Every 50 days of the pandemic, I’ve tried to shine light on the stuff that’s been getting Nicole and I through these difficult days. Here we go again–times gettin’ tougher than tough, as the man sang.
BEST ANTI-COVID-BLUES RECORDINGS:
Kaiser, Watt, Golia, Peet, Hanrahan–A Love Supreme Electric
Various Artists–Daora: Underground Sounds of Urban Brazil
Prince–Sign o’ The Times (Deluxe Edition)
Various Artists–Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story
The Brothers and Sisters–Dylan’s Gospel
BEST ANTI-COVID-BLUES SHOWS:
The Queen’s Gambit
The Fisherman’s Friends (thanks for the tip, Clay Thomas)
The Witch
Emma (2002 version)
Blinded by The Light
BEST ANTI-COVID-BLUES BOOKS:
James Lee Burke–The New Iberia Blues
Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Chris Chuckry–Billionaire Island
Octavia Butler–Bloodchild and Other Stories
Yaa Gyasi–Transcendent Kingdom
Jorge Ibargüengoitia–The Dead Girls
BEST ANTI-COVID-BLUES EATS:
Crazy Burrito
Uprise Bakery
India’s House (still killin’ it!)
Bangkok Gardens (still killin’ it after three decades)
Streaming for Strivers:
Happy Thanksgiving, and let the man remind you…
The Overeem Farewell Tour: Dispatches from the Public School Trenches 