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wrote 9 months ago: Things have been a little frantic around no notes HQ lately, hoping to find time soon to deal with a … more →
Some videos relating to funeral music
wrote 10 months ago: One of the essays in Letters from New Orleans is about jazz funerals, and as I’ve noted before … more →
From the parlor room to the media room
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wrote 10 months ago: I’ve been reading a book called Sweet Songs For Gentle Americans, about parlor music in the 19 … more →
The occasional YouTube roundup
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wrote 11 months ago: A brief roundup of SJI-related material on my latest spin through YouTube: Here’s a clip from … more →
Folk music then and now (and next)
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wrote 12 months ago: More of our ongoing Q&A series with Robert W. Harwood soon, but meanwhile, it so happens that Mr … more →
Glenn David Andrews & Danny Barker: Two takes
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wrote 1 year ago: Made one of my periodic YouTube checks over the weekend, and found this video of an entertaining per … more →
New version review: Cassandra Wilson
wrote 1 year ago: So I noted a while back that Cassandra Wilson had started performing “SJI” live, and had … more →
White Stripes live take
wrote 1 year ago: Well, this isn’t much of a video, but a somewhat interesting live version of The White Stripes … more →
"SJI" on ice
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wrote 2 years ago: In the comments to a recent SJI YouTube roundup, a reader brought to my attention the above video. I … more →
"SJI" animated: Cute but dark
wrote 2 years ago: At first I thought that, Henrik Eriksson, a disc jockey in Uppsala, Sweden, was writing to me becaus … more →
Jonah Jones, Fred Astaire, and SJI
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wrote 2 years ago: I never really pictured the protagonist of “SJI” looking like Fred Astaire. But I guess … more →
George E. Lee, and Cab Calloway
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wrote 2 years ago: Here’s another interesting YouTube find: George E. Lee and his Novelty Singing Orchestra, doin … more →
"SJI" and the "blues puppet"
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wrote 2 years ago: Eli Presser, puppet master, works in local puppet productions and often does street work as here, in … more →
SJI Goes to the Movies: II
wrote 2 years ago: Speaking of “SJI” in the movies, here’s another example — rather different f … more →
Calloway's ways
wrote 2 years ago: I’ve heard Cab Calloway’s original take on “SJI” a thousand times, largely b … more →
The Colette Magny version
wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been trolling YouTube again for “SJI” artifacts, and have a few to lay on you … more →
SJI, Transformed
wrote 2 years ago: Not being much of a Transformers fan, I didn’t know that there’s a character in that lin … more →
Great moments in technology
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wrote 2 years ago: Of all the YouTube “SJI” ephemera, this one cracked me up the most. I was of course inte … more →
Oh, Koko! The White Stripes version
wrote 2 years ago: The other day I mentioned The White Stripes including “St. James Infirmary” in a live se … more →
