"This is Us" -- Mark Knofler w/ Emmylou Harris

".... Making plans for the Sunshine State
Waiting at the terminal gate
You and me making history
This is us ...."

For a little more on this unique Knopfler / Harris collaboration album, All the Roadrunning, see our previous post, here.

"From a Buick 6", Dylan Drives Dixie Down "Highway 61"

From Owen, after a healthy discussion of the film "I'm Not There", right here at little ole Gold Coast Bluenote.

Aw, shucks Bobby, go ahead and play "Dixie" -- we don't kill our poets any more.

"The River's Gonna Run" - Sam Bush (with Emmylou Harris)

Sam Bush and Emmylou Harris (2006) during "Laps in Seven" Sessions

Sam Bush and Emmylou Harris collaborate brilliantly on this searing version of Julie Miller's "The River's Gonna Run"


'A storm of love going wild...'

Ron Howard's New Film: "Frost / Nixon" (Trailer)

Ron Howard's new film on the story behind the story of Sir David Frost painstakingly drawing some truth out of Richard Nixon in 1977, opening in wide release Christmas Day, is a must see film for anyone under 60 years of age. You dude's 60 and over already know you should see it.

The trailer and back story of the film may be found here: http://www.frostnixon.net/website.html

"Just Like Pagliacci Did, I've Got to Keep My Sadness Hid"

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: The Tears Of A Clown

Bob Dylan called Smokey Robinson our greatest living American poet. To my mind, this song is one of the pillars of this argument. Enjoy.

The Kennedy Center Honors: Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend

Check out this great piece from WashingtonPost.com, beginning with the epistemology of Pete Townsend, at a clearly too old too rock 'n' roll age, and in a mystery land of folks who, in this rock 'n' roll ballet, want to get fooled again and again and again.

"The Kids Are Alright".

Actress, Chantuese, Song-Weilder Eszter Balint, Redux

[Updated March 2011]

Eszter Balint

On French TV in 1999

The Donnas "Take It Off" With Live Acoustic Guitars And ....

Via An Anonymous friend of Gold Coast Bluenote:



" ... I get what I want
And I want what I see! ...."