Apr 21 2010
Branded as: Vinyl
This past Saturday was Record Store Day or as they called it here in London, Ye Olde Record Shoppe Day. No they didn’t.
Unfortunately, I didn’t make it into any record stores but to show my support I did manage to obtain a couple of fine recordings via the interwebs. The first to arrive was The Art of Django. The sample above is ’ The Sheik of Araby’. The magnificent Stephane Grappelly on violin.
For any poor soul not familiar with Django Reinhardt, I offer this simple guide:
- Born 1910
- King of ‘Gypsy Swing’.
- At 18 was badly injured in a fire receiving first and second degree burns over half of his body.
- His third and forth fingers were left paralyzed on his left hand - keep that in mind when you hear him play.
OUT THERE
- Solar bottle lights
- Brilliant
- Why Amish Men Grow Beards But Not Mustaches
- via Coudal.com
- Who stole the Mona Lisa?
- How the famous painting wound up on the kitchen table of a house painter for two years.
- Six-Penny Anthems II
- A classic Bearskinrug Article. Get your wallet out.
- Infra Red Pyramids
- So cool
- BE NICE OR LEAVE
- want.
- Stockholm flat
- I'll take it.
- The only way to play guitar
- It's sort of like Richie Havens' style only...squared.
- A 240-Year-Old Map Is Reborn
- Stunning restoration of a rare map of New York City
obiter dicta
Sep 12, 2011
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