The Marianne Faithful - Bob Dylan Connection

 

Today we learned the Marianne Faithful passed away at age 78.  An obituary may be found in the New York Times.  She is best known for a hit with the Jagger/Richards song As Tears Go By.  Leave it to me to find a link to Bob Dylan.  She covered It's All Over Now Baby Blue.

I am Saddened by the State of Our Government

 

• The picture above demonstrates the lack of bipartisanship in our government.  There is an ideological "civil war" in the United States today
• President Trump wants to be a "quasi dictator".   To quote from the New York Times "he wants to go through the federal government and its many functions, line by line, to make sure he gets his way — on diversity, climate change, immigration and more."  The Republicans in the House and Senate dare not cross him.  He is also taking reprisals against his political enemies.
• I question many of his cabinet level appointments.  So far all of them were confirmed, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is obviously not qualified and is very controversial.
• Mayor Adams has been indicted on federal charges and will be on trial in April.  Will Donald Trump pardon him.
• Andrew Cuomo will likely run for mayor after he resigned as governor a few years ago when he was accused of sexual harassment.  Polls indicate he is the frontrunner.  I guess voters never learn.

Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Random Oldie of the Day

 

Here I go again.  I just opened up Joel Whitburn's Top Pop and landed on Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.

Amazin' Day at Citi Field Today

 

This time I'll post the pictures that I took at today event with a brief explanation

Lee and Bruce with Brett Baty - He gave up his #22 to Juan Soto and now is wearing #7

Lee with relief pitcher Sean Reid-Foley

Tyrone Taylor, Mark Vientos, Emily Reppert, Sean Manea, and Reed Garrett play a variant of the Newlywed Game

Steve Gelbs interviews Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling as they will begin their 20th year telecasting the Mets on SNY

Gary Cohen interviews Carlos Mendoza, David Stearns and Steve Cohen

Jon Niese and Matt Harvey talk about the 2015 Mets who were in the World Series

New Mets A.J. Minter, Clay Holmes and Frankie Montas meet their new fans

Mike Piazza, Keith Hernandez, Doc Gooden, Darryl Strawberry and David Wright whose numbers were retired speak to the fans.

Why Would Anyone Want to Murder a Distinguished Physician?

 

I read  Anthony Fauci's autobiography a few months ago, but in a nutshell he served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022, and the chief medical advisor to the president from 2021 to 2022.  He advised seven Presidents on HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and many other domestic and global health issues. In my opinion he deserves the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

Sadly, he received death threats from crazy people who disagreed with the way he handled the COVID-19 pandemic.  Thus, former President Joe Biden provided security protection for him.  President Trump has just pulled his government supported security, but Dr. Fauci is now paying for it from his own pocket. Trump has also pulled government supported  security from former national security adviser John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

In his first week in office Trump has shown to be a vengeful person who is abusing his office to get back at his political enemies.  He let violent criminals out of jail, but he does not want to protect loyal government officials of the past.

Don't blame me.  I voted for Kamala Harris.

Saxophone Solo by Garth Hudson on It Makes No Difference Performed at the Last Waltz November 1976

 

The saxophone solo is at 5:30 closed to the end of this song.  The Band had a great influence on music even though they had few top 40 hits.  It is a shame that they are all gone.

Remembering Garth Hudson of the Band Featuring Chest Fever

 

Today we found out that Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of influential group The Band, passed away at age 87 in Woodstock, NY.  He was a multi-instrumentalist who played the organ, saxophone, accordion, synthesizers, trumpet, French horn, and violin.

I followed The Band since 1968 when I bought Music From Big Pink.  Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, and Levon Helm were the other members of the group.

Obituary in the New York Times.