June 28, 2009
Nothing Much/ Dance Funk Playlists
Summer finally got here. Our spring was damp and cold, we had several late frosts. My wife and finally got the garden out in early June. By that time, the bedding plants had been picked over; so we did something different . I put out three kinds of tomatoes I have never grown before. Plus, some eggplants, and about 8 varieties of peppers.
Blight clobbered us last year. We cleaned up real well, so no volunteer Romas. I wanted to burn it off, but that was banned a few years ago. We are trying that new red plastic mulch, and got some copper spray. So far, no early blight, despite the damp cold weather. The last couple weeks were really hot and humid, the tomatoes and eggplants really took off.
We had a fraternal activity today. Had eight show up. We were getting over 100 attending 12 years ago; it has gradually declined each year. It is getting harder to organize and fund small, local, private, volunteer activities.
Since it is summer, we have grandchildren here a lot. Four of the six live close by. They need a lot of attention. I have a lot of writing projects to work on, but not a lot of time.
The House sneaked through a cap & trade fiasco during the dead of the night. It is a real turkey; full of the usual special interest favors. I do not even want to talk about it. Hopefully, the Senate kills it. I can not believe the left will support this once they see what is 'allegedly' in there. I say allegedly, because this was done with the 'new transparency.'
Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, & Ed McMahon all passed away. All of conditioned existence is impure, frustrating, inconstant, and lacking in an enduring self-nature. I never got into the Jackson Five. I did like the Thriller material. He did a good job of popularizing funk / dance music. The Stones, Bowie, and Blondie did as well. There were other artists doing the same thing better.
I am having trouble with youtube embedded playlists. I can not find the code used to be in the upper right corner. Also, the custom playlists were not tracking correctly. Moreover, the copyright holders are busy being penny wise and dollar foolish. Corporations will spend 5 dollars to save a dollar; but will not spend one to save five. Not only that, the music I like is mostly heard as sound tracks for adult diaper commercials. WMG et al ought to appreciate the free plugs.
The playlists below include some of the best funk dance mostly from circa 1978 to 1984. One is up. They might even work. I shall be adding a couple more and trying to fix what does not work.