Larry Witzleben
@larryethno.bsky.social
Ethnomusicologist, musician, editor, writer. Now retired, taught in Hong Kong and Maryland
don't leave us in suspense, what happened?
August 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
don't leave us in suspense, what happened?
Robert Christgau has been trying for decades to make us all Mekons fans, but I never quite got on that bus. This TDC makes me begin to see the light—but I'd like their recordings a lot more if Sally Timms took a bigger share of the lead vocals . . .
August 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Robert Christgau has been trying for decades to make us all Mekons fans, but I never quite got on that bus. This TDC makes me begin to see the light—but I'd like their recordings a lot more if Sally Timms took a bigger share of the lead vocals . . .
you are one of the best commentators anywhere, and I hope you find a more hospitable environment than the once great, now decrepit Washington Post
July 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
you are one of the best commentators anywhere, and I hope you find a more hospitable environment than the once great, now decrepit Washington Post
Willie Collins showed us that documentary in his class on Soul Music back in my undergraduate days, and it left a really strong impression on me. And what a great title!
April 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Willie Collins showed us that documentary in his class on Soul Music back in my undergraduate days, and it left a really strong impression on me. And what a great title!
I agree, he was great in The Doors, right up there with Jamie Fox in Ray. And it was a much harder job to rehabilitate Jim Morrison, whose descent into buffoonery had overshadowed the band's initial blazing talent and originality
April 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I agree, he was great in The Doors, right up there with Jamie Fox in Ray. And it was a much harder job to rehabilitate Jim Morrison, whose descent into buffoonery had overshadowed the band's initial blazing talent and originality
This is offensive to bats. White nationalists' droppings are full of toxins and stink up the whole room
January 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This is offensive to bats. White nationalists' droppings are full of toxins and stink up the whole room
And a very happy new year to you, Jeff!
January 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
And a very happy new year to you, Jeff!
Ike and Tina Turner, "Proud Mary." Tina's spoken intro: "I think you might like to hear something from us nice and easy, but . . . we never, ever do nothing nice and easy; we always do it nice and rough." Two verses nice and easy, song slows to a stop, and . . . boom!
November 21, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Ike and Tina Turner, "Proud Mary." Tina's spoken intro: "I think you might like to hear something from us nice and easy, but . . . we never, ever do nothing nice and easy; we always do it nice and rough." Two verses nice and easy, song slows to a stop, and . . . boom!