hambone, or the checkered demon

ham•bone |ˌhambəʊn|
noun informal

a style used by street performers who play out the beat by slapping and patting their arms, legs, chest, and cheeks while chanting rhymes.

▼ BO DIDDLEY: BO DIDDLEY from "Bo Diddley b/w I'm A Man" 78rpm (Checker) 1955 (US)

i forgot to remember...

Sun 223.

An impulsive reaction, partially in response to the optimistic charge of watching Barack Obama's inauguration and the ushering out of the infinitely corrupt on tv, and - more directly - in reply to How Marvellous's very recent mention of Jim Jarmusch's excellent slow burning 1989 budget anthology.

Written by Herman "Junior" Parker and Sam Phillips. The b-side to the original 45 was a Charlie Feathers' composition.

▼ ELVIS PRESLEY, SCOTTY AND BILL: MYSTERY TRAIN from "Mystery Train b/w I Forgot To Remember To Forget" 45 (Sun) 1955

tilting at windmills, signor cervantes

"don quixote" by pablo picasso, 1955.

"The drawing was made on August 10, 1955 for the August 18-24 issue (No. 581) of Les LETTRES françaises, a weekly French journal directed by Aragon, in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the publication of Don Quixote, Part I. The journal presented articles (p 1, 9-11) by José Bergamín, Jean Marcenac, Antoine Adam, Alice Ahrweiler, and Pierre Darmangeat, and in a small headline on its first page proudly announced “Un document exclusif: Don Quichotte vu par Picasso.”

Continental LPP-21.

Luiz Bonfá: guitar; João Donato: accordion;
Antônio Carlos Jobim: piano; Altamiro Carrilho: flute;
Claudio: violin; Quinidio Teixeira: tenor sax;
João Stockler: drums; Vidal: bass; Galhardo: bass.

▼ LUIZ BONFÁ: VIOLĀO NO SAMBA from "Luiz Bonfá" LP (Continental) 1955 (Brazil)

PURCHASE LUIZ BONFÁ