forgotten about me that quick.

And I aint always singin' about the sad blues.

Here's one for the ladies:

Blind Lemon Jefferson – “Piney Woods Money Mama” mp3

Curiosity Wrote Some Songs

2009-09-15T13:11:00.000-07:00

" When God told Adam he could eat of all the fruits of the Garden of Eden, but not of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, he placed what has been called a “provoking object” in Adam’s eyes. The provocation was to go beyond the boundaries God had established and thereby set himself up a rival deity, a being with no limits on what he can conceive, a being whose intellect could, in time, comprehend anything and everything. "

From an article called Does curiosity kill more than the cat? (NY Times)

Now I don't know about all that. But what I do know is that curiosity wrote some incredible songs in my day. Have you ever been curious where your girl done slept last night? You ever wake up and wonder about these things in the morning? And you think about it for so long that by the time dinner rolls around you've written your self a fine little diddy that goes somethin' like this, here...

Leadbelly – “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” m p3

And if you heard this before, maybe it was that Kurt Cobain boy who done it unplugged.
And he's somebody ya take advice from as far as curiosity goes. He went ahead and found nirvana instead of being curious about it.
Ok now...do your self a favor....and write more songs about your curiosity. And if you can't sing 'em your self...there are plenty of folks who can.

FBLJ

Obama 's House Is A Wobblin'

2009-09-14T12:00:00.000-07:00

If it aint one thing it's another up on that hill...

" President Barack Obama sternly warned Wall Street Monday against returning to the sort of reckless and unchecked behavior that threatened the nation with a second Great Depression. "» Full Story on Yahoo! Finance

I'm wondering how long it's gonna be until Wahington stops wobblin'...

Duke Ellington – “Washington Wobble” mp3

Health Care Reform

2009-09-11T15:25:00.000-07:00

My reply to all of this bizness about health care reform is comin' from the folks who aint got none...
Blind Lemon Jefferson – “One Dime Blues” mp3

Gobama...

FBLJ

Kennedy Remembered By Obama At Funeral

2009-08-29T11:17:00.000-07:00

These words from President Obama will be remembered forever. At Senator Ted Kennedy's funeral, many hearts were touched and brought together in the wake of this tremendous loss. The state of Massachusetts will be changed for a long time. The entire country will have to figure out if there will ever be a man like him again.

Here is an excerpt from yesterdays eulogy, given by President Barrack Obama:

"He was given a gift of time that his brothers were not. And he used that time to touch as many lives and right as many wrongs as the years would allow," Obama said in a eulogy that also gently made mention of Kennedy's "personal failings and setbacks."

As a member of the Senate, Kennedy was a "veritable force of nature," the president said. But more than that, the "baby of the family who became its patriarch, the restless dreamer who became its rock."

Those left behind to mourn "grieve his passing with the memories he gave, the good he did, the dream he kept alive" Obama said inside the packed church

That's from this article

Those are some mighty fine words.

What is a shocker to me is what Huckabee said about both Obama and Kennedy a few days ago. He couldn't even wait for the funeral to pass.

Did you hear what that devil said?

Check it out...

The 2008 Republican presidential candidate suggested during his radio show, "The Huckabee Report," on Thursday that, under President Obama's health care plan, Kennedy would have been told to "go home to take pain pills and die" during his last year of life.

No class that man...in fact he aint even a man in my book.

He's more like a Dirty Dog...sing it Boo Boo!

FBLJ

The Madoff Gang?

2009-08-12T11:33:00.000-07:00

Now, it's official. They're a gang. I wonder what they would be if they were a gang of rappers...

IWA ? (Investors with attitude)
The East Side Ponzi Posse?
The Mady Bunch?
The Credit Cripplers?
Public Finance Enemy
The Banksters?
The MC's? (Madoff Creditors)
A Tribe Called Trust?

Who knows? I don't think they were listening to the good folks music. Like some blues or country or rock and roll. Even real hip hoppers don't screw people over in that grand of a fashion.
Sounds like Bernie and his "gang" have been doing crime since they were young.

CunninLynguists
“Thugged Out Since Cub Scouts” (mp3)
from “Will Rap For Food”
(QN5, Inc.)

Sex Sex Sex...The Nature Of The Beast

2009-08-10T11:51:00.000-07:00

I love the internet. It aint nothin' like I was ever used to in my day. I read an article today about the sweet taboo. The horizontal ballet. The Olympic Pillow games. The hide and seek swap. The magic pickle dance. You know...sex. Now a days you can say it, think it, talk about it, use it for advertisments, sell products...and more importantly, criticize it to the bone marrow.
Here is a little bit of what I read:
"Let's start with the experience of sexual energy. You can try this exercise by yourself. It helps if you know how to do pelvic rocking. Lie down with your knees bent, feet about hip distance apart, and your low back flat on the floor (don't try this if you have back problems). As you rock your pelvis back with a slight arch, breathe in and as you tuck your pelvis, breathe out. Do this for just a few minutes and then lower your knees, straightening them to rest on the floor and continue breathing. Visualize energy moving up your spine with the in-breath and moving down the front of your body with the out breath." (read more)

Ok...honestly? I had to go to the bathroom for a minute and readjust my libido. You see, the problem with folks these days is that on the topic of sex, hardly anybody leaves NOTHING TO THE IMAGINATION. We need more people with a discrete attitude about it. Listen to this man talk about sex the way WE used to...we called it love.

Jerry Butler
“He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You)” (mp3)
from “Brand New Me”
(LocoBop)

FBLJ

Blues For The Auto World: Who You Callin' A Clunker?!

2009-08-02T12:08:00.000-07:00

All the best cars were made back in the good old days. What's wrong with gettin' old?

That is a natural process. Some a y'all be throwin' old people away into homes. Must be the new culture...

And all I hear now is that these new cars are "healthier" for the environment. Whatever the hell that means. Maybe if there was only 15 cars in the world. But because EVERYBODY needs one, I aint really sure if it's gonna make that big of a difference for the environment, with these "new" state of the art vehicles. The factories that make the damn things aint runnin' on bio fules.

But I guess the point is that folks are steady tryin' to make a difference. Which I can't really argue against. The government is tryin' this cash for clunkers idea. Gettin' them old cars off the road to make room for the newer ones. Go ahead Obama. Do yo thang, brothah. AT least he makes it sound good. That last fool would a said something stupid by now.

Meanwhile THIS brothah has a song for the auto industry, regardless of how many clunkers we throw in the bunkers...

Harmonica Shah sings blues for Motor City

Published

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on July 1, 2009

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Take a truly old school motor city blues, with guitar and piano boogying and harmonica wailing out, add 100% contemporary lyrics and you get a modern classic of industrial strength blues. Perfect lemonade made out o’ some raw lemons.

Harmonica Shah
“Blues for Ford, Chrysler and G.M.” (mp3)

FBLJ

Blue

Dope Is Called Dope For Two Reasons Now

2009-07-30T09:42:00.000-07:00

Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, the sluggers who propelled the Boston Red Sox to end an 86-year World Series championship drought and to capture another title three years later, were among the roughly 100 Major League Baseball players to test positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the results. (article from NY times)

These lawyers are like bloodhounds with a rolodex and a computer. Nothin' escapes their wrath for legal vengeance. I guess with all the world's news and head lines, two more Baseball players are just gonna blend right in. Why? Why do Baseball players need to take dope? The sport is pretty laid back as far as I can tell. Let the football players take the dope. And the Hockey players. They need it more than a bunch of grown men just standin' around waitin' for somebody to do something exciting. Maybe dope enchances the game for the players because they get so bored. I dunno...

Aye...you wanna hear something that's dope?
Check this crew out:

Thugged Out Since Cub Scouts, Cunningly Lingual

Published

Superfan

on June 9, 2009

in Comedy, Hip Hop Music and Superfan's 2009 MP3s

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Utterly hilarious.

CunninLynguists
“Thugged Out Since Cub Scouts” (mp3)
from “Will Rap For Food”
(QN5, Inc.)

FBLJ

Weed Then Beer...Then Party.

2009-07-22T12:43:00.000-07:00

Oakland voters are gonna do it! They are gonna allow the city to tax weed. Yes. After studying the plant for thousands of years, I guess Oakland citizens decided to end the bullshit. Besides...

look what too much beer can do to a man.

Then...

When you are able to moderate your party habits, check out this mp3...

from Super Fan 2009

Lee “Scratch” Perry
“Having a Party” (mp3)
from “Scratch Came, Scratch Saw, Scratch Conquered”
(Megawave)

40th Aniiversary For Apollo...gr8...Now What?

2009-07-20T19:38:00.000-07:00

NASA is finishing construction of the station, a $100 billion project of 16 nations, and plans to retire the shuttle fleet next year. After that, the United States plans to pay Russia to ferry crews to the outpost, which orbits 225 miles above Earth.

"We've spent a lot of money up there for almost nothing. It's almost a white elephant," Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell said. "Until we can really get a return on our investment on that particular project, then it was money wasted."

One small step for man....one giant economic disaster for mankind.

Seems to me these new NASA folks aint really tryin' to hear what the WEED is for! Look y'all, if you want minimal spending for a useless outer body experience...get a card and go down to the club and get some Lunar Crush. Or some Galaxy Quest. Maybe some Rocket Red Eye. Otherwise spend the big money on the kids. Before they grow up and start complainin' about everything like we do. Broke.

Feed 'em. Clothe 'em. Educate them. But don't make these poor kids look at the heavans above wishin' on a star that's made of steel. That aint right. And it always ends up as something we regret as people. Listen to these children sing about a penny waitin' on change.

The Blues Knows No Age

Published

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on January 30, 2009

in Blues Music and Superfan's 2009 MP3s

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Some damn fine blues, can’t believe it’s done by children. A brilliant record from the Homemade Jamz’ Blues Band - 3 young siblings: Ryan Perry 15 yrs old/lead guitar & vocal, Kyle Perry 13 yrs old/bass player and Taya Perry 9 yrs old/drummer.

The Homemade Jamz Blues Band
“Penny Waiting On Change” (mp3)
from “Pay Me No Mind”
(Northern Blues)

Obama Needs Baboon Strength Against Republican Steele

2009-07-19T21:09:00.000-07:00

Somebody just told me that the Republican chairman, Michael Steele...is a black man. Now, I'm not surprised that he's black. A black man can be anybody, just the same as anyone else. Even a if it means being a Republican. I guess...

But what I am surprised at is the fact that he is hatin' on poor people of all race, ethnicity, religion and creed. Even short folks!
He's hatin' on ALL THE POOR PEOPLE IN AMERICA! Tell me how a brothah is just gonna get up in front of the whole damn world and do that! This whole health care issue that he is yammerin about is all about poor folks. And he said it in a way that he didn't have to say it, exactly. And I hate when people do that. They just leave it out in this nonchalant, pedantic and passive aggressive way. Poor folks hate that about "educated" folks.

Steele was talkin' about" docors and patients make the decisions" about health care and not the government. And didn't finish the sentence! Hater. Because so far in America, leaving it up to doctors and the patients who can afford health care, is like blatantly leaving out poor folks from the system. Which makes more health care issues. That don't ever get addressed. And this Baboon wants to keep doing that to poor people? Don't he know what a fool that makes him look like? Look at the rest of the world, ya ignorant politician! Maybe you should actually read the bible next time...because that is what it teaches. Don't exclude the poor.

So in regards to that Baboon faced fool, Micael Steele, I will dedicate this song to Obama.
Because he will need the strength of a Baboon to deal with Steele...

Baboon Strength by Charlie Hunter

FBLJ

Need Some Soul For Your Soul?

2009-07-17T11:34:00.000-07:00

Lookee here, this world is crazy. Now go ahead and laugh, cry or sigh, but you know I'm right. Look at these headlines:

I swear this kind of news is suckin' the soul out of everybody on a daily basis. Lord have mercy!
But don't sweat it too hard, now. At least you can see, right? Ha ha...it don't make no difference to me, really. Because I got somethin' for ya. I'm diggin' Super Fan's taste in music right now. She's a right on time kind of girl. So I had to "borrow" this from her to share with y'all. I'm sure she don't mind. This brotha's layed back and it sounds like he wants to put some heart in your soul. Go ahead, John...do your thang.

Soul Of Black John sings “Black John”

Published

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on June 5, 2009

in Pop Music, R&B/Soul Music, Singer/Songwriter Music, Superfan's 2009 MP3s and Superfan's Top 10

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Truly this is some sweet soul music. Old school meets new school for the best of both worlds!

Soul Of Black John
“Black John” (mp3)
from “Black John”
(Eclecto Groove Records)

FBLJ

Super Fan 2009?

2009-07-16T16:51:00.000-07:00

I like the sound of this...her website don't say too much. Just the mp3, a little tidbit of info and blam...it's in my computer. And aint nobody tryna get mad because all her mp3's are legally posted with permission from the artist. That is alright by me. Plus...it really promotes the heck out of each artist that lets one gr8 free mp3 a day get posted.
I wonder if she is gonna make it to the end of the year, though.
I guess y'all will have to see. Cuz I can't see nuthin really...But lookee here, she has got a blues page just for my kinda people.
Bless her little heart...

Super Fan 2009 is right on time.

FBLJ

Michael Jackson is still traveling on...

2009-06-29T17:07:00.000-07:00

The world lost it's greatest pop star, I know...it was sudden and now very controversial. But things like this must happen and people must accept it and move on. The blues is a mighty mighty feeling of loss, pain and hopelessness. What this man right here has left behind for everybody seems to be a priceless gift and endless memories of celebrating music. Nobody in the world was untouched. And so maybe his spirit is in peace right now.
And so to him is this dedication to him and his new journey.

I'm Still Traveling On

A song by the Mississippi Sheiks

God bless ya Michael

FBLJ

My exploding head and its search for some music...

2009-04-14T20:58:00.000-07:00

Lordy, Lordy Lord!

All I want to do is find some good music to listen to and I have to spend all my time SEARCHING for it! Any time I start a music search, I get fifty gazillion choices I have to pick and choose from. Where in the world can I find a simple already made list? Come on now, it's 2009 and the pile just keeps gettin' bigger and BIGGER! Is there anybody out there who has ALREADY done MY search? Why do I have to wade through this gigantic ocean of searches just to find a few tunes I can nod my head to?! It's gonna end up being an exploding head if this keeps up! I do NOT want to end up like this photograph here...

Come on...help an old blind man out...

FBLJ

When bands meltdown at recording sessions...The Troggs Tape

2009-03-12T14:41:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody, how y'all doin?

As a solo artist I appreciate the time I spend in peace and quiet. Then when it's time to play my guitar, I can concentrate and focus on the music. Otherwise, being in a band seems to be a constant trip from one trial to another tribulation, or something like that. I have been told that marriage is one hell of a long episode of ups and mostly downs. I can only imagine what 4 marriages must be like. Here is an example of what I'm talkin about:

The Troggs Meltdown Tape

FBLJ

Uncle Sam's Laughing While Dad's Gettin' Fuzzy

2009-02-11T14:14:00.000-08:00

Hey peoples! I found these jokes surfin' around Netsville:

" The best things in life are free but President Obama's tax advisors are working hard at work trying to solve that problem. "

Obama is so pretty that the new symbol of the Democrat Party will be a unicorn

Obama is so pretty that Bill Clinton wants to intern for him

Obama is so pretty that the White House Rose Garden will need to triple in size

Obama is so pretty that his anti-matter version is James Carville

Obama is so pretty that his supporters think that he's smart

Obama is so pretty that he won't ride in Ted Kennedy's car

Obama is so pretty that he would be a 10 if his Daddy owned a liquor store

Obama is so pretty that he would even look good in a Hillary pantsuit

Obama is so pretty that when he goes to Iraq he has to wear a Burka

Obama is so pretty that he gives John Edwards makeup tips

Obama is so pretty that his mirror on the wall was struck speechless

If Uncle Sam is laughing at these jokes...then

Dad's gettin' Fuzzy!( song link )

BLJ

2009-01-20T11:41:00.000-08:00

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

The President of the United States of America.

Barrack H. Obama

-play song-

BLJ

One Dime Blues

2009-01-06T12:38:00.000-08:00

How many people are suffering on a daily basis?

I am a blind man and I can see more and more each and every day! The rich get rich and the poor stay the same. And Old Son House is trying to get patriotic right now. How can I get patriotic if I aint even got one dime for my blues?!

-play the damn song-

BLJ

West End Blues

2008-12-29T19:50:00.000-08:00

Zack Whyte and his Chocolate Beau Brummels?
That is an interesting name for a band.

I bet you are wondering what that is all about...

-play Zack Whyte and his Chocolate Beau Brummels-

Levee Blues- Bessie Jackson

2008-11-25T11:20:00.000-08:00

Ah...remember this photo? Who can forget. I hope that this kind of image is something that we will be able to deal with in the future of American politics. All it does is remind me of Bush and FEMA. I don't mean to rock the Obama boat, or anything, but THIS is the kind of thing that gives people the blues.

Here is Ms. Bessie Jackson to tell ya about it.

-play the damn song-

BLJ

2008-11-10T09:24:00.000-08:00

Hello world. How are all of you today?
My throat is hoarse and tired from yelling Obama all last week. I sure wish, sometimes, that I could see what being black is all about. As a blind man, it's a feeling. So I'm just gonna have to get used to a new feeling, I guess.
Speaking of gettin' used to a new feeling, it looks like Circuit City is gonna have to say good bye. After years of folks gettin' their music equipment at CC, looks like folks are just gonna have to go some where else now. I would say stay on line and listen to music, personally, but I'm not in the real world trying to fix up an economy by shopping. I always go to Muzic.com my damn self, but uh...ya'll do what you need to do out there, ok? And speakinig of music...let me leave you with a song right about now...this one goes out to Circuit City.

-play the damn song-

BLJ

Obama has done it...

2008-11-07T11:29:00.001-08:00

Obama has done it!! He has finally made some of my songs irrelevant.

Now I have to go through my list of songs and change them up, or simply refuse to play them any more.

I'm not complainin'...I'm just sayin' that some of us have to start singin' different tunes now. I made a whole career on equal rights, oppression and the unfairness of it all. You know, the Blues. Now I might have to change some of songs.

Black Snake Moan might have to be called, " Gay Folks Who Can't Get Equal Marriage Tax Cuts In California Moan "

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean might have to be changed too...maybe I'll call it, " See That My Gay Friends Can Get Equal Marriage Tax Cuts "

Yes...it's a whole different world now.

Don't worry California, this is all just part of the struggle in this country. You have to stay focused and believe in your self...and you will over come some day.

Now what was I doin? Oh yeah...I was trying to celebrate Obama.

OBAAAAAMMMMMAAAAAA!!!

Peace Y'all

BLJ

NegrOBAMAcon : Follow the crowd

2008-10-22T18:36:00.000-07:00

Get used to this face...

-play-

God Don't Ever Change...Corey Harris

2008-10-02T12:56:00.000-07:00

What is goin' on with y'all today? I don't even wanna go near the politics right now. I have got somethin' to TELL Y'ALL right about now!
Do you see this man here? I can't. But Can YOU? This man goes by the name of Corey Harris. Now look at him. Go ahead, now...and you better appreciate the eye sight that you have while you're at it. This man right here...now don't he look like he sounds Jamaican or African or somethin'?! Like he's about to say, " Aye mon, why don we gwan to da beach and get away from dem bumba clot babylonians..."
Hehehe...now hit play and listen. And ask your self if this man aint, like, 67 years old. He is as young as he looks right here, but he sounds like he has been hangin' round MY friends. This man has a voice like you aint heard in a LONG time now. And picks that guitar like he was in a league of his own.
So go ahead and give a little listen.
I'll holler at you later on about somethin' else, I'm certain.

-LISTEN TO COREY HARRIS-

Take time to laugh like children...

BLJ

Alex Skolnik

2008-09-27T13:55:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody, how ya doin?

I hope all is well out there in the real live world. I'm still in Netsville, browsin' around with my nose in every musicians business. I happen to know the music business quite well. I managed to make off with a hefty amount of money before my time was done. Which was rare to do back in my day, especially if you was colored.

But I aint here to discuss that with y'all right now. I'm talkin' about a guitar player I found at Mp34U.com. It's a great sight for browsin'. It's easy, too. And that's a plus if you are old or young. Anyway, I found this young gentleman by the name of Alex Skolnik. His name stood out more than anybody that I saw on the page, so I decided to hit play. Mp34U has a play button that even a blind man can see. And when I heard his song. "Western Sabbath Stomp" I couldn't help but nod my head and, literally stomp to the beat. Now, ANY song that gets you to do that is a good song. But when they tell you ahead of time AND give you what you want....it makes you wanna hear it again and again. It appears that this Alex Skolnik has quite a history, too. I aint got time to google his name and go wiki-fishin', but if you do, then by all means...go ahead. I will give you a direct link to this song, though.

Have a nice time while you aint sleepin, is what I say.

-play Alex Skolnik song-

BLJ

If I was a news cast anchor man...

2008-09-22T11:50:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all...how ya doin out there in the real world?

Is it safe out there? I can't see shit, so ya have to say somethin' to me.

All I know is that every time I hear something good about the world, three or four bad things happen right after! Like when I had heard about Obama running for president. Then right after somebody told me that Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes and George Carlin died. I was, like, THANKS ALOT...why did you even bother to tell me about the good news in the first place?! Damn...tell me the good news last!

If I was a news cast anchor man I would try to be a little more thoughtful about what I say to complete strangers.

Like this : Good Evening to all...I am anchor man Blind Lemon Jefferson with our top story.

A 22 year old man was shot and killed in Oakland, California. Victim was pronounced dead at Highland Hospital. May his soul rest in peace. Please think about this as something to prevent in our near and distant future...we are not just trying to make some ratings for advertisement...

And now sports...The Oakland A's beat the Mariners 5-3...more film at 11...Go A's! The last hope for Oakland residents, I am sure...

And here is our financial report...

Whoops...it's been misplaced...I think I left it with my meril lynch account book...we'll be right back with more news and wishful thinking...

(commercial)

Is the economy bringing you down? Here is a link to our sponsor with some good financial advice...

-link-

Have a good time here on Earth...

B.B. King's belated Birthday

2008-09-18T12:19:00.000-07:00

September 16th was B.B. Kings birthday!
Just wanna say HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY B.B. King!!

Alrighty then...
C y' all soon...

A good man WAS hard to find...

2008-09-16T11:06:00.000-07:00

Hey Y'all, how you doin today?

I heard that Oprah Winfrey is not having any political discussions, talks or debates on her show

until AFTER the election. I thought, now that is the smartest thing I've heard her say...ever!

Folks is startin' to raise a fuss about Oprah's refusal to interview Palin-face. What is the fuss? If I had a talk show that had a majority woman audience, the last damn thing I would do is bring dog lips onto it! Precisely and specifically for the simple reason that I am voting for Obama. But Oprah is a woman, herself and is way smarter than I, or any man could be and has made the right decision in a world gone mad. No candidates on her show until the election is over and DONE.

I hear women tell me that a good man is hard to find. That might be true. That is, until Obama stepped into the room.

Here is a song by the great Bessie Smith saying the same thing. I bet if Bessie was alive today she wouldn't be singin' so well...Obama is tipping the scales on that particular opinion!

Y'all have a gooood old day, now...

-A Good Man Is Hard To Find-

by Bessie Smith

BLJ

Help me out...no Palin-Face please...gObama!

2008-09-09T18:14:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody...I'm here to say a few things about some OBVIOUS choices y'all need to make this fall.
If ya don't then you all can kiss your selves in the back side and say good bye. All you have to do is listen to Obama try to help you people out. HE is trying to HELP Y'ALL!

It's pretty simple. In fact I found somebody who even has a little diddy written already called "help me out"

-play song-

And after you listen to Del Tha Funky Homosapien ...go
ahead and try them links out about Miss Palin-face.
You might understand what we are trying to say. I would add that if you have the time, go out and buy an old pocket watch. Dangle it in front of some body who's votin' for Moose-Butt-Palin-Face. Let the watch swing back and forth for a good five minutes until they are in a trance, or somethin'...then say with a confident whisper, " Palin is gonna doom us all, vote for Obama and save some children's lives." Do you understand what I am sayin here, my good people?! It's your world...I'm just bloggin' in it...

The truth about Sarah Palin?

More facts about Sarah Palin?

BLJ

Old Time Country Music

2008-09-07T14:58:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody and how y'all doin' today?
I hope you all are doing just fine.
I would like to take some time to say a few more things about Palin, but I think I will wait.
Because I see somebody new on the scene. His name?
Wesley Rose. He pioneer'd country music. And country music got popular first in America. Probably because every other style was still enslaved. Even so, the history behind it is a little older than the blues. Personally, I think country music is fine. As long as it does what all music is supposed to do. And that, to me, is called 'making people happy. '
Unlike Palin-face. She is out to make folks sad and angry and upset.
However, the country music might as well be for everybody...if you can get into the sound, that is.
Now I don't have that much to say about it, but Mr. Weseley Rose does.
He'll tell you all about it. And I suggest getting into some country music for a minute before McCan't and Palin-face try to ruin its backround with some sour ass politics.
Here is a link to Mr. Wesley Rose, the man behind American Country Music and the business that makes it work.
-link-

What you mean "we" Palin face?

2008-09-04T12:33:00.001-07:00

Hey y'all...got some things to get off my chest.

In response to that...whatever she calls herself runnin' for vice president...

SO...Ms. Sarah Palin?

You're sayin' that you're a bitch? Is that what you tryin' to say? No use beatin' round the Bush about it now. Does that imply that doggy style is the way of the republican? Is that what all them men were tryin' to say, too? Seems that doggy style works for both genders in the republican world. But that aint all, really. Because anybody that calls themselves a dog with lipstick AND a hockey mom is...well...it's what some of us would refer to as a cold hearted bitch with big crooked stick! I aint even started yet, see...this is all hear say. don't forget that I'm blind. My seeing eye dog Dioji finds all my pics in which I promptly post. Because I trust him. It's his suggestion that I posted the picture that's up in your face today. Dioji sayed that he googled Sarah Palin and got that image. Wish I could see it. But anyway... do you know that she got on international television and referred to her own self as a pitbull with lipstick. I didn't notice lipstick on the lips that were talkin...what kind of sick and twisted bitch is this? I thought this was America?

Dayamn...

(sigh)

I heard her talkin' more smack about Obama's 'change' ethics. Now Obama can't say what I can say because he cares about y'all. Me? I aint even alive or real, so I can just let it rip, ya know what I'm sayin? My opinion is of the pixel persuasion and it can be altered and generated in any format you can come up with. Which means I can just respond. And my response to what Palin-face is saying, essentially, is that America needs to stay the same way it's been trying to be for the last 232 years. Which means a rigid, caucasian majority ruled society, built on fear and control. A country that included slavery and the genocide of it's indigenous people as part of our national unity. Palin-face a.ka. cold-hearted-bitch-with-a big-crooked-stick seems to be making these implications by having the same attitude that accepted genocide and slavery.

She probably hates Mexican people, too, that cold hearted snake. I mean dog. She paints her self as an evangelical christian of pure ethics and chooses abstinence and scripture as a means to educate her pregnant, 17 year old, unwed daughter. I don't think America is the same America that it was. Maybe in the 50's she'd a been radical. Or a radish. Or a turnip. But I think she'd last 4 weeks before God himself stepped in and removed her from office. If' the good folks don't prevent her from gettin' there in the first place.

Now don't let her distract you like some wand wielding Slithereen shoplifting at Diagon Alley. (Yeah I read Harry Potter, bitch!) The real news is that Obama is gonna be the next prez.

Anyway, I should get back to the muzic. Muzic is a better response in utter hind sight of these recent events...

Here is a song that I want you to hear right about now...dedicated to her ethics and style

-play-

Happy Birthday Freddie King!

2008-09-03T12:31:00.000-07:00

Freddie Christian King. b. Sept 3rd 1934
Do you know who he is?
I do.
He wrote that Blues standard that EVERYBODY and their mama knows called " Hideaway "
I know you heard it, but just can't recall it in your mind like some of us can. It aint got no words. But the melody is timeless and unforgettable. Stevie Ray Vaughan's played it. Eric Clapton's done it. If I was alive I'd probably be playin' it right now!

Freddie "The Texas Cannonball" King has earned himself a place in the world of Blues among the best with these tasty blues riffs. If you got any time at all in this rat race world, I suggest you take a moment and listen to this man play.

Especially if you are a guitarist, like myself.
So Happy birthday Freddie!

Hmmm...I think I know where he hangs out, too. I heard he's on the South side of Netsville still playin the blues somethin' fierce! I think I'll take a web cab and go try and sit in on a jam session with the brothah...

Y'all take it easy now, ya hear?

Here is the Birthday boy playin' Hideaway :

And here is Stevie Ray's version
-link to SRV's Hideaway-

BLJ

Oooh Whee Louis!

2008-08-31T12:00:00.000-07:00

Whoo wee...did you read Louis' blog?!

I forgot that he was even around. I forgot that Louis is from New Orleans. I forgot what an eloquent man he is.
Damn, Satchmo...you really said some thangs about some thangs, brothah...

-(fake) Louis' Blog-

Rest in peace SRV

2008-08-27T22:15:00.000-07:00

August 27th 1990 is the date that the world lost one of the best blues guitar players ever.
Now I am from a generation of folks who created the blues, right?
So if it's like that...it's like that...

Rest in peace Stevie Ray Vaughan

Damn, how do I get rid of all this spam?!

2008-08-22T12:49:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you gotta ask questions, right? 'Specially if you blind. It's how I get by when I need to know somethin'.
And, ya see, that's why I really depend on this Googly Web thingamajig...
Ya see, this mornin' I was fiddlin' around Netsville... surfin' around as y'all put it. And all of a sudden I find myself duckin', bobbin' and weavin' all of this, whaddaya call it...spam? What a dumb ass name, huh? Anyway, you know this spam, right? The way it comes flyin' in from the left, swingin' in like an uppercut from below. Body blow, body blow ,body blow...It's really quite a nuisance, if ya ask me.
And I asked myself, DAMN! HOW DO I GET RID OF ALL THIS SPAM?!
But then I thought, this is how Joe Louis probably felt durin' most of his life. Which made me think...hmmm...maybe I should write a song about it, ya know? Why not. Relate my frustration to the world in an acceptable fashion.
As opposed to just clobberin' the hell outta some geeky hackin keyboard punchin' mother f,f,f...forget it, I thinks to myself.
I'm blind.

Besides somebody beat me to it. A man by the name of Carl Martin.
I think he 's a Virginia boy, too. Mandolin, fiddle and guitar playin brotha'...
(sigh)
Well...
If you wanna hear the song that I thought, surley, I was gonna write, done by the man who actually wrote the damn thing...
here ya go
-play-

And here is more info on Carl Martin...have a nice day.

BLJ

Public Domain for me...

2008-08-21T16:40:00.000-07:00

Lookee here now...I might be a blind man, but what I have to show you today

you HAVE to see...

You ready?

Check this out...

-click me-

Talk to you later...

Bring back Motown please...

2008-08-18T15:44:00.000-07:00

I'm sure the ladies love this man. With a name like Raphael Saadiq?

Even a blind man knows that a woman will perk her ears at the sound of a certain name. Now, if you add in the fact that he is talented and (probably) good lookin'...well...

I'm sure he has got a few numbers in his mobile rolodex.

I hear he has a new cd coming out that is a testament to the great Motown recordings. I even hear that he plays the bass and drums on this cd. On songs that he wrote him self. To me, that's talent. And that is what should be selling, right? Well, tell me something then, what the hell is going on with the r & b now? I try to listen to it and all I hear is a damn computer playing bits and pieces of shit that was written years ago!

Damn it, as far as I can tell, aint a song been written in about twenty years that we haven't heard thirty times already!! So come on Raphael, bring it on, man! You aint got no kinda competition out there anyway! Make these ears proud to be an American. You do know that being a blues guitar player in the states qualifies you with a world wide reputation as a being decent American, don't you? And we need more of these people, damn it. Specially the brothas...alright lemme get off this googly web before I regain my eyesight and see some stuff I don't wanna see...

here's the article, by the way...

BLJ

Blow it out your...

2008-08-11T12:17:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody, how y'all today?

Good?

Well...all I can say is THANK GOD I'M BLIND!

If I was a Chef I'd be baking cement air biscuits to throw at the heads of these people. See what this guy is holding? That's EXACTLY what's goin' on in his head! NOT A DAMN THING!

But these weird thespians are serious as a heart attack about it. You probably didn't know I knew what a thespian was, huh? It's all on the googly web. I just didn't know that men could be thespians, too.

Either way, SOMEBODY'S payin' for it all... if it's a contest that's flyin' the winner to Finland.

You know how much it costs to fly somebody ALL THE WAY to Finland?!! I mean damn...wouldn't that be nice to be flown there for actually having a musical skill?!

I heard about them girls in Finland, too. They say that if you play a guitar and you are from America, the women will fight in the street over you. Now wouldn't that be somethin'? You could just sit there and play your guitar while the women do all the foot work for ya. But keep in mind the prettiest ones aint necessarily the best fighters.

Regardless of the outcome, I'm convinced that the "air' guitar contest originated in the crack of some bored, rich man's ass, if you know what I'm sayin'.

And that if they wanted something that's actually funky, without the smell, listen to Bootsy or Parliament. THEN pick up a guitar....dumb asses....

This contest stinks to high heaven. People have lost their minds all over again.

A' ite then...

Here's the follow up article

(sigh)

BLJ

Air guitar contest? Whatever...

2008-08-08T13:59:00.000-07:00

What the hell is goin' on with THESE crazy ass people?

One minute I 'm lookin' at somethin' that makes sense and the next minute things is completely senseless!

And I'm a blind man...but I'm a guitar player.

As a guitar player I understand a few things about musicianship. In order to get REALLY good at somethin' like playin' an instrument, you have to practice. ALOT. Some players end up puttin' everything else on the back burner to become that good. By the way...it takes a special kind of person to be involved romantically with a muscian. So, what I'm sayin' is that this air guitar contest is a peculiar bite into the pride that goes into being a skilled player.

It aint wrong, it's just a twisted little joke, I understand.

My reason?

Lookee here...I heard someone say that

a real live instrument is an instrument that cannot make a sound if it's sittin' by itself. Y' know?

If you put a guitar down...it shouldn't be makin' any music. Until somebody picks the thing up and strums it. And with todays technology anybody can figure out how to create artistic 'sounding' music without even having a developed skill in the first place. Without this....the damn air guitar contest would be a joke we could all laugh at. But now it is a little peculiar, I would say. It's like them newspaper reporters gettin' all anxious about the bloggers stealing their stories and gettin' credit for it. How would they feel if somebody had a fake newspaper report contest in spite of it all?

So...go ahead with your air guitar contest. It don't mean a damn thing to a blind man anyhow...

Reminder to all with sight...music is for your ears...

Here's the article

BLJ

Muzic Hunter

2008-08-05T10:42:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all, how you feelin' out there in the real world?

Here in Netsville it's easy to always find somethin' interestin' to read.
Even if you 're blind.
I just read somethin' on Son Houses blog about Mp34u.com. He was talkin' up one of the sources that he likes so much. I checked him out, too. As far as the 'new' muzic that is happenin' now, I would have to agree that Subverse is finding some good tunes. But then, this 'new' muzic is also being sung and played by the 'new' artists. And some of y'all are crazy. So if we are gettin' ready to vote for sources...I think I would have to say that Muzic Hunter is one of my favorites. I wouldn't say that he is my most favorite just yet, but I like muzic Hunter's ecclectic style. Muzic choice should be a blend of what is available. Not just one or two styles, ya know?
Here is a quote from Muzic Hunter :
"Music is my medicine. New music is my drug. And muzic.com is my supplier. I can lose myself for the moment with my headphones on. I listen to anyone brave and talented enough to express their feelings thru the universal language of music..."

I can relate to that.
Muzic Hunter has some crazy stuff to listen to. Here is some band called, now excuse me for a moment, but this band is called 'Electric Vagina' with a tune called the '80s song'

That's what I'm talking about.
Crazy stuff, man. Can't get enough of it..heh heh heh...

Stevens indicted for stealing gov't cheese

2008-07-29T12:35:00.000-07:00

Teddy Stevens is in big trouble, I hear. He got caught for renovating his home with oil money that wasn't his. Is it me or is this just a typical republican man doing his thing? And what are his friends telling him now?

"Hey Teddy...sorry that YOU got caught on this minor issue...maybe next time you won't."

Either way he is facing federal charges. After 40 years of "redirecting" funds into his estate, old Teddy might have to spend some time away from the home he has been upgrading.

I hope they give him a good internet connection wherever he's headed...

I wonder if he sings.

He might wanna listen to this one

-play-

Oye Chica

2008-07-21T14:17:00.000-07:00

Hello people. How ya doin?

Fine, I hope...

I'm doin' well, considering...well...you know...this crazy world of politics, poverty and pollution.

(sigh)

That's why...

It's nice, every once in awhile, to hear somebody, or some band talk about something positive.

I'm talkin' about this band from L.A. called Upground.

They got a tune called 'Oye Chica' I'd like you to hear...

-play-

That's all today...

Catch you later on the flipside...

BLJ

It's like robbing the blind...

2008-06-30T08:18:00.000-07:00

Oh lordy...now that I can read all this stuff in Netsville, I'm not sure I want to.
I just read this article in the sf.gate news thing...well ya can't call it a paper, right? It was about the Blind Boys of Alabama. They were basically saying that the record industry is so bad, that they would even rob a blind man. And not only would they rob a blind man, they would put it in the paper and argue about it. To me it's no different than a bunch of children arguing over bubble gum. Huh, Dioji?(bark bark)
...yeah, I would know. I made a few nickels playin' music...but I still know alot of musicians got sold out like some bad spinach and ended up on the shelf in a can. I never SAW this personally, but that's because I was blind when I was alive. You see them comments on that article? Look again.-comments-

The RIAA is like an old bunch of heathens. You should hear what THEY have to say about the new way of music. They are gettin' too old to run the plantation like they used to and are now having to share their money with the new people. The new people just want the audience to hear the music. And you know... when people listen to music, they like to know that the artist is not a slave wager earner.
That's why there is so much free music now. The time is perfect if ya ask me. People love music because it let's them relax in some way.

There is one website I like. They have a few songs of mine. But they also have a bunch of songs from some of the old timers who were shelved by the RIAA. This website is called mp34u.com
And the reason I like Mp3's? Because you don't have to SEE them. They're for listening. And even them blind boys from Alabama know about that. Now if you want to talk about money...maybe Louis Armstrong might be the one to talk to...

check out Mp34U.com...and listen to the music...

it's free...

BLJ

Too broke for Cody's

2008-06-22T19:23:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all...did ya hear the news about Cody's books? I did.

I mean, a blind man aint got nothin' to do with books, really...

...but, it's a shame when somebody is so broke...

...that a WHOLE book store gotta be shut down!

I wrote a song about being broke. I wonder if that's how they feel at Cody's...

It would be nice if some bazzilionaire gave them the money.

Hmm...

Rose from the dead

2008-06-16T08:37:00.000-07:00

HA! Look what I found in Netsville on this youtube channel.
I don't know what's on it but I sure did listen...
I wonder sometimes how long it's gonna be until I am able to see what's goin on around here.

I been blind my whole life. Dioji helps me out with the typin' and the images and the graphic stuff. He also spell checks and edits my entree...he says it's supposed to be entry. See? He is my dog. I wonder what picture he put up for me today. He says it has somethin to do with the song I found on the youtube...

Anyway...see ya round soon...

BLJ

My D.O.G.

2008-06-02T19:26:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all...this here is my best friend in the virtual world. His name is Dioji. A simple name when ya think about it...at least for a D.O.G. He is a guide dog for the blind. My dog.
He helps me out a lot when I lose my way. He tells me when I'm about to trip on a gigabyte, or if my pixels is too crowded, or if my typing needs to be corrected...
Ya see...bein' blind has it's ups and downs. For one...we gotta take our time walkin' around. So that we don't trip on stuff, or smack our heads on somethin'. But the good side is that we hear everything in slow motion. Think about for a minute.
How do you think Stevie Wonder memorizes all them words? He don't write it down do he? He memorizes it in slow motion. Without sight you get more brain space for...whatcha call it...for...um...that's right Dioji...audio files. Which becomes the basis of our ...what's its....uh
oh yeah...cognition. Thanks Dioji. Me and Dioji are learnin' quite a bit on line. Better'n any teacher tried learnin' me. Google and internet services have been kind to me with information. My guitar is my main tool for expressing my emotions. Women can be the devil.

For everything else...there's Dioji.

BLJ

Good news 'round here?

2008-06-02T18:54:00.000-07:00

Hmm...maybe it's good I am blind. Somethings ya just don't need to see, I guess.
I heard they found a bunch of children in Texas who were bein' mistreated somethin' terrible.
What kind of folks is these? Do that to some chirrun like that?! Make me wanna string up somethin' b'sides my guitar, if ya know what I mean. Aint that somethin'?! Back in my day, things like this would happen...but you would never here about it...until it was waaaaaaay later. Now that I'm stuck up here in this internet, I hear things all the time. Every minute on the second, aint got NO time to take a breath and sigh even for a sec...wish they'd put some good news up for just a minute. Ya gotta be fast to catch the good news! The 'good news fish' is some hard fishin', I tell ya...
Wait...somethin's bitin' right now!
Lemme...pull...this in...

There!

SAN ANGELO, Texas - More than 400 children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch two months ago began returning to the arms of their tearful parents Monday, hours after a judge bowed to a state Supreme Court ruling that the seizure was not justified.

I guess that's better 'n bad news.
Here's the rest of the story...
-click-
but listen to this first...put you in a decent mood maybe...
a story about women in the south...
-play me-

BLJ

Back from my rest

2008-05-29T22:49:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody. My name is Lemon. Most of you might know me as Blind Lemon Jefferson.

Uh...here...click ya little mousey on this: -play me-
It's a song of mine, which I sure do appreciate now that I'm back...
go ahead...I'll wait til you get back...

Alrighty...go ahead and turn it up, too. Not too loud, though...I can HEAR just fine...

I haven't heard my music in awhile...
(Sigh)

Did I out live them last set o' strings I was playin? I think so. And where's my money? I know Mayo Williams didn't end up with all my money, now did he? I made a lot of money in my time. Especially for back in THEM days. Didn't have to spend too much time writin' songs, either.
Ooh wee...ya see, we LIVED those songs back in THEM days, boy. Songs would just jump on your back and ride down the street with ya. Have to stop on the corner and getcha rest. Let a few tunes go to lighten the load, and maybe take in a little coin here and there. That is until Mayo got me hitched up with Paramount. Then I was turnin' the green backs OVER, baby!

Well, anyhow, I heard from a little bird that some old timers decided to come back for some serious gossipin' round here...somethin' I might just have to see for myself, so to speak. I had a little list that was given to me...
ok...let's see...
Well I hope this is it. Of course I can' t see it cuz I'm blind, but I did think ahead and memorize it...
Oh yeah...
I heard it was Robert Johnson, Ma Rainey, Joe And Minnie, and that composer Duke Ellington, the king of swing. Yeah he aint bad for one of those city boys. I heard he is particularly set in his ways, if you know what I mean. ALWAYS workin' on compositions that Duke. Anyway...I ought to get up and clean off my git fiddle...haven't touched old wood in some time. Maybe I should cut another record. Gotta figure out who's runnin' the record biz now a days.
See ya round here soon...

BLJ