"Nothing is allowed to die in a society of storytelling people." -- Harry Crews

Not definitive, but like to their folk list, a very good start. #MusicSky #Blues

"I wish all who read this a very happy Thanksgiving. Yes, even the jerks; it's never too late to change." #WarrenBuffet #Stocks

"If the caring comes too late, the evidence may already be gone, which is why telling stories and saving the truth matters not just for now but for those who inherit the consequences and possibilities." #History #Libraries

“So keep fightin’ for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don’t you forget to have fun doin’ it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce." ~ Molly Ivins

BOO! Pay artists fairly! #DeleteSpotify

"Under the new moniker, the Cicely Tyson Performing Arts Center — honoring the late groundbreaking actor and activist — the venue would reportedly include a 2,650 capacity theater for plays and musicals, a 200-seat restaurant with live jazz, and a 4,000 square-foot gift shop." #Theater #Arts

Today's Tune: Shawn Colvin KILLING THE BLUES youtu.be/HEX5AFVsdQg?... #MusicSky

Jason Isbell talks about his Grammy nominated album “Foxes in the Snow” on “APR Notebook” on Alabama Public Radio. www.apr.org/podcast/apr-...

I didn't have this Supreme Court basically telling Kim Davis to f*ck off on my Bingo card today but I'll take it. Now Miss "Sanctity of Marriage" can go cry on the shoulder of whatever number husband she's up to.

I'll take some good news today. (Gift Article) #GayMarriage

“All I wanted was be a punk rocker and play the bass guitar. I went completely in the other direction from jazz, and now I'm trying to catch up”: When Flea met Charlie Haden – and had much more in common than you might think #MusicSky

“It is our desire to perform in our home at the Kennedy Center, but if we cannot raise enough money, or sell enough tickets in there, we have to consider other options." #Opera #KennedyCenter

"In a career rife with comebacks, Carnegie Hall was perhaps the biggest of them all. And, if her family’s accounts are to be believed, the singer credited at least some of her good fortune to her 'lucky jacket.'" (gift article) #JudyGarland #FilmSky #CarnegieHall

"Clinching a nomination tomorrow would set Gaga on a path that could result in her finally achieving an accomplishment that has eluded her for 15 years." #MusicSky #GrammyAwards

"Here are some essays and analyses from our finest political writers showing how this victory came about, what we might learn from it, and what’s ahead for progressives and lefties looking to govern."

"It was an honor to curate these artists — and a very difficult task. Bob Dylan goes electric, Phil Ochs leaps to the present, and Mississippi John Hurt makes time stand still. Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul & Mary evolve before our eyes.” #MusicSky #FolkMusic

“We — as his eldest son, grandchildren and great-grandchildren — believe that now is the time to follow in his footsteps and stand for the values he truly wished to share with us and all Americans: compassion, inclusiveness and justice for all.” (Gift article)

Today's Tune: Sam Cooke A CHANGE IS GONNA COME youtu.be/fPr3yvkHYsE?... #MusicSky #ElectionNight

An imperfect list, but an excellent start for those discovering the genre via any means, including Americana or the current political zeitgeist. #MusicSky

"I'm not an actor. I'm a teacher. The screen or the stage is my blackboard... I'm reflecting parts of your soul, parts of who you are. The work is for you." (IMDb) (gift link) 🎁🔗 #FilmSky #Movies

Read Riva’s book about her life with her mother, it’s really something.

President Kennedy on USAID.

“Dietrich was the queen,” Ms. Riva told The Los Angeles Times in 1994. “My father was her major-domo, her lovers were her suitors, and I was the lady in waiting. I didn’t think it was strange; I had nothing to compare it to.” (Gift link) 🎁🔗 #FilmSky #Movies

More of this, please! 👇 "It’s the latest example of what’s known as social prescribing, in which health-care providers prescribe things that are normally outside the scope of medicine, but can have tremendous impact on people’s health and well-being — like art, nature or community" activities."

"Misty Copeland’s final bow is not just an ending — it is a powerful testament to courage, excellence, and the enduring impact of breaking barriers." #Dance #Ballet

"Of all of the warped dynamics that exist within the music industry, perhaps the most baffling exists through the career of Carole King." #MusicSky

Wonderful YouTube channel called Broadway Nation. This is episode #7 but all episodes are full of fascinating histories about the American melting pot that created the Broadway musical. youtu.be/toaRZ-Qe2Ck?...

This makes me so sad. #musicsky #ALS

“I’m gonna tell you like I tell everybody else; if I tell you I’m doing all right, I’d be lying. When you get to this age, everything gets to be aching. But other than that, I guess I’m doing okay." ~ Buddy Guy #MusicSky #Blues #Guitar

"...being the child of a very famous person, I was always ‘Maria, the Daughter of Marlene Dietrich.' I actually signed it that way when I was a child.” #FilmSky #TCMParty

Today's Tune: Brandi Carlile RETURNING TO MYSELF youtu.be/F9wFhEtjU_g?... #MusicSky

NEW post:  Sandy Denny ... "Her voice and vision still resonate: a reminder that the most profound melancholy can also be luminous, alive and simply beautiful." @mikepress.bsky.social picks 10 from the ‘solo’ records of #SandyDenny (photo Keith 'Keef' MacMillan) www.toppermost.co.uk/denny-sandy/

"I don’t have any responsibility, except to the art and the facts of telling the story. In my editing room, there’s a little neon sign in cursive that says, “It’s complicated,” and the reason the sign is in the editing room is that, much as you want the art to win, the facts have to win." #History

"Historian Sean Wilentz is a renowned Dylan scholar, & he was around the Greenwich Village folk scene as a kid and knows its history like few others. In addition to combing through all the tapes from this time period, he also contributed a 125-page essay to the box." #MusicSky #BobDylan #FolkMusic

"The best gift that I have is the ability to listen. Not only listen audibly but also listen with my heart." #MusicSky #Jazz

"When someone writes the political history of Florida in the early 2020s, they will have to answer one burning question: What was it about drag queens that made politicians lose their ever-loving minds?"

The 1925 recordings captured the Appalachian sound for the first time—and they‘re still influencing artists today. #MusicSky

Dr. Trible was my Old Testament Professor my first year of seminary. She was a brilliant teacher. This is a gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/b...

Fats Domino - "I'm Walkin'" www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaPY... Earl Palmer #BOTD

"Ben Stiller has created a sweet, affectionate, unexpectedly poignant portrait of his parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara – and, perhaps without quite realising it, of himself as well." #FilmSky #Documentary

“Joni will drink your ass under the table,” Carlile vowed. “She’s really burly; people don’t know.” On “Returning to Myself,” there’s a sweet and funny, sax-spiked ode to her, called “Joni,” that celebrates her as “a wild woman.” #MusicSky (Gift link)

Today's Tune: Chris Stapleton YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE youtu.be/kssPg2o9-GI?... #MusicSky

I just realized the White House screening room was in the East Wing and now I'm offended on a religious level.

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Today's Tune: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong AUTUMN IN NEW YORK youtu.be/50zL8TnMBN8?... #MusicSky

This is gone now. The East Wing lobby two years ago.

As first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy undertook a restoration of the White House, to show the evolving history of the people who had lived and worked there, calling the work “a question of scholarship.” Read more about the White House Restoration: jfklibrary.org/whrestoration

Timely,John F. Kennedy Library. @jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social