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Since one of the first "plague" signs is "Fever" I thought I'd listen to the original and the one who changed it forever. "Fever" - Little Willie John the original "Fever" - Peggy Lee the session that changed it forever. I read that session guitarist, Al Caiola got session pay for snapping his fingers and never picking up his guitar because he thought anything he could add would make the song worse.

I figured Politifact was a good source of who's lying and not since they treat the left wing and right wing equally. Oh yes, and I do take everything with a grain of salt. So tell me, what do you watch/listen to for better information? If I'm wrong, I need to know what is better. Notes

"Dead Babies" - Alice Cooper

"In My Room" - Beach Boys

True. But if you are going to endorse a label, be true to that label. It's about respecting the people who will come to your gig with expectations. Notes

If you get too far from 1, 4, 5, m6 you drift away from the blues. Jazz guys do that a lot, but it isn't blues anymore. When a blues artist tries to stay blues and starts putting in M7, 6, #9#11, etc, chords and plays bob scales, it bugs me. If he does it in the jazz genre, it delights me. It's about being creative with that limited palette. Insights and incites by Notes

The USA and S.Korea got their first case the very same day. The US denied it for 6 weeks (it's just a flu/hoax/etc.) while the politicians secretly dumped their stocks. S.Korea immediately isolated. Now we are the epicenter of the virus. It's late, but not too late. Stay home. Some governors look out for the welfare of their constituents, others look out only for themselves and the people who bought them with huge campaign contributions. Notes

"Our House" - Crosby, Stills & Nash

I don't believe anything that is to the left of The Atlantic or right of The Hill on the chart below. The rest I consider politically motivated propaganda.

"44 Minutes" - Megadeth

I'm Coming Home - Tom Jones triple word score

Obviously not perfectly healthy ;) Anyone getting COVID-19 is technically sick. Once dead, he is no longer sick, but certainly not perfectly healthy. Headlines can be a source of amusement. * * * We're in economic self-isolation. All gigs cancelled between March 17 and mid October. Fortunately the mortgage is paid and other than my car payments, we have zero debt. Notes

Hey Craig - I said I prefer capitalism (with controls) but I'm not above saying that there are pros and cons to both systems. I think controlled capitalism has more pros and fewer cons than socialism or communism. My post wasn't meant as political but as an analysis on how different systems are treating the virus. We have to learn from examples or we don't learn anything at all. Right now with a fraction of the population of China, the US has more cases of the virus according to the middle of the road media that are most trustworthy (I do not trust anything to the left of The Atlantic or the right of The Hill - and that means I trust neither Fox or MSNBC). That shows the result of isolation and ramping up the defense a thousand percent. It's only a method of comparison, and is not meant to show political bias, but reaction bias. We have two choices - 1) Isolation to "flatten the curve", this minimizes the deaths and the stress on the medical system but prolongs the pandemic 2) "Herd immunity" - let it run wild and take the casualties in stride, no hospital beds left, no ventilators left, and doctors have to decide who to try to save and who to give a death sentence to. This maximizes the casualties and gets it over with quicker There are pluses and minuses to both methods. Since I am probably in the age group that doesn't get a ventilator, I prefer choice number 1 (In Italy, anybody over 60 doesn't get a ventilator and many under won't either). We all watch and listen to the media. The attached diagram is from Politifact, which shows no bias to either side of the aisle and has won Pulitzer Prizes for honesty. The three sections in the middle of the chart are all I trust, and no, I don't trust them 100% either, only about 90.

The sun is out, it's in the low 80s. the windows are open, a gentle sea breeze is drifting through and I'm listening to Cardinals, Blue Jays, Woodpeckers, Buntings, Mourning Doves, and Mockingbirds sing.

"Monkey Time" - Major Lance

"Over, Under, Sideways, Down" - The Yardbirds

The problem with capitalism is that if there is no profit incentive, nothing gets done. And the politicians delay before they do anything and won't budge until the financial losses reach the point where it gets more profitable and the oligarchy tells them to move. Plus they dump their stocks while telling the public not to panic. China built a huge hospital immediately (no profit motive but life saving) and isolated. I'm not saying communism is better. I prefer capitalism (but with sensible controls), but there are some things each system does better and worse than the other. And when some politician says in so many words, "give up your life for the good of the economy" I say "You first". Notes

Back in the 1980s I lived a block away from a college. It was nice, lots of young people around, quiet at night. Then the put up a giant radio antenna to broadcast the school's radio station. WQCS was in everything. Stereo sets, telephone, any recording device. I complained to the FCC and they sent out an engineer, the same one the college uses. Needless to say, that never got resolved. Recording anything but MIDI was out of the question. We moved. Fortunately we were renting at the time so it was easy. So what I'm saying is this: "I understand and feel your pain." Notes

When they sing "Who Are You" a number of people respond, "I forgot".

Autumn Leaves - Eva Cassidy Great singing and guitar playing from a lady who left us way too soon.

Is this what happens to some when they are quarantined together too long? I think they each married a pin head.

Make Me Smile - Chicago Featuring Terry Kath, one of the greatest rock guitarists ever - one of two that Jimi Hendrix said, "He's better than me." Too bad he killed himself playing with guns. He should have known better.