This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco, This Ain't No Fooling Around
Posted by Wayne Bretski in Economics, Music
Two thoughts, apparently completely unrelated.
1. Russell Roberts writes economics textbooks wrapped up in very good fiction. His books are widely available on Amazon, and possibly your local library. That said, I've only read the first, "Invisible Heart". He also blogs at a personal favorite, CafeHayek, with Donald Boudreaux, and also hosts a podcast called EconTalk, if you into those things.
In the spirit of Marginal Revolution, here's the best line I read today before 8 AM:
"Don't expect pigs to fly, cats to bark or politicians to act as if they care about us. They care about us if it helps them prosper. If it doesn't, they care about more important influences."
The post is about libertarian paternalism and its failings.
2. Hilly Kristal has passed away. Founder of the CBGB club in New York's Bowery, Hilly introduced a lot of people to a lot of good music: Television, The Ramones, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, and Blondie are a few that got a real start here. After getting his start at the famous jazz club Village Vanguard, Hilly opened CBGB to cater to the NYC Country Blue Grass Blues crowd, however, Tom Verlain and the boys in Television convinced him to let them play as the house band; a nucleus of punk fans started to hang out there, and the rest is history.
All mp3s hosted by zShare today, as DivShare is giving me more guff than usual. Apologies for the ads.
Television's debut album Marquee Moon rocks. I can't really say I've extensively listened to the rest of their catalogue, but I could post the entire Moon album and not be ashamed.
The first song off their first album: See No Evil
The title track is just huge, eleven minutes of punk masterpiece: Marquee Moon.
Perhaps you don't love the Ramones. I don't. But I do love this song, off 1977's Rocket to Russia: Here Today Gone Tomorrow
I'm not exactly a huge Blondie fan, but I remember Grandmaster Flash talking about this song one time, saying essentially that even though no one knew what the hell Debbie Harry was talking about on this song, the hip hop community appreciated her efforts! You gotta hear this one: Blondie's Rapture.
I've been dreading this. Choosing one or two Talking Heads songs is really difficult.
Clean Break (Live 1977)
Sugar On My Tongue from Talking Heads: 77 extras
And to hark back to my Fela Kuti post: Fela's Riff (Unfinished Groove) from Remain in Light bonus materials.
Post title continuation: "this ain't no Mudd Club, no CBGB, I don't have time for that now."
-David Byrne on "Life During Wartime"
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