From The Basement Episode #264
“Wake When Ready” Set 1
December 7, 2024

It’s as if December, a personal lowlight of the calendar, creeps up quicker with each passing year. Isolation time. Reflection, introspection, evaluation and hibernation is the norm, trying to make sense of what the past year has wrought and wondering what lies ahead. “At least I accept the changes better than I used to do.” Joni Mitchell wrote that. It’s been proven accurate as the years pile up, but is that the experience time brings or resignation to the inevitable? I can’t call it. But I am working on it, best I can. This episode is a reflection of the thoughts, hopes and dreams of where we seem to be as a culture, as well as what lies ahead, through my observations. But as I’m fond of saying, “What the fuck do I know?”

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington is a towering figure in the music world, every bit as important as Mozart and Louis Armstrong. He begins the proceedings with “Misfit Blues” and by the time we get to the end, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, David’s Crosby and Bowie, A Tribe Called Quest, Talking Heads, The Tubes and many more have made contributions, but the one that hits the hardest is David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s devastating “World Citizen.”

Look for Set 2 within a few days and thanks to everyone taking the time to support the program through donations (here) and listening with an open mind… and ears. Love to all.



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